By Peter Billante, on June 25th, 2010
It’s been less than three weeks since, in a past article, I introduced the first construction application for the iPad. So much has changed already in that short time, such as:
Over 3 million iPads have been sold, making it by far the most popular device of its kind
Hundreds of people in the construction industry interested [...]
By Peter Billante, on May 13th, 2010
Both the iPad and iPad 3G work great for lots of things you need to do on your construction project like tracking issues, accessing documents or running a QA/QC checklist. For $629.00, I bought the iPad 3G + WiFi. Here’s what happened when I opened the box containing my iPad last week:
The box (left) is [...]
By Peter Billante, on April 9th, 2010
The iPad has arrived, and we love it. Why? We’ve already talked about the big game changing things like how it is cheaper, lighter, and the battery will last a long time. And, after some hands-on time this week with a few iPads at Vela, we have more thoughts to share on why you’ll want [...]
By Adam Omansky A.M.ASCE, on March 23rd, 2010
The iPad is more than a new way to consume multi-media — it is “…blazing a path to the future of computing…” according to news pundits.
The cover story of Wired magazine this month, April 2010, by Steven Levy features the iPad and the revolution of tablet and touch screen computing that has now come [...]
By Adam Omansky A.M.ASCE, on February 1st, 2010
In Q&A about the The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference, author, socio-economic pundit and The New Yorker staff writer Malcolm Gladwell highlights how the phrase “tipping point” originated in epidemiology. Gladwell notes that “..it's the name given to that moment in an epidemic when a virus reaches critical mass. It's [...]
By Peter Billante, on January 29th, 2010
On Wednesday, behind Steve Jobs on the projection screen was a quote by The Wall Street Journal that read “the last time there was this much excitement about a tablet, it had some commandments written on it.” So, I’m guessing that by now almost everyone has heard the news about Apple announcing their new mobile [...]
By Peter Billante, on January 7th, 2010
Image courtesy of Gizmodo, includes some Vela Systems embellishment (hard hat)
If you’ve been following Apple news recently, there have been a ton of articles speculating about a new product coming this year. It's widely believed to be a new Tablet PC, although they will probably call it the “iSlate,” being careful not use “PC” [...]