The Magic FrogPad is a track pad and "one-handed" keyboard in a single small device. The Magic FrogPad comes in both left and right-handed versions and uses Bluetooth wireless technology to connect to your Apple computer.Read | Permalink Read more »
Apple Moves to Reinvent Textbooks with iBooks 2
iBooks 2 is a new, free, app from Apple. The idea is to make high school textbooks, including interactive content, available at discounted prices.Read | Permalink Read more »
Kindle Fire Cuts Into iPad Sales
The Kindle Fire doesn't do everything an iPad can. But, at less than half the price, the e-readers cut into sales of Apple's tablet computer.Read | Permalink Read more »
$299 iPad 2 Would Upend Tablet Market
On January 23 Apple is expected to announce the next iPad. If Apple decided to slash the price on remaining iPad 2 machines, or maybe to produce a low-price model, it would affect the market for all other tablets.Read | Permalink Read more »
Which Tablet has the Best Display?
Dr. Raymond Soneira tested the displays for Amazon's Kindle Fire, Apple's iPad 2, and Barnes & Noble's latest Nook. This article reviews his technical findings and includes a link to the full study.Read | Permalink Read more »
Microsoft Echoes Apple App Store Requirements
Here at Future of the Internet, we’ve already talked a little bit about Apple’s content requirements for both the iOS and Mac App Stores in JZ’s The PC is Dead post. As JZ said, “Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist Mark Fiore found his iPhone app rejected because it contained “content that ridicules public figures.” Fiore was well-known enough [...] Read more »
iOS 5 Edges Out Android in HTML5 Browser Test
Android 4.0, Ice Cream Sandwich, offers better HTML5 browser performance than earlier versions of the operating system but Apple's iOS 5 remains the quickest. The test was done using a Galaxy Nexus.Read | Permalink Read more »
Kindle Fire feels the heat
As many new owners have discovered, the Kindle Fire is not an Android version of Apple's iPad. The device is still very much an e-reader, which has disappointed some.Read | Permalink Read more »
The Glaring Omissions Of iPhone’s Siri
Apple’s new iPhone 4S has made waves for its voice-commanded virtual assistant, personified as “Siri”. However, users have noticed that Siri seems to have a blackout concerning certain topics — is Apple pandering to the Christia... Read more »
Apple: Siri is still in beta
Siri is still in beta, officially, until early next year. This is the reason given as to why, when she seems to answer everything else, Siri has remained mum on family planning issues.Read | Permalink Read more »
