In an excellent presentation by Web legend Mary Meeker about the state of the industry at Stanford, she showed some great slides.

One that grabbed our attention compares the adoption rates of the Apple iPod, iPhone and iPad. We all know the iPhone has been a huge success, generating substantial revenue for Apple.

This slideshows us that the iPad sales numbers far exceed the iPhone, its self far exceed the humble iPod.  Apple has sold over 100 million iPads since the launch in April 2010. That was the number revealed by Tim Cook at the introduction of the iPad mini on November 2 2012. With Christmas shopping frenzy under way we can probably add another 10 million. It is massive by any measure.

At Taybridge we have deployed a number of custom applications on iPads for a range of clients, including Mobile Point Of Sales solutions using iPads with integrated credit card readers.

This trend has serious implications for the desktop PC industry especially Microsoft and Intel, the two bedrocks of the last 20 years of computing as this slide shows.

People are going mobile and accessing data and the internet from handheld devices using touch rather than mice.  This impacts our web design business as you have to design sites to operate in Mobile as well as desktop.

This slideshows the growth of mobile Internet in India, a large part driven by the iPad and iPhone and the rise of higher speed 4G data networks that allow mobile computing to succeed. Of course the UK is still lagging behind the US due to the lame government idiots in OfCom  who have managed to condemn  our 4G to a single vendor with a slow and patchy deployment.

The introduction of the iPad mini is only going to accelerate this trend and further expand the rate or growth of iPad and mobile computing.

Companies such as Qualcomm are massive winners as they are the leader in mobile data chips and whose valuation recently surpassed Intel.

The complete presentation is on the BI website, it makes interesting reading.

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The company is called Lockirton and have just received funding from over 14,000 crowd sourced backers to bring their Lockitron keyless door product to the market place.

The company is interesting in that they applied via Kickstarter, the high profile crown sourcing site that has funded Pebble, Skallops and other interesting products. After Lockitron were turned down the founders branched out on their own with a goal of raising $150,000. Now, only a few week later they are sitting on top of $1.5 Million in pre orders. The catalyst was when the inflencial site TechCrunch wrote about the company and product. The video report was seen by 2 million on YouTube.

The story about the funding has been widely reported in Inc. CNBC, PCworld as well as TechCrunch. While this is interesting the real story is about the lock.

The Lockitron door lock system enables you to replace your keys with your phone. Doors can then be opened from your iPhone from any location enabling you to let family or friends in to your house when you want from anywhere. By using local a local Bluetooth connection the door will automatically open when you approach it. How cool is that?

For an office this is incredibly useful as the need for keys is greatly diminished and you have instant remote control over the doors.

The device slips over an existing deadbolt in a doorway; these are very common in the United States and less common in the UK. The graphic below explain a little more.

Lockitron is compatible with most through-hole / cylindrical deadbolts (green checkmark).

If you have an interconnected deadbolt (yellow X) you can use Lockitron by removing the interconnecting plate first.

If you have a mortise lock (red X) then you can install Lockitron above your current lock by adding an additional deadbolt.

We have some on order and will be experimenting with them once they land in the Taybridge Consulting offices in May 2013.

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You might think the big decision is about which tablet has the best hardware, but there is far more to these devices than the hardware specifications. In fact, the big decisions are all about price and ecosystem. Alastair Dodwell explains more..

 The tablet market is rapidly changing. For a product class that did not exist four years ago there are now a plethora of devices on the market. Apple supercharged the tablet space with the original iPad, launched in the summer of 2010. Since the initial iPad, Apple has steadily enhanced the iPad with newer versions, culminating with the most recent iPad (4) with retina display. At the last iPad launch Apple also introduced the widely anticipated iPad Mini. Since the original IPad launched, Apple have sold over 100 million devices. This article looks at the iPad Mini and the two main competitors: The Amazon Kindle Fire HD and the Google Nexus 7.

You may well think deciding between these units is a hardware choice, but it’s better to look at the larger picture and focus not just on price but on the complete eco-system that stands behind these products.

The Amazon Kindle Fire is an update to the Kindle family and adds an improved HD screen. The Nexus 7 recently added more memory for the same price. Apple has introduced a smaller tablet to complete at a lower price point, with the 7 and a bit inch iPad mini.

