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iPad-Wi-Fi iPad goes on sale April 3 in U.S.
The wait for the iPad is, er, well, it’s just beginning I suppose. On Friday, Apple announced that the new device would go on sale on Saturday, April 3 in the U.S. Customers who want to pre-order can put in their claim on March 12—just a week away, so get your clicking fingers ready. Of course, the April 3 date only applies to the Wi-Fi-only models. If you’re holding out for the 3G versions, you’ll have to wait until late April. And those customers outside the U.S.—Apple specifically mentions Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Spain, Switzerland, and the U.K.—will have to wait until late April for either model. Pricing for those countries is still unknown, though Apple said that it would be announced in April. The company also said that the … Read entire article »
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iPad-Reader: Steve Jobs says no tethering between iPad and iPhone
Steve Jobs appears to have fired off a tersely worded email reply to a user in Sweeden who asked whether the WiFi-only iPad could be tethered to the iPhone: “No.” Jezper Söderlund of the Swedish website Slashat.se reports that he sent Apple’s chief executive an email identifying himself as an Apple customer before adding, “I’m also awaiting the release of the iPad. However, I have one question: Will the wifi-only version somehow support tethering thru my iPhone?” The full email headers Söderlund forwarded to AppleInsider appear to indicate that Jobs sent his one word reply at 8:30 AM from his iPhone. Whether one can tether Apple currently supports Bluetooth and USB (but not WiFi) tethering to share an iPhone’s 3G mobile signal with another computer in iPhone 3.x software. However, enabling the feature … Read entire article »
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iPad-Wonder what the web looks like on the Flash-less iPad? There’s a Chrome extension for that. – AppleSKY
With the CubeMe extensions, your Chrome browser will pretend it’s the iPad and replace all Flash content on web pages with what you’d see on the iPad – the blue lego cubes. CubeMe’s developer stressed they have no affiliation with Adobe or Apple whatsoever and described the extension as follows: This extension replaces all Flash content with the ubiquitous blue cube iPhone users are accustomed to seeing. Pretend you’re on an iPad! Tentatively named the blue cube … Read entire article »
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iPad-Interest in Amazon Kindle wanes after Apple iPad unveiling
While most who currently own an e-reader have a Kindle from Amazon, a new survey found that a majority of consumers who intend to buy an e-reader in the near future will opt instead for the Apple iPad. ChangeWave recently conducted a survey of 3,171 consumers the week after Apple announced the iPad, and the results suggest that the forthcoming device is poised to make a huge splash in the e-reader market. “In particular, while a handful … Read entire article »
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iPad-Survey: iPad may take bite out of e-book rivals
ChangeWave Research polled 3,171 consumers to gauge interest in the iPad and to find out how the iPad might impact the budding e-book reader market. Overall, 4 percent of people are “very likely” to buy the iPad after its release, and 9 percent say they are “somewhat likely” to do so. The comparable numbers for the iPhone before its release in 2007 were 3 percent “very likely” and 6 percent “somewhat likely.” So, it would … Read entire article »
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iPhone-revMobile: write iPhone and iPad apps without knowing Objective C
One of the biggest barriers to entry for people who want to develop their own iPhone apps is the requirement to actually know how to program in Objective C. Runtime Revolution (AKA RunRev) has been developing and marketing a HyperCard-like development environment since 1997. To quote the company’s site, “Rev uses plain-English words and phrases for most of its operations, eliminating the obscure symbols and complicated structures required of other programming languages. Rev is easy to learn and use, requires 90% less code, and can deliver a 10-fold increase in productivity over traditional languages.” What does this have to do with developing for iPhone and iPad? The answer is simple — the company is stretching the development environment to the mobile computing market with a new product, currently in pre-alpha, … Read entire article »
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iPad-The iPad arrives April 3, pre-order from March 12AppleSKY
Apple has put an end to ongoing speculations regarding the availability of its recently announced tablet. The iPad goes on sale in the US starting April 3 and later that month in nine more countries. The Cupertino firm put out a press release early Friday officially confirming that its “magical and revolutionary” WiFi and 3G iPad models will arrive at shores on Saturday, April 3, and late April, respectively. The next Friday, March 12, Apple will … Read entire article »
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iPad-iPad developers struggle with hands-off approach
Yes, as Steve Jobs showed off when he demoed the iPad in January, nearly all of the iPhone’s 140,000 applications will run on the device. But not seamlessly: you’ll have the choice of running them in actual size, surrounded by a field of black, useless space, or comically blown up via crude pixel doubling. (Really, there’s nothing like launching a super-sized version of the Facebook app to make you feel as though you are, indeed, … Read entire article »
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iPad-iPad launches on April 3rd, pre-orders begin March 12th
Word from Apple is out — so get your credit cards ready. The iPad will be launching on Saturday April 3rd (and on the shelves, er… display tables at Apple retail stores), but you’ll be able to plunk down cold, hard cash for it in just a week. Pre-orders will begin on March 12th for the US version (non-3G) for that April street date, with the 3G version coming in late April along with iPads … Read entire article »
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iPhone-Reiner Knizia’s Money app worth spending time with
The iPhone is shaped a little bit like a deck of cards. Like a deck of cards, Apple’s little magic toy device can be used to play any one of a number of different games. Unlike standard cards though, the iPhone can easily transform into specific decks of cards from the Eurogame world. We recently took a look at the iPhone version of Reiner Knizia’s card game Poison and there are a slew of other … Read entire article »
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