Archive for June, 2010
June 23rd, 2010 at 11:19 AM EST | by inu846W
There’s been a lot of talk about the iPad saving print, but in this case it might actually happen. Gourmet magazine closed up shop late last year, but the publisher is getting ready to bring the mag back — as an iPad app called Gourmet Live. The app will be free (with a few options for in-app payments), and will not only include articles and recipes from the magazine, but some online check-in functionality, and a few other fun tidbits. It’s not something that could support a print magazine, sounds like, but for fans of the brand, it’ll be a nice return.
Read more: TUAW.com
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June 22nd, 2010 at 4:24 PM EST | by inu846W
Apple on Tuesday revealed that its new multitouch iPad sold 3 million units in the product’s first 80 days of availability, with the most recent million sold in just three weeks.
“People are loving iPad as it becomes a part of their daily lives,” Apple Chief Executive Steve Jobs said. “We’re working hard to get this magical product into the hands of even more people around the world, including those in nine more countries next month.”
Apple also said that developers have created more than 11,000 new applications for the iPad that take advantage of its multitouch user interface, large screen and high-quality graphics. In addition, it will run almost all of the more than 225,000 apps on the App Store, including apps already purchased for an iPhone or iPod touch.
Apple sold its first million iPads in less than a month, reaching that milestone in 28 days. The 2 million sales point was later reached in less than two months.
Read more: AppleInsider.com
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June 17th, 2010 at 6:48 AM EST | by inu846W
Verizon on the iPad? Sort of. In an effort to improve the iPad’s mobile data connection one hacker modded an iPad 3G to work with Verizon’s network.
The modder in question was not happy with AT&T’s network, which has come under fire recently for a number of reasons. To perform the hack, the modder removed the device’s internal 3G chip, and replaced it with internals from Verizon’s MiFi mobile broadband hotspot device.
Sadly, this hack is a pricey one: it requires a 3G iPad, which starts from $629, since the Verizon MiFi needs to connect to the iPad’s 3G components. It makes more financial sense to buy a Wi-Fi iPad to use with a MiFi, but this hack has one nice extra: a switch. The modder put a simple $2 switch where the iPad’s Micro SIM slot normally is, allowing the MiFi to be turned off at the flick of a switch.
Read more: PCWorld.com
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June 14th, 2010 at 11:20 AM EST | by inu846W
I wasn’t the first kid on my block to have an iPad. I was the oldest kid. And it’s not been easy. I’ve had to struggle with admiring onlookers who profess jealousy that I have such a neat toy. And at times, it has been hard to find more than five or six hours of enjoyable daily activities to do on my iPad. But I’ve persevered and while I’ve just scratched the surface, it is clear that the iPad can be an invaluable tool for older users. As the first mass-market tablet computer, it will be followed in short order by competing tablets from many providers, mostly in the PC (as opposed to Apple) world. This will lower prices and increase features.
I do not own Apple stock and am not recommending the company. I am recommending its approach to providing easy access to online information. And I’m recommending that older consumers take a serious look at this tool. You may think the computer age has passed you by but the iPad makes a strong case that what’s passed you by is the high-tech "members only" phase of that age.
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June 14th, 2010 at 11:10 AM EST | by inu846W
Although Apple’s iAd service is coming July 1, Pandora couldn’t wait and has created its own advertising platform to attract big name marketers to its latest app. Starbucks, Lexus, and Budweiser are the first brands on the new Pandora iPad advertising platform. Like iAds, Pandora’s ad platform features video, audio and a variety of interactive elements—all without leaving the app—that aren’t available on its iPhone version, at least not yet. Aside from the cosmetic features, since Pandora offers itself as a personalized radio service, it also says it can “hyper-target” its listeners by gender, age, location, the type of music they like, and time of day.
In an e-mail interview with paidContent, John Trimble, Pandora’s chief revenue officer, discussed the rapid pace of the service’s ad growth. “We did $50 million in revenue in 2009, up from $20 million in 2008 and we expect significant growth in 2010,” Trimble said. “We started web advertising in Feb. ‘06 and mobile ads in May ‘09.”
Read more: PaidContent.org
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