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iPad News

Apple Producing Twice as Many iPads per Month, and Looking to Step it Up Further

by patrickj September 5, 2010

Apple has doubled its monthly output capacity of the iPad and is now manufacturing 2 million per month to meet strong consumer demand, but the company reportedly would like to go even further and produce 3 million every month very soon. Analyst Katy Huberty with Morgan Stanley indicated that iPad builds recently increased to 2 [...]

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iOS 4.2 Coming to iPad in November–with Mulitasking, Folders & Wireless Printing

by patrickj September 1, 2010

At today’s special Apple event, Steve Jobs announced that iOS 4.2 will be released in November and that it is ‘all about the iPad’. So the good news is that we now have a better timeframe for when mutlitasking and a major OS update will hit the iPad.  The not so good news is that [...]

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Apple Livestreaming Their Musical Mystery Event Tomorrow

by patrickj August 31, 2010

Apple has announced that they’ll be live-streaming their latest ‘special event’ tomorrow, September 1.  The event is scheduled to start at 10AM PDT / 1:00PM Eastern tomorrow. Apple® will broadcast its September 1 event online using Apple’s industry-leading HTTP Live Streaming, which is based on open standards. Viewing requires either a Mac® running Safari® on [...]

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HBO Go Coming to the iPad in 6 Months

by patrickj August 23, 2010

HBO Go is a service which allows paid HBO subscribers to access HBO original TV shows, movies, and sports on their computers all in HD. This service is phenomenal for those who enjoy HBO’s content and in movies in general but aren’t always able to get to the TV. In an interview with Bloomberg, HBO [...]

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iPads Much Easier to Get Hold of Now

by patrickj August 21, 2010

It looks like supply is finally beginning to catch up with demand for the iPad.  Shipping times for all models and storage sizes – including all three WiFi + 3G models – is down to 1-3 business days on Apple’s site, as you can see in the screencap above, taken at their site this morning. [...]

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Big Policy Change for iPad Magazine Editions: Print Subscribers Can Now Get iPad Versions Free

by patrickj August 19, 2010

The new People Magazine app for the iPad is the first major print title on the iPad that will be free to its print subscribers. f you currently subscribe to PEOPLE magazine in print, you can access the iPad Edition FREE! Apparently Time Inc, publishers of People and a number of other leading print titles, [...]

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Crazy iPad Numbers: Huge Increase in Apple Store Visitors

by patrickj August 9, 2010

Image Source: http://pmpaspeakingofprecision.com Digital Daily has published an interesting report about the profitability of Apple retail stores. The report states that in Apple’s last quarter — Q3 for Apple — the fruit company’s retail arm brought in $2.58 billion, a 72.8% jump from Q2 of 2009. … The iPad is being given credit for much [...]

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BBC Trialing the iPad

by patrickj August 5, 2010

Image Source: Wikimedia.org The BBC is giving the iPad a test run.  It is trialing the device in various departments and in a good range of use cases.  The BBC is running a limited trial with the Apple iPad in some of departments to evaluate its feasibility to reduce paper waste and boost staff efficiency [...]

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Report Says iPad and iPhone Are Now Secure Enough for Enterprise Businesses

by patrickj August 4, 2010

Apple’s iPhone and the iPad have become increasingly popular. In 2007, IT dismissed the iPhone as insecure and unsuitable for enterprises. Three years later, the iPhone (and iPad) gives enterprises enough security options to enable them to say "yes" instead of "no." In this report, Forrester defines seven security policies every enterprise should implement to [...]

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Good News: Camera Mentioned in iPad Configuration Policies

by patrickj August 3, 2010

AppleInsider has discovered that Apple’s iPad management profile policies available to corporate users include the capability to disable use of its camera, providing evidence of future intent to include a camera on upcoming models. Great stuff.  In amongst the configuration profile tools for the iPad, Apple Insider has spotted a reference to restricting ‘use of [...]

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Another Original, Innovative Rival for the iPad

by patrickj July 31, 2010

Image Source: cats-on-tshirts.com BlackBerry maker Research in Motion plans to enter the touchscreen tablet market and compete with Apple’s iPad this November, when it will release the "Blackpad." Shocker on the name eh?  There was news earlier this month that HP’s planned iPad rival will be dubbed the PalmPad, and now RIM will apparently be [...]

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