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Ballmer (and Microsoft) still doesn’t get the iPad

Posted on July 31st, 2010 • Filed under mediarosa • No Comments

“The operating system is called Windows,” claimed Steve Ballmer when asked about Microsoft’s plans for the tablet/slate/pad form factor at the company’s annual Financial Analyst Meeting on Thursday. He expressed dismay at the iPad’s strong sales figures, “[Apple has] sold certainly more than I’d like them to have sold,” he said. Ballmer then promised that Windows-powered devices will be shipping “as soon as they are ready,” going on to explain that they would get a boost from Intel’s low-power Oak Trail platform next year.

The message was clear: Microsoft still doesn’t understand why its Tablet PC concept has repeatedly bombed over the best part of a decade. Apple sold more iPads in its first three months of availability than PC vendors sold Tablet PCs in the whole of last year; in fact, the number of iPads sold in that period is likely to eclipse the number of Tablet PCs sold both last year and this. But still the company is persevering: stick a regular PC operating system on a laptop, give it a touchscreen, and then take away the keyboard and pixel-perfect pointing device. Ballmer even reiterated the company’s position: slates are just another PC form factor.

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Plants VS Zombies iPhone/iPad Guide Now Available! http://bit.ly/duMKgc 1280314741 people can’t be wrong! #iPhone4 #iPad #iOS4

Posted on July 28th, 2010 • Filed under mediarosa • No Comments

Plants VS Zombies iPhone/iPad Guide Now Available! http://bit.ly/duMKgc 1280314741 people can't be wrong! #iPhone4 #iPad #iOS4

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iDish for iPad

Posted on July 24th, 2010 • Filed under mediarosa • 11 Comments

While the iPad may or may not revolutionize the way we consume media, it does have the potential to enhance the way we eat.

“Let’s start a new life with iDish”

Introducing iDish, a new concept by iPad enthusiast shiinaneko that transforms the device into a versatile dinner plate.

Ideal for sushi

To use the iPad as an iDish, simply perform a Google image search to find your dish of choice. For a nice selection of sushi dishes, try searching for “sashimi” and “dish” (刺身, 皿). Display and resize the image, and you are ready to eat.

Aji (horse mackerel) on iDish

The iPhone/iPod Touch can also be used as an iDish. The compact size is suitable for soy sauce or small servings of tofu.

iPhone as iDish

Of course, iDish is also suitable for cuisines other than Japanese.

Curry rice and shumai dumplings on iDish

The possibilities are endless.

[Link: shiinaneko]

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Sprite Something for iPad: retro, pixel-based design

Posted on May 31st, 2010 • Filed under mediarosa • No Comments

Old-school icon designers and retro game houses alike will be delighted by the release of Sprite Something from Terrible Games. Whether you remember the days of creating icons in ResEdit, or prefer creating RPG characters with pixels instead of polygons, Sprite Something for the iPad will be right up your alley. Admittedly, the audience is small, but the nostalgia factor is too great for it to be ignored.

Painting applications are plentiful on the iPhone OS platform, but painting programs that allow you to manipulate individual pixels are not quite so common. With Sprite Something, you have no choice but to work on the minute scale. The maximum image size a user can create with the application is 512 x 512 pixels, with either a solid or transparent background. Still, at that size and on the relatively small screen of the iPad, pixels look pretty tiny.

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