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Perhaps this is a rather incendiary thing to ask, but I can’t help but be intrigued by the way the prices in the App Store are going. A fascinating recent article posted on TUAW (and based on this article by ZDNet) highlighted just how impressive the statistics regarding the App Store are in 2011, and drew attention specifically to the general upward direction in terms of price.
Since owning an iPad I have gradually become less and less bothered by the thought of paying for an app, although I always consider the purchase carefully (in relative terms). In fact, part of me actively enjoys the thought that I am, hopefully, supporting the developers of quality apps and playing my part in securing a glorious future for the App Store.
Am I wrong?
I decided to go black, and I don’t think I regret it, although sometimes I see someone with a white one and muse over its added wow factor.
This week’s quiz is unnervingly simple, do you have a white, or a black, iPad?
It’s certainly nice to have choice, and I’m sure there must be some figures somewhere that give an indication of the popularity of the white models – but, in the heat of the purchase what do AppStorm readers buy?
I’m also fascinated to find out the decisions behind your purchase, what made you choose a black over a white? I, personally, like the look of the black edge and find that it’s less distracting than the white bevel.
I do, however, like the statement you can make with a white iPad – “yes, yes I have one of these…”
Feel free to comment below with the reason for your colour selection, it’d be great to know! My heartfelt apologies to iPad 1 owners who didn’t get a say in the matter, perhaps tell us what colour you’ll go with next time.
Do you love iPad apps? Are you always on the look-out for the latest and greatest iOS software to work faster, be more productive, and enjoy your free time? You sound like the type of iPad expert that we’d love to have on our team!
We’re always on the look out for fantastic new writers across the AppStorm network, but we’re particularly wanting to find a few new contributors to iPad.AppStorm over the next few days. All our writing positions are paid, and we’ll work with you to choose apps to review and suggest article ideas.
If you’re interested, we’d love to hear from you. Register your interest here, and we’ll be in touch!
Winners Announced
Thanks to everyone who took part in the giveaway this week, and special thanks to the kind people at Readdle! I’m excited to let you know that the winners have now been chosen. Congratulations are in order to:
Tim Hoffman
Hector Lee
erika
Well done to the lucky winners, and we’ll be in touch soon. Sorry to those who missed out, be sure to check back for more great competitions!
Old Competition Post
Breaking with tradition is sometimes a good thing, this week we’re going to kick off with a competition! Printer Pro is an awesome app from the lovely people at Readdle that lets you wirelessly print from the iPad. It can print directly to many Wi-Fi printers and to any printer attached to your Mac or PC via a helper application installed on your computer.
We’re going to be running a How-To article later this week so that you can see just how it works and understand the ins an outs. Printing from the iPad could be an invaluable tool, saving you loads of time!
Due to some time constraints, this competition will only be running until Thursday – get involved now for a chance to win!
Unfortunately, this week it’s inevitable that some people will be excluded by the poll. This is because I’d like to ask a direct question about using the cameras on the iPad 2.
They were big news in the original launch announcement and continue to feature prominently on the iPad 2′s feature rundowns, but do people actually get any use out of them?
When I do take pictures with my iPad it’s an odd and slightly uncomfortable experience, holding it steady is often a clumsy affair – as a result I find that the cameras rarely get an airing.
Do you use either of the cameras on the iPad, which one gets the most use? I’m not saying they’re not useful, if you use FaceTime then they’re downright vital, but are the cameras something we like the idea of more than the reality?
I’d love to hear your comments on the matter. If you do use one or both of the cameras regularly, it’d be interesting to know what you are using them for? Feel free to comment below and get some discussion going over the purpose and practicalities of having cameras on tablets.
Winners Announced
Thanks to everyone who took part in the giveaway this week, and special thanks to the kind people at Firetask! I’m excited to let you know that the winners have now been chosen. Congratulations are in order to:
Niam
Nate
Rick
Well done to the lucky winners, and we’ll be in touch soon. Sorry to those who missed out, be sure to check back for more great competitions!
Old Competition Post
Only yesterday we reviewed Firetask here on iPad.AppStorm, I’m excited to announce that today we can offer three promo codes to three fortunate readers. Firetask is a serious attempt at combining the classic approach to task management with the ideas of David Allen, the pioneer behind GTD.
Reviewing Firetask we had this to say:
Firetask is a powerful task management app that implements GTD concepts beautifully and is soon to feature cloud synchronisation. All at a stunning price!
It’s a task management app designed specifically for the iPad that sports a clean interface and a veritable multitude of functionality, including the the GTD trademark ‘Someday’ list.
I love my iPad 2, it’s certainly found its place in my life. There is, however, one key feature of the iPad 2 that doesn’t really fit. I don’t believe that the cameras, as they currently stand, are really on a par with the rest of the device.
Apple has often been derided for its seeming inability to put effective cameras in its devices. For a company that so often gets things right, was putting cameras in the iPad 2 a mistake?
One fascinating trend that’s becoming more and more evident every step we move towards true cloud computing, is the gradual death of the save button. It’s pretty rare on an iPad to find a save button lurking in the corner of an interface, it’s simply not needed.
Games remember where you are, your notes are saved and synched the moment you’ve written them, are we moving towards an illustrious save-free future? Is this the end of the traditional floppy disk save icon?
It’s a simple poll this week, what do you think about the future of the save button?
Is the death bell tolling for this stalwart of the PC era?
As devices become more and more capable of continuously saving and backing up, the way we save is changing forever. Will this change move from iOS devices across the whole spectrum of computing? As always, we’d love to hear your thoughts – simply post a comment below!