As Christmas looms these devices are going to be snapped up by the million, but which one is best for you?

The ground rules

There are two big deciding factors between these devices: price and ecosystem.

Second, I’m only talking about the 7-inch (ish) mid-size tablet offerings. Each of these vendors offers a larger 9- or 10-inch variety, and I’m not going to talk about them at all. You need to decide if you want a smaller or larger tablet (or both). This article is just about the 7-inchers.

Within this article, when I talk about “tablet” I’m speaking of the device that’s approximately 7-inches in size. That’s just so I don’t have to type “approximately 7-inch tablets” over and over, and you don’t have to read it.

The big differences

There are two big deciding factors between these devices: price and ecosystem. Put simply, the Kindle Fire HD and Nexus 7 enter the market at a lowish price £159 each while the iPad mini starts at £269. If you just want the cheapest, the iPad mini probably won’t be your choice.

The second big factor is and arguably the most important is the device’s ecosystem. Each of these devices is very firmly attached to its own ecosystem: Amazon for the Kindle Fire HD, Google’s Android for the Nexus 7, and Apple’s iOS for the iPad mini.

If you already have a big investment in any of these three ecosystems, the device choice may turn out to be a no-brainer. Let’s look at those ecosystems in a bit more detail.

The Kindle Fire vs. the Kindle Fire HD

In this guide, I won’t really be talking about the Kindle Fire (the first generation color Kindle). As of November 21, 2012, the Kindle Fire was still available for £129. But since it got beaten handily by the Nexus 7 on features, and the Kindle Fire HD is only £30 more, I won’t be comparing the original Kindle Fire to the other machines in this article.

The app world

The Apple’s App Store now contains over 1 million applications as of news release Nov 21 2012. Google not to be left behind also offers a boat load of apps from their Play site. Google claim 500,000 apps so far.

While it is possible to run Google app store Android apps on the Kindle Fire HD, there is some hacking and fiddling involved. According to The Verge, Amazon’s Appstore for Android had 50,000 apps as of September — but only a subset of them will run on the Kindle Fire or Kindle Fire HD.

An important factor (perhaps the most important factor) to keep in mind is that if you already have a substantial app investment, that investment transfers to the new device. So, for example, if you already have a full-size iPad with a pile of apps, you get those apps again on your iPad mini for free. That, alone, might justify the added price.

Clearly, when it comes to the absolute volume of available apps, the iPad mini and the Nexus 7 handily beat the Kindle Fire HD. But if you’re buying a Kindle Fire HD, you’re probably not buying it for the app store.

Application security vs. application variety

The Android ecosystem has been growing at an astonishing speed surpassing iOS in terms of number of units out there and reaching application quantity parity (at least according to Google, but not to Apple) a few months ago.

But there are some very serious qualitative differences between these two ecosystems.

The first issue is security. Apple’s iOS architecture “sandboxes” apps, so each app can’t touch much of what’s in any other application. Some apps can get to your contact list, but they can’t modify anything in the OS or files belonging to other applications, or the behavior of the machine.

On the other hand, Android lets everything be controlled and programmed by app developers. This allows applications like XBMC (the Xbox Media Center) to be ported to Android, but not iOS. Apple doesn’t allow some of the media codecs that XBMC uses. Apple is extremely careful about what apps it allows to be sold for iOS, where Google allows everything.

You can find apps for Android you just can’t find for iOS. This is good… and bad.

As CNN reports, Android malware is rising at a furious pace. Because each app can fiddle with the entire environment (assuming you grant it permission), a lot more damage can be done in Android than in iOS. It has also been revealed that certain third-party app stores are embedding malware payloads on otherwise legitimate Android products. This problem doesn’t exist for iOS devices.

If you want to run something specific and special, like XBMC, then you’re probably going to want the Nexus 7. But if you’re at all worried about security, the iPad mini is your choice.

Office ecosystem integration

The Nexus 7 is intimately tied into the Google ecosystem, so if you’re running Gmail, Google Calendar, Google Docs (which are part of Google Drive), the Nexus 7 is a no-brainer. You actually can’t use the Nexus 7 until you login with a Google ID.

Speaking personally, I really hated that. I don’t use Gmail (I use our Office365 corporate Exchange server), and I really didn’t want to immediately link my Nexus 7 to Google’s identity controls.

