iPad

The Magic Sleeve is shipping now, and is priced at US$32.90. Apple’s iPad goes on sale April 3rd, 2010. The Magic Sleeve comes in a variety of designs, as desmonstrated in the image below. Magic Sleeve from Fabrix

Prior to Apple’s announcement that iPad pre-orders would begin on March 12 and that the multimedia tablet and ebook reader would ship on April 3, reports surfaced claiming that parts suppliers were causing delays in the product launch. Canaccord Adams analyst, Peter Misek, said at the beginning of March that production problems would delay the…

“If your iPad requires service due to the battery’s diminished ability to hold an electrical charge, Apple will replace your iPad for a service fee. The service costs $99, plus $6.95 shipping.” In other words, when your iPad needs a new battery, Apple will replace the entire iPad for about $100 rather than install a…

The description says: “This gorgeous diamond studded iPad features 11.43 carats of diamonds, hand-set in a micro-pave styling. The diamonds are graded G/H in color and VS2/SI1 in clarity.” Now you know what to get the tech geek who has everything.

The replacement process will take about a week, and doesn’t include transferring data from your original iPad to your replacement. The iPad battery replacement process is handled by Apple’s own retail stores, Apple Technical Support, and Apple Authorized Service Providers.The iPad is a multimedia tablet device with a 9.7-inch touch screen interface. It includes Bluetooth…

Apple introduced the iPad at a special media event in January, and began taking pre-orders on Friday. The multimedia tablet will be available in stores on April 3.The iPad is a multimedia tablet that supports movie and music playback, includes an ebook reader and ebook store, supports most iPhone apps, and sports a 9.7-inch multitouch…

The iPad Web page states “So if you have a business trip or vacation approaching, just sign up for the month you’ll be traveling and cancel when you get back. You don’t need to visit a store to get 3G service. You can sign up, check your data usage, manage your account, or cancel your…

Adding fuel to the original fire was a revelation by the company Mission:Repair, which received iPad repair parts on February 1 and posted a photo of an iPad frame that shows a spot where the iSight from a MacBook Pro fit perfectly.So why cut those videoconferencing icons from the SDK, if the first-generation iPad doesn’t…

The web page also describes AT&T’s 3G service as “an overloaded network with limited coverage.” The latter is something that Verizon has repeatedly attacked AT&T on with its successful maps ads, showing much wider 3G coverage across the United States. After AT&T was unable to halt those ads in court, the company retorted with ads…

Apparently Jezper Soderlund of Sweden emailed Mr. Jobs asking whether or not the iPad offers tethering support. Mr. Jobs’s response was a simple “No,” according to Gizmodo.Tethering is the process of sharing your mobile phone’s wireless data connection with another device, such as a laptop, or in the the case of many hopeful consumers, the…

Since Apple’s App Store is already in full swing, and the iPad will be able to run almost all of the apps that are currently available for the iPhone, the iPad will ship with a long list of software titles ready to go. As developers release iPad-specific versions of their apps, the potential usefulness of…

According to a Seattle Times blog post, Ms. Huberty told clients in a research note that, “We expect Apple to ship its first iPad and announce additional content deals in late March to better than expected demand. We see the iPad targeting the sub-$800 consumer notebook market, which equates to 30M annual units just in…

“Our customers are looking at the iPad and they’re excited about it,” Mr. Rennie told writer Andy Greenberg. “No one quite knows its use patterns yet, but it’s our intention to deliver as much of our portfolio as possible on it as fast as possible. The screen real estate and the touch interface should give…

On the other hand are the “haters” — rabid, anti-Apple zealots who wouldn’t say a kind word about anything that comes out of Cupertino, even if it was accompanied by a coupon good for a free unicorn that poops 18-karat gold nuggets and could cure acne with a lick of its strawberry-flavored tongue. They relish…

“The Media Systems team is looking for a software quality engineer with a strong technical background to test still, video and audio capture and playback frameworks,” the company wrote in its job listing. The iPad was announced on January 27th to great fanfare, but a common complaint from pundits and readers of Mac sites is…

Steve Jobs is cagey, and I believe he’s a wily guy as well and uses this situation to Apple’s advantage. In the days and weeks leading up to Apple’s media event where Mr. Showman Jobs gave us an extended look at Apple’s new device, as all manner of juicy tidbits just happened to fall into…

ZOMG! Do I really get to write another Apple Death Knell after all these years!??!? Thanks to the introduction of the iPad and John C. Dvorak’s tireless efforts in pushing our buttons, you betcha! If I’d have been smarter, I would have started a pool on how long it would take for an iPad Is…

In the few days that have passed since the iPad announcement, I have spent a good deal of time pondering these two points. Although I reserve my final judgment until the iPad is released, I am ready to take an initial look at how well the iPad squeezes in to its middle seat. The iPad…

Personally, I’m not overly interested in what the iPad can’t do – that was one of the subthemes of the above-mentioned column. The device will not succeed or fail in the marketplace based on what it can not do, but rather what it does well, what it does better than a laptop and better than…

Apple will be hosting a special media event today at 10AM pacific time at the Yerba Buena Center. Rumors and alleged leaks suggest the company has been working on a tablet device that runs the iPhone OS, sports a 10-inch multi-touch display, includes a front-facing camera for video chats, supports Wi-Fi and 3G wireless networks,…

Here’s perhaps the most important thing to keep in mind as you learn about the Apple tablet tomorrow. The very people the Apple tablet is aimed at are, by and large, not the people who will be writing about it tomorrow. What that means is that technical writers have already decided on their tools and…

At a glance, the iSlate 101 looks like little more than a typical netbook, albeit one that has spent a little too much time at the fried food line in the cafeteria. (Then again, we’re getting pretty spoiled when we start considering an inch and a quarter a “fat” computer.) Having opted for the milled…

OK, so let’s say we all want one and we all dutifully stand in line when the product is launched to be the first on our block to own Apple’s latest shiny-shiny. Then what? When the iPod first came out it was aimed at a very distinct market: music lovers. It was presumed that people…

If true, that means Apple is planning on releasing two versions of its tablet device since AT&T and Verizon rely on different technologies for their wireless data services.According to Verizon’s unnamed source, Apple’s tablet will offer Wi-Fi support, along with wireless data over the company’s cell network, and free Wi-Fi at Verizon hotspots.There isn’t, however,…