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Day: March 20, 2012
The Internet of Things
Another thing I’ve been meaning to get my head around, and now I have a book to do just that. Problem is, I don’t have a netduino plus and having just bought a Arduino Mega ADK for £60 I’m not inclined to spend the same again so soon. So maybe things will have to wait just a little.
App revisit: iHolophone
Another older Amidio app that was actually very good, and when I started using it again I remembered just how simple it was to play with.
Sadly it is no longer on the app store for some reason, Amidio seem to have withdrawn it alongside a number of other apps that I still have of theirs, which is a shame really.
Thoughts about the iPad 3
So I’ve had my iPad 3 for a few days now, and of course it is lovely and all that. So what’s great about it? Well, for me, the best thing about it is that it isn’t broken. My iPad 2 had a smashed screen which meant it was almost completely unusable for the last 2 and a half months. The iPad 3 is lovely from that perspective.
Aside from that it feels very similar. The screen is better, there’s no doubt about that, and whilst that’s great to have it adds little in terms of functionality for any music app, which is one of my main uses of the device. The camera is better so I’m told, but as I never really used the camera it doesn’t make much difference to me either.
So, whilst I’m glad to have a functioning iPad again I can’t say that the 3rd generation unit has overwhelmed me really. I think there was more that Apple could have done to make this an innovative device, but perhaps they’re saving that for another time.
I am Ashley Elsdon 