Recent content by madhatter61

Much of media reporting is subjective. My view is that push technology is the key issue. Every advertisement link ... every notification ... every search for location is demanding processor action, thus more use of battery power. Bluetooth also demands energy. If you are not using it, turn...

Note Suite ... Evernote is great, but I like Note Suite better Pages, Numbers and Keynote Filemaker Pro

The iPad Air has a much faster processor (A7) ... better graphics ... another processor for background stuff (M7) ... and it is built around 64 bit processing (not 32 bit) ... this baby is compatible with Corporate America databasing. This new iPad is considerable faster than you iPad2 ... I...

my favorite Movie: Hunt for Red October Dave (theoleguy) Madhatter61

It is a fact that lower prices will attract gift givers (especially during holiday times) ... Apple has never chased the low cost marketplace. There probably needs to be more than one broad category while lumps all products other than smartphones together. Even e-book readers are included...

I tend to think that all the speculation being offered or asked for is a waste of my time. One media reporter showed us how far off the mark the predictions for 2013 were. Sure we can always offer what we would like, but in the real world of product offerings and availability (fact, not...

I think focusing on market share as a percentage is totally misleading. when a company has 1% of market and grows to 2% wow, 100% growth ... still is a fraction of the total market. Media reporters focus on attention getting titles, just to get page reads ... just a bunch of mocking birds...

I second all of the above. Plus, after 4 years of use (first by my wife, now by me) along with PC laptop and iPhone 5s (new), I am thinking the iPad2 with 64 Gb of storage is rather ideal for quick transfer of photos from my camera(s) ... SD cards (while traveling). Later on, I will use my...

Cool ... I totally agree with form, fit function. I liked the price of the Anker, also how slim and perfectly it matches my iPad2. Quality wise I have zero problems with the Anker product. Key action is most adequate, though Apple's BT keyboard is the best I have ever used. It just didn't...

Just acquired an Anker Smart Cover that includes a very thin, keyboard case and flip stand. Now I can actually do documents, spreadsheets,etc. via Pages, Numbers and keynote. Wow! plus all the stuff mentioned in the quote and then some. I have a big notebook also. But, iPad reigns supreme...

:o Hi all, its been a while since I have been on this site. Have done a lot of soul searching re: iPad protection kits vs real functionality. My latest acquisition is: Ultrathin Keyboard case with flip stand for iPad's 2,3,4 (not Air) from Anker (purchased via Amazon $39.99 msrp) Works...

Retina in an iPad mini ... not really needed in my opinion. I love the screen on my iPad2, and mini is sharper because it is smaller. All Retina will do is increase cost, weight, and demand more battery power. Not the direction I am interested in. If I want Retina buy the iPad4. The bigger...

Analyst says Apple no longer COOL. Just an attention getter for some. What is COOL. Just his opinion, and we all have them. He or she gets recognition from the number of hits. The only thing not Cool is the analyst. If the iPad mini was available when I got my wife our iPad2, I would...

You might want to consider the cost of marketing a wide variety of models ... more packaging, more inventory variations. slight differences are used by competitors, but offer little in actual usefulness. The mini is a gimmick. It has been successful for Amazon, but its tru purpose is the...

Hi ... Had a Mi-Fi 2200for over two years ... $50 per month ... Live in country in river valley ... Quite slow data rates ... Better in town ... Never streamed movies as I would likely exceed 5 gb and don't like their penalty rates. Recently up graded to Mi-Fi 4-G 4510L ... Free upgrade but...