LinkedIn Mac User Group Monthly Newsletter
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February 2010 - Vol 3, Issue 2
In This Issue
Apple iPad Hoopla Fails ...
Value of the iPad Debate
Essential Mac Apps for Students
iHeadache for your iPhone
iPhone App Teach Little Ones
Trackpad - Graphics Tablet
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Apple iPad Hoopla Fails to Convince Buyers
Apple iPadA follow-up Retrevo Pulse study looking at consumer interest in buying the new Apple iPad indicates a failure to convince any new buyers to consider the iPad. Not only did Apple fail to convince new buyers, it may have lost many potential buyers who now say they don't think they need an Apple tablet computer. [more]
Value of the iPad Debate Continues After Launch
Since it's launch the iPad has generated plenty of evaluation and criticism
The Debate Over Apple's iPad    * It's An iTablet, But It's Not Apple's
    * CNET on Apple iPad: No one should buy this thing
    * IPad: A Perfect (if Pricey) Plaything for Children
    * Apple's new iPad 'underwhelming'
    * iPad to worsen strain on cellphone network
    * IPad Can't Play Flash Video, but It May Not Matter
    * Apple's iPad pitch: The awesome 3-minute version
    * The myth of the free Apple iPad
    * Is this how gamers will use Apple's iPad?                        [more]
Essential Mac Apps for Students
Essential Mac AppsThere are a number of free Mac apps that can make life a whole lot simpler for students. Here are some of the most essential Mac apps for organization, homework, note-taking, communication and procrastination.
  [more]
iHeadache for your iPhone
iHeadacheThis app allows you to keep a headache diary right on your iPhone, iPod touch, iSlate or Blackberry. With iHeadache you can capture real time information about your headaches that will aid you and your physician in optimizing your care. Walk into your next appointment with a report from iHeadache and see how much better you and your physician communicate.  [more]
Teach Little Ones About the Sounds of Life with Your iPhone
iPhone AppSound Touch is a fun and easy way to teach children the sounds of life
    * Featuring 3 categories: Animals, Transportation and Musical Instruments
    * Each category has 12 items - brightly displayed as colored pictures
    * Touching a picture will play the sound it makes, and display a full screen photo

    
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Inklet for Mac turns your trackpad into a graphics tablet
InkletTenone Design, makers of the Pogo Sketch and PogoStylus products for the Mac and iPhone, have released Inklet, an application for Mac OS X meant to turn a Mac portable's trackpad into a graphics tablet. The application not only allows users to draw directly on a trackpad, it also utilizes Mac OS X's built-in handwriting recognition engine. [more]
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