minding the gaps » HTML5 http://www.mindingthegaps.com/blog The discovery, acceptance & management of life's gaps Sun, 01 Jan 2012 02:07:19 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 iPad- Changing the World in 80 Days http://www.mindingthegaps.com/blog/2010/06/22/ipad-changing-the-world-in-80-days/ http://www.mindingthegaps.com/blog/2010/06/22/ipad-changing-the-world-in-80-days/#comments Tue, 22 Jun 2010 23:11:18 +0000 Russ Leseberg http://www.mindingthegaps.com/blog/?p=2316 Apple’s iPad has been “in the wild” for a mere 80 days, and in that short time it has changed the world of computing forever. Don’t believe me? Just ask some of the other people that have voted with their checkbooks. Apple announced today… “that it sold its three millionth iPad™ yesterday, just 80 days after its introduction in the US. iPad is a revolutionary and magical product that allows users to connect with their apps, content and the Internet in a more intimate, intuitive and fun way than ever before.”

So regardless of where you stand on the flash vs HTML5 debate, the netbook vs tablet debate, or the iOS vs Android debate… there is no debating that Apple has yet again changed the technology landscape forever.

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iPad: catch the Wave and you'll be sittin' on top of the world

iPad: catch the Wave and you'll be sittin' on top of the world

iPad: the digital boogie board of Google Wave.

Countdown to iPad Series – There are countless articles and posts citing what the iPad isn’t or won’t be good at. We think they are wrong. Join us as we celebrate the countdown to iPad’s debut by posting a daily iPad use case.

We have many iPad use case scenarios queued up, but could always use more. Please comment and share your iPad ideas below.

iPad – Copyright © 2010 Apple Inc. (www.apple.com)

Google Wave – Copyright © 2010 Google (Google Wave Info)

HTML5 – Specification defining the 5th major revision of the core language of the World Wide Web. The W3C HTML Working Group is the group responsible for this specification. (Working Draft)

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