Last July I reviewed the HP TouchPad:

What webOS has that iOS doesn’t is not so much found in a feature comparison as opposed to functionality differences. webOS has some very clever approaches to common tasks and needs: such as the popular card view approach to fast-app switching, global notifications, and a few other things. And though I consider webOS to be very clever in certain areas, I do not find it to be fun.

My sentiments then are striking me as not being unlike my sentiments towards this summer’s hottest new tablet.

Kyle Baxter:

Netflix ran head-first into the innovator’s dilemma: their existing customers, and their own processes and culture, make it very difficult to adopt innovations which will disrupt their existing business. In this case, Netflix is in a bit of an interesting position, because they are involved in both the existing and disruptive businesses.

That’s larger than the entire screen resolution of my first Mac (a 12-inch PowerBook G4).

Next week Google will be announcing something.

Some Android Tablet app recommendations from the TechHive Beta Blog.

Google Play gave me (and I’m assuming everyone else, too) a $25 credit to buy some apps in the Google Play store. So far I’ve only downloaded apps that I’m familiar with on iOS: Instapaper, Rdio, Kindle, Flipboard, and Twitter.

Surprise, surprise.

(My personal theory on this is that the mental stress of “always being reachable” or “always anticipating the incoming” hinders your mind from being able to settle into a focused state of concentration. It’s like trying to sleep in an uncomfortable setting, you never quite fall into a deep and restful sleep.

For further reading, check out my recent interview with Matt Alexander. He and I talked a lot about this.)

Checkmark is a great app, and it’s now on the App Store for just a buck.

Robert Agcaoili:

I also built this site entirely on my iPad using Textastic, iSSH, and Diet Coda all while paired to a Logitech Ultrathin Keyboard Case.

(Via Macdrifter.)

Horace Dediu:

[A]lmost all the value from the Android ecosystem is concentrated in Samsung. I did not include Google in this analysis since its mobile is so small as to be not visible in its accounting. A separate analysis of Android economics shows that Google’s benefit from the platform is modest. In contrast, Samsung, and Samsung alone, is benefitting greatly. It could even be said that today Samsung is the only Android profit engine.

My thanks to Nice Mohawk for sponsoring the RSS feed this week.

Ita is a brand new list-making app that’s designed to make it fast and simple to collect and organize information. You can drag items to rearrange them, tap to mark items completed, and add multiple items quickly, all from the main list view. If you make lists, you’ll love how fast Ita makes it to collect and complete your stuff.

Ita is beautiful, taking inspiration from high quality paper notebooks and classic typography. And as you use lists, they’ll show signs of wear, just like a piece of paper. Your lists will remember how they look, and that look syncs across iCloud with the rest of your data. Ita is a universal app for iPhone and iPad and is fully accessible using VoiceOver.

Ita is on sale this week for $1.99. Two bucks for the first list app that’s actually better than a piece of paper.

Sponsorship by The Syndicate

My Nexus 7 is due to arrive tomorrow. In the meantime I guess I had better sharpen my knife.

And there was much rejoicing.

Matt Alexander interviewed me for his “Real Life” series. I really love how this interview turned out — we talked a lot about how gadgets and our digital life impact and relate to our physical real life.