Tag: apple
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I’m in love (which should come as no surprise to anyone)
Hi, my name is Eileen and I’m an Apple fangirl. No, it’s true. I proved it today by standing in line for seven hours to buy an iPhone 4. If that’s not true devotion I don’t know what is. The good (bad?) news is that Chuck stood in line with me. And you know what?…
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Reflections on a truly volcanic trip
All day long we have been watching plane after plane take off from Charles de Gaulle Airport. Normally I either wouldn’t notice, or if the sound was too close I’d find it annoying. Not today. Today it’s like the
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Thoughts on our huggable cuddly iPad that wuvs us
Our iPad arrived late on Saturday (its release day) and I was super excited to open the box. As always, Apple outdoes everybody in elegance of packaging (which just heightens the excitement level). Once out of the box, the iPad at first glance looks like a big ass iPhone or iPod touch. And when I…
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iPad App Store is open for business!
I’ve already updated iTunes, accepted the new service agreement (yada yada yada), and downloaded several iPad apps (talk about being all dressed up with nowhere to go!). So far I’ve gotten: ABC Player (streaming ABC shows over wifi, yippee!), NPR for iPad (streaming NPR shows over wifi, yippee!), NYT Editors’ Choice (streaming… okay, you get…
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A lovely article that explains why I love Apple
Stephen Fry, one of the funniest guys around, has written a wonderful article for Time magazine about Apple, the iPad, and Steve Jobs. It’s a lovely, funny read. His description of going over to play with Douglas Adams is classic: “Is he in?” I would pant excitedly. Douglas’ wife Jane would point with resigned amusement…
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