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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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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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Verizon CEO says their working With Google on a Tablet
1 Comment | Posted by Nick Schooler in Android, Android OS, Android Tablet, Tablet
Verizon CEO Lowell McAdam told The Wall Street Journal that his company is working closely with Google on a tablet computer that will compete with Apple’s iPad and said he believes tablets are part of “the next big wave of opportunities” for his company. McAdam hinted that the Verizon tablet would be similar to [...]
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 [...]
Stephen Colbert pulled out an iPad during Thursday night’s “Colbert Report” on Comedy Central.
First, Colbert answered questions as to how he obtained an iPad before its official launch. His secret, he said “Never mind how I got it. I had two kidneys,” said Stephen Colbert.
“Luckily, there is an app that filters urine,” he noted.
Excited [...]
The iPad Just like the iPhone, Apple (AAPL) announced a product without even owning the name, and just like the iPhone, Apple some how aquired trademark rights. With just a week left before the April 3 launch of the iPad, Computer hardware company Fujitsu has ceded rights to the ‘iPad’ name.
For 7 years Fujitsu [...]
The iPad Just like the iPhone, Apple announced a product without even owning the name, and just like the iPhone, Apple some how aquired trademark rights. With just a week left before the April 3 launch of the iPad, Computer hardware company Fujitsu has ceded rights to the ‘iPad’ name.
For 7 years Fujitsu has [...]
GoNintendo reported on Nintendo’s upcoming portable console the tentatively titled Nintendo 3DS.
Seems the unit will use a form of glasses-free3D technology which some people are speculating to be a form of Parallax 3D which can also be seen here. Kotaku also has an idea of how the 3DS might handle the 3D images from [...]
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Apple having a tough time locking in TV Networks to provide content on the iPad
2 Comments | Posted by Nick Schooler in iSlate
Apple (AAPL) has had a difficult time lining up TV programming, digital newspapers and other content with just weeks to go before the the iPad’s April 3 release.
The Wall Street Journal cites people familiar with the matter as saying that electronics maker is now asking that television networks agree to drop the price of their [...]
Apple is developing technology called “iKey”, which will allow users to simply tap in a sequence of numbers before waving the over an RFID device fitted beside the door to open it.
The tech giant has recently filed for patent that has lead to many technology analysts to believe that the upcoming 4G iPhone will incorporate [...]
Recently there has been talk of Nintendo announcing a new hand held console, dubbed the DS2 for now, at next months GDC or more likely at this years E3.
What does this have to do with Apple? Well, the DS does have a touch screen and Steve Jobs has been making comments about the iPhone and [...]
Quoting unnamed industry insiders, LA Times reports that E-books sold via the iPad’s iBook store will be wrapped with FairPlay DRM to the publishers that want it, though there’s some question about who will and won’t be using the world’s “most popular” form of DRM, some publishers like publisher O’Reilly Media, have publicly stated their [...]
