Written by: Daniel
Posted onMarch 11th, 2010
According to 9to5mac, the iPad will be available for pre-order tomorrow (March 12) at 5:30am Pacific time, which would translate to 8:30am for those of us on the east coast. As for what will be available for pre-order: “All models will be available for pre-order and wifi models will arrive on April 3rd, 3G models in late April. We’ll have a link as soon as it becomes available.”
Written by: Daniel
Posted onMarch 11th, 2010
It seems that Barnes and Noble are coming to the iPad to get a hand in the eBook rush with their own app which will allow current Nook owners (and other Barnes and Noble eBookstore users) to access the books they have previously purchased and get even more books via the Barnes & Noble eBookstore. This could possibly get the attention of countless Nook owners who are interested in the iPad but afraid of loosing all their purchased content. Well done B&N.
We’ve been getting lots of questions from customers, so we wanted to confirm that we will soon be adding a new B&N eReader for iPad – continuing to fulfill our promise of providing consumers any book, any time, any where.
Designed specifically for the iPad, our new B&N eReader will give our customers access to more than one million eBooks, magazines and newspapers in the Barnes & Noble eBookstore, as well as the existing content in their Barnes & Noble digital library. (That includes eBooks and content customers have downloaded to their nook™ eBook reader.)
Written by: Charlie
Posted onMarch 11th, 2010
Everyone’s friend Steve Jobs is now the 136th richest person in the world, he was questionably the richest person at the Oscars. Mac resellers Club Mac and MacMall are now one in the same.
iTunes has some new competition according to Wired compliments from Steve’s friends at Dell and Amazon. Screw Google, someone thinks Cupertino might be responsible for the new world takeover. Infinite Loop also would like you to exercise more, that’s why they have developed some new patents. Dolby is bringing 3D sound (which we still don’t understand) to the Mac.
AppleInsider claims that iPhone OS 4.0 will have multitasking support. If you’d like to have some magnets that replicate your iPhone’s home screen, click here and then click buy. While the iPhone surges, Microsoft and Google will fight it out, according to one analyst. DARPA, our favorite part of the U.S. government, is looking to launch apps for both the iPhone and Android platforms?
The Nook is coming to the iPad. Google Reader is coming to the iPad. Forbes has attained some information about how Apple is prepping the iBooks Store. Patently Apple found two new patents regarding the iPad’s display and the iPhone’s audio output. Despite banning boobs from the App Store, Gizmodo thinks that they might reappear in the iBooks Store with their own category.
Tomorrow is Charlie’s birthday, it is also March 12th, more importantly tomorrow is the day that many of you will go to Apple’s Online Store to pre-order the iPad. If anyone would like to send Charlie an iPad…
Written by: Charlie
Posted onMarch 11th, 2010
We listen to quite a bit of music. And by ‘quite a bit’, we mean excessive amounts. For the most part, the majority is played via iTunes through a variety of output sources. There are plenty of hardware options to improve sound, software options on the other hand are pretty limited. The concept of an iTunes audio plug-in is not something entirely new. But up until a couple of weeks ago we had only heard of one, SRS Labs’ iWOW. That changed with the introduction of Bongiovi Acoustics’ Digital Power Station. We had played around with iWOW before, but never had really taken a liking to it, our one question had always been was it the execution that we didn’t like or the concept itself? Time to find out we suppose.
Written by: Charlie
Posted onMarch 10th, 2010
Not a whole lot of news, except for a whole bunch of Apple getting number one on a variety of surveys… Apple topped Brandkeys’ 2010 Customer Loyalty Index in two categories. In Vocalabs Tech support study, they also took number one. And the one that you know about, Consumer Reports, yeah – number one in tech support. Cupertino’s newest trademark: New Music Tuesday. Incase, everyone’s favorite case maker has updated their popular Neoprene Sleeve. Apple and a bunch of other people are getting sued for a couple of patent violations. This goes away in: 3, 2, 1… Speaking of lawsuits, Elan Microelectronics claims they haven’t settled their pending lawsuit with Apple. There is a new rumor about the Core i7 “hexacore” Mac Pro and (next) Tuesday. In a sign of things to come regarding gaming on the Mac, Razer, everyone’s favorite gaming peripherals company, announced Mac support on all future products.
Apple now claims a quarter of the smartphone business. Google Voice is back in the App Store. The backlash over the lack of boobs in the App Store continues, this time in Germany. MacDailyNews took some time to ask AT&T where tethering was.
According to Engadget, the latest iPad SDK indicates no camera, but some more fun stuff was found. Here’s a funny headline compliments of Verizon: “Apple introduces the iPad – an opportunity for VZW.” You remember that company that threatened to rip-off Apple? Shenzhen Great Loong Brother (in case you had forgotten) Anyways, they are back, with a new ripoff of Apple.
Written by: Daniel
Posted onMarch 9th, 2010
People with multiple displays know that having just one bar doesn’t always suffice, and apparently Boastr felt our pain when they created Secondbar, an application that gives us the option to have two menubars. SecondBar is still at the very early stages of development so they do warn that you use it at your own risk. If you are interested, you can give it a try and download it from their website which is located here.
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Written by: Charlie
Posted onMarch 9th, 2010
Hardmac decided to investigate why Apple sells Macs at a higher price in Europe. Please, tell us if any of the following are cheaper in Europe: Coca Cola, Nike Air Force Ones or my beloved Canon T1i. Nope? Didn’t think so. Our daily news regarding HTC compliments of All Things Digital. CNN’s Apple 2.0 blog reported that Apple gave warnings to other handset makers earlier this year. Apple won three more Industrial Designs. Apple released MainStage 2.1.1. Jonathan Schwartz (former Sun CEO) claims Steve threatened to sue him as well…
Powerbook Medic has some new evidence to support the iPad camera theory. Our favorite Apple analyst (John Gruber) decided to explain the lack of iPhone Apps on the iPad. The Loop is reporting that the iPhone and iPad OS’s will unify in OS 4.1. What happened to OS 4.0? or Steve’s claims about no tethering. Craig Berger believes that Apple will ship five million iPads in the first half of 2010.
Steve Ballmer (the guy that runs Microsoft) decided to say some nice things about the App Store, that runs in steep contrast to my take on it earlier in the day. Gigaom is reporting that our beloved RIAA forced Apple into the use of iTunes LP. Gawd we hate them. The Electronic Frontier Foundation is not exactly in love with the iPhone Developer Program License Agreement. Apple has posted the iPhone SDK 3.2 beta.
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