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Showing posts with label ipad. Show all posts
Apple Delays iPad 2 Release In Japan
The device had been set to go on sale March 25. Apple said it is delaying the launch "while the country and our teams focus on recovering from the recent disaster."
The new iPad has been widely sold out since going on sale earlier this month in the U.S. One analyst estimated that Apple may have sold as many as half a million of them in their first day on the market, a faster pace than the first iPad's sales.
The iPad 2 was slated to go on sale in 26 markets on March 25, including Mexico, New Zealand, Spain and other European countries.
7:01 AM 0
iPad 2 Shortages Delay Online Orders 4-5 Weeks
Apple's online store currently displays a four- to five-week wait for a new iPad 2. No matter your color, connectivity or storage preference, the devices are back-ordered.
Though Apple hasn't released exact sales figures for the iPad 2's opening weekend, the device reportedly sold out out at many retail stores. Some analysts predict that Apple may have sold as many as one million iPad 2 devices.
Last year, Apple reported 300,000 original iPads were sold during the tablet's debut weekend.
If you purchased an original iPad when it launched on April 2, 1010 (or soon thereafter), we want to hear from you.
Do you have any tips, advice or helpful stories to share with people currently seeking an iPad 2?
6:56 AM 0
iPad 2 to Have SD Card Slot & Qualcomm Chip [RUMOR]
The Verizon iPhone 4 utilizes a Qualcomm chipset instead of the Infereon version used in the AT&T/GSM iPhone in order to connect to Verizon’s CDMA network. However, Engadget reports that the Verizon iPhone 4 is just the first of many Apple devices that will use Qualcomm as its primary chipset.
Both the iPhone 5 and the iPad 2 will utilize a dual CDMA/GSM chipset from Qualcomm, assuring that both devices work on Verizon and AT&T simultaneously. There won’t be a need for two different versions of the same device.
According to Engadget‘s sources, the new iPad will be slimmer and sleeker, but will retain its 10-inch screen. It will have two cameras (something that we’ve often heard) and a “super high resolution” screen much like the Retina Display in the iPhone 4, though it won’t have the same pixel density.
The most surprising revelation though is that the iPad 2 will have an SD card slot built into the device. And contrary to previous reports, it will not have a USB port. Still, the ability to load and unload media and documents via a traditional SD card is a surprising but welcomed addition. The iPad is on track for an April release, once again in line with previous reports.
There is no word about what new additions will be made to the iPhone 5, but it is going once again be a complete redesign of the device. It will run on Apple’s A5 multi-core CPU. One thing it won’t have is support for 4G LTE connections, though.
While we have to classify all of this information as unconfirmed rumors, all of this information lines up with previous leaks and reports about Apple’s upcoming 2011 line of iOS devices. We want to stress though that Apple still has a few months before the release of either device, so they could easily change designs or features before their eventual releases.
7:28 AM 0
HANDS ON: 10 New Tablets Ready to Challenge the iPad [VIDEOS]
Most of the tablets, unsurprisingly, were running Android (
). With details of Android 3.0 Honeycomb just starting to eke out in earnest at the show, most tablet makers were instead running customized versions of Android 2.2 or 2.3. By the time many of the tablets we looked at hit the market, we expect that they will ship with Honeycomb.We’ve compiled a video gallery of some of our favorite tablets from the floors and hotel suites at CES. While most of these run Android, the BlackBerry PlayBook and the Windows () 7-based ASUS Eee Slate EP121 also made strong showings.
)The first Android 3.0-based tablet, the Motorola Xoom, was one of the big stars of CES, and we can’t wait to see it do more than running demos.
One of our surprise favorites of CES 2011 was the ASUS Eee Transformer. As someone who previously wasn’t sold on the concept of a detachable netbook/tablet combination, I have to say, I like ASUS’s approach in this space.
2011 is going to be a great year for tablets — Android or otherwise — and we look forward to watching these devices come to market and seeing what other surprises are in store for us from other manufacturers.
Do you plan on buying a tablet in 2011? Let us know in the comments.
