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The challenges of bringing Siri to the iPad

By Rene Ritchie, Saturday, Mar 3, 2012 a 6:04 pm

Siri on the iPad would need to address connectivity, user interface scaling, and some long missing apps

I would love to have Siri, Apple's voice-controlled virtual assistant, on the iPad 3. I wrote in my iPad 3 event preview preview that I anticipate it, and not a day goes by that I don't instinctively reach for the Dictation button on the iPad 2 keyboard and then grumble when I realize for the umpteenth time that it's just not there.

But as much as I love the idea of Siri on the iPad, there are some challenges Apple would need to overcome.

iOS Jailbreak developer's take on Android's user experience

By Rene Ritchie, Friday, Dec 23, 2011 a 12:16 am

Noted iPhone Jailbreak developer Grant Paul, better known as chpwn, has started the ICS Papercuts blog to share his thoughts on user interface and user experience inconsistencies in Google's latest version of Android, Ice Cream Sandwich.

Apple's layered user experience approach

By Rene Ritchie, Thursday, Jul 21, 2011 a 9:51 pm

Apple implements an interesting layered user experience in both iOS and OS X. They've always done this to some degree; early on with Mac OS X, UNIX gurus could live comfortably in Terminal while those raised on the GUI of classic Mac and Windows would feel right at home in Aqua.

Apple still tweaking Notification Center UI ahead of iOS 5 launch

By Rene Ritchie, Sunday, Jun 26, 2011 a 8:41 am

There have been some significant UI changes to Notification Center in iOS 5 beta 2, specifically, the way notifications are handled on the Lock Screen. In beta 1, notifications would simply appear as line items, with new notifications stacking as new line items, one after the other. In beta 2, if a single notification comes in, it now gets its own, newly styled popup.