Ball State University’s Center for Media Design recently released a followup study to “Touching Consumers? The Promise of the iPad,” where they interviewed fifteen “average consumers” to get their reaction to the iPad before its launch. Ten of the original participants took part in […]

Ball State Study – Interviewing Average Consumers about the iPad


Connie L. Bauer, Ph.D., has a new site focusing on iPad Apps for Instructors & Students. Categories of apps are Classroom, Create/Edit, View/Store Files, eBook Readers, Social Networking, Utilities, Web, and Miscellaneous. While at the site, you can also visit her “About Me” page, where she describes using […]

iPad Apps for Instructors and Students



I wrote recently about iPad initiatives at a number of colleges and universities. Article 1. Article 2. Article 3. We now add to that list Notre Dame. The Notre Dame News has the story of assistant professor of management Corey Angst, who is leading […]

iPads in Higher Education – Notre Dame


On Wednesday, just as Apple’s Special Event was ending, I posted what I’d heard and seen about the iPad during the event. Apple now has a page devoted to the iOS 4.2 update coming for the iPad in November.

More on iOS 4.2 Update Coming for the iPad



This time-saving feature first appeared on the iPhone and iPod touch, but also works on the iPad. The iPad’s large screen makes viewing long web pages a joy. When you’re near the bottom though, there’s all that swiping (scrolling) to […]

Safari Tip – Tap at the Top to Jump to ...


Around this time every year, Apple hosts a music-themed event where new iPods and related technologies are announced. I watched the live video stream of today’s Apple Special Event (just ended) on my iPad in widescreen (landscape orientation). Video feed […]

iPad News from Today’s Apple Special Event