4:59 PM 0
Exclusive Sneak Peek of Boxee’s iPad App
Boxee is the super-slick video software that makes online video easy and social. It’s the single best reason to own an older Apple TV: you hack it to run Boxee, and suddenly it’s useful because it can play local video files, no matter what the encoding format.
The iPad app is just like Boxee on a Mac or Apple TV: it makes it easy to find and share online video on your iPad. You can even stream video from your iPad to your TV (a la AirPlay). Best of all, the app will come with a media server (Mac and PC) that will transcode video files on the fly and stream them to the iPad app.
Should be available before the end of the quarter. Free, of course.
3:45 AM 0
RIM: 4G PlayBook Coming to Sprint in Summer 2011 [CES 2011]
Research in Motion’s answer to the 3G Apple iPad tablet now has a release date and carrier: this summer and Sprint. At “under $500 a pop, the PlayBook 4G already has potentially “tens of thousands” of corporate customers, according to a RIM senior vice president.
The tablet was demonstrated Wednesday at the Consumer Electronics Show. The device “performed smoothly as it went through its paces,” according to one report. RIM took the time to denounced as “absurd generalizations” talk that Adobe Flash cutting battery lifetime. The retort follows reports RIM may need to delay the PlayBook after an analyst claimed the tablet had only “a few hours” of battery life.
RIM Senior Vice President of enterprise and platform marketing, Jim McDowell told an interviewer the PlayBook’s battery “will last as long or longer than other 7-inch tablets.” The iPad gets 10 hours of battery life and Samsung’s 7-inch Galaxy Tab is rated for six hours of battery life.
Kaufman Bros. analyst Shaw Wu responded that the PlayBook needs “significant engineering” to match the Galaxy Tab’s battery life. Apple CEO Steve Jobs has blasted the smaller 7-inch tablet category, calling them “dead on arrival” and likely to be abandoned by manufacturers.
RIM wasn’t alone for using the CES showroom to promote an iPad competitor. Motorola displayed its Xoom tablet, the first of the category to be powered by the new Android 3.0 “Honeycomb” operating system. The tablet offers a 10-inch display, among other features. In December, Motorola chided Apple’s iPad as being “like a giant iPhone.”
10:49 AM 0
New iPad 2 Rumors: Larger Speaker, Narrower Bezel, Flatter Back
MacOtakara's anonymous Chinese source said that the next-generation iPad units are already in production and will feature some subtle design changes. For one, MacOtakara writes, the iPad 2 frame will measure 186 mm wide by 239 mm tall, making it 3 mm smaller than its predecessor.
The display size will measure 9.7 inches, as it does on the current iPad, according to MacOtakara. This means that the iPad 2's screen bezels will be slightly smaller than they were on the original iPad, Apple Insider points out.
While the first iPad's case featured a slightly curved back covering, MacOtakara says that the iPad 2 will resemble a flat-backed iPod Touch.
Recently leaked photos and video of cases supposedly made for the iPad 2 showed a mysterious opening along the bottom edge. (Check it out here.) According to MacOtakara, "[This openiing] is a large, wide-ranged speaker unit covered with metal mesh," rather than an SD slot or a USB port, as was previously speculated.
Interestingly, though, the source did not confirm the existence of the dual cameras that rumormongers have been whispering about for months. However, HuffPost blogger Jonathan Rettinger has said that the iPad 2 will almost certainly feature a front-facing and a rear-facing camera.
Take a look at MacOtakara's rendering (below), which is a mock-up of what the iPad 2's large speaker might look like. Then, browse our ultimate guide to iPad 2 rumors and tell us what you expect from the new device.
11:39 AM 0
Tablet Sales To Double This Year: Forrester
According to the data, tablet sales will more than double in 2011 from 10.3 million units sold to 24.1 million units. In 2012, the numbers could reach as high as 35.1 million units sold. "Of those sales, the lion's share will be iPads, and despite many would-be competitors that will be released at CES, we see Apple commanding the vast majority of the tablet market through 2012," Forrester analyst Sarah Rotman Epps wrote in a blog post accompanying the forecast.
