Apple Talk

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<p>Movies and books look particularly sweet.</p>

Stewart confesses that he loves email, travels with his laptop, and loves his "beautiful, beautiful iPhone."

At a much-anticipated press conference today, Steve Jobs and Apple revealed the tablet we've all been waiting for. Credit: GizmodoYou can see pictures here. Apple's iPad is in many ways like a larger iPod Touch. It's a thin device, 0.5 inches, with a 9.7 inch multi-touch screen. The screen is 1024-by-768-pixel resolution at 132 pixels per inch, and so it looks pretty sweet, and video and images are very very nice. It runs most of the current iApps for the iPod Touch and iPhone, as well as Apple's own applications for them, like Safari, Mail, and iTunes, though they've all been modified to work with the screen size and gestured touch screen of the new iPad. In addition, Apple has created a new version of the spreadsheet, wordprocessor/page layout and presentation suite iWorks just for the iPad touch, and a new ebook reader, iBooks. Read more

Apple Takes a Green StandI love Apple. I write these blog entries on my Apple, I go take free classes about how to use my machine even better at the Apple store, and I proudly raise my hand as one of those people who thinks Apples are just better than PC’s and can’t understand why anyone would be using a PC- I mean, you do what you want, it’s not a judgment of anyone as a person- but for me, Apple is the only way to go. And I love the statement they are making, joining with other Utility companies in walking away from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. I feel like it’s similar to some EU nation walking away from the UN or something.

Apple sent a letter of resignation to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce CEO Thomas Donahue. Here is some of the text, quoted from the Reuters story: Read more

In my opinion, the best feature on my Apple Dashboardnoteboook is the Dashboard for its sleek design, functionality, and ease of use. My husband, who is lagging behind me in the world of Windows, is envious of many of my Dashboard Widgets, particularly those useful for travelers.  This a list of my top five favorite Mac Dashboard Widgets for travelers: Read more

Two days ago an iPhone owner in Pittsburgh was stopped by two men who brandished what he thought was a gun and ordered him to turn over his iPhone, cash, credit cards and PINs. He complied then ran, and contacted his banks and the police. Later, thanks to his MobileMe membership and the new Find my iPhone feature, the police were able to arrest two men in a Walmart parking lot; they had his phone, credit cards, and cash and credit cards from others. The MobileMe feature (which must be turned on) uses GPS to track your phone and present its location on a map. It also allows you to remotely wipe you phone, play a sound (when it's somewhere nearby and you can't find it) or even display a message for those times when you realize exactly where you left it. Read more

Two years ago today, the first apple iPhones went on sale, hard to believe huh?  Apple had announced in January of 2007 that they would release this new iPhone in June of 2007 and for a ridiculous price of $599 for the 8G.  Of course, consumers jumped at the chance to have this awesome new touch iPhone that not only is a phone, but holds your music, full internet access and several fun apps that you could download, the first of its kind. Read more

take control syncing cover

I am very much a fan of the Take Control ebooks from TidBits Publishing. These are ebooks in .pdf format (though they are also available as printed books) designed for people who want to start using Macintosh hardware and software right away to get things done without wasting time looking for the information you need. Take Control books are well-written, accurate, and very easy to use because they're designed for easy navigation. The table of contents, as well as internal references, are all hypertext links. The ease of use begins with the Quick Start page, which lets you find exactly the sections you need to read to do what you need to do, right away, and go there with a single click. Plus, if you register your ebook, and an update to the edition of an ebook you buy is released, you can simply download the updated version. Read more

Amazon has formally announced its "large format" Kindle DX, with pictures.

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