Archive for January, 2010

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Apple iPad hands-on video

A good hands-on video of some of the iPad capabilities…

30Jan2010 | taraleewhitaker | 0 comments | Continued
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Wall Street: Apple Might Sell 1-5 Million iPads in the First Year

We can talk about the iPad as much as we want, but we all know that cold, hard sales numbers will do the real talking. When iPad lands in stores, if it doesn’t fly off the shelves, it will be further proof that Apple has made a rare stumble this time.

29Jan2010 | taraleewhitaker | 0 comments | Continued
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Palms, Kindles, Nooks, iPads – none are as cool as Gutenberg's gadget | Simon Jenkins

For 20 years I have been trying e-books and e-newspapers – but print on paper has outlasted every obituarist

29Jan2010 | taraleewhitaker | 0 comments | Continued
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Apple iPad: bashed by bloggers

If you’ve been browsing around, you’ll probably have noticed a lot of adverse reaction to the Apple iPad – at least among the geeks …

29Jan2010 | taraleewhitaker | 0 comments | Continued
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Apple says it will not reveal UK pricing for iPad until its launch at the end of March

Apple has surprised would-be buyers of its new iPad touchscreen computer, saying it will not announce UK prices before it launches at the end of March.

29Jan2010 | taraleewhitaker | 0 comments | Continued
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Apple takes on Amazon with launch of the iBook Store on the iPad

Apple chief executive Steve Jobs has unveiled the much-anticipated “iPad” and announced that the company is taking on Amazon with the launch of the iBook and its iBook Store backed by five of the world’s largest publishers.

28Jan2010 | taraleewhitaker | 0 comments | Continued
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Can the Apple iPad save newspapers?

The Apple iPad – that tablet computer everyone was speculating about – is out, and publishers are hoping that Apple will can offer the same magic for the print world that it did for the music industry with iTunes.

28Jan2010 | taraleewhitaker | 0 comments | Continued
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Apple iPad: UK phone operators vie for deals

Steve Jobs has fired the starting pistol in the race to bring the iPad to the UK, with several mobile phone operators and retailer Carphone Warehouse interested in selling Apple’s new tablet computer to consumers this side of the Atlantic.

28Jan2010 | taraleewhitaker | 0 comments | Continued
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UK publishers hail the iBook moment

Publishers have welcomed the launch of Apple’s iPad as an “important step” in the transition towards digital books, with one branding it “the most significant development yet”.

28Jan2010 | taraleewhitaker | 0 comments | Continued
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Carphone Warehouse hints at iPad UK release date

var dzone_style=”2″;Apple has announced it is striking data deals to offer 3G connectivity with its forthcoming iPad, and we’ve spoken to UK networks about whether a similar plan will be in place.
Orange, O2 and Vodafone have issued us all with a resounding ‘No comment’, which means it’s unlikely that we’ll be seeing the iPad on [...]

28Jan2010 | taraleewhitaker | 0 comments | Continued