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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 million per month, up from the previous number of just 1 million a month. Apple allegedly indicated to its suppliers that it would like to produce 3 million a month starting in the fourth calendar quarter of 2010.
It’s likely not coincidental that less than a week ago, iPad shipping times for new orders from apple.com improved to 24 hours. For months, customers had to wait an estimated 7 to 10 days, as Apple was surprised by strong demand for the device when it launched in April.
Apple on Wednesday showed off iOS 4.2 for the iPad, including folders, multitasking, support for wireless printing, and streaming of audio, video and photos through the new Air Play feature.
Apple Chief Executive Steve Jobs showed off the new printing capabilities in iOS 4.2. When printing, tasks will be included in the “Print Center” icon in the multitasking bar, accessed by double tapping the Home button.
Jobs showed off the ability to include multiple icons in folders, as can be done with iOS 4 on the iPhone and iPod touch. He also showed off the multitasking capabilities that will come with the new software.
Jobs also mentioned that Air Tunes has become Air Play, which will allow users to stream audio, video and photos over Wi-Fi.
MagicJack, best known for its television commercials advertising free internet calls, is planning a new service that will provide free calls to landlines and cellphones in the U.S. The application, which could launch next week, will run on Windows and Mac computers. There are also plans for a September launch of smartphone versions of the software for iOS, BlackBerry, and Android phones, although the company isn’t sure if it will allow calls over both WiFi and 3G networks. MagicJack’s CEO, Dan Borislow, said its plans for a femtocell are now on hold until the company can work with a carrier partner.
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.
Apple’s configuration profile tools for iOS devices include a variety of settings and restrictions that companies can impose to regulate how the devices are used and to configure services such as VPN and wireless networking access or email, calendar and directory services.
Policies can also force strong passwords and set security features such as the number of times a password attempt can fail before the device wipes its data. Similar to parental controls, the policy settings can also be used to block access to features such as the iTunes Store, Safari, YouTube, or the use of its camera.
I’ve been falling inexorably in awe of my iPad. In essence, it is everything I actually enjoy doing on my computer inside a much lighter, more portable and — somehow — more intimate device. As I use the iPad more I find myself less and less surprised that Apple is selling so many millions of the things. It can do anything, but some things are missing — here’s three missing features, with solutions.
Rather than launch off into some lengthy review in which I would probably reel off the spec sheet, give some glowing description of the product and its build quality (it just "oozes style", you "feel like you’ve never been without it" etc., etc.,), and then rant on knowledgeably about something I just read about on Wikipedia, I thought I’d focus on just three missing iPad features …
… and because criticism is just insanely easy and actually having ideas is pretty hard, I thought I’d do my average-intelligenced-at-best best to think of how to bring these missing features to the iPad.
First and fast: I love my iPad, but it doesn’t print…
I understand print drivers take up drive space and you don’t want to have drivers for every printer hogging that space on your iPad. But why not introduce a simple print app that speaks to your home Mac or PC over the Wi-Fi network or via the ‘Net and uses your home printer to print, running drivers on the remote machine?
You could also use this print app to print using whatever computer and printer set-up you were near and arranged access too.
This need exposes one secret to the iPad’s success. If your iPad doesn’t do something, someone somewhere is making an app which does it for you. In this case let me introduce PrintBureau, which prints email, contacts, web pages, copied "clips", email attachments, photos, text messages, shipping labels and much much more. And includes remote print.
Problem solved. A solution needs a problem first. Good lesson.
Number Two: Triple whammy
Here’s something I do. I read and research things online using my browser, email and RSS feeds. I have apps for all three on my iPad, and I also have copy and paste.
Good.
What I don’t have is the ability to run two or more apps at the same time side-by-side, for example a Web browser at the same time as a word processing utility.
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.
Apple on Wednesday showed off iOS 4.2 for the iPad, including folders, multitasking, support for wireless printing, and streaming of audio, video and photos through the new Air Play feature.
MagicJack, best known for its television commercials advertising free internet calls, is planning a new service that will provide free calls to landlines and cellphones in the U.S. The application, which could launch next week, will run on Windows and Mac computers. There are also plans for a September launch of smartphone versions of the software for iOS, BlackBerry, and Android phones, although the company isn’t sure if it will allow calls over both WiFi and 3G networks. MagicJack’s CEO, Dan Borislow, said its 
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