Where’s My iPad?
The start of April gave the USA the iPad, Apple’s brand new tablet computer running off the iPhone OS, especially modified for the iPad’s 9.7″ screen, but the international Apple fanatics and general public have been waiting, in vain, for the end of April for the time to get their hands on the iPad.
Image Courtesy: Wall Street Journal
But unfortunately, Apple have delayed the international launch for the iPad, including the UK launch dates, until the end of May. Yes, I did say May there. Rumours are saying that the iPad’s delayed shipping is to tie in with the release of the 3G version of the device, which has been rumoured to be carried by Vodafone & Orange in the UK. All we know so far is that the iPad will be up for Pre-order on May 10th, which is also when the pricing and availability for the rest of the world will be specified.
Tweetie – Twitter in style ?
Tweetie is a new twitter client for Mac OS X & the iPhone, provided by the folks over at atebits.com. There is both a free (ad-supported) version of the client, and a premium one, which weighs in at $19.95 . That is quite a lot just to get rid of some very discrete ads, so I personally didn’t bother.
Upon first installing the program I’ll admit that I was very impressed with the look, feel and simplicity of the thing. Most mac users will agree that installed 3rd party software can often feel clunky, out of place, and unfinished when placed alongside the clean, brushed metal approach of OS X. This is emphatically not the case with Tweetie.
Perhaps it is because it is specifically designed for Mac that its user interface is well … more Apple than Apple! Whatever the reason though, my proverbial hat comes off too the designers behind tweetie – its stunning. What is more they have been able to capture some of that mac simplicity.
I hate to quote (often dubious) testimonials, but Wired magazine didn’t get it far wrong when they said “Tweetie’s interface is so clean you would think it came straight out of Apple headquarters.”
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We said Shun, not shoot…
I fear we may have to backtrack a little here. While I am gratified that the gunman above (patently an avid tbv reader ! see last post) took my advice to shun the iphone very seriously indeed – I have to say that his blunt nosed, macho and frankly stupid response has done nothing more than take a serious debate and discredit it, Allowing apple to shrug it off with the time honoured phrase : ‘There’s always one’.
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Be BOLD, shun the iPhone to save your wallets.
What with all the hype over the new iPhone 3GS which was announced at Apple’s latest WWDC, and the $99 iPhone 3G, you are probably all waiting with
baited breath to get your hands on the latest sensation to hit the smartphone market.
And at $199/$99, who can blame you right ? That’s certainly better pricing than you’ll find for a lot of smartphones out there.
Well no …not exactly…
See the thing is, as fantastic as the iPhone may be, in the long run I Guarantee you it will make your wallet squirm. Here’s how:
- Apple may carry on touting its price cuts, but $99 is actually still $99 more than anyone else is asking. I don’t know how it is for you guys in the US, but over here the carriers predominantly cover the entire cost of their smartphones as a part of the contract. My ‘Blackberry Bold’ for instance, didn’t cost me a single cent.The reason you still pay money for your iphone then, is that the true cost of the device is much more than is let on. This would perhaps be easier to excuse if the iPhone was on a different playing field to all its competitors, but it isn’t. Devices such as the Bold, Storm or HTC Magic all offer comparable experiences, so there really isn’t any excuse for the charge.
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Yahoo! brass scoffs at Bing – “Won’t save Microsoft search”
Yesterday thebusinessinsider.com reported that the CEO of Yahoo Carol Bartz gave bing the rough side of her tongue, claiming it wouldn’t create that long 
term shift in the search market share that microsoft so desperately want.
Prediciting the new search engines inevitable (as she see’s it) fade into obscurity, following on from the initial period of interest that Bing will currently be enjoying, Bartz said “It’s interesting but not over-the-top interesting, People will keep the same habits.”
So Bing has failed to impress everyone then, but on the other hand – what else could one expect the CEO of Yahoo! to say about microsofts new baby ? She was hardly likely to shower it in praise if you ask me, what with the whole Yahoo!/Microsoft deal debacle still ongoing, and the fact that they are direct competitors, fighting over market share.
The comments are to be taken with a pinch of salt then, but perhaps there is something to take away from this. Bing is Live with a lick of paint, a very good lick of paint to be fair … but underneath its still the same old search we know and use every day. The search that google still does perfectly well .
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