The iPad has a number of excellent Office clones, as does the Android ecosystem. However, the iPad mini will let you access a corporate Exchange server with the built-in Apple iOS email app, where you need to buy an Exchange-aware app for either the Kindle Fire HD or the Nexus 7. For anyone wishing to use a company e-mail system this alone is a key differential.

Amazon ecosystem integration

This is clearly a gimmee for Amazon, but for good reason. Amazon provides a wide range of added features to Kindle Fire HD purchasers, especially if you’re also an Amazon Prime customer.

If you are primarily a book lover and looking for an e-reader then the Kindle works very well. To be fair, the Kindle reader app works just fine on the iPad mini and the Nexus 7 as well, so if you just want to read Kindle books you’ve paid for, you can use any device. This, in fact, is the enormous inherent value in the Kindle ecosystem itself.

One thing to be aware off is that the base £159 Kindle Fire HD comes with “special offers”. These are ads that pop up in between programs you run (no, they won’t intrude while you’re reading). Most users tell me that they’re very unobtrusive, but do be aware that you’re paying £159 for access to an ecosystem where you can buy more stuff, and you’re also being advertised to at the same time. If you don’t want those ads, Amazon will ding you an extra £10 to buy an ad-free device.

Hardware

You may have noticed that I’ve penned around 1,000 words into this article before I talked about a single hardware feature. That was on purpose. You see, I don’t consider the hardware features key in almost anyone’s decision-making process.

Yes, one has a slightly faster processor. Yes, one has slightly better speakers (although this is disputed by reviewers). And yes, one has slightly more screen real estate. They all run quite well, they all do the job reasonably well, they all play most games well, and they all play video quite well.

The thing is, if you’re trying to decide between these devices, on paper the hardware differences are, essentially superficial. It’s only when you see and feel the devices do the differences become clearer. If you have used an iPad classic the mini feels about half the weight, it is surprisingly thin and the screen fills the device as the surround seems to vanish into the device. Plus the build quality and level of detail in the iPad mini is just exquisite. This is a device you can love. The others feel, we’ll cheap and plastic compared to the iPad.

The screens have been talked about at great length. Some have complained the iPad mini does not offer the ‘retina’ display of other Apple devices. The mini has the same screen resolution as the iPad 2, that was raved about only last year, and I am not going to dwell on this point just to say that they are all totally fine to look at.

However the iPad mini does render far more content of a website due to its surprisingly larger 7.9” screen size, so if heavy web browsing is a priority then again thus favors the more expensive Apple product. Apple claims that a 7” inch screen gives 21.9 viewable square inches while the 7.9” mini offers 29.6 square inches. That may now sound much but does represent 35% more screen.

You can go ahead and read about the hardware features in many of the reviews all over the Web. But, fundamentally, you probably shouldn’t decide on one of these three devices based on the hardware configuration. The ecosystem decision is far more relevant.

The iPad mini price issue

Okay, here’s the thing. The iPad mini is £110 more than the base Kindle Fire HD or Nexus 7 and comes with the same 16GB of RAM that they do. You are paying an Apple premium; it’s up to you to determine the value.

How to decide

Let’s bring this story in for a landing, shall we? Here are some guidelines to consider:

• If how much you spend is the most important, get the £129 Kindle Fire HD or Nexus 7.

• If how much you spend is really, really important, get the last-generation Kindle Fire for £129.

• If the most important thing is using all your iOS apps, get the iPad mini. • If the most important thing is using all your Android apps, get the Nexus 7.

• If you want the freedom to run apps that Apple might not approve of, get the Nexus 7.

• If you want the most mainstream option, with better app security, and you don’t mind spending extra for the privilege, get the iPad mini.

•If you’ve never used a tablet or a tablet operating system and you want access to the most training resources and materials, get the iPad mini.

• If you want to read magazines and books in the bathroom and don’t want to freak out if you drop your tablet in the toilet, get the last-generation Kindle Fire. One last point to close is how to get these devices.

