iPad Living

Beware Hedonic Adaptation…

There’s no denying that we get tremendous pleasure from the things we have. But the pleasure is disappointingly short-lived. And although this adaptation happens to us again and again, we never seem to learn to anticipate it. The result is that even when we get exactly what we want, we often end up disappointed.

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Just forget about that computer…

Large cameras meant for kids to use have been around for years, but Sakar's AppClix appears to be the first to be aimed at those whose parents own an iPad. The colorful camera, adorned with your choice of several Disney characters, is nothing to sneeze at with a 7-megapixel sensor and 4x zoom. However, instead of a USB cable, there's a 30-pin dock connector.

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The start of something bigger…

The iPad handbag

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Really?

Oh, dear.

Apple kit rules airport Wi-Fi

The figures from June, 2011 show that the iPhone makes up 42.1 percent of the mobile device connections to Boingo's airport hotspots, while the iPad is second at 23.5 percent. Don't count out the iPod touch -- it's the third most popular device at 17.5 percent. For mobile devices, that means that Apple products make up a whopping 83.1 percent of all of the connections to Boingo's hotspots. Android? It's taking a very small back seat to iOS at 11.5 percent.

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iPad gained market share as Android tablets launched

Apple managed to gain market share in tablets at the very time that many of its new competitors were supposed to be taking that share away, IDC said Wednesday. Having full access to data from the past spring, it found that the iPad had gained share, moving up from 65.7 percent at the start of the year to 68.3 percent.

via www.electronista.com

Looking more like the MP3 player market than the mobile market right now…

Losing the "e" in eBook

Well before the last press has punched out its last paper book, we will have switched to thinking that p-books are print-outs of e-books. That’s when the switch will have been made, just as occurred when we switched from typewriters to word processors. That Day of the Modifier — when physical books need a modifier to specify them — is coming fast.

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A book becomes an idea becomes a community

Not only can you share your thoughts on a passage in an e-book, you can see who else has highlighted it. Not who has bought the book, red the book, like the author. Who has has been excited or interested enough in that nugget of knowledge or insight to mark it…

Right there you have a community of interest around a sentence. Around a thought. An idea.

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Amazon's progressive socialising of the Kindle experience adds a huge amount of utility – and potential – to the ebook experience.

A home, not a library

Third, digital books keep physical books from cluttering up and overwhelming my bookshelf. I love having books in the house, especially children’s books for my son to read, but my house is a home, not a library. I don’t need all books on display.

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QFT.

The web will look more like print

“I think that the iPad is a superior consumption device for content on the web. It is actually the perfect device for content on the web. We’re trying to create a new type of browsing experience that is right for the iPad.”

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Apple TV is 5 today

Get out the cake and candles, it's birthday time! Five years ago today, Apple introduced the pre-cursor to the Apple TV. Code-named the iTV, the home entertainment device was "the last thing" presented during Apple's "Its Showtime" press event held in San Francisco on September 12th, 2006.

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And it eventually needs to grow up and stop being a hobby if we're to start seriously cutting the cord on traditional TV and movie distribution.