Everything iPad

Preview: Taptu Says Touch-Based Mobile Browsing Inclining, Thanks to Mobile Web Applications?

Apps. Back in 2008, when the App Store officially launched, the mobile industry took a turn forever. It was no longer just about the phone, but what could be put on the phone, for both entertainment and functionality. Our phones weren’t just about a rudimentary calendar, or calculator anymore. They had, for all intents and [...]

Rumor Mill: And Now Patents Tell the Story of a Camera

Does the iPad need a camera? Perhaps the better question would be: should the iPad have a camera, whether it’s really “needed” or not? Perhaps this is one of those things that should be reserved to be debated even after the product’s launch, with people on both sides of the fence trying to yell louder [...]

Sony iPad rival in the works

Sony’s plans to enter the tablet market with an iPad competitor have gone public, as the company’s CFO revealed that the Japanese firm are “confident” they could build a strong rival.  Nobuyuki Oneda, speaking at the company’s financial results news conference, admitted that Sony had fallen behind in their timing, but that the company is [...]

The JooJoo Is Coming, With Smack Talk In Tow

When products get announced, it’s about the product. Especially when a product gets announced, and there’s another, even larger company, ready to announce something along the same lines. That’s what we’ve got here, with Fusion Garage’s JooJoo. It was officially announced back in December, by the company’s CEO, Chandra Rathakrishna, to some hot and cold [...]

Steve Jobs 1994 Interview: Software Leads the Way

As Apple moves forward, and we eagerly await the release of the iPad, why not take a look back? And not at Apple, but more specifically at Steve Jobs. The Revolutionary Man, as he was called “back in the day.” Through an interview pulled out of the Rolling Stone’s archives, we get a good look [...]

Apple “intelligent bezel” patents tip future iPad interface

Two recently granted Apple patents have given a glimpse into how Apple might handle tablet navigation in future iPad models.  The patents document a so-called intelligent bezel, where the section of chassis surrounding the main display could respond to touch input.

iPad textbooks coming as publishers sign up ScrollMotion

Textbook content was a relatively quiet announcement back at the iPad launch last week, but it seems to be a key drive in Apple’s ebook strategy.  According to the WSJ, software company ScrollMotion Inc. have been enlisted by various publishers – including McGraw-Hill Cos. and Pearson Education – to create iBooks-friendly digital versions of their [...]

iPad Won’t Fit In Your Pants Pocket? Here’s Some Ideas

You can expect there’s going to be all sorts of different ideas from people in the coming month or two, figuring out ways for the consumers of the world to carry around their shiny new iPads. And while you can probably imagine some of them, if not most of them will be practical, the folks [...]

Citrix Receiver promises remote Windows 7 on iPad

Your eyes don’t deceive you – that’s the Windows 7 desktop on an Apple iPad.  To be exact, it’s a screenshot of Citrix Receiver for iPhone running in the iPad simulator, and a preview of what users can expect when the Apple tablet is released.

Rumor Mill: iPad Could Have Had a Camera?

For anyone out there who really wanted a camera on the iPad, it looks like Apple may have thought the same way you did, but changed their mind at the last moment. Images have begun to make their way around the Internet, that seem to showcase that, indeed, a camera could have fit nicely right [...]

Rumor Mill: Apple Working On Unannounced, Bigger Tablet

Whether or not the majority of rumors regarding the release of the iPad were close, or completely off the mark really isn’t relevant anymore. The writers out there who subjected their readers to crazy, outlandish “reports” about what the Apple tablet would be are cursing at their trusted sources about now. But, it seems that [...]