Apple Day – Apple, iPod, iPad, iPhone, iTouch, iMac, iBook
Apple Day – Apple, iPod, iPad, iPhone, iTouch, iMac, iBook
One person who has no plans to buy iPad 1.0: James McQuivey, a VP at Forrester Research. While the “Kindle Killer” chant is growing louder among iPad reviewers, he still has lots of love for Amazon. Beyond Amazon, he sees Sony and Google as the iPad’s top competitors. More: continued here
Magazines are being printed in volumes every day, the sheer bulk in waste is staggering.Time magazine prints more than 4 million copies a year, all in a slick glossy format that has not always been recyclable.But could Apple’s iPad provide a means for curbing the amount of magazines that are produced – thereby the number…
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If you want to live in the creative universe where anyone with a cool idea can make it and give it to you to run on your hardware, the iPad isn’t for you.If you want to write code for a platform where the only thing that determines whether you’re going to succeed with it is…
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You’ve seen the television commercials and the product reviews.But maybe, like many gadget lovers, you’re still debating whether you really need this new touch-screen computer from Apple.To help you make sense of the hype, here are answers to 12 common questions about the iPad. More: continued here
When Steve Jobs introduced the iPad he was quick to shake his finger in the nose of the other devices out there attempting to fill the gap between cell phone and full-sized laptop, and in particular those market-dominating netbooks. More: continued here
Since the introduction of iPhone (EDGE) in 2007, Apple remained the unipolar champion of the smartphone world. But its unchallenged supremacy has now been challenged by other stalwarts like Google’s Android, and the upcoming Windows Phone 7 Series by Microsoft. It will be obligatory for Apple to bring some innovative changes to the device More:…
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Trace an iPad’s journey from China to the customer’s home. By monitoring Twitter & tracking reports, Nick Saint has assembled an iPad’s typical journey to the US.It starts at the infamous Foxconn factory in Shenzhen, China. That’s the “iPad nursery,” if you will. From there, iPads destined for the USA fly to Anchorage, Alaska, and…
Combine basic-but-essential work tools with iWork, an improved browser, e-mail, iPod, and photo applications, a well-executed e-Book platform with iBooks, and throw in thousands of downloadable apps and games, and package it all in a gorgeous, slim slate with a beautiful 9.7-inch touch screen, you have yourself a winner. More: continued here
Despite a new claim that Apple is working on a CDMA-capable iPhone for the Verizon network in the U.S., one prominent analyst has said such a move is “unlikely” to happen this year. n his latest note to investors issued on Tuesday, analyst Maynard J. Um with UBS Investment Research acknowledged a report from The…
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Apple’s much-anticipated, much-debated iPad hits retail shelves on Saturday, April 3 — after what seems like a thousand years of hype. Here’s a look at the real numbers that define the device Steve Jobs has described as “magical and revolutionary”. More: continued here
If Steve Jobs has seen the future then the future is not a library but a digital bookshelf from which one purchases an e-book and reads it on a 9.56-inch by 7.47-inch multi-touch screen. But, as exciting as the iPad is, there’s something libraries have going for them that gives them an edge… More: continued…
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You heard right, folks — according to the Wall Street Journal, Apple is currently “developing a new iPhone to debut this summer,” and as if that weren’t enough, it’s also “working on another model for US mobile phone operator Verizon Wireless.” More: continued here
Now, there’s more reasons to believe iPad sales so far have been phenomenal. According to Morgan Stanley’s Katy Huberty, Asian suppliers have revised their shipping forecasts for the iPad, and they now expect to ship 8-10 million devices by the end of 2010. More: continued here
A new report suggests that Apple is poised to launch its own mobile ad platform – dubbed iAd – on April 7th. According to Mediapost, Apple is close to unveiling a personalized advertising experience based on technology from Quattro Wireless, which Apple acquired 2 months ago. More: continued here
The iPad, which can be loosely described as a large iPhone minus the phone, has the capability of running not only iPhone apps, but also its own higher resolution apps that can bring more detail on the larger screen at one time. It would seem to be a natural fit with the iPhone’s army of…
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