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  1. They want the thing in the movies

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    Mike Monteiro writes: I went back for a second helping of Avatar this Sunday. There’s a scene early on in the movie where one of the scientists walks across the lab carrying the “mobile computer slab of the future.”…

  2. 200k Apps by May 1

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    Jobs said that they have over 140k apps as of Jan 27th. The spider on 148apps.biz has been pretty accurate and it’s showing a bit over 150k apps as of today. Over 21k apps were added in January, with only December’s 25k…

  3. Seeing What’s Next

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    Steven Frank: A lot of thoughtful people, many of whom are bloggers, look at this history and say, “Look at this march of progress! Surely the desktop + windows + mouse interface can’t be the end of the road? What’s…

  4. Future Shock

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    Fraser Speirs gets it: What you’re seeing in the industry’s reaction to the iPad is nothing less than future shock. Very good reading. Fraser Speirs – Blog – Future Shock

  5. iPad Redux

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    “In many ways this defines our vision, our sense of what’s next.” – Jonathan Ive They just signed the death certificate of the PC.

  6. First Thoughts on the iPad

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    I think it’s a logical evolution of mobile computing. A hop along the trajectory. When the iPhone first rolled out as an embodiment of the new touch-based UI–a disruptive technology, I said it was far too good as a…

  7. Oppenheimer on Quattro

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    When asked about the company’s recent acquisitions of Quattro and Lala after yesterday’s earnings report, Apple’s chief financial officer Peter Openheimer answered, “In terms of Quattro and Lala we acquired Quattro…

  8. Apps are not Applications

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    Understanding the new world of apps. Apps are not Applications. That should have been the first sign that the software market was changing. It’s obvious in retrospect; people were buying software that would make them…