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Jewish World Review
Oct. 23, 2013/ 19 Mar-Cheshvan, 5774
Not since Moses
By
Dave Ross
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There are three new tablets unveiled Tuesday by the silicon gods -- from Apple, Nokia, and Microsoft -- they join the tablets from Amazon, Google, Samsung, and Dell.
And it's hard to believe that we are talking of a thing that didn't even exist until January of 2010 when Steve Jobs stepped on stage to ask a question, "Is there room for a third category of device, something that's between a laptop and smartphone?"
Of course, he already knew the answer.
"And we call it the iPad," said Jobs.
Last year alone, 120 million tablets were sold, which means you either have one or are near one. I don't have one, yet, but I can still remember my first tablet encounter. I was with relatives, having an idle conversation about crazy airfares and suddenly, someone says, "let's look them up right now" and out came the iPad.
And now, depending on the crowd you're with, you can't have an idle conversation anymore because there's someone doing real-time footnotes, and sometimes you just feel like shouting, "DID YOU CARVE THOSE TABLETS TO BECOME A PRINCE OVER US?!"
Yeah!
But there's no stopping it now.
The latest survey shows 80 percent of Apple iPad owners use them 10 or more times a day. Sometimes it's used as a companion to the TV or some other screen they happen to be watching. Even leisure is multitasked. People want email replies instantly - while you're at a party, while you're at the beach, while you're waiting for healthcare.gov to load.
In fact, I'll bet 25 percent of your inbox is from people who, right after they hit "send," pressed "flush."
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Comment by clicking here. Dave Ross hosts the Morning News on Seattle's KIRO Radio weekdays from 5-9 a.m. He spends his down time tinkering with electronic projects, writing novelty songs, shopping at thrift stores, and playing squash. As an avid hiker, he's earned the title Energizer Bunny from his friends; while they all stop to see stuff along the trail, Dave keeps going and going and going. He enjoys traveling internationally for work and pleasure with memorable stops in Baghdad, Qatar, Israel, Prague, Germany (to cover the Berlin Wall), China, Soviet Union, Niger, Senegal, and Iran.
You can listen to his daily column in audio format by clicking here.
Previously:
• 10/21/13 Another reason to sleep
• 10/21/13 Are you ready for 2020?
• 10/01/13 The real-life Bionic Man
• 09/30/13 The pilot exits the F-16 and it takes off without him
• 09/25/13 Human nature of everyday sadists demonstrated with bug grinder
• 09/23/13 Don't worry about the Sun, worry about . . .
• 09/19/13 The most dangerous person to search for on the Internet is . . .
• 09/18/13 The UN --- and the delicate art of doing nothing
• 09/16/13 The Internet Must Go!
• 08/29/13 When hospitals make you sicker
• 08/28/13 Smarter phone anticipates your behavior before you do
• 08/27/13 Getting tested for your dream job
• 08/26/13 A thug tells us how to stop gun trafficking
• 08/23/13 The better to see you with, Mr. Bad guy
• 08/22/13 The latest outburst of anarchy
• 08/21/13 Send al Qeda to crime ridden cities?
• 08/20/13 How honeybees are keeping men out of prison
• 08/19/13 Truth about Area 51 finally revealed
• 08/16/13 If you knew how much it cost to raise a child
• 08/15/13 The voice in the nursery
• 08/14/13 When license plates speak
• 08/13/13 The plant that wouldn't die
• 08/12/13 Class warfare at 35,000 feet is just fine
• 08/09/13 Want a good night's sleep? Become homeless
• 08/08/13 When eating too healthy becomes a problem
• 08/07/13 The Die Phone
• 08/06/13 Can't afford a doctor or medicine? There's always the Placebo App
• 08/05/13 Car prowlers taught lesson with call to mom
© 2013, Dave Ross
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