Author: todd

I’ve been working on a review for an iPad app this weekend. I saw this Logitech Ultrathin Keyboard Cover for iPad 2 and New iPad and thought it would not only add to the review itself but make it a bit more fun.

The cover is thin as advertised in its name and doesn’t add much weight to the iPad. Its keyboard is narrow (constrained by the iPad’s length). But, the keys have travel and tactile feedback. I really appreciate the fact that it has a real on/off switch that doesn’t make you guess if the Bluetooth is actually on or off.

It has a retail price of $100. But, I found it for $80 at a local Costco store.
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The combination of a one-day sale and an apparent pent-up demand for a niche vertical program category (programmer’s editor) has placed the freshly released Diet Coda for iPad app at #8 in Apple’s list of top selling iPad apps hours after its release.

I bought my copy and tried it out with my web server (SFTP/SSH). Initial verdict? Wow! Keep an eye out over the next few days for my full review of the app in BYTE.

While searching for some information tonight, I ran across an article I wrote for O’Reilly Media’s MacDevCenter way back on October 25, 2005.

When will Apple re-enter the PDA Market?

Palm OS had just been sold to Japan’s Access. And, I wrote that I hoped Apple would re-enter the PDA (Personal Digital Assistant) market it had created (pre-Jobs) with the Newton. In the article I wrote:
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