According to Apple, the new iPad has sold more than one million units in the first 28 days. For comparison’s sake sake, it took the iPhone 74 days to shift one million units. In other words, the touchscreen tablet is officially a hit.
The 3G version of the iPad has yet to go on sale, so [...more]
The moment a new piece of technology is released, there’s always someone who does something really cool with it. For example, The Joker and Catwoman pictures you see here were drawn entirely on an iPad using Sketchbook Pro. Granted, they were drawn by legendary comic book artist Jim Lee. Yes, he draws for a living. [...more]
Apple’s iPad wasn’t the first step in tablet computing, and it certainly won’t be the last. And now Apple has a big target on their back.
Apple’s major competitors said they already have tablets near completion, and with the iPad’s launch serving as a test bed for the entire market, they will certainly [...more]
Ah, the Apple iPad. People waited on line for it for hours and hours, braving the elements and social stigmas associated with being one of the world’s biggest geeks. What better way to salute their efforts than by taking their object of desire and putting it into a blender?
Blendtec founder Tom Dickson gave the standard [...more]
Well, the thing’s not even out for a week and already someone’s turned the thing into a giant iPhone.
If you’d like to make calls from your iPad, check out the Truphone app, which allows iPad users to make calls over VoiP. Calls are free to other Truphone, Skype or Google Talk users, and are $.05/minute [...more]
Did you buy your iPad yet? 300,000 of you did – at least, that’s how many units Apple reported as sold on day one. iPad purchasers also bought over 1 million apps from the App store on the first day and also downloaded 250,000 e-books.
Apple fans will call the number a triumph, while detractors will [...more]
Looking forward to the iPad? Apparently a number of iPhone game developers are. A number of “HD” or “XL” versions of existing iPhone/iPod games have been confirmed by the App Store. It’s safe to assume that these games will be merely higher-resolution versions of the games that will look better on the larger screen, but [...more]
Recently, Nintendo announced the launch of a new product, the DSi XL, a Nintendo DS that boasts a screen that’s 93% larger than the previous model. It’ll launch in late March, and with it comes some more fun news: one of the first carts for the new system will be an e-book.
To be fair, it’s [...more]
Here’s the very first iPad commercial, which aired during last night’s Oscars. If you’ve been following the device on the blogs then it’s nothing new, but it’s still an entertaining, well put together commercial.
It also explains why Steve Jobs was seen on the red carpet, which is pictured below:
In other Oscar news, the techno-tastic Avatar [...more]
Yesterday, we ran a story reporting on a rumored release date for the iPad. Apple just confirmed that rumor as false – the “magical and revolutionary” iPad is launching on April 3rd.
Well, the Wi-Fi version, anyway. The model that can tap into AT&T’s 3G network arrives in “late April.”
The model will be shipping with 12 [...more]