https://dawning.ca/tags/ipad/Recent content in Ipad onHugo -- gohugo.ioenCopyright © James SnellTue, 14 Feb 2017 13:53:18 +0000https://dawning.ca/posts/rules-of-acquisition/Tue, 14 Feb 2017 13:53:18 +0000https://dawning.ca/posts/rules-of-acquisition/ <p>After getting an Apple Watch I decided to author an app for it. I was also re-watching Star Trek DS9 for the 50th time which means I kept hearing Quark (etc) recite the hilarious and disgusting Ferengi Rules of Acquisition. <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/the-rules-of-acquisition/id1163615092?mt=8">So I made it an app</a>.</p> <p><figure> <picture> <img loading="lazy" decoding="async" alt="" class="image_figure image_internal image_unprocessed" src="https://dawning.ca/uploads/2017/02/Simulator-Screen-Shot-Feb-12-2017-4.46.07-PM-576x1024-576x1024.png" /> </picture> </figure> </p> <p>The process required that I also make an iOS app to deliver the Watch app with, so I made that too. It&rsquo;s served as an education project and I just released my second version (4th revision overall). The exercise would have been stunted had I made it free, as paid apps require the developer to suffer through various tax and legal fuckery, which I have.</p>https://dawning.ca/posts/ipad/Thu, 28 Jan 2010 12:10:27 +0000https://dawning.ca/posts/ipad/ <figure style="float: right; margin: 0 0 1em 1em; max-width: 204px;"> <a href="http://www.apple.com/ipad/"><img src="https://dawning.ca/uploads/2010/01/Screen-shot-2010-01-28-at-9.00.13-AM.png" alt=""></a> <figcaption>iPad Promo Images</figcaption> </figure> <p>Yesterday Apple introduced their massively anticipated iPad tablet device. For those who haven&rsquo;t yet heard about it, it&rsquo;s basically a hudge iPhone (that doesn&rsquo;t make phone calls). The iPad is meant to unlock a &ldquo;new&rdquo; market segment for small computing devices that is somehow not already met by the iPhone and netbooks.</p> <h2 id="what-does-it-do-anything-new">What does it do, anything new?</h2> <p>The iPad doesn&rsquo;t bring new functionality to the computing world, but it does consolidate and simplify use particularly of eBooks. There have long since been many very cool eBook readers out there built around providing simple means for people to read electronic books.</p>