How bad is Apple's Maps in iOS 6

Do you want to know how good or bad is Apple's Maps in iOS 6? Check this compilation of screen shots from CNET.

That's the Apple's quality that makes people to wait in lines for the last iPhone version which who knows what surprises have hidden inside!

iOS 6 is here

I updated my iPad 2 to iOS 6. Lost YouTube with the only workaround of installing the iPhone version. Maps changed to the one designed by Apple. The refreshment rate a lot slower than the one from Google and if you have activated 3D it's even slower but I have to admit that the view of downtown Miami is awesome.




Another point that I noticed is that the email application is not showing accented letters properly.



The funny thing is that the emails that I received before the upgrade look fine.

Surface RT for $199?

That's the rumor around the most important websites including Engadget. If this rumor becomes a reality then Apple will have a hard time trying to maintain the best sellers position during this Christmas.

The vulture calling the turkey bald head

Enough is enough. This is like a Vulture (Apple) trying to insult a Turkey (Samsung) calling him Bald Head.

And the worse thing is that when Samsung points to this fact in the history of Apple, the company feels insulted.

I have not sit on front of my Home PC for more than a year

I can do work in my iPad. All kind. This is what I learned in about a year of using my iPad as my "Main Pc". The iPad gives me an almost instant on even from a complete off state, a quick access to all emails in a friendly UI, the same applied to web browsing with the shortcomings of no flash and .net support. When I had to do that with my TabletPcs, UMPCs and Laptops I was wasting a lot of time waiting.

I have not sit on front of my Home PC to do any kind of work since I own the iPad. And I do a lot of work in my Home Pc that I can't do in my iPad. How is that? Well, Remote desktop. I keep my Home and Work PC all time on. Whenever I need to do something where I need a Pc I connect via logmein or VNCViewer or Webex and I work from my iPad in my PCs. The feeling when I do this is close to when I was working in my TabletPc, but a lot faster. My work and home PCs are good PCs, a lot better than my Tablet PC, a Fujitsu P1610.

I'm looking forward to get the Surface RT because I think that the integration between the Surface and my PCs will be a lot better than what I'm enjoying now with my iPad.

The trick is to understand that a Tablet is a companion PC no a PC. I enjoy all the simplicity of the Tablet simplified OS and when it's needed I use it as a Enter Data Interface connected to my PC. And the good thing with this approach is that is the equivalent to having your PC with you at all time. All you need is an Internernet connection.

What kind of job I do in my PCs (at work and at home) using my iPad as Data Enter Interface? From programming in VS, editing video, SSMS to Remote Tech Support via Webex.

Surface's Event

For those that could not enjoy the Surface presentation by Microsoft here is a video of the event.

Microsoft's Surface

Microsoft has announced today Surface, a complete new hardware designed and made by this company.



There are going to be two versions, one Windows RT and one with Windows 8 Pro.




Those wanting to have Ink in the RT version are going to be disappointed, the good news is that the Pro version still have this feature and all the others that makes this version a full TabletPC.

Both version have a cover that includes a touch keyboard on it. A revolutionary concept never seen before. The whole design is new and includes a stand as part of the body.





The price and availability still unknown but we expect to find more information in the next few weeks at http://microsoft.com/surface

A Microsoft's Tablet?

Well that's the rumor. It's everywhere, from the smaller blog to pages like PC World. It seems that Microsoft will announce next Monday a Tablet with Microsoft brand on it.

If this happens, the Tablet Market will change to reach levels on innovation imaginable today. And it's not because all that Microsoft can bring to this market and because for the first time Apple will find a real competition in this sector. And with competition wonders materialize.

Amazing videos

I switched to Android a long time ago, first of all, Windows Phone was a dead body and secondly, T-Mobile does not distribute iPhones so may only option to have a good smart phone was to jump into the Android boat.
But all the buzz about Windows 8 is making me think about going back to Windows. Look at these videos. Is not cool? I love the Nokia Lumia 900. But unfortunately is not yet at T-Mobile and I want a phone with W8 or at least the piece of mind that will be upgraded to W8 this fall.

What would you do for an Ultrabook

There are marketing campaigns that are ingenious to call them in some way. And the ones that I love are those that becomes like a virus making everyone, including me, to contribute for free in the campaign. This is the case of these videos from Intel.

But wait! There is more! You can find more of these videos if you visit this pages