This week’s iPad piece looks at * how other high-tech gadget trends differ by region * Doubt Clouds Windows Tablets vs. iPad, Android * Jailbreak for iPad, iPhone on iOS 4: JailbreakMe; unlock soon * Samsung Galaxy tablet aims its sights on Apple iPad * Apple iPad Mini and iPhone 5: Expectations * Apple to issue patch for browser flaw * This Is Your Grandfather’s IPad * Gizmo | Meet the rivals for Apple’s iPad’s tablet * Apple Adds Email-Based FaceTime Support in iOS 4.1 Beta 3 … and more
IPad, other high-tech gadget trends differ by region
New Yorkers love iPads and other hot, new gadgets. Folks in Massachusetts are partial to e-readers such as Amazon’s Kindle.
These are a few of the findings from the first “Gadget Census” – a survey to determine regional patterns in consumer electronics buying – conducted by Retrevo, a website for tech shoppers.
more :: David Lieberman, USA TODAY
Doubt Clouds Windows Tablets vs. iPad, Android
Microsoft’s plans to offer tablets based on its Windows 7 operating system will be ill-fated, according to industry analysts and watchers. Many believe Microsoft must follow Apple’s iPad and Google’s Android by building a mobile OS for tablets.
No one doubts that Microsoft threatens to eclipse others in any market it enters. But until the company produces a tablet computer built from an operating system other than its new Windows 7 desktop operating system, few seem willing to give the software giant a shot against Apple and Google in the burgeoning tablet market. more :: Clint Boulton
Jailbreak for iPad, iPhone on iOS 4: JailbreakMe; unlock soon
Have you been patiently waiting on a jailbreak for your Apple iPad or iOS 4 iPhone? Well, no need to wait any longer! JailbreakMe.com is here now, with a carrier unlock hopefully coming Tuesday.
more :: computerworld
Samsung Galaxy tablet aims its sights on Apple iPad
Samsung has long been rumoured to have been developing an Apple iPad-style tablet device and it now seems that the work is coming to fruition with a look and feel said to be along the same lines as their current Galaxy S smartphone.
Initiations to a press event in the US on August 11th suggest that the tablet, which could be called the Galaxy Tab, will be unveiled by the Korean electronics giant. more :: Rob Clymo
Apple iPad Mini and iPhone 5: Expectations
We are almost certain that Apple will unveil a new iPod Touch in September, but this is small news in comparison compared to the latest rumors of the iPad Mini and the iPhone 5. iLounge were the ones who posted these latest rumors, but will not share who their source is.
David Carnoy from Crave Cnet reminds us that we should take this rumor at face value, but there could still be some truth in it. We have already heard rumors of a smaller iPad device; this one will come with a 7-inch display and should be released either late 2010 or early 2011, which is when Apple should launch iPad 2. more :: Peter Chubb – product-reviews.net
Apple to issue patch for browser flaw
Security update will fix Safari flaw discovered with the release of JailbreakMe ap
The patch will fix a flaw that could theoretically make it possible for a hacker to gain access to an iPhone, iPad or iPod touch simply by tricking its user in to opening a PDF document loaded with malicious code. more :: Claudine Beaumont, telegraph.co.uk
This Is Your Grandfather’s IPad
Hikosaburo Yasuda says he knows a trend when he sees one and plans to buy Apple Inc.’s iPad to keep up with junior members in his computer club. Yasuda is 95.
Yasuda and his peers, looking for easier ways to browse the Web and send e-mails, are a potentially lucrative demographic