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iPad Is it too early to think about pre-ordering an iPad? The WSJ’s Smart Money website looks at the options for early adopters, and comes to the surprising and novel conclusion that it costs more to buy early . I’m not sure there’s a polite way to put this, so with all due respect to Smart Money, let ..Read More

iPad During CES 2010, HP gave the public a slight tease of its upcoming slate device. The touchscreen device, which runs Windows 7 , sports a form factor similar to Apple’s iPad , as well as similar uses; it supports eBooks, music, videos, and of course, the Internet. But wait, there’s more. According to a post on HP’s ..Read More

A leaked internal memo reveals that the nation’s largest carrier is trying to jump on the Apple bandwagon by encouraging its employees to push its MiFi device as an accessory to the upcoming iPad. The idea itself is worthy of consideration — save $130 by purchasing the Wi-Fi version of the Apple iPad and pair it with a MiFi ..Read More

Gaming , Software , Freeware , App Store , iPad We got to sit down with Australian developer Firemint here at the Game Developers Conference 2010 in San Francisco — it’s a mobile game developer who hit it big last year with the very popular iPhone game Flight Control , and while it used to make mobile games ..Read More

You think the iPad will be the only tablet we’ll talk about in 2010? Not even close. According to Arm’s worldwide mobile computing ODM manager Roy Chen, we can expect as many as 50 tablets before the year’s end. “The first tablet devices will launch in the second quarter by [mobile network] carriers.

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App Store , iPad The number of eBooks in the App Store has surpassed the number of games for the first time, and the spread is widening. Mobclix , a mobile device advertising agency, reports that as of last month, there were over 27,000 eBook apps while games were relegated to the runner-up position of 25,400 apps. Over ..Read More

Suspense! Drama! Surprises! Unrealistic expectations! It’s always a veritable roller coaster of emotions whenever Apple gets around to cutting a new SDK build — and without a doubt, iPhone SDK 3.2 beta 4 is no exception. We don’t yet have a good read on what’s new here, so if you’re a member of Apple’s $99 dev program and happen ..Read More

iPad The iPad , like the iPhone , used the Oscars to make its ad debut . As is typical with an Apple ad, the iPad’s ad featured a montage of different uses for the device, all while set to the backdrop of a catchy tune. In making his case for the iPad, Apple CEO Steve Jobs noted ..Read More

John Gruber of Daring Fireball has an interesting story about the absence of certain iPhone apps – Stocks, Calculator, Clock, Weather, Voice Memos – on the iPad. It seems that these apps, when scaled up to iPad’s bigger screen, simply didn’t look good enough to Steve Jobs, so he decided to scrap them. Writes Gruber: “Ends up that just ..Read More

Apple App Store clutter remains an ongoing issue. In addition to “business card” applications that offer little or no functionality beyond a simple web page [1] , there are lite editions, demo editions, full editions, and even in the case of Tweetie 2, completely new applications providing upgraded functionality . Each of those applications must be registered with ..Read More