The Forrester data suggests that by 2015, tablet sales could reach 44 million units, and that the number of tablet users could be as high as 82.1 million. Epps explains,
The replacement rate (for tablets) will be closer to that of MP3 players or iPhones than to that of PCs. [...] Although they are certainly used for productivity, tablets are proving themselves to be lifestyle devices at home and at work, and as such we think consumers will upgrade to newer models more rapidly than they would a more utilitarian device like a PC. In other words, we think a significant number of first-generation iPad buyers will buy iPad 2 when it comes out this year--many first-gen iPads will end up entertaining the kids in the back of the car while Mom and Dad get the shiny new (likely Facetime-compatible) model.Take a look the chart (below) showing the tablet market forecast for the next half-decade, in terms of sales figures and number of users.
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10:58 AM 0
BarMax, The $1,000 App (That’s Actually Worth It), Hits The iPad
BarMax, which, believe it or not, actually seems to be a good deal at $1,000, has just launched the iPad version into the App Store this evening. Specifically, the California (each state has different Bar exams) version is ready to roll.
Last month, we did a preview of the iPad version and noted that the company had racked up over $200,000 in sales from the California and New York versions of their iPhone app. And the iPad version looks to be even more useful as it has been re-built from the ground-up to take advantage of the new form factor and larger screen.
Here are the key features of the iPad version from the company:
- Native iPad app that has been built from scratch to take advantage of the iPad screen size.
- Larger screen eliminates the need for books that some users still had.
- Students can buy a new iPad if they don’t have one and the course for just $1,500, which is still more than 50% off from other leading courses. We expect a spike in iPad purchasing among law students.
- Enhanced outline reader layout with quick page scroller.
- Ability to highlight text, create notes, and bookmark pages.
- Redesigned Multiple Choice section with explanations of correct and incorrect answer options.
More importantly, the app appears to actually work. The data from the last Bar exam results showed students who used BarMax fairing well above the average pass rate.
To celebrate the iPad launch, BarMax is also giving away one copy of the $1,000 app to a lucky soon-to-be-lawyer TechCrunch reader. Simply email info@getbarmax.com with “TechCrunch” in the subject and your law school and graduation year in the email by January 5, 2011. They will select a winner at random from those who email.
You can find BarMax for iPad here in the App Store.
7:23 PM 0
Memo Pad: iPad Magazine Sales
Many magazines that are available on the iPad, such as Esquire, People and The New Yorker, have not posted their digital single-issue sales to the ABC. But Vanity Fair sold 8,700 digital editions of its November issue, down from its average of about 10,500 for the August, September and October issues. Glamour sold 4,301 digital editions in September, but sales dropped 20 percent in October and then another 20 percent, to 2,775, in November. GQ’s November edition sold 11,000 times, which was its worst performance since April (when the iPad was released) and represents a slight decline from its average digital sales of 13,000 between May and October.
After Wired’s enormous debut month, the magazine averaged 31,000 digital sales between July and September, but even that fell in October and November, with sales coming in at 22,000 and 23,000, respectively. (For comparison, the magazine sold 130,000 total print editions for October and November.)
Men’s Health, which averaged digital sales of about 2,800 in the spring, sold 2,000 times in both September and October.
All these magazines charge to buy issues on the iPad or iPhone.
Publishers are hopeful their December and January numbers will bump back up after more consumers get their hands on digital devices during the holidays. Call it an early New Year’s wish.
6:26 AM 0
iPad To Get Touch Free Motion Sensing Dock (Video)
In the video below you can see it working, and it certainly does look impressive, what the dock does is create a touch less zone around the tablet, which then detects you hand motions.
Elliptic Labs will be showing off the dock at CES 2011, and they have said that it uses low cost and low power to work. You can find out more information over at Eliptic Labs.
6:21 AM 0
New iPad 2 Rumors: Larger Speaker, Narrower Bezel, Flatter Back
MacOtakara's anonymous Chinese source said that the next-generation iPad units are already in production and will feature some subtle design changes. For one, MacOtakara writes, the iPad 2 frame will measure 186 mm wide by 239 mm tall, making it 3 mm smaller than its predecessor.
