System Restore (AAAAGH!)

I finished copying some videos on to the iPad this morning and when I accessed the Videos app, there was nothing. Then I couldn't exit the Videos app.

I tried rebooting the iPad and it got stuck on the Apple logo screen. I did a quick Google search and realized that I had to do a complete restore of the iPad.

So, it's two hours later and the apps are syncing to the iPad which has finally been updated to 5.1.1.

I was running 3.2.2. until now. I don't know if the new OS will confuse my parents since the apps can now be organized into folders and there are background processes and whatever else.

I will provide updates as necessary.

New Satisfaction Survey Released

The survey found that 83.65 percent of respondents were satisfied with the iPad, while 62 percent ranked Apple's device as "excellent," 10 percent said "best imaginable," and 21 percent said "good."

--Appleinsider

App store holiday sale

Some free titles and others on sale for a few dollars.

Why the iPad Is the Most Hated Gadget Ever

Consumers love the iPad. But the unprecedented success of the iPad is laying waste to products, product categories, companies and even entire industries, and nobody can stop it. Never before in the history of consumer electronics has a single product earned so much love – and so much hate.

http://www.cultofmac.com/135844/why-the-ipad-is-the-most-hated-gadget-ever/

BASIC and LOGO programming

There used to be a ban on programming apps on the iStore but a recent search shows that has changed.

There is a Commodore BASIC app called Hand BASIC and a LOGO programming app called LOGO Draw (both are free).

I hope the Scratch programming is let back in the iStore.

An Update on my Parent's App Usage

There are two things my parents are now comfortable using the iPad for:

1. getting directions to places, by typing in the street address, using the built-in Maps app;
2. reading email, usually with photos attached, which were sent by family members.

The iPad has definitely replaced the Pearly map-book for finding places. They also rely less on me to be the intermediary who used to receive the emails with photos which I would then load onto my laptop to show them.

They have not sent an email yet. 

Bluetooth vs. Airplay Speakers

It's better to choose Bluetooth speakers over Airplay speakers, to stream audio wirelessly from an iDevice, according to this article.