Tag Archives: apple

Rumor Mill: Apple Working On Unannounced, Bigger Tablet

Posted 02 February 2010 | By Evan Selleck | Categories: archive | 2 Comments

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 [...]

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

Posted 01 February 2010 | By Evan Selleck | Categories: archive | 2 Comments

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”

Posted 01 February 2010 | By Chris Davies | Categories: archive | 1 Comment

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

Posted 01 February 2010 | By Vincent Nguyen | Categories: Featured, archive | No Comments

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 OS and apps

Posted 29 January 2010 | By Vincent Nguyen | Categories: archive | No Comments

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

Posted 29 January 2010 | By Vincent Nguyen | Categories: archive | No Comments

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.

Apple iPad 101

Posted 28 January 2010 | By admin | Categories: archive | No Comments

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 [...]