Happy February!

With the holidays firmly behind us, life in Small Dog Electronics in South Burlington is slowly returning to normalcy.

The gray days of February are always ripe with speculation amongst Apple enthusiasts as we wait for the Next Big Thing. I don’t go a day without taking a call with a customer inquiring about the as-of-yet unannounced iPad 3 and the seemingly always-just-around-the-corner iPhone 5.

Last week, Apple unveiled their vision for the iPad as an educational tool. The response was generally enthusiasm tinged with controversy regarding a certain part of Apple’s licensing terms that comes bundled with their free iBooks Author software. I’ll leave the debating for the pundits, but none can deny that Apple’s announcement is an exciting and radical approach to the distribution of education content. If Apple’s approach is even half as successful as it has been for music, movies, television, and Apps it will transform not just the textbook industry but education as a whole.

So keep your eyes out Apple fans, no doubt Apple has some exciting tricks up their sleeves for 2012. Anyone else still dreaming of that touch screen iMac? Take a break from the cold and come visit us for a little wild speculation, to take advantage of our February Valentine specials (more on that and more in this issue) or just to watch us crash our awesome Helo TC helicopter.

– Peter and the S. Burlington retail team,
peterg@smalldog.com