Innovation
is most clearly seen in the form of new technology and cool gadgets.
Hardware or software. Whether it is mobile phones, laptops, operating
systems or anything else. This drive to produce the next best
thing, to make it smaller, more powerful and more helpful has
been going on for centuries and is awesome to behold. With smartphones,
tablet computers and more being unleashed unto the world by inspiring
inventors, iGrowlersWorld is where I add my commentary on this
cool industry.
Rawle
Austin presents...
Tablet
Computers. Touchscreen technology first caught my eye through
sci-fi movies. First in Minority Report, then The Matrix Reloaded
and lately to spectacular effect, in both Iron Man movies. So
imagine my amazement when I saw Apple
and Steve Jobs pioneering touchscreen technology through the
iPod Touch, iPhone and now the iPad! This is truly sci-fi come
to life in our lifetime and its only getting better.
The
Apple iPad is a Tablet Computer which is a portable device
which is bigger than a Smartphone but smaller than a laptop. It
uses touchscreen technology and does all the things a laptop can
do but is much lighter. It can go online and you can customise
it by adding your favourite applications, apps, but by far the
best use of it would be for reading. Ladies and gentlemen, the
digital age has truly arrived. Books, magazines, newspapers and
my favourite, superhero comic books and graphic novels can now
be stored in digital form and read on the device. The storage
space solution has been solved. Boxes of comic books and libraries
of books and magazines can now be a fingertip away making people
much more mobile.
Introducing
the Apple iPad
The
iPad is the clear market leader in tablet computers other companies
are rushing to catch up. Soon you will see devices from a multitude
of innovative sources and no doubt many of them will use the Android
operating system. But for now, the iPad rules the roost. I love
the concept of the pinch and zoom feature when surfing the net
and viewing websites.
The
Apple iPad in action
The
Apple iPad is a great way to read digital books. Apple has its
own e-book reader software called iBooks and hundreds of titles
are available to read. Best of all however is the ability to read
digital superhero comic books in full vibrant colour. There is
no competition in this at the moment as the iPad is the only tablet
computer that has apps from Marvel and DC Comics. These comic
book publishers vast back catalogue of titles and their new stuff
is available to read on the Apple iPad in a very cool experience.
The
iPad is also a cool way to watch a film or TV on its big 9.7 inch
screen. It's light, thin portability make it a great alternative
to the much heavier laptop. All in all, it is another step closer
to a mythical all-in-one device that does everything. The device
that would eliminate the need to carry around multiple devices.
An improved version of the iPad is on the way and the technology
and innovation contained within will improve as lessons will be
learnt from how the first model was recieved and used. That is
the hallmark of evolutionary learning and progress. It's what
puts Apple in with the leaders of technological advancement. Very
cool to behold.
