Everything iPad

Steve Jobs Bashes Google and Adobe’s Flash, According to Second-Hand Reports

Generally, after an Apple event, Steve Jobs hosts his All-Hands Town Hall styled Q&A, where he gives employees of Apple, who may not have been part of the next phase in hardware/software development, a chance to pick his brain. Questions regarding just announced products are generally the key of the meeting, and it’s generally meant [...]

Amazon: Macmillan ebook prices “needlessly high”

Amazon have retaliated in the ongoing ebook pricing war with Macmillan, after the publisher released a statement this weekend pushing their reasons for raising ebook bestsellers to $14.99. Describing Macmillan as having “a monopoly over their own titles”, Amazon hammer home the point that they reckon $14.99 is “needlessly high” for an ebook, but also [...]

Everything iPad Week in Review – Week 5 2010

It’s January 2010 and already users, industry and analysts are lining up to see what Apple’s bringing to the table. Wednesday January 27th saw the debut of the Apple iPad, the company’s long-awaited and much-rumored touchscreen tablet. A 9.7-inch multitouch slate, powered by the 1Ghz Apple A4 chipset of the company’s own creation, [...]

iPad Accessories

Choosing iPad accessories is almost as much fun as choosing to buy an iPad in the first place, and Apple have a number of options to pick from. The official iPad accessories include two iPad docks – including an iPad keyboard dock – an iPad case and several iPad adapter cables or dongles.

iPad OS and apps

After months of speculation, we now know that the Apple iPad runs the same iPhone OS as the Apple iPhone and iPod touch. The iPhone OS will run on the iPad’s 1GHz Apple A4 processor, and run the same software as the Apple smartphone does.

Apple iPad Hands-on

We spent some hands-on time with the Apple iPad after Steve Jobs’ announcement of the multitouch slate, and it’s an impressive tablet. Build quality is very high, with the brushed aluminum, slightly bowed back plate resting well in the hands in both landscape and portrait orientations.

iPad Connectivity and Data Plan

The Apple iPad will be available in WiFi-only and WiFi/3G versions, and like with the iPhone Apple have partnered with AT&T in the USA to provide a data connection. The iPad 3G will be available in 16GB, 32Gb and 64GB models, priced at $629, $729 and $829 respectively.

Apple iPad 101

The Apple iPad has arrived. Centered around a 9.7-inch 1024 x 768 IPS multitouch display in a unibody brushed aluminum chassis, the Apple iPad runs the iPhone OS on a custom 1GHz Apple A4 chipset of the company’s own design. Physically the iPad measures 9.56 x 7.47 x 0.5 inches and weighs 1.5 pounds, complete [...]