There are certainly great games that lend themselves to touch, but there are also some great games that would be much nicer to play with tactile controls: platformers like League of Evil, Muffin Knight; dual stick shooters; GTA 3 and Max Payne, etc. Not to mention NES/SNES emulators.
That said, I'd like to see more titles or publishers supporting the project before pulling the trigger.
You can't see the difference in text, particularly small text? Nytimes.com for example, is much harder for me to read on my wife's iPad 1 vs my new iPad or nexus 7. Comparing photos, I don't notice the resolution so much as the increased color gamut.
Thanks, I still love the app, and I really don't use it outside of desktop (during development), but on a touch-enabled device I just instinctively want to start dragging my cards around. And the native app is nice as-is on a phone (draggable between screens).
Both this and the iPhone app are nice for a 320px use case, but for tablet, the web app is much nicer. It would be great if the web app supported touch-based drag and drop (jQuery UI touch punch?). Or if the native apps (which do use draggable elements) were multi-col.
Just a personal aside on the egg yolks - When I was 20lbs overweight, my cholesterol was a little above 200. I've since lost weight and eat 4 whole eggs for breakfast, and my cholesterol stays around 130, unfasted. I'm careful when it comes to simple carbs but don't avoid red meat as much as I should, given my genetics.
I've got a friend who has been on something akin to the warrior diet without knowing it. He works as a server, so He's up all night and sleeps during the day with one grand, large meal he eats in the afternoon. He did it more as a convenience than anything, but has lost about 20lbs in the past few months. I normally eat every few hours, but may try this out as long as it doesn't adversely impact my work or exercise regime.
I think the halo effect of Google's devices (and Jelly Bean) strengthens the market and opens it up for tablets with more features. I'd pay $150 more for a 7" with DLNA, sd card, and a rear camera (for scanning, goggles, and AR).
I'm surprised the article didn't mention the Tiny Wings/Wavespark thing. It's a great example of how far execution and polish (and for that matter, timing, venue, art style, etc.) can take a relatively simple, but unique idea and mechanic:
"The black ‘giveaway’ box on the signup page carries through the entire signup process – and will refresh to show how many Giveaway Bucks are remaining – so you’ll be able to tell BEFORE you complete the signup how close to the wire you are. If you don’t make the cut and don’t want the service and cancel we’ll refund your money. We’re not out to screw anyone."
I'm just hesitant after reading the comments here.
I have an HP zr2740w (27", 2560x1440), just under $700. Nice screen, but it's pretty bare-bones. No HDMI or analog inputs (just displayport and DVI-D); no OSD (seriously - none!) and a pretty cheap stand. Overall, the extras in the Dell are probably worth the additional cost.
If you want really cheap, LG has some 23" (1920x1080) IPS panels for right around $200.
I got one for iOS development, and sometimes it's nice to either tinker, or do small updates in bed or on the couch. I connect it to KVM if I"m doing anything that takes more than a half hour. I use it now more than my Windows desktop, but more so because I don't want to boot my son off Garry's Mod! I also use Win7 on the air, but just to test or for gaming (Steam and GOG).
You're right - I just switched to a 2560w 27" (from 1920w 24") and can now fit a browser at 1280px on the left side of the screen, and Sublime Text at 1280px on the right. The display, ST with the SFTP plugin and LiveReload have made much more of a difference than I imagined.
After taking a look at Xcode in an Air Display window on a new iPad (2048x1536 across 10"), I don't think I'd even want to use the MBP retina display at native res - I was having trouble reading the text at > 12" away.
I only wear jeans (whatever style of levis fit well, usually 514), casual pants and t-shirts (fitted, solid colors, no prints or brands). I don't like collared shirts or 'business casual' in general. I do like late 70s/early 80's style sneakers, though, so I have a couple pairs of addidas originals, some ponys, gola, etc.
I actually just answered within the context of sharing within a family... I also have my MacBook air, the agency Mac pro I use everyday, an agency iPad (used for iOS dev and website testing), and my daughters old iPod touch all using the same Apple ID! I'm really surprised that Apple allows 10 devices to share one ID. It's saved me a lot of money, but I certainly spend my fair share of it in the app store (~$300 this year).
I use one ID for my wife's iPad, my kids' 2 iPods, and my iPad. Rather than setting up 'stub' Apple IDs for the three of them, I just added additional email addresses to my ID so that they each have their own Messaging and FaceTime account.
Google docs (drive?) spreadsheets also have this capability, right? On desktop at least. Makes work on an 11" screen much nicer. I've used Foundation for a couple of projects and I'm really starting to appreciate how lean it is in comparison to Bootstrap.