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“We had a record weekend,” Mr. Cook said in reference to the new iPad launch, “and we’re thrilled.”Cook: Third gen iPad launch broke recordsThe third generation iPad hit store shelves on Friday, March 16. Some Apple Stores saw long lines ahead of the launch, and some customers camped out for days to be among the…

Of note, the significantly higher resolution apps now available on the iPad come with the cost of increased storage space requirements, with many apps more than doubling in size. Examples Tinhte provided include Keynote increasing from 115 MB to 327 MB, Numbers from 109 MB to 283 MB, Pages from 95 MB to 269 MB,…

However, while we continue to witness tablets’ gradual but steady eclipsing of laptops, there’s another far more intriguing question to ponder: Are iPads already better than MacBooks for many tasks? The answer is a resounding yes. In my case, I prefer my iPad over my MacBook Air for almost any task that does not demand…

Lapworks prides itself on featuring ergonomically sound products and their latest product is no exception. The 2Loop iPad Handle designed specifically for the iPad 2 is a grip-free, hand-held iPad holder that takes pressure off the wrist and removes the necessity to grip the back of a case. There is a removable two loop finger attachment that…

Another app in this exclusive group is Discover – Wikipedia in a Magazine, from CoolIris. The app takes Wikipedia entries and turns them into e-zines. Think ‘Word of the Day’ except here you have full articles, photos, maps and so much more. It really is a good app and the more you use it, the…

Pre-ordering a new iPad in the U.S. will still get a tablet in your hands on March 16, unless you’re trying to pick up the 16GB white Wi-Fi model. The 16GB model is showing a March 19 ship date now.New iPad ship dates are slipping around the worldSingapore customers will have to wait even longer…

According to Pocket-lint, Senseg’s technology uses electrical pulses to create the sensation of textures when touching the display, and Apple plans to pack that into every pixel on the iPad 3’s rumored retina display.Adding some excitement to that rumor, Senseg senior vice president Ville Makinen said, “We are currently working with a certain tablet maker…

The contract is subject to funding and will be used to purchase up to 18,000 iPads. The AMC will use those iPads to replace flight manuals on transport flights managed by the Air Force group. “That doesn’t necessarily mean we’ll purchase all 18,000,” AMC spokesperson Captain Kathleen Ferrero said in a statement. “It’s contingent upon…

The scenario I described was visiting a friend at the beach. You take your MacBook and your iPhone. You do some work at the condo. Then, you go to lunch, and take your iPhone with you. The MacBook stays put: it would be awkward in a cozy restaurant. Maybe overheat if left in the car.…

“We are now preparing for negotiations,” Proview lawyer Xie Xianghui said, according to The Times of India. “The court cases will continue until we reach an agreement.”Proview prepping for iPad trademark negotiations with AppleApple has argued that it legitimately purchased the Chinese rights to the iPad name, although local courts ruled in favor of Proview…

Proview Technology owned (or owns, depending on who you ask) the trademark to the term “iPad,” a trademark it registered in China and other Asian countries in 2000. Apple purchased those rights from a Taiwan-based subsidiary of Proview Technology, a purchase that Apple believed included rights to the name in China, but Proview claims that…

That horse may have long since left the barn and could be in another state by now, though: a Cisco survey found that 48 percent of IT managers’ companies would never allow employees to bring their own devices, but 57 percent admitted it was happening without consent anyway, and 51 percent said the number of…

On the smaller tablet front, which has been oft-discussed since the original iPad hit the market two years ago, Apple is said to be showing its suppliers designs for an iPad with an 8-inch screen, compared to the 9.7-inch one currently on the device. The resolution is expected to be the same, while a third-generation…

It seems that Proview Technology sent letters to authorities in Shijiazhuang, which is southwest of Beijing. The Washington Post reported an economic investigation official as saying that all iPads had been taken off the shelves in the Xinhua district in Shijiazhuang. He gave no indication of how many locations or devices had been involved. Apple has only…

The announcement was first spotted by NextGov (via 9to5Mac), which first reported the plan as one to specifically buy iPad 2 models from Apple. Lt. Col. Glen Roberts of the AMC has since clarified that it is looking for, “a tablet device, not necessarily an iPad.” The issue of replacing flight manuals with iPads (or…

We’ve talked about this topic before: the pleasure of having our iPads right in front of our noses for easy reading without the need to actually hold them. The Akron TAB802 deserves serious consideration from anyone looking for a table mount, clamp model holder. It doesn’t have the arm lengths of some models, but it offers…

Inside the World of Dinosaurs is a massive and glorious app for the iPad. It’s far from perfect, and at the price of US$14.95 it is pricey, but M5859 Studios has done a terrific job of creating a compelling and engaging overview of 60 dinosaurs and the world in which they lived. I would consider it a showpiece…

How’s it going? Not bad, actually. I’m finding that I’m more open to impromptu outings to places that I likely would not have gone to before. An example of these new extemporaneous expeditions of mine occurred two weeks ago. Some friends suggested we take a day off in the middle of the week and take…

Jumsoft’s Cookbook template for iBooks AuthorThe package includes ten templates with editable layouts, chapter and text pages, covers, table of contents, glossary pages, and more. Template styles are included for business and textbook layouts.Book Palette 1.0 is priced at US$2.99 and is available at Apple’s Mac App Store. The templates require iBooks Author, which is…

Mediadevil has made a believer out of me when it comes to screen savers for my iPad 2. Their screen saver is called Easyscreen and the unique feature is the Easyscreen uses no adhesive to stick to the viewable area of the iPad screen. The adhesive is used around the Easyscreen border, which is colored to…

Alice for the iPad is an iPad app that provides a both abridged and full text version of Lewis Carroll’s beloved book, Alice in Wonderland, for children. It’s solid, well done and has sold over 500,000 copies. What’s interesting here is that this is an app, not an eBook file. What that allows is a…

There are a plethora of iPad cases available today, and just as many use cases for the iPad itself. For some, it is a multimedia device primarily used to watch video. For others, an on-the-go email and productivity device. Some users type furiously and others almost never.  This reviewer falls into the latter of that…

The Air Force Special Operations Command stated (PDF) in a December 29, 2011 notice that, following three months of product evaluation, it planed to purchase over 2,800 iPad 2s to act as electronic flight bags for its crews. The Air Force felt that, of all the tablets they tested, only the iPad 2 “outmatched all…

As we know, Amazon has been reluctant to sell ebooks inside the Kindle app because Apple will then take 30 percent of the purchase price. That’s no good for Amazon’s business. As a result, Amazon has offered customers the ability to purchase ebooks at Amazon.com, the Kindle edition, and then the purchased item is placed…