The iPad and kindle are available from a number of retail chains like PC World, Dixons, Peter Jones and others and it does make sense to see and touch these devices as they do tend to become ingrained in your life and how they feel in the hand impacts their enjoyment. The Nexus is available from a more limited number of stores. Of course all are available on-line; in fact you can’t go to Amazon.com and miss the Kindle. Google runs a site for the Nexus where you can purchase on-line. You do need to plan for Christmas as the entry-level iPad mini is currently shipping directly from Apple with a two-week wait. Apple has announced a Black Friday sale this Friday Nov 23 to help us Brits partake in the US Thanks Giving celebrations and shopping bonanza.

The clock’s ticking for Christmas. For comments of feedback contact the author who passes thanks to comments from ZD journal.

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Apart from the sundry product announcements a couple of things stand out that have been missed by the majority of the mainstream press.

Firstly the iPad has joined the mainstream Apple naming convention of just having a name and not a specific model. Just as the iMac, Mac Book Pro have used these generic names for years and retained them as the products are updated the iPad is now just the iPad. Of course we had a clue when the third generation was launched earlier this year and Apple referred to it as merely iPad while most of the world called it iPad 3. It was just an iPad and this week the product line was enhanced with hardware upgrades, but it is still an iPad and at the same price. Now joined of course by the iPad mini.

Secondly, Apple have been pushing Flash memory, rather than the Adobe Flash plug-in which they loath, as the preferred storage for mobile computers such as the Mac Book Air and MAC Book Pro. The benefits are substantial as the memory is super-fast, over 4 times in most tests, silent and unlike Hard Disk should never fail. The drawback is that Flash is expensive. For example a current MacBook Pro 13” ships as standard with a 750Gb disk. You can replace that with a 512GB solid state drive for $900, that’s a substantial upgrade on a $1,499 product. So with the launch of the new hybrid drive technology or in Apple speak the Fusion Drive that adds Flash working in combination with a hard disk as standard marks a turning point in PC technology. The Apple Fusion Drive will be available in the new iMac and Mac Mini desktops. Apple’s OS X operating system and pre-installed applications will run on the SSD by default, while documents and media will run off the hard disk drive. However OS X will monitor application usage and swap apps in and out of Flash as demand change. If you tend to use, say Pixelmator a great deal and never use Garage Band, OS X will shuffle these locations to optimize performance.

The new Fusion Drive combines a massive 128GB of multi-level cell (MLC) NAND flash capacity with either a 1TB or a 3TB hard disk drive, but the two media appear as a single storage volume. The flash memory is built into the mother board and cannot be replaced or upgraded, unlike the hard disk that can be replaced. Apple claims the Fusion Drive offers performance similar to a pure solid-state drive (SSD), but with the mass storage capacity and lower cost of a hard disk drive.

This powerful combination puts Apple Fusions powered products way ahead of other players. This has hardly been mentioned by the press. Yes we know it’s a little technical but it promises substantial benefits in terms of bang for your buck.

And now for the product news:

We have updated MACBook Pro 13” – This is now offered with a Retina hi res display and Fusion Drive in a new tiny case that is similar to the 15” version. It comes in two configurations: a £1,449 model with a 2.5GHz dual-core Intel Core i5 processor and 128GB of flash storage, and a £1,699 model with 256GB of flash storage. Apple will still offer two versions of its 13- and 15-inch MacBook Pro with standard LED-backlit displays. Available now.

We have a new Mac Mini. Same tiny size with beefed up internals including latest Quad Code Intel processors, USB 3 and optional Fusion Drive. Available now.

And the iMAC gets a complete overhaul with a brand new even thinner case that drops the CD / DVD drive and shaves 8 pounds of weight. The guts now include faster third gen Intel CPU and enhanced NVIDIA graphics still in 21 and 27 inch display sizes. Of course Fusion Drive is available on iMac. The models now come with a wireless mouse and keyboard as well as USB3 and Thunderbolt I/O connectivity. Shipping to commence in November for 21” and December for 27”.

Now to the main course. the iPad line up.

The new iPad mini was the last in the avalanche of announcements made on Tuesday, but it was clearly the most anticipated. The 7.2mm-thick tablet is 23 percent thinner than an iPad and weighs in at half the weight of its predecessor. The iPad mini sports the same 1024-by-768 resolution of the iPad 2, so all the existing iPad-optimized will work on this new model. It uses as expected the new Lightening connector . Apple spoke at length about the benefits of 7.9 “ compared to the rivals 7” screen. Who wold have guessed that that 0.9” increases the area by 35% or 29.6 sq inches compared to 21.9 sq inches on a 7” display. That’s a huge difference. And the case is stunning, with a combination of existing iPad design crossed with the latest iPhone 5 machined back cover.

