Archive for April, 2010
April 3rd, 2010 at 6:41 AM EST | by inu846W
Exclusive: Apple is reportedly calling all of its retail store employees to a top secret, all hands on deck meeting tomorrow at 7AM to train them on the iPad, and will possibly involve each team member receiving a 16GB WiFi iPad.
Rumors that Apple might hand out iPads to its retail employees first appeared during a corporate town hall meeting with Ron Johnson (the company’s Senior Vice President of Retail Operations), where the subject was casually mentioned but not confirmed, one person familiar with Apple’s retail operations said. Apple previously assigned its employees free iPhones and iPod touches.
A second person reported that the iPad retail launch will begin with an overnight security patrol to monitor each store’s inventory, which will continue even after a manager and team of five to ten employees begin the day at 3AM. A third person confirmed that the reports are consistent with Apple’s other product launches, adding that "security guards are routine for a product launch, with the guards partly there to handle the waiting lines."
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April 2nd, 2010 at 4:36 PM EST | by inu846W
Here at Google we’re really excited about the promise of tablet computers, which will be great for browsing the web and using apps. We’ve been working hard to optimize our services for the new format – larger touchscreens, increased portability, rich sensors – and we’d like to share some information about our progress so far.
While surfing the web on your iPad, we expect many of you will want to check your Gmail. If you go to gmail.com in your browser, you’ll see something different than what you’re used to on the desktop. We’re releasing an experimental user interface for the iPad built on the Gmail for mobile HTML5 web app that we launched last year for the iPhone and Android devices. Those devices have large screens compared to other phones, and tablets like the iPad give us even more room to innovate. To take advantage of the iPad’s large display, we’ve created a two-pane view with your list of conversations on the left and messages to the right.
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April 2nd, 2010 at 3:20 PM EST | by inu846W
This should get a lot of iPad owners excited. Dragon Dictation, which has been so popular on the iPhone, is now available for the iPad.
The app is free for a limited time, and adds some new features to the original iPhone version. The app also includes a new Dragon Dictation Notes feature that lets users speak and save drafts of documents, emails, to-do lists, social media status updates, and more.
"Dragon Dictation has proven to be a must-have app for iPhone and iPod touch, so it made sense to immediately extend those benefits to iPad," said Michael Thompson, senior vice president and general manager, Nuance Mobile. "The iPad is a unique and remarkable device, and with the Dragon Dictation App users can experience added flexibility and convenience as they quickly convert speech into text."
Read more: TUAW.com
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April 2nd, 2010 at 3:11 PM EST | by inu846W
Wowsa, looks like those FCC folks really take their jobs seriously. With the iPad they didn’t just bother to test out the radiation and maybe take a little peek for themselves under the covers, but instead disassembled the whole machine on camera. Unfortunately they took it upon themselves to cover over the specific chips, so we’ll have to wait for one of those pro bono teardowns to get the full lay of the land, but it’s still a unique look at the makeup of this thing. Check it out in the gallery below.
Read more: engadget.com
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April 2nd, 2010 at 2:12 PM EST | by inu846W
The iPad news just doesn’t stop coming, especially when it comes to the apps. Now there’s an official price point for the Wall Street Journal monthly subscription tailored for the iPad, and it’s a very odd number.
Read more: ZDNet.com
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April 2nd, 2010 at 1:54 PM EST | by inu846W
Truphone is the first VoIP application to be accepted into the iPad App Store (though you can probably use any of the iPhone VoIP Apps — hasn’t been verified yet). The bigger question, however, is whether or not you can make VoIP calls over the iPad‘s 3G. The language in the press release is pretty vague on the matter…
“Analysts estimate that Apple pre-sold more than 150,000 iPads on its first day, with 2010 sales on track to hit 4 million,” said Geraldine Wilson, CEO of Truphone. “Every device includes Wi-Fi, and soon, 3G connectivity. That makes them a natural fit for Truphone, which has a long history of giving the iPod Touch and iPhone a broad range of new options for staying in touch. We’re excited by the opportunity to extend our suite of convenient, dependable, high-quality voice functionality and IM services to iPad owners.”
…and I’ve followed up with Truphone PR who say they can’t get an answer until after the weekend. If so, this would be a very interesting proposition. Not just for the iPad. What if Apple releases an iPod Touch 3G in September? Why buy an iPhone at that point?
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