Barack Obama made a lot of news when he managed to get his Blackberry approved for use in the Oval Office back in 2008. The first President to have a smartphone. Over at Apple 2.0, Philip Elmer-Dewitt has a post showing Mitt Romney using an iPad and iPhone while on vacation. Something tells me the Presidential race will have a closer result than the competion between Blackberry and iPhone.
Here's a good piece over at technochocolate looking ahead to what else 2012 holds in store for Apple. It's an exciting time to be an Apple fan.
For the month of July, it's the environment 1 and Apple 0. Not one of Apple's best decisions. It ends with this press release by Bob Mansfield. Please move along, there's nothing to see here.
Here's an interesting take over at The Verge on the competing Microsoft & Apple views. I don't necessarily believe Microsoft is correct in their approach, but the cool thing is the market will decide what's best. I ultimately hope Microsoft is onto something with the Surface and Windows 8. If for no other reason that to push Apple to continue innovating.
It's available, and even in aplha it's miles ahead of the official Twitter client for Mac. Try it for yourself.
It's John Gruber's turn to speculate on the rumored iPad Mini's UI. This is why I read Daring Fireball.
Rene Ritchie dives in deep to talk about the potential options for the much rumored iPad Mini UI over at iMore. I think I lean towards Apple scaling down the iPad interface as the most likely, and best option. I retain the right to change my mind.
Jim Dalrymple continues his series of links to people creating amazing content on their iPads.
Matt Buchanon has written a nice post over at BuzzFeed about broken promises. His theory, one which I agree with completely, is that you should never make a product purchase based on future promise. If you like something just the way it is, buy it. Don't buy hoping for a change that may never come.
Come to think of it, this is a pretty great approach to life.
This blog post by Marco Arment really hit home. As a photographer, I'm greatly concerned that my website looks great to prospective clients. I spent a lot of time choosing a site design that looked great when I purchased it. The problem is, it no longer looks good or functions well on iPhones, the new iPad and the new high resolution Retina MacBook Pro. I'm very actively shopping for a new solution right now.
If you have a presence on the web, keep your eyes focused on where the puck is now, and where it will be very soon.