The iPad will certainly stir up a lot of buzz… let’s take a look at the fallout from this week’s iPad evaluation and criticism … * Apple Pulls Flash Content * VoIP on iPad Green-Lighted * iPad could give Microsoft fits * iPad Challenges Google’s Chrome Cloud Computing Designs * Sony Touched iPad * iPAD Impact on AT&T and Other Wireless Services * iPad Raises the Stakes for E-Readers * Buy an Apple iPad for Your Child? … and others.
Be sure to see CNet’s Slideshow surrounding the iPad launch: Up close with the Apple iPad (photos) , and a look at the new Apple iPad keyboard dock (photos)
Apple Pulls Flash Content From iPad Promos
It looks like Apple’s iPad really is magical after all. Marketing materials for the iPad mysteriously morphed overnight following complaints that they misleadingly depicted the device showing Flash-based content.
As of Saturday morning, presto-change-o: The Flash is gone.
continue reading :: JR Raphael, PC World
VoIP on Apple’s iPad Green-Lighted
Users of Apple Inc.’s popular iPhone may now be able to save money by making Internet-based phone calls over AT&T Inc.’s cellular network.
Apple this week allowed new versions of several Voice over Internet Protocol services to begin working on the iPhone, according to those services. Previously, iPhone users needed a wireless Internet connection to make such calls, but the change will allow calls from anywhere that receives a strong enough 3G cellular signal.
continue reading :: David Sarno – latimes.com
Apple iPad could give Microsoft fits
Microsoft shouldn’t be shaking in its boots after the unveiling of the Apple iPad, but the tablet computer could give the software giant fits in the future with its potential to define important device form factors as well as shape user attitudes toward alternative operating systems and cloud-based application adoption.
… but the tablet computer could give the software giant fits in the future with its potential to define important device form factors as well as shape user attitudes toward alternative operating systems and cloud-based application adoption.
continue reading :: www.tmcnet.com – IDG Middle East.
Apple iPad Challenges Google’s Chrome Cloud Computing Designs
Apple stands ready to challenge Google in the cloud computing wars with the new iPad, Gartner analysts say.
The iPad is geared to provide the most compelling mobile Internet experience users have seen to date, but Google later in 2010 is expected to bring its own vision for mobile Web consumption in the form of netbooks based on its Chrome Operating System.
continue reading :: Clint Boulton – eweek.com
Sony Touched By Apple iPad
If you are a tech-savvy, avid follower of the latest happenings and releases in the electronic consumer market world, then you have heard of the Apple iPad. And as if we haven’t heard enough of the sleek new device, Sony has given their take on Apple’s new tablet and let’s just say they were touched.
According to John Koller, the marketing manager at Sony Computer Entertainment, the iPad is ironically beneficial for Sony’s own PSP …
continue reading :: Kishen Patel – playstationlifestyle.net
Apple iPAD Impact on AT&T and Other Wireless Services
On the heels of the Apple iPAD announcement, AT&T announced that they will be investing over $2 billion to expand and improve their broadband data network. This research addresses the following key questions:
- Is the Apple announcement only endorsing AT&T Wireless? - What’s the impact of the iPAD on Wireless networks? - What’s the impact of the iPAD on Wireless service business model? - Does this all mean infrastructure upgrades?
continue reading :: Analysis: www.pcworld.com
Apple iPad evaluation and criticism
Apple has created a small wonder and named it as iPad but unfortunately the authorship of name iPad is claimed by Japan’s Fujitsu, American Slate Computing and the German Siemens already used this name.
A Survey has been conducted on the Apple iPad: 73% of French say they have heard of the iPad. 66% have a favorable opinion, 28% think it is a revolution, 38% an important development, 21% have an unfavorable opinion
continue reading :: http://whitehatfirm.com/news/
Apple iPad Raises the Stakes for E-Readers
Apple’s much-awaited iPad tablet is a good looking, multipurpose e-reader but it is no Kindle slayer, say publishing executives and electronic-book enthusiasts. Instead, the iPad is likely to raise the stakes and help traditional e-readers evolve into more sophisticated devices.
Ultimately, the fight for dominance in the e-reader market is likely to be fought among two giants: Apple and Amazon. And the key to this war will be pricing.
continue reading :: Priya Ganapat – wired.com
Buy an Apple iPad for Your Child?
There can be great benefits to technology, but there are alarming trends and important unanswered questions. Follow this blog discussion in the Wall Street Journal’s blogs section …
the Dr. sez: “Parents should plan media consumption as they do meals and for the long run as they do for college. By being fully present and applying sound child-rearing and family support principles, parents can create balanced media plans that lead youngsters to the values and orientation they will need to succeed in an increasingly technology-rich world.”
continue reading :: DR EITAN SCHWARZ – online.wsj.com
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It’s amazing how information and technology can get the best of us sometimes!
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