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    The iOS Report: There’s Something to be Said for Predictability

    March 11th, 2011

    As the iPad 2 becomes available, there’s little doubt plenty will be sold. Since so many more dealers have them, you may be able to buy one without waiting a few hours on a line snaking around the block, or the other side of the shopping mall. Or just order online and be done with […]


    Does Apple Want to Rethink the User Interface?

    December 16th, 2010

    All right, so we all know that Mac OS X Lion is going to incorporate some stuff from the iOS, but those few features are mostly special effects, rather than actual productive tools. Chief among the additions are Mission Control, a single window showing open apps and comments, Launchpad, which mimics the icon display on […]


    Are You Sure You Want an Open System?

    September 28th, 2010

    In the latest issue of our weekly newsletter, I brought up an article from Washington Post tech columnist that pretty much sums up the serious shortcomings of the Android OS. You see, open doesn’t always translate to something that’s actually good. Think about the issue of interface consistency. With Mac OS X and Windows, you […]