Originally published in Vegas Seven
Apple iPad attracts attention but other options are worth a look, too.
The first generation of tablet computers didn’t create much buzz, yet a range of new and improved devices have become the talk of the tech world.
Apple’s iPad may have attracted the most the attention when it was unveiled [...]
Amazon and Apple are apparently in an epic battle to sell e-books that will cost book buyers more money than what they currently pay. Who do we root for in this battle?
It started because Apple has big plans to make the new iPad the e-reading device of choice, turning the popular Amazon Kindle into digital [...]
Reading ebooks on the Apple iPad’s big screen will probably be more enjoyable than reading on the Amazon Kindle or the Kindle app on the iPhone. (Some people may prefer actual books.)
But will it matter if you’re reading an ebook using the Kindle app on the iPad or Apple’s new iBook app? Frankly, I don’t [...]
A round-up of the breathless coverage surrounding the Apple iPad announcement today.
8 things that suck about the Apple iPad, from Gizmodo.
Harry McCracken has more questions about the Apple iPad than answers. Good questions, too.
Will Wired readers buy the iPad? Most said no.
Underwhelmed is how I described the Apple iPad in my first post about the [...]
Apple’s iPad is iCandy, that’s for sure. But based on the demonstration I saw today — from the Internet and not live — I was largely underwhelmed with the exception of one key area: price.
The iPad looks like a giant iPhone or, more precisely, a giant iPod touch, a device I don’t think is generally [...]
I’m as interested as anyone in seeing the tablet-type product Apple is expected to introduce on Jan. 27. But there is one thing I am especially curious to find out: Will people feel they really need an Apple tablet?
Apple will not be the first computer maker to introduce a tablet. Indeed, the iPod was not [...]
One of my goals for 2010 is to do a better job as a spokesperson for myself. Over the years, I’ve built relationships with a number of media outlets. Hence, I’m frequently a guest on radio shows and TV news programs as an informed source on personal technology issues.
It’s fun to do and I’m always [...]