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As we reported last month, Adobe has developed three new Photoshop apps to be used with the iPad. They’re now available for purchase.
Adobe Eazel, Nav and Color Lava help professional and amateur users alike create, manage, and manipulate their artwork and images on the iPad like never before. The apps also work in conjunction with Adobe’s new Create Suite 5.5.
In the Color Lava app($2.99), users can easily mix different colors with their fingertips to create new swatches which can then be used in Photoshop.
Artists and painters will enjoy the Eazel app for iPad($4.99). A new type of “wet’ and “dry paints will allow users to create realistic paintings and artwork by taking advantage of iPad’s multi-touch screen using their fingers or a stylus.
The Nav app for iPad($1.99) serves more as a utility function, letting the user select and control Photoshop tools, customize the toolbar, create new files or zoom in on open Photoshop files.
Publisher Conde Nast has worked out a deal with Apple to sell subscriptions for The New Yorker within its app.
An updated version of that magazine’s iPad app gives lets users subscribe to the weekly magazine for $5.99 a month, or the equivalent of a $1.50 an issue. That’s a steep discount from the app’s old model, which only sold individual issues for $4.99 a pop.
Conde Nast is selling an annual subscription to the iPad app for $59.99; a yearly subscription to the print version of the magazine costs $69.95. Very important: Conde says print subscribers will get iPad access for free.
Several other Conde Nast magazines should have their own apps soon, providing in-app subscription purchases. These will include Wired, Golf Digest, Glamour, Vanity Fair, Self, Allure and GQ. Magazines offered on a monthly basis will cost $19.99 for an annual subscription rate and $1.99 per-issue.
There’s been another update with iPad 2 shipments. If you order an iPad 2 online from apple.com, it will now ship to you within 1 to 2 weeks. Other countries like Mexico, Canada and Australia also share the same time frame for shipment as in the US.
As we’ve noted in previous articles over the past few weeks, the availability of the iPad 2 has been up and down with waiting periods for shipment being as much as 5 weeks just after the new tablet went on sale in March.
A few weeks ago the waiting time was at 3-4 weeks, and then soon after it dropped to 2-3 weeks. Apple appears to be producing more iPad 2s to supply the masses with the “tech crack” they so desperately desire.
Apple needs all the help it can get from various sources of iPad 2 components while the tablet is still selling like hot cakes. They just recently announced a partnership with Chimei Innolux Corp. which will be their third iPad touchscreen supplier. Everlight Electronics manufactures backlight components, which Apple is currently testing, and may become part of the list of suppliers for iPad 2 parts.
AT&T updated its own shipping waiting period last week for iPad 2 orders made online to 10-15 business days. Supply is starting to meet demand, and more and more people are happy about that fact.
You can always use our “Buy iPad 2” resource page for information on retail store sales, links to purchase iPad 2 online and check real-time inventory for a few stores.
The closing bell has rang and Apple has released its 2nd quarter earnings report for 2011. Most analysts had agreed the tablet maker would report approximately a net income of $5.35 per share on $23.7 billion in sales. But with the continued success and demand for iPad 2, stockholders are grinning from ear to ear today…if it’s even possible their grins can be any wider.
Earnings Report
March qtr. revenue: $24.67 billion vs. $23.34 billion Street consensus, $24.86 high Street estimate, $25.34 billion “blogger” consensus, $25.7 billion “real” expectations (based on prior performance vs. guidance)
March qtr. EPS: $6.40 vs. $5.36 Street consensus, $5.98 high Street estimate, $6.33 “blogger” consensus, $7.06 “real” expectations (probably too high)
March qtr. iPad shipments: 4.69 million vs. 6.2 million Street consensus (via Piper Jaffray), 6.8 million “blogger” consensus
March qtr. iPhone shipments: 18.65 million vs. 16.6 million Street consensus (via Piper Jaffray), 18 million “blogger” consensus
March qtr. Mac shipments: 3.76 million 3.6 million Street consensus (via Piper Jaffray), 3.7 million “blogger” consensus
June qtr. revenue guidance: $23 billion vs. $23.8 billion Street consensus, $23.4 billion Piper Jaffray expectations
June qtr. EPS guidance: $5.03 $5.25 Street consensus, $4.73 Piper Jaffray expectations
It’s been just over a year since the first iPad tablet was launched. Now with the iPad 2 launch last month that saw even more hype and more demand than its predecessor, Apple’s tablet is a powerhouse to be reckoned with. Sales have gone through the roof and continue to climb as high demand is prevalent across the country. Analysts at Goldman Sachs are now saying what is becoming obvious, Apple and the iPad will dominate the tablet market for the next two years at least.
The Samsung Galaxy Tab and Motorola Xoom tablets are decent products, but have arrived too late to the game. They are worthy competitors, but to what degree? Goldman Sachs thinks they lack the luster overall to meet or exceed the iPad’s popularity in the coming years.
Researches at the firm expect Apple to claim at least 54 percent of the tablet market share in 2011 and 2012. If tablet competitors’ sales fall below their expectations, Apple may enjoy up to 74 percent of the tablet market share in 2011, and 71 percent in 2012. Goldman is leaning towards the latter figures with Apple holding onto more than 70 percent of the tablet market in the next two years.
“If we include tablets in our PC unit forecast, then our estimates suggest Apple’s combined iPad and Mac market share would reach 12 percent in 2011. This represents an incremental $8.7 billion in iPad gross profits for Apple, or more than the $6.0 billion in profits we expect the company to generate from the Mac business. Based on the current market share breakdown in the PC market, this could presumably make Apple one of the largest vendors in the combined PC and tablet market.”
Our helpful “Buy iPad 2” page lists resources where you can find and purchase the iPad 2 online and at retail outlets. There are plenty of people still looking to buy the ever elusive iPad 2, but now there’s an app for that.
The FindOne app let’s you search locally for an iPad 2 at Target or Walmart stores. Developed by Debra L. Orton, this helpful app finds inventory from iPad 2 suppliers. More outlets like Best Buy and Toys R’ Us will be added soon to the search list.
You can search by model type, WiFi or 3G+WiFi. You’re also able to choose which carrier you’ll need for the 3G model, AT&T or Verizon. Other search options include memory, 16GB, 32GB, or 64GB, and color choices of black or white.
Once your query is submitted, available stores near you are listed with the distance to them from your current location. Choosing a store location then gives you more information for that store such as address, hours, phone number, and type of iPad 2 model available.
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