An interesting article from the Guardian Online about Bill Gates playing down the iPad. Gates’s admission that he looked at the iPhone, unveiled three years ago in January 2007 and which went on sale in June that year, and thought that “Microsoft didn’t aim high enough” is a startling revelation from the man who drove the company to focus on mobile.
Analysis on the breakdown of component cost for the iPad and Apple’s likely profit margins.
Speculation on promotional offers from Apple to tempt early adoptors – vie Engadget
More interesting views and comments from high profile figures in the tech and media industry – via Engadget
Charlie Rose had The Wall Street Journal/All Things D’s Walt Mossberg, The New York Times’ David Carr and Michael Arrington on his show Thursday night to talk about the Apple iPad. You can also view the video on the Charlie Rose website, here.
An enticing Flickr feed of the interesting moments in the user interface experience of the iPad:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/designingwebinterfaces/collections/72157623252108597/
As a man who has spent considerably more than was wise on iPhone music apps and spent less time than was foreseen using them, the prospect of larger screen and faster processing for ‘music on the go’ is quite exciting.
I like the premise of this article from 37 signals; we’ve spent so long adding features to all aspects of computing, that we cant even see how confusing it has all become. Sometimes it’s good to simplify and the iPad has done just that.
A lot has been written in the last week about the ways the iPad will impact web designers, and the considerations we need to take into account. Here’s my concise summary and questions raised, of the discussion I’ve read so far: Read the rest of this entry »
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