Review Archive

So they called it the iPad.

Article
28Jan
7

We’ve waited so long for it but in the end, and as cool as it is, if I find it just a little meh but at the same time I want one does that make me a bad person?

We’ve waited so long for it but in the end, and as cool as it is, if I find it just a little meh but at the same time I want one does that make me a bad person? Sure, I had hoped for something in-between the iPhone and a MacBook, in terms of size that is exactly what it is. But, I’ll be honest my first impression was that “it’s just a giant iPod Touch” (or iPod Touch 3GXL…)

It is running what is basically the iPhone OS, with slightly bigger icons, and plenty of space between them on the home screen. I mean plenty. A small child could thump their paw down on the screen an only hit one app. It has the general iPhone feel (flick/pinch/swipe etc) to the interface, with the exception of the OS X style dock, also with really spaced out icons (I wonder how many you can actually put on it?).

Great Good So-So
Price point
Design
Speed
No Flash
Delicious Library… err, I mean iBooks
It runs iPhone apps (including those you already own)
Tech specs - seem pretty good for the price
Redesigned core apps
Claimed battery life
The Bezel
The way iPhone apps run
No Camera
Additional cost for 3G
The name. iPad? hmm…

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TUAW reviews Hahlo 3 Beta

Sidenote
26Apr
0

Mike Schramm over at TUAW has put together a great review of the Hahlo 3 Beta. http://www.tuaw.com/2008/04/25/tuaw-previews-hahlo-3-the-legendary-edition/

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Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

Article
02Mar
2

So when I sat down last night to watch Sweeney Todd, I had absolutely no idea that it was based on a Broadway musical. Shows just how little I knew about it. All I really knew was it was a Tim Burton film, with Johnny Depp and Helena Bonham Carter (gee…how original), and plenty of blood.
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So when I sat down last night to watch Sweeney Todd, I had absolutely no idea that it was based on a Broadway musical. Shows just how little I knew about it. All I really knew was it was a Tim Burton film, with Johnny Depp and Helena Bonham Carter (gee…how original), and plenty of blood.

My ignorance aside, I really enjoyed it, not exactly your typical musical though. Overall it is very recognisable as a Burton film, although I was a little disappointed there wasn’t more blood, but then again it is more of a crime thriller than an outright horror movie.

Would definitely recommend it to anyone who’s not afraid of a little gore.

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