Tag Archive for 'touch'

15 minutes with an iPad.

My niece just got an iPad for her birthday. She’s absolutely over the moon with her new toy, and is reveling in the near-celebrity status that comes with being an iPad owner on the weekend of its Canadian release.

But what does her freedom-loving uncle make of it?

Sober second opinions on iPad hysteria.

The release of yet another crippled Internet appliance by Apple, Inc. wouldn’t ordinarily be worthy of mention on these hallowed pages — but there’s been such a deluge of hipsteria about it over the weekend that I wanted to make sure that you caught the important stuff.

So let’s get to it!

Swype: T9 for touch screens.

This innovative text entry system for touch screen devices is once again making the rounds at Mobile World Congress this year, and my only question is:

Why isn’t this on my handset already?

There’s no going back from touch.

Here are three of my revelations about touch devices thus far. It may be old news to you but I’ve not been a fan of such things until now, so my change of heart is a pretty big deal.