The market seemed a little upset with the mini pricing at US $329 or in the UK £269 with orders starting Friday. Apple do not have to compete with the cheaper Google, Amazon and other smaller tablets. The Apple brand commands and deserves a premium. The products are clearly superior to the Android devices in size, performance and importantly the breadth and depth of applications available that take full advantage of the screen. We think the pricing a fair and at any less Apple would be leaving cash on the table.

In addition to the iPad mini, Apple also introduced a fourth-generation of its full-sized iPad. The new tablets are powered by the ARM based A6X chip, which promises faster performance and better graphics. The front-facing camera has been upgraded to a FaceTime HD model, and a Lightning port replaces the 30-pin dock connector. Prices on these iPads remain the same as the third-generation models it introduced just six months ago.

The second generation iPad will continue to be offered as a lower cost, but full sized option.

The touch based tables now spans the iPod touch, the iPad mini, the iPad 2^nd Gen and the iPad. With UK prices from £659 for the top of the line 64Gb iPad Retina down to £249 for the most basic 32Gb iPod touch.

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iPhone 5 pre-orders have shattered the previous record held by iPhone 4S and the customer response to iPhone 5 has been phenomenal,” said Philip Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of Worldwide Marketing. “iPhone 5 is the best iPhone yet, the most beautiful product we’ve ever made, and we hope customers love it as much as we do.”

If you have yet to order take a look at our UK pricing and buying guide for iPhone 5.

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Once you have web traffic your site become more valuable and beneficial. Especially if you are selling products and services or hosting adverts. In all cases traffic is king.

Learn more about the tatctics to bring a site more traffic and visitors.

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For many mobile traders or companies offering services from a non-fixed location, accepting and processing credit cards has never been easy or cost effective. New technology accompanied by new business models are rapidly challenging this paradigm.

With the growth in mobile communications and the advances in mobile computing power and affordability and especially the Apple iPad the options are changing and changing rapidly.

It used to be that you either had a mobile terminal providing credit card processing on the go or you had to record a client’s credit card details and call your office for someone else to enter the details into your office or mail order processing system.

The first option requires you to purchase or lease a mobile terminal for usually £30 – 40 per month and then pay a minimum monthly transaction fee often of another £10 per month. For business with consistent mobile requirements these charges may be acceptable.  For others the pain and hassle of having to call the back office to process a card is less than ideal, especially if your client if waiting to finish the transaction.

A client requested that we find a cost effective solution enabling them process credit cards in their fly fishing business where they make extensive use of Apple iPads for customer information management.

New Mobile Credit Card Processing Solutions

At the time of writing we have been testing two iPad compatible credit card processing systems.

The first is from a Swedish company called iZettle that recently entered the UK market with a limited trial program. While the second, mPowa, is a British company with a background in eCommerce systems.

Both these solutions provide you with a card reader that plugs into mobile devices and support Apple iPhone and iPad as well as a number of Android devices with a promise of Windows Mobile to follow. You then merely swipe a credit card through the reader and the iPad contacts the central server to validate the transaction. Upon validation customers sign the screen and receive a receipt via email. Both solutions provide simple tools to manage the account, record sales and transactions. The iZettle software allows comprehensive development of shopping carts on the iPad.

Charges and costs

Again at the time of writing the charges are similar. Both solutions provide their software and readers for free and charge a fee and commission on any card processed. These are around 2.95% plus a small per transaction fee. There are no monthly services charges and no minimum commitments. This is very refreshing compared to the alternatives that usually require a minimum 12 month contract with minimum monthly fees.

The credit cards processing industry is a huge industry dominated by major banks and niche processing firms who between them process billions of pounds, dollars and other currencies per year and collect a small percentage of the total spend equating of many millions of dollars. .

In the US a firm called Square has established itself as the leader in mobile payments and is already processing hundreds of millions of dollars per month and taking a small percentage charge. This rapid adoption of new technology is shaking the industry. Existing players are being forced to, we expect EBay, Intuit and other to launch similar services over the next year.

Of course there are other aspects to consider in mobile payments such as security, fraud detection reliability and charge backs.