The display size will measure 9.7 inches, as it does on the current iPad, according to MacOtakara. This means that the iPad 2's screen bezels will be slightly smaller than they were on the original iPad, Apple Insider points out.
While the first iPad's case featured a slightly curved back covering, MacOtakara says that the iPad 2 will resemble a flat-backed iPod Touch.
Recently leaked photos and video of cases supposedly made for the iPad 2 showed a mysterious opening along the bottom edge. (Check it out here.) According to MacOtakara, "[This openiing] is a large, wide-ranged speaker unit covered with metal mesh," rather than an SD slot or a USB port, as was previously speculated.
Interestingly, though, the source did not confirm the existence of the dual cameras that rumormongers have been whispering about for months. However, HuffPost blogger Jonathan Rettinger has said that the iPad 2 will almost certainly feature a front-facing and a rear-facing camera.
Take a look at MacOtakara's rendering (below), which is a mock-up of what the iPad 2's large speaker might look like. Then, browse our ultimate guide to iPad 2 rumors and tell us what you expect from the new device.
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8:30 AM 0
Tablet PC Reviews: A Guide To 6 iPad Alternatives (PHOTOS)
The official Apple iPad release is just a few weeks away, and pre-orders for the Apple tablet have already kicked off.
But before you plunk down $500 (minimum) on what Apple claims is a 'revolutionary' and 'magical' device, why not take a look at the competition?
Here are 9 alternatives to the iPad--and what they offer. Do you think these could these be iPad killers? Let us know in the comments below.
HP Slate
Notion Ink Adam
The JooJoo
Lenovo IdeaPad S10-3t
ExoPC Slate
7:14 AM 0
The iPad Cutting Board Is Great For Foodies And Techies
Made from beechwood, the board will bring happiness to foodies and techies alike. It includes the following apps: an egg, coffee cup, piece of cheese, and more.
Created by myBrett, the iPad cutting board is available for 15 Euros.
6:59 AM 0
How the iPad Changed 2010
Fast forward to the end of 2010, and the iPad is a smash hit. eMarketer predicts that Apple will sell 13.3 million iPads this year, and one survey ranked the iPad as the most-wanted gift this holiday season.
But the iPad has reshaped more than just the device market: From web design to content consumption, we’re seeing the iPad change the world in unexpected ways.That’s the topic of my CNN column this week.
Read the full column at CNN.com>>
2:41 AM 0
iPod nano Watch Project Makes Kickstarter History
The all-or-nothing funding site has had its fair share of successes in the past, but the TikTok and LunaTik multi-touch watch kits are on another level. The project reached its conclusion late Thursday evening, bringing in a staggering $941,648 from 13,511 backers in just 30 days. That figure is all the more impressive when you consider that TikTok+LunaTik’s original goal was only $15,000.
The project itself was born after Scott Wilson, the founder of the Chicago-based design studio MINIMAL, first saw the new iPod nano. When we spoke to Wilson last month, he explained it was clear that the device could be a great wrist watch, after seeing the size and shape of the new nano. Wilson wasn’t alone. To date, scores of companies have brought their own iPod nano watch straps or kits to market.
When the success of TikTok and LunaTik became clear, Wilson took measures to ramp up production at the factories in China. Through the course of the project, Wilson has offered up additional updates on the status of the kits, created a website for interested users who missed out on the Kickstarter pledge bonanza at Lunatik.com and promoted other worthy Kickstarter projects.
When speaking with Wilson, it was evident to us that he recognized that actually manufacturing and distributing LunaTik and TikTok would be a massive undertaking. Coordinating with the factories, preparing packaging and handling shipping are not trivial tasks, especially when talking about an order of this size.
These updates and this “inside look” at how something moves from concept, to prototype, to finished project, is part of what we thinks makes Kickstarter so special. Beyond just acting as a great way to raise funds, the ability to share updates and include backers in the journey is unique. Aspiring entrepreneurs are encouraged to take notes on Wilson’s approach to making the most out of Kickstarter.
As a backer of this project, I can’t wait to get the final product in my hands — and on my wrist. What do you think about Kickstarter’s potential for funding small and large scale projects?
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