New Browser Won’t Save Amazon’s Kindle
Posted on 10. Mar, 2010 by JD in News, iPad, kindle
via pcworld.com
It will take more than an "innovative Web browser" to save Amazon's Kindle e-reader from the onslaught of competitors, including tablets from Apple, HP, and seemingly every company in China that owns a soldering iron.
We're talking about this today because of the appearance of a job posting on Amazon's Web site. It says Amazon's [...]
iPad: new features spied in TV ad!
Posted on 10. Mar, 2010 by JD in News, UK, Video, iPad, reader
Via 9to5Mac
The iPad ad that debuted on Sunday during the Oscars has been rewound, slowed down and pored over by Aple watchers, and they’ve dug up some details previously unknown ahead of launch. Want to know what the new Apple iPad features are? Read on.
Press pause at the right time on the Apple iPad advert, [...]
iPad UK price leaked? From £499
Posted on 09. Mar, 2010 by JD in News, UK, iPad
Via electricpig.co.uk
iPad UK price details have yet to be officially announced by Apple but it seems Play.com may have leaked them prematurely. After the iPad delay, could the iPad UK prices we’ve spotted be the real deal or is Play.com just guessing?
An eagle-eyed ElectricPig reader spotted that a clue to the iPad UK price can [...]
Apple pushes iPad back to “late April” in Australia
Posted on 08. Mar, 2010 by JD in AU, News, iPad
As you may have heard by now, the iPad won't be on sale in Australia until "late April", at which point Aussie iPadders will be able to choose either flavour – W-Fi or 3G.
What a downer. This is quite unusual for Apple, doing a "launch" announcement, then allowing delays (and possibly a production shortage) to [...]
Survey says Apple’s iPad may rule the e-reader world – Tainted Green
Posted on 07. Mar, 2010 by JD in News, iPad
TechGadgets.in (blog)
Survey says Apple's iPad may rule the e-reader world Tainted GreenNo one had come close to matching Amazon's all mighty Kindle 2 until Apple announced the iPad. A recent survey shows that the public is eager to get their … Apple's iPad set to rock e-reader biz, says surveyComputerworld Survey: iPad may take [...]
Apple iPad ‘to be released March 26′ – Telegraph
Posted on 05. Mar, 2010 by JD in News, UK, iPad, reader
Rumours suggest touch-screen tablet iPad computer will be on sale by the end of the month
Published: 1:11PM GMT 04 Mar 2010
The Apple iPad could go on sale on March 26, according to sources close to the company Photo: Reuters
Although Apple has not officially confirmed the launch date for the iPad, its touch-screen, [...]
Aussie Telcos still waiting on Apple for iPad details
Posted on 02. Mar, 2010 by JD in AU, News, iPad
Despite the impending local release of the WiFi iPad this month, and the 3G equipped version in April, Australia's two biggest telcos are seemingly no closer to striking a deal with Apple to carry the new device.
Responding to Computerworld Australia enquiries, both Telstra and Optus said that they were yet to strike a deal with [...]
Condé Nast Adds 4 Titles to iPad Initiative
Posted on 02. Mar, 2010 by JD in News, iPad
Via Wired Epicenter
With Wired magazine well on its way to releasing a tablet edition, Conde Nast is now preparing four more digital magazines in a %u201Cresearch and development efforts that should last through October, according to a memo distributed to select internal parties on Monday.
The initiative expects to have an iPad version of GQ available [...]
Watch out iPad: here comes (Mr Blurrycam’s) $200 Kogan Pad
Posted on 02. Mar, 2010 by JD in News, iPad
Via APCmag.com Alex Kidman, 02 March 2010, 11:14 AM
If there's one thing that Ruslan Kogan understands, it's hype. He's arguably rather good at it, whether it's generating it himself or jumping onto a shift in consumer buying habits, from Blu-Ray players to Netbooks. With all the hype surrounding the Apple iPad, it's perhaps not [...]
Doing the numbers on iPad ebook prices
Posted on 01. Mar, 2010 by JD in News, iPad
In the emerging world of e-books, many consumers assume it is only logical that publishers are saving vast amounts by not having to print or distribute paper books, leaving room to pass along those savings to their customers.
Publishers largely agree, which is why in negotiations with Apple, five of the six largest publishers of trade [...]