For any small business and especially a business with a desire to take mobile payments these solutions are highly attractive.

The author has extensive background in mobile computing having worked in London and Silicon Valley for Psion and Symbian. Alastair now runs Taybridge Consulting advising clients on mobile applications and has developed and deployed numerous mobile solutions.

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This is a hugely important release for Microsoft as Windows is a key revenue and profit source for Microsoft. The various versions of Windows are installed on most of the billion plus PC in the world and Microsoft would like them all to move to Win 8. For most people this will be a truly annoying upgrade.

Windows is under attack from two fronts that are both reducing its importance. Firstly the Apple iPad and MacBook Air to a lesser extent the Android tablets are slashing home and low end mobile PC sales in turn lowering Windows sales. Secondly the continuing acceptance of cloud computing is reducing the need for a local computer with a fancy Operating System in turn increasing the acceptance of tables and smart phones and again reducing the significance of Windows.

First the technical overview: Windows 8 introduces Metro, a new graphical panel interface that is clearly designed with tablets and finger swiping in mind. For anyone with a PC and mouse this is a hopeless miss match of screens and buttons that go a long way to annoy, confuse and generally frustrate you. Microsoft, unlike Apple have built one product to address two markets, classic computers and tables while Apple offers Mountain Lion for computers and iOS for mobile devices. This bold decision by the Microsoft Windows team is going to disappoint most users. Tablets and PC are different and are used in fundamentally different ways. However the forthcoming Microsoft tablets will look more like PC’s than the iPad as they will tend to focus on Office apps and keyboard support.

So why is Windows 8 so frustrating for PC users?  There are many reasons but mainly the Start button has gone. The home screen brings up the Metro interface with its flipping tiles displaying data, once you have managed to set them up that is. While it may be nice to see a stock price of the temperature in Seattle on start-up they are just a distraction if you just want to launch an application to do real work.

You can access the more familiar Windows desktop after initially loading Metro but even then you don’t have a start button. To access setting and many system type commands requires dragging the mouse to the corners of the screen. This then in turn brings up more menus. One area of amusement is how to turn off a Windows 8 PC. Microsoft suffered a great deal of flack when the Start button was introduced in Windows 95 as it was also the Stop button. Now with no start button, there is no off button either. You have to go to battery setting to switch of the PC or configure the power button to perform an orderly shutdown.

This mismatch of accessibility is going to leave IT departments answering the phone to confused end users as they struggle with Windows 8.

For possibly younger users with more demanding Social media needs, Microsoft has done a great job of integrating Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter in the core of Windows.  The performance also seems to be enhanced compared to Windows 7 and Microsoft make claims of faster disc access and performance in general. And yes it does perform well unlike the old dog Vista.

Microsoft has also been pushing its version of the App store and now offers a direct link to the Windows Shop offering an array of free and commercial Windows 8 applications.

Windows 8 also offers mail, photos, music and other general stuff that is a bit of a mismatch of what has been offered before in Win 7 and various Microsoft on-line offering. These may make little more sense for the home user as compared to the corporate user but these are nowhere as neat as the closely integrated iLife offering on the Apple platform.

If Microsoft were building an OS for a tablet and a phone then Win 8 would be a reasonable product, even given heavy competition from iOS and Android. But in trying to make one product for all computing devices they have delivered a nightmare for the vast majority of existing Windows users.

Any business user should stick with or upgrade to Windows 7. Home users with a strong desire to do more with Social media may want to consider Windows 8 if they run a laptop with a good touch panel.

Of course Windows 8 will sell in large numbers of the PC manufactures like Dell, HP, Acer etc. offer Win 8 as standard but upgrade sales will be slow and Windows 7 will be firmly cemented as the corporate solution and iPad sales will continue to grow.

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Once you turn the little beauty on the difference in screen is huge. Not only is the device faster but the screen does look very impressive. It is supper sharp. The image quality is hard to demonstrate with a simple photo. All these images were captured care of an iPhone 4. In terms of use it is quicker at general surfing and general responsiveness, but not by much.

The iPad does  include a speech to text converter. And it seems to work rather well, far better that we had expected.

You press the button and talk and then press it again and the screen shows what you have just said. It works in any application that uses the keyboard. So you can speak a Website and display the results. See sort video. Some words work better than others.

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