The Series 8 is not a huge upgrade over the Series 7. It has the same design, same screen, and essentially the same chip. It includes a temperature sensor that is very good if you are tracking your cycle or temperature changes during sleep, but currently not much else. It includes an improved gyroscope and …
My iPad Pro
I decided recently to purchase a 10.5" iPad Pro as an upgrade to my four-year-old iPad Air 2. I wanted Pro-level features but the brand-new 11" model is just too expensive. Scouring eBay was a much better option and I found one quickly - a 256 GB 10.5" iPad Pro with case and Apple Pencil …
Musings from Apple’s September 2017 Event
Apple announced a number of new products at its annual fall event this week. This event is always about the iPhone but has recently included the Apple Watch and Apple TV as well. If you want the details of the announcements, take a look at this summary from Gizmodo. I'm interested in several of the …
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The Bottom Line – Apple's October 2014 Products
Apple announced their final major product updates of the year today. I've tossed together a little table that summarizes the announcements and whether you should get one. You're welcome. Product What's New Cost Should I Get One? iPad mini $50 price drop $249 (16) No - the technology inside is 3 years old. iPad mini …
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My Retina MacBook Pro
I finally took the plunge and purchased the 13" Retina MacBook Pro that I've been talking about for a few months. After briefly considering 16 GB memory and 512 GB SSD upgrades I decided to go with the standard mid-tier model: 8 GB memory and 256 MB SSD. I've been using it for a couple …
"iPhone Math"
Aside from not making a lot of sense since Apple just changed the screen size of the iPhone, this has to be one of the most horrible product names I've ever heard of, even if it's internal. http://www.macrumors.com/2013/01/20/apple-rumored-to-debut-4-8-inch-iphone-math-in-june/
Apple's New Products – Fall 2012
Apple held its "A Little More to Show You" event yesterday and with it introduced five new and updated products – an updated Mac mini, a brand new iMac, a 13" version of the Retina MacBook Pro, an updated iPad, and the much rumored iPad mini. The Mac mini The mini receives basically a hardware …
Apple's iPhone 5 Event Summarized
Apple had its big event today to reveal the iPhone 5 and new iPods. It appears that the company has finally combined its iPhone and iPod Music events into one, moving the June iPhone announcement to October last year and September this year. It now occupies the same time frame as the original Music events …
Really HP?
Hewlett Packard released a few new products today, including a touch screen all-in-one called the Spectre One. It looks... well, like something I've seen before. It might, just might look somewhat similar to a computer I've seen before. Maybe. You be the judge. But HP does have that cool touch pad thing to go with it …
Customer Service
I have a third generation iPad and I love it, except for the home button which hasn't quite worked right since I received it. In order get it to work, you have to press really, really hard or hit it in one specific corner. Quitting and switching apps is difficult so I've been using the …
Relatively Ambitious 