Two years ago when I bought a netbook — an Asus EEE, about the size of hardcover novel — I thought that I had finally acquired the perfect technology: it was small enough that I could slip it into a little satchel that I carry, but big enough that it had a full-size qwerty keyboard that I could easily type on. It also had enough CPU power to meet 95% my needs: word processing, browsing the Internet, sending email, and watching videos. I was so pleased with my netbook that when Apple came out with its palm-sized iPod Touch, I wasn’t even interested. What, I opined, could it do for me that my netbook couldn’t do? Continue reading App Happy (or, the iPod Touch)