RIP Steve Jobs 1955-2011
RIP Steve Jobs 1955-2011
Archive for the ‘iPad’Category
Dell 10-inch Tablet Not Coming Until Fall
Apr. 04, 2011
Since October last year Dell has been hinting about a tablet product. In February it announced the pending release of a 10-inch Windows 7-based model. Now it looks like those devices will not be available until the fall – potentially in time to make the back-to-school or holiday shopping seasons, but nearly 2 years after the iPad created, then ran away with, the tablet market.
HP and Asus, among others, have already released Windows 7-powered tablets, and Windows 8, rumored to be coming out in 2012. will apparently be more “tablet friendly” (whatever that means). Predictably, Dell is believed to be preparing a Windows 8 tablet for release around that time as well.
Author’s Note: So Microsoft is playing catch-up again. As if we needed another reminder that smart, nimble applications and devices are better than over-lawyered, bloated me-too products (“Office 14″ anyone?). You heard me, Redmond. Think about what a screw-job it took to drive so many into the waiting arms of Steve Jobs. It’s like watching GM implode all over again. First the euphoria. Then the malaise. Then the slow decline. Finally, the anticlimactic death.
P.S. Bill, no matter how many kids you pat condescendingly on the head you’re still not going to be remembered as a saint. Will you and your wife go home, already?
04
04 2011
iPad Tips for Lawyers
My iPad2 should be a arriving in a few weeks, assuming it doesn’t fall victim to production backlogs, Somali pirates, or earthquake/tsunami related delays. In the meantime I’ve been doing some solid Lawyer/iPad bonding and in the process I found this great information at The Mac Lawyer (hat tip). In addition to programs like TrialPad, which I wrote about here, take a look at these productivity-enhancing iPad applications:
- iAnnotate Comments, highlights, bookmarks. Import from Dropbox.
- Penultimate Notetaking app.
- uPad Take notes with zoom. Annotate and export PDF files.
- Dragon Dictation It’s, you know, Dragon. On the iPad.
- iTeleport Secure screen sharing to a PC or Mac.
- Shareboard Up to 4 users can collaborate. Projector-friendly.
- Air Sketch iPad whiteboard; annotate and mark-up PDFs etc.
- Browsing Pad Creates side-screen for notes; export to Evernote.
- Readdle Docs Import, view, and work with documents on the iPad.
29
03 2011
Now it’s a party …
Recently posts like this one have speculated that we may be experiencing yet another bubble. If you’re playing our home game you know that’s bubble #3; the dot-com boondoggle, the Web 2.0 inflate-a-thon, and now … Color.
What is Color? A photo-sharing App with wrinkles like automatically merging photos with those of every other user within 150 feet. Bam! Instant photo network with total strangers. That’s not creepy.
Business models aside however, here’s the thing. Color just came out, has never made a dime, and may never work out. But it just got $41,000,000 in venture capital funding. Sound familiar? Does Pets.com ring any bells? Netscape? Webvan? Kozmo? Flooz? Gov.com?
All coming back to you? Maybe it’s time to put your money into something stable like Tulip Bulbs.
26
03 2011
Podio – One app to rule them all, One app to bind them
It’s Basecamp … it’s Highrise … it’s DropBox … it’s Yammer … it’s … Podio? Yes it is. And it’s on your iPhone, your iPad, your Android device, and in your office. Danish start-up Podio has elegantly married file sharing, contact management, task tracking, real-time asynchronous communication (i.e. Twitter functions) and more into a single, easy to use, free package. Did I say free? Yeah I did. Free for up to 10 users in a company. $99/year for up to 25. That makes Podio a no-brainer for solo’s and small law firms. Compare what it does and what it costs with the bill of goods you’re currently being sold by legal technology vendors who assume lawyers are too uninformed, gullible, or busy to check up on them. It’s shameful. Meanwhile, Podio integrates functions that the more tech-literate among us now use in Basecamp, Dropbox, Yammer, and other applications. But for most lawyers Podio will simply be a revelation and unbelievable resource. Hey, did I just save you thousands of dollars in useless, bloated office software? I think I did. You’re welcome. And by the way: Boom Shakalaka!
25
03 2011
AT&T to T-Mobile: “I will eat your soul”
