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Apple sold 3 million iPad’s in the first 80 days
0 Comments | Posted by Mike Tompson in Apple iPad, Tablet, iPad
Apple’s (AAPL) iPad sales are from slowing down, more than 3 million iPads have been sold in just the first 80 days tablet computer’s launch in the United States. The iPad past analysts’ expectations by selling million units in the first 28 days, the second million was reached in 60 days.
According to Katy Huberty [...]
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Apple’s Steve Jobs and Microsofts Steve Ballmer take Jabs at each other at D8
7 Comments | Posted by Nick Schooler in Other
Steve Jobs
Apple and Microsoft took jabs at each other at the Wall Street Journal’s 2010 D8 conference in Southern California. The conference started of with Apple’s (AAPL) CEO Steve Jobs speaking with All Things Digital producers Walt Mossberg and Kara Swisher on Wednesday and then on Thursday with Microsoft’s (MSFT) CEO Steve Ballmer along with [...]
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Microsoft’s Steve Ballmer will join Steve Jobs at Apple’s Worldwide Developer Conference
3 Comments | Posted by Lara Cane in iSlate
An analyst reports that not only will CEO Steve Jobs return to Apple’s WWDC 2010 (Worldwide Developer Conference) this year, but that Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer is scheduled to make a seven-minute appearance to present a product from Microsoft: Visual Studio 2010 for Mac OS X, iPhone and iPad.
It is reported that the stage time [...]
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Apple iPad’s not allowed in Yankee Stadium
6 Comments | Posted by Nick Schooler in Apple iPad, Tablet, iPad
If your a New York Yankees fan then you may want to leave your iPad at home the next time you head to Yankee Stadium. It appears that the Apple iPad violates Yankees Stadium’s strict security policy that prohibits laptops from entering the brand new $1.5 billion ballpark. According to the security policies of [...]
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Research In Motion rumored to be working on BlackBerry Tablet
5 Comments | Posted by Nick Schooler in Tablet
The BlackBerry Leaks website is reporting that Research In Motion (TSX: RIM, NASDAQ: RIMM) is working on a tablet that will be smaller and thinner in size than the iPad. The tablet is reportedly going by the codename: ‘BlackPad’, ‘Cobalt’, or ‘Blackboard’.
It will feature “full BlackBerry OS compatibility and functionality” It is believed it will [...]
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Bill Gates says Microsoft is working on different tablet projects
2 Comments | Posted by Nick Schooler in HP Slate, Microsoft Courier, Tablet, Windows 7, Windows 7 Tablet
Microsoft’s, Bill Gate says his company is still working on other tablet projects even though less than a week ago it announced that It cancelled the Dual-screen Microsoft Courier and that Hewlett Packard put the brake’s on its Windows 7-based HP Slate, citing that Windows 7 wasn’t ideal for a touch-only platform and that [...]
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HP Slate: Tech site claims to have Hands-on with the Tablet
4 Comments | Posted by Nick Schooler in HP Slate, Tablet, Windows 7, Windows 7 Tablet
So far all we’ve seen of the HP Slate up to now is a quick demonstration at the 2010 Consumer Electronic Show (CES) by Microsoft’s Steve Ballmer, some images from the Spanish technology blog Clipset.net that got to handle the tablet, and a leaked internal HP (NYSE: HPQ) document comparing the specifications of the [...]
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New Yorker Magazine: Least Common Complaints About The iPad
0 Comments | Posted by Richard Hatten Sr. in iPad
LEAST COMMON COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE NEW IPAD
by Billy Kimball APRIL 26, 2010
· Too salty.
· Time-travel app does not automatically adjust for Julian calendar.
· When used as tanning bed, battery life is limited.
· Not rhino-proof.
· Salesperson in Apple Store not wearing ironic “jazzman” hat.
· Not available in soothing Harvest Gold color.
· Strange odor coming from husband while [...]
Apple (AAPL) announced today that the more expensive Wi-Fi + 3G model of the iPad will go on sale in the U.S. on April 30, just in time of the company’s original self-imposed deadline to ship the tablet by the end of the month.
Customers who pre-ordered an iPad with both WiFi and 3G capabilities [...]
Seems Gizmodo got hold of a pre-production iPhone.
The new features are
Front facing video camera for video conferencing
Seems to have a better camera (could Apple finally be taking the camera feature seriously?)
Camera flash
Slot for micro SIM
Appears to have a smaller but higher resolution display
A secondary microphone possibly used for better noise cancellation
Two separate volume buttons
All buttons [...]
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iPad’s are being Confiscated by Israeli Communications Ministry
0 Comments | Posted by Nick Schooler in Tablet, iPad
Israel has banned imports of the Apple (AAPL) iPad and are being confiscated from travelers and import shipments are being held in customs, citing concerns the tablet computer’s WiFi interference and disrupting other devices and wont be able to bring iPads into the country until they are certified as being in compliance with local [...]
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Neofonie WePad Tablet a German Rival of the iPad
5 Comments | Posted by C.G. Smith in Android OS, Android Tablet, Tablet
Neofonie GmbH is a German based company that has designed their version of Apple’s iPad with their Linux based Android Tablet called the WePad. The Neofonie WePad tablet is quite a contender in the slate/tablet wars.
Neofonie said, “WePad is the latest generation of Tablets. It offers users fast Internet connectivity, a complete world [...]