Simple Inside

My brother, Saravanan Balasubramanian wrote on his facebook page.

I could use my HD camcorder to capture the green fields and share it in YouTube in no time.
But it really feels different seeing it with the fresh smell of the green fields.
How do I capture it?

To which I added the following comment.

That’s when you realize God has given a device(your own body) that can see, talk, smell, feel, memorize, repeat etc.
We seldom take care of it while we are busy looking at all these cool gadgets and keep wondering what magical device will Steve unveil next.

Your body is your device, that god gave it to you. Are you taking good care of it? Post your thoughts by commenting below.

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I bought the iPad on April 6th [3 days after the launch day] and returned it promptly on April 20th because I bought it just for playing with it for 2 weeks. I am trying to put down my observations while I tested this thing out.
Believe me I am an Apple Fanboy!
I have been an apple fanboy since 2001 when I first bought the original scroll wheel iPod and nothing has changed about my perception about Apple or its products.

on the Plus side

Photos
Looking through the Photos collection and using the iPad as a picture frame, while playing iPod in the background is one of the best things in iPad.
Watching Videos and YouTube:

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It is amazing in this unit. My daughter can navigate with ease and enjoy her rhymes and I feel that YouTube on iPad is much better than a laptop browser [too many Ads nowadays on youtube.com] or the iPhone.
Using the iPad optimized Apps:
Apps from NYTimes, USAToday or BBC, which are specifically designed to use the larger screen of the iPad, are really nice to read and share.
Also I liked the Epicurious app for browsing through recipes.

On the Minus side

Weight:

click for larger size Weight is one of the main drawbacks; even Steve Jobs was sitting in a couch, keeping the iPad on his lap while showing the demo. This thing is not designed to be carried on one hand and typing using the other.
Shortage of iPad optimized Apps
Though it can run all the Apps designed for the iPhone, they do not look good when you expand them to occupy the full screen on the iPad. We do not have a large collection of free Apps that are designed for the bigger screen iPad at the moment.
Not for creating content
Even though there are productivity apps like Keynote, Pages etc, iPad is more of a device where you consume the content rather than a device for creating it. If you have to sit down and use a bluetooth keyboard to type large documents, you would rather type it on your laptop or desktop.

My Verdict

This version may be sufficient for most people, but I would like to wait for the next version.
I am sure it will be lighter in weight with a wider range of iPad optimized Apps.

Tags: apple, fanboy, iPad

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Cars are not the only ones that are recalled by their makers!

A quote I read at the entrance to a Church, on my way to drop my daughter at school.
Interesting, isn’t it?

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The fanboys of Apple [including the one that is writing this post] are waiting for the next media event from them, scheduled to occur Wednesday, January 27th 2010.
They already gave a hint on their invite “Come see our latest creation!”

So they are going to introduce some new gadget at this time. That’s for sure.
but what would that be?
Most people think it is going to be the “Tablet”. Is it going to be called iSlate, or iPad? SOK ! (Steve Only Knows).

if you have a few minutes of your time, check out the following article, it is very informative.
The Apple Tablet Interface Must Be Like This!

I can not wait !
Is it Wednesday yet ?
Update: That Wednesday was here and gone, and Steve introduced the iPad. Let us see it when it arrives at the store.

Tags: apple, fanboy, Living In America

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I got some invites for the Google Wave.
You must have a gmail account if you want to try it. Please post a comment if you need it.

Tags: Google, Invites, Wave

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This morning, when I logged into my Google Voice, I saw there are two invites available for me.
Google Voice lets you have

• Google voicemail: voicemail like email
• Voicemail transcription: read what your voicemail says
• Custom greetings: vary voicemail greetings by caller
• International calling: low cost calls to the world
• Notifications: read voicemail messages via email or SMS
• Share voicemails: forward, embed, or download voicemails

Let me know if you need one.

Updated within 2 hours :
Invites already sent out.
You can still leave a comment here. If more invites show up, I will send you one.

Updated on Aug 23rd 2010:
I just found out that Google Voice is available to everyone as of now; you don’t need an invite.

Tags: Google, Invites

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