November 23rd, 2011 at 11:50 PM EST | by inu846W
Here’s your chance to take advantage of Black Friday & Cyber Monday deals and sales on iPad, iPhone and iPod accessories.
Griffin, ZAGG, Best Buy, OtterBox and BodyGuardz are offering low prices on iPad and iPhone cases, covers, stands, keyboards and a lot more. Click on the deals below to save!
20% off the iPhone 4 Defender Series Case at OtterBox.com, now just $39.95!
Get 15% off on any $100+ orders at OtterBox.com with CODE:AM112011! Offer Expires 11.30.11.
Skinit – Cyber Monday Only: Buy One Get One FREE. Code: CYBERSALE2011. Valid Only 11/28.
ZAGG’s Black Friday Weekend Sale
Thursday-Saturday Only: Great Tablet Deals at BestBuy.com.
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November 1st, 2011 at 1:55 PM EST | by inu846W
Since the untimely demise of Steve Jobs, little details about the inner workings of the most successful computer company in the world have been coming out in dribs and drabs. Among some of the most interesting tidbits is just how much different the iPad turned out to be than what the company originally expected. As we all know, Apple eventually decided on a 9.7” screen for the iPad, but when the device was in the development stage there were literally dozens of different sizes and aspect ratios being tossed around.
In Steve Jobs’ recently released biography, there is talk about how Jobs and Jonathan Ive finally arrived at the size and aspect ratio they did.
“They had twenty models — all rounded rectangles, of course — in slightly varying sizes and aspect ratios. Ive laid them out on a table in the design studio, and in the afternoon, they would lift the velvet cloth hiding them and play with them. That’s how we nailed what the screen size was,” Ive said in the book.
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