Archive for April, 2010

This one we certainly did not see coming. We got to give credit to Digitimes for spilling the bean out. Digitimes this morning reported that Apple will be producing a 5-7 inch iPad and that it will be available as early as Q1 of 2011. Yes, you read it right, a 5-7 inch mini iPad. If this indeed is true, [...]

The iPad has gained another feature with barely a week of being available in the market. This time, it’s about being the second most popular non laptop device that connects to airport hotspots. The report was made by the no. 1 Wi-Fi hotspot provider in the U.S. – Boingo which tracked that [...]

Ok, we all know that the iPad lacks a camera. But that doesn’t stop this iPad user from exploring until she found a workaround that will have an iPhone connect to an iPad and using the iPhone’s camera as if its installed on the iPad. The trick is to download and install two camera apps on [...]

Ever wondered how much it cost Apple to manufacture one unit of iPad?  According to iSuppli it cost Apple only $259.60  for every iPad WiFi made. The WiFi + 3G model costs higher at $348.10. As for the breakdown of cost, the iPad’s touchscreen costs $95, the aluminum back casing is $10.50 and [...]

Reports had it that Apple fans in the UK who pre-ordered the iPad from the US Online Store will not be able to download apps as UK is not yet supported by the iPad App Store. The report also mentioned that even those who created a US iTunes account before will not be able to purchase apps since the App [...]

With the escalating complains from iPad users over the Wi-Fi issues, Apple has finally acknowledge the flaw and issued several guidelines on how to remedy this problem. According to Apple, the reason for the iPad’s Wi-Fi issues are: Under certain conditions, iPad may not automatically rejoin a [...]

Earlier as I was browsing the iTunes App Store looking to download some more iPad apps I noticed that the App’s Store page was a bit different a few days ago. Whereas before the landing page does not distinguish browsing option for the apps, now there are two tabs on the App Store landing page [...]

Here’s a pretty interesting analysis by the Attensity Group of around 50,000 tweets posted on April 3-4. According to Attensity’s study, 87% of these 50,000 tweets pertaining to the iPad showed clear intent to purchase the iPad despite some features it lack. The study also showed that 73% [...]

When I saw Facebook Ultimate app on the iPad App Store, I knew then that it was not an official Facebook application. But then, since it’s probably the only Facebook app available at the iPad App Store right now, many early iPad adopters who are into Facebook have probably downloaded it already. This [...]

So you didn’t get the iPad, but why? Ok, I’m kidding. I know you’ve got thousands of reasons why you didn’t get this cool, magical Apple device. Anyway, since you’d probably be reading about tons of blog sites saying how cool their blogs/sites look on an iPad, here’s [...]