Apple Magic Trackpad: Review

When I purchased the Magic Trackpad, I was really hesitating as to whether to buy the Trackpad or the Magic Mouse. Both were the same price (roughly), however I think I made the right decision.

Firstly, the Magic Trackpad is essentially like an iPhone screen. All the multi-touch gestures on the iPhone are integrated into the Magic Trackpad. You can do anything you want, even pinch to zoom and turning your fingers to rotate pictures in Aperture or iPhoto. This is really brilliant, as it brings one of the best bits of the iPhone to the Mac. Furthermore, the Magic Mouse has really limited gestures, and is nothing like an iPhone screen.

The other thing I like about the Trackpad is how wide it is. You have room to do all the gestures, and when compared with the Magic Mouse, for example, you realise the difference. On the Magic Mouse gesture wise, everything is cramped, so it makes a real difference.

The final thing to say is that the Magic Trackpad is the future. The mouse is slowly disappearing, and multi-touch is the future. The Magic Trackpad therefore is the future, and the Magic Mouse, even having some limited multi touch capabilities, is more a less the past.

Apple rarely make disappointing products (there have been some though), and they, in my opinion, certainly have not disappointed with the Magic Trackpad. which really is the way to go. Needless to say, a 3 year old could have installed it.

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Hidden iPad Gestures: How to Activate Them

Maybe you've just picked up a new iPad 2. You most likely love it. In today's post I've got something to share that will hopefully make you love the iPad even more. Maybe you saw some video coverage of the iOS 4.3 beta from popular technology YouTubers such as Ty Moss (tysiphonehelp) or Mark Watson (SoldierKnowsBest). In the beta there were a few multi-touch gestures to make multi tasking a little bit smoother. I didn't really enjoy double clicking on the home button to multi-task. So, I found a better way. This will only work with Mac OS X Snow Leopard, so I apologize in advance to the PC users. You'll need to go to the Mac App Store and download XCode (a $4.99 application). The video above shows you how to do the rest.

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iPad 2: How to Enable Multitouch Multitask Gestures

Before the release of the Apple iPad 2, there was speculation and several rumors floating around that Apple intended on removing the home button from each of their iOS devices. These rumors surfaced once a developer beta build of iOS reached the public, showing off multi-touch gestures incorporated in the iPad's software for multitasking. These gestures included four finger swipes, as well as a five finger pinch motion. The five finger pinch gesture would direct the user out of their current app and back to the homescreen. This gesture was the basis of the rumors that future iOS devices could be without the original home button. It can be predicted that Apple will eventually incorporate these multitask gestures in a future iOS update, but whether they will choose to remove the home button from their iOS devices remains to be seen.

In this video, I provide a tutorial and demonstration on how to enable multi-touch guestures on your iPad. This option is compatible with the first generation and second generation iPad.