John Martellaro:

AirPlay creates a giddy sense of the magical, while Google TV bogs us down with a keyboard and a browser.

Sarah Stern:

It will come in handy if you ever misplace your device, or if someone were to steal it. You can use the app to locate your device, send a warning message to the culprit and sound an alarm or beacon. You also have the ability to remote wipe all the information from your device and create a passcode from any other device with the app installed.

Find My iPhone is now 100% free, no strings attached. There is no point crying over spilled milk; it only works once you’ve gone into Settings.app and set it up.

Milind Alvares:

When you look at a two pound book, which is huge in size, you know what you’re getting yourself into. You know it’s either going to be set down on a table, or your lap. You don’t for a second expect to hold it in one hand. And that’s fine, because all you’re doing, is reading. Every five minutes or so, there’s a momentary page turn, but otherwise the weight is not really an issue.

The iPad is heavy, no matter who you speak to. The problem is, weight is relative and the small form factor is deceiving. No one is suggesting Apple make the iPad look beefy; we like it’s small size and portability. What we don’t like is the deceiving weight — make it lighter, and the “problem” goes away.

Manas Tungare (worked on the Google Instant prototype):

We also minimize the amount of flickering on screen when results change. Given the realities of network latency in shipping a new set of results from the server to the client, we have a lot of black magic going on in the interface that attempts to minimize the visual noise when results transition. For example, when new results are available, the old ones fade out quickly through a transition to grey; this was noted as a strong indicator by our users that “Google is thinking”; without it, users didn’t realize that results were different, unless there was a huge map or a huge picture in the middle of the new results page.

Ryan Block:

Maybe 2560 x 1920 doesn’t sound like a lot, but it should. Let’s put that in context with the kinds of high resolutions you get on some professional-grade desktop products:

MacBook Pro 15-inch = 1440 x 900
Macbook Pro 15-inch high-res = 1680 x 1050
Macbook Pro 17-inch = 1920 x 1200
Dell 24-inch monitor = 1920 x 1200

Think about that for a moment: a 9.7-inch screen that displays more visual information than two high res 24-inch monitors stacked on top of one another.

Possible, but doubtful.

Roger Ebert

Misses her fight because TSA agents don’t know their own guidelines about breast milk. This makes me angry.

When you give uneducated people power, only then will shit hit the fan. If you are on an iPad, here is a direct link to the video.

If you do not use a computer at ALL during the day, then I’d probably recommend you get yourself an e-ink device instead of NOOKcolor for reading. If you’re a person who works in the food service industry during the day and can’t keep your eyes off your laptop at night, well, then, again, feel free to give NOOKcolor a try.

Seven inches is great for reading books, but magazines are rather ho hum and well, bland on such a small display.

Powered off or powered on, you know that this is an iconic piece of industrial design, and that is to be commended. I do not miss the ability to turn pages with physical buttons, and as of yet (remember we’re not reviewing the apps in any form yet) I do not miss the eINK display. The NOOKcolor is bright, it’s beautiful, and hardware-wise, it’s right on.

Here is a link to the hardware portion of the review. Their insights are in-line with my admittedly – short lived – experience with the device.

AppleInsider has put together a (live-updating) collection of Apple-related Black Friday deals.

Something fun for the holiday weekend. Here is a link to the high-quality version on YouTube.

Played w/Samsung Galaxy Tab, UX not bad but starts at $599 + year contract w/Sprint. #noiPadkiller (wi-fi only model not even available)

I was admiring what shall now be dubbed, The Tab, until I rightfully questioned the price. The initial cost — $599 (not including the $20-$30 data plan, per month). Without a WiFi-only option, Samsung has established the mental block, a social stigma, dictating who may (or may not) purchase their product. There are many customers who are unaware of the fact, you may purchase ‘The Tab’ without signing a contract; it will just cost you more.

Agreed.

Other than the new wallpaper, the iPad appeared to be unchanged. That was comforting — familiarity always is — but disquieting, too, because I was anxious to take the new features for a spin.

There’s more to it than just AirPlay…

Initial impressions prove Printopia is here to stay.

DF’s John Gruber comments on Netflix’s new pricing scheme. $7.99 gets you unlimited streaming, while $9.99 gets streaming with DVD rentals.

You must run the test on an iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad running 4.2+.

Update: AppleInsider notes the addition of accelerometer, WebSockets in iOS 4.2.

An interesting offering from Acer. I am curious though, how would two screens (at that size) benefit anyone? Seven inches seem far more useful, à la Microsoft’s Courier.

Truly remarkable.

After he finished, I said, “I understand what the pat-down entails, but I wanted to let you know that I do not give you permission to touch my genitals or the surrounding area. If you do, I will consider it assault.”

Update: Follow this link for the audio.

Andy Ihnatko for Macworld.com

And if you have a billion dollars to spend: you need an in-house visionary and consultant. I invite you to contact me for availability information and housing needs at your soonest convenience.

Come back to the Apple Online Store the day after Thanksgiving for a special one-day-only holiday shopping event. You’ll find dozens of great iPad, iPod, and Mac gifts for everyone on your list.

John Gruber:

AirPlay is the killer feature for Apple TV. But perhaps we’d better keep that in the future tense for now: it’s going to be the killer feature for Apple TV. After installing today’s various software updates for iOS devices, the only apps I’ve seen where AirPlay works for video are the built-in iPod app (a.k.a. “Video” on the iPad and iPod Touch) and YouTube. In other apps, AirPlay is audio-only.

Apple’s list of all AirPrint compatible printers.

MG Siegler

The way to fix it is apparently to plug your iPhone back into your computer, play a song from the iPhone on your computer, and then sync. The process is very quick because it doesn’t actually have to transfer all that music again, it just makes it recognize that it’s already there. Sure enough, my content is now back.

Right now a user has to knowingly tap an in-app purchase every time they want to continue their subscription, instead of letting that monthly payment float into the back of the consciousness where publications want it, and Apple also restricts app builders from getting their payments outside of the Apple ecosystem.

I appreciate the absence of recurring iOS payments, and will always remember the day developers begin charging subscription fees.

Update: AppleInsider is corroborating the story.

Though is was written ten days prior to iOS 4.2′s official release, most of what Mr. Dave Caolo has written still stands – apart from this little statement.

Here’s another feature I’m anticipating. I say don’t believe the rumors; AirPrint will have you sending files to printers on the same wireless network as the iPad upon release.

Apple has indeed shipped AirPrint with the inability to print to ‘shared printers’ on your local WiFi Network. Thanks to the guys at MacRumors for sharing this little gem: Printopia. A simple preference pane that allows your iPad to access any shared printer on your local network. Printopia ($9.99) also allows you to print PDFs directly to your Mac’s Dropbox folder, or your Mac’s desktop.

The guys over at MacStories have spent weeks putting together a great walkthrough of everything new in the OS.

Not all apps will support video, as we noted above—some will do audio-only, and others will do audio and video. You get to find out which ones those are after you tap on the AirPlay icon—the app will then ask you which device you want, and there will be icons to the right that show whether the app will do audio or video

MG Siegler

In the smartphone world right now, we’re already evolving to the next phase. We’re seeing an explosion of interest is social apps built solely around the camera.

“It’s a tablet-only product and it’s very exciting,” Murdoch, who heads the media group’s operations in Europe and Asia, told journalists on the sidelines of an investor conference in Spain. “You’ll hear more about that soon.”

Andy Ihnatko weighs in on today’s iOS 4.2 update for both iPhone and iPad.

I’m already loving AirPlay. It’s such a natural way to integrate all of your devices that contain media. The desktop edition of iTunes, plus any app on the iPad or iPhone that deals with media, has an AirPlay button. Tap it and you’re presented with a popup list of all of the devices on the network that can stream AirPlay audio and video. It’s the same basic mechanism as when you decide to plug something into a set of amplified speakers. It’s spontaneous and it works.