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App Store Will Feature An iPad App Section And iBookStore Will Get eBook Categories

Andy — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 20:30:33 +0000

With a larger interface and improved multi touch experience on the iPad, there is no doubt that developers will be looking at the upcoming launch of Apple's tablet device as an opportunity to release newer applications that will take advantage of the i...

PadNotes App For iPad [Video Demo]

Skipper Eye — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 08:33:14 +0000

PadNotes is a new iPad App that permits to write, draw, or highlight text on any document while using any image or PDF file as the background. It can be used for quickly filling out forms, taking notes, drawing a shape and exporting the completed documents as images or PDF files via e-mail or network sharing.

100,000 iPads Sold on First Day?

Mike McKinnon — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 08:04:45 +0000

Business Insider is reporting that approximately 91,000 iPads were sold in the first 6 hours of the presale. With the presale lasting 8 hours, they must have hit 100,000 pre-orders today. These numbers are just estimates, but still impressive.

Google Releases iPad Friendly News Reader: Google Reader Play

Andy — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 00:33:16 +0000

Google has released an iPad friendly version of their popular RSS aggregator service called Google Reader Play. This service uses Reader's popular 'Recommended Items' feature to offer an easy way for users to browse through interesting blog and news ar...

Apple Provides Details On How To Manage iPad 3G Data Plans

iPhonehacks — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 23:54:10 +0000

As you might already know, iPad Wi-Fi+3G customers will have the option to opt for either $14.99 per month for 250 MB or $29.99 for unlimited contract free data plans. Though iPad Wi-Fi+3G models will be available only towards the end of April, Apple h...

Apple Replaces iPad’s Mute Switch With Screen Rotation Lock

iPhonehacks — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 19:34:20 +0000

As you might know, Apple’s latest creation, the iPad, is now available for pre-orders in the US. Folks at 9to5Mac have observed that Apple has made a last minute change in iPad’s hardware. They have replaced the mute switch just above the volume co...

Barnes & Noble Confirms Launch Of eReader App For iPad

Andy — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 18:45:24 +0000

Barnes & Noble has confirmed that the company shall be launching an eReader application for iPad users in the next few weeks. The new application is expected to be on the lines of the B&N's iPhone app that allows users to access millions of ebo...

iPad Now Available for Pre-Order

Taimur Asad — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:05:38 +0000

Apple Store in the US has just been updated to include the new iPad, both the Wi-Fi only version, and Wi-Fi + 3G version for pre-order starting from today. The Wi-Fi only model comes in 16GB, 32GB and 64GB versions and are available for $499, $599 and $699 respectively. It will ship on 3rd April for free. The Wi-Fi + 3G version of iPad also comes in 16GB, 32GB and 64GB versions and can be bought for $629, $729 and $829 respectively. The Wi-Fi + 3G version however wont ship before late April 2010.

iPad Presale Starts Friday, March 12th, 5:30am PST

Mike McKinnon — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 01:38:04 +0000

TUAW is reporting that Apple will begin the pre-order of the iPad tomorrow, at 5:30am PST. They contacted a rep at Apple, who confirmed, the March 12th pre-order date and time. Get your refresh buttons ready!

Leaked Memo Reveals Verizon’s Plan To Promote MiFi To iPad Customers

Andy — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:29:09 +0000

Apple may have chosen AT&T as its partner for iPad's 3G model, but Verizon is not giving up on it as yet. A leaked memo that the company has circulated among its staff members calls upon the iPad as an "opportunity" for Verizon to reach more custom...

New Gestures Found and Camera Features Removed in Newest iPad OS 3.2 SDK

Mike McKinnon — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 07:10:42 +0000

9to5Mac is reporting that a couple of new gestures have been uncovered in the the iPhone SDK 3.2 Beta 4. There seems to be a triple tap gesture and a long press gesture revealed. In the gestures folder, a couple of new plist files have been discovered: "3Tap.plist" and "LongPress.plist".

Will iPhone OS 4.0 Unify The iPhone And iPad Platforms?

Andy — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:48:06 +0000

Though the iPhone and iPad run on a common operating system, the version of OS installed on iPad will not be compatible with an iPhone. The reasons are evident: With a different screen size and variant features that the iPad will come with, the OS on i...

PixelMags – 100+ Magazine Apps for iPad

admin — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:50:00 +0000

California based PixelMags has 100+ apps ready for Apple's iPad. PixelMags publications are releasing to top paid book app spots all over the world. 30% of readers are making subscriptions their top In App purchase. The release of the iPad is sure to increase this digital publishing phenomenon. Since PixelMags launched in December, 60+ titles for iPhone and iPod touch have been sold in 77 countries through the iTunes App Store.

Don’t trust the critics: Four Apple products they thought would fail

Chris Rawson — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:00:00 +0000

Filed under: iPod Family, iPhone, iPad

Ever since the iPad's introduction a month and a half ago, the internet has been awash in criticism of the as-yet-unreleased device. "It's just a big iPod touch," many have said. "No Flash, no multitasking, no sale," others bemoaned. And a few have gone so far as to say, "It doesn't do a lot of things that a netbook that costs half as much will do." For these reasons and many more, many of the pundits and forum dwellers have but one prediction: the iPad is going to crash and burn.

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Don't you believe it, because the critics have been wrong before. Several times, actually, according to The Week, which provides a list of five Apple products the critics thought would fail. Out of those five, only one, the Newton, failed to find mainstream success. The other four were industry-defining products which went on to sell millions of units each.

What did the critics have to say about these four "failed" Apple products when they first debuted, and which products were they? Click "Read More" to find out.

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GDC 2010: Real Racing and Flight Control on the iPad with Firemint

Mike Schramm — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:00:00 +0000

Filed under: Gaming, Software, Freeware, App Store, iPad

We got to sit down with Australian developer Firemint here at the Game Developers Conference 2010 in San Francisco -- it's a mobile game developer who hit it big last year with the very popular iPhone game Flight Control, and while it used to make mobile games for just a handful of larger game publishers like EA, the company is now trying to cement a reputation for making a smaller stable of high quality App Store games. "We like to joke that we went from ten customers to ten million," community manager Alexandra Peters told us.

She also showed us their second game, Real Racing, which has been winning all kinds of awards even in the crowded accelerometer racing game genre, and talked with us both about Flight Control HD (their upcoming "soon after launch" title for the iPad) as well as what's next for the company.

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eBooks outnumber games in the App Store

David Winograd — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 03:00:00 +0000

Filed under: App Store, iPad

The number of eBooks in the App Store has surpassed the number of games for the first time, and the spread is widening. Mobclix, a mobile device advertising agency, reports that as of last month, there were over 27,000 eBook apps while games were relegated to the runner-up position of 25,400 apps. Over the last reported month, new introductions of eBook apps more than doubled that of games (158 eBook versus 71 game apps).

There are a number of reasons being kicked around to explain this phenomenon. It's easier to churn out an eBook than a game app. There are more free eBook than gaming apps, since many of the eBooks are out-of-copyright classics or collections of free content; this lowers the cost of development. Once an eBook engine is built it's fairly trivial to use the framework for another book. Currently there are over 10 times more free eBook apps than paid ones. It's different in gaming where paid apps outstrip free ones by over 2 to 1.

These eBook apps will, of course, work on an iPad, but the Apple idea is to have you use one eBook reader and that would be iBooks. Jason Kincaid of Techcrunch, admittedly with no background evidence, posits that there may be an eBook purge coming. It would be very un-Apple to have an iPad owner searching for a copy of Treasure Island, and letting them find over 25 apps with differing interfaces and many of them free.

This could be confusing for new iPad owners, and more to the point, Apple can't monetize it. It doesn't sound unreasonable that Apple will do whatever it takes to make iBooks the eReader of choice at the expense of the plethora of current eBook apps. They will be doing it in the name of providing a simpler and more enjoyable user experience, but of course you can't pocket what you can't sell.

It will be fascinating to watch the eBook market about two months from now, after the first iPads have been delivered, and to see what Apple has planned.

[via The Guardian]

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Apple Releases iPhone OS 3.2 SDK Beta 4 For iPad; Removes Camera Tab

iPhonehacks — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 01:37:44 +0000

Apple has seeded developers of its iPhone Developer Program with the fourth beta version of iPhone OS 3.2 SDK (build 10M2144). Based on initial reports it looks like the latest beta version of iPhone OS 3.2 SDK includes many bug fixes, including a fix ...

No Dashboard Widget On iPad – Missing iPhone Apps Scrapped Due To Design Issues?

Andy — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 23:42:58 +0000

Early last month, Kevin Fox from Fury.com had noted that native iPhone apps such as Stocks, Calculator and Weather were conspicuously absent from the iPad HomeScreen and wondered if this was a pointer towards the availability of an OS X-like Dashboard ...

iPhone 3.2 SDK Beta 4 Now Available

Taimur Asad — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:22:45 +0000

Apple has just rolled out another update to iPhone OS 3.2 SDK for iPad. This Beta 4 of iPhone OS 3.2 SDK for iPad brings new API improvements and bug fixes to make sure it is all set before Apple officially releases the final firmware in shipping device come this April.

Adobe Demos Flash On HP’s Upcoming ‘Slate Device’; Takes A Dig At Apple

Andy — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:54:47 +0000

Should Adobe Flash be made available on touch screen devices like the iPad? This is one question to which we will never receive a definitive answer. While there is obviously a case for incorporating a ubiquitous software platform like Flash on the iPad...

iPad will lack some standard iPhone apps at launch

Dave Caolo — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:00:00 +0000

Filed under: Hardware, Software, App Store, iPad

Wired's Brian X. Chen noticed that Apple's iPad press release touts "12 new innovative apps designed especially for the iPad." Take a look at the screenshot at right and you'll see twelve apps: Videos, iPod, Maps, Photos, Mail, Safari, App Store, iTunes, YouTube, Contacts, Calendar and Notes. That means a few apps that ship with the iPhone -- Stocks, Calculator, Clock, Weather and Voice Memos -- are missing.

Thus, the mystery begins. Where are The Final Five? Chen suggests that they'll be released as free apps in the App Store. John Gruber believes that design problems caused the team (specifically, Steve Jobs) to withhold the apps. I agree with John and Brian.

Consider the calculator app. It looks great on the iPhone, as the iPhone is about the size of a pocket calculator. If it were simply "blown up" to accommodate the iPad's screen, it would resemble one of those dollar store calculators with the enormous buttons for older folks. Definitely not what Apple is after. Also, the press release says, "... designed especially for the iPad" (emphasis mine). The five missing apps haven't yet received that loving attention, at least to Steve's satisfaction.

As for getting them on the iPad, I bet they'll be a part of the next OS release and in the App Store from then on. That way, Apple won't be tied to the OS whenever they want to update those apps, and they'll have time between now and then to get them just right.

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Can iPad’s Richer Gaming Platform Outdo iPhone’s Success?

Andy — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 17:44:46 +0000

iPhone Games are among the most popular applications on the App Store. Close to 20% of iPhone applications available today are gaming apps. This is no surprise considering the rich experience that the platform offers to casual gamers thanks to features...

iPhone 4.1 to Unify iPhone and iPad OS?

Mike McKinnon — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 01:40:12 +0000

The Loop is reporting that it is possible the iPhone and iPad firmwares will not unify until fall of this year. The iPad will release with OS 3.2, but The Loop is suggesting the iPhone OS will not be updated until the summer, with the release of new hardware.

iPad Ad Reveals eBook Prices, Document Storage, NYT Bestsellers Button And More

iPhonehacks — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 23:54:23 +0000

iPad’s first commercial that was premiered last night at the Oscars has revealed some interesting details. The 30-second commercial has revealed the ebook price range that you can expect on Apple’s new iBooks Store, New York Times best seller butto...

Will iPad be missing some iPhone apps?

Megan Lavey — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 21:00:00 +0000

Filed under: App Store, iPad

Wired noticed that there are some notable exceptions among the announced iPad apps, including Stocks, Calculator, Clock, Weather and Voice Memos.

These apps could be available for download through the App Store. However, blogger Kevin Fox suggested last month that could hint toward a possible Dashboard implementation on the iPad. He argues that these apps, with the exception of Voice Memos, were originally Dashboard widgets to begin with.

Fox theorizes that a five-finger pinch would bring forth a Dashboard with these apps and a second would send them back to the background. This is not the first Dashboard theory that's been floated for the iPad.

It's an intriguing idea, and I can see that being part of a future version of the iPhone/iPad OS. For now, I hope that these apps are available as a free download, or are already pre-loaded but on a second screen. The worst case scenario is that Apple will charge a premium for these basic apps, similar to the way they're charging iPod touch users for upgrades. I hope it doesn't come to that, but I wouldn't be surprised if it did either.

Will iPad be missing some iPhone apps? originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Mon, 08 Mar 2010 16:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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iCollect Movies for iPhone

Mike McKinnon — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 17:03:15 +0000

Developer Hooked In Motion recently released version 2.0 of "iCollect Movies". This app allows you to scan the barcode of your movies with your iPhone's camera. It then query's it database and automatically adds the title to a easy to read catalog, including information like genre, rating, run time, and much more.

iPad’s Battery will Give 10 Hours on Single Charge, Says Steve Jobs

Skipper Eye — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 05:52:32 +0000

iPad is all set to launch in US on April 3rd, with pre-orders starting from March 12th onwards. There is growing hype about queries and inquest about this new device among the public in general, and the potential buyers in particular. Everyone wants to know, confirm and reaffirm everything before booking one on March 12th.

Apple Airs First iPad Ad During Oscars, Steve Jobs Spotted At the Event

iPhonehacks — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 03:03:06 +0000

Apple has just aired the first iPad ad during the 82nd annual Academy awards. As you might know, iPad will hit the stores on April 3 and will start taking pre-orders from March 12. Apple had aired the first iPhone ad during the Oscars as well. We are a...

iPad UI Theme for iPhone and iPod touch

Mike McKinnon — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 02:19:37 +0000

An awesome new theme, for jailbroken iPhones has been announced, over at the iPodTouchFans forums. It is a full UI theme, mimicking that of Apple's newest device, the iPad. It is currently in public beta, and is close to being released.

Steve Jobs: iPad Won’t Tether To The iPhone

iPhonehacks — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 22:04:05 +0000

If you were hoping to buy Wi-Fi only version of Apple’s iPad and tether it to the iPhone then we have some disappointing news. A long time Apple fan from Sweden sent an email to Apple to enquire about iPad tethering, and he received an answer from no...