April 2011
6 posts
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The Invincible iPad
How do you make a tablet that can compete with the iPad? Well, one way is to look at its current competition, and then draw conclusions based on their impending failure.
The Samsung Tab, which loses because it’s the wrong size, is merely an upscaled phone OS with a discombobulated UI, and sits on a platform with a utilitarian interface that nobody really loves.
The Motorola Xoom (and any...
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Inject jQuery Onto Any Site →
A very useful tip when the situation calls for it: add jQuery into the client-side browser to manipulate the web page you’re working with without touching the backend.
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On Apple's Must-See TV →
I argued that the Apple TV is the best solution that not only plays to Apple’s strengths but also to their vision of what a TV should be. Here, MG Siegler argues somewhat the opposite, that there really needs to be a true Apple HDTV to really redefine the living room entertainment system. It’s strange how much I agree and disagree with him at the same time - definitely worth reading.
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What's a TV?
I really hate to turn this blog into nothing but commentary on every article on Marco.org, but that guy is on a roll with interesting topics lately. Today, it’s the idea of an Apple HDTV, which I have some thoughts about.
What defines a TV? The common perception is of a big display that takes in a video source and displays it on the screen, along with a couch-potato-friendly UI. If you...
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Products as Weapons
Update: Marco added a clarification stating that he didn’t mean to imply that Amazon would actually hold back their tablet’s release to keep their iOS app available, thus making this entire article rather redundant. Oh well, it was still fun to write… and fun to read, hopefully.
Marco Arment is speculating that Amazon may have a tablet waiting in the wings, but also that...
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Tweetbot for iPhone →
That is a pretty sweet Twitter app. Unique, stylish and tweakable. And yet another reason to be frustrated at being stuck with an Android phone - only very rarely does an Android app actually look inspired, but it happens with iPhone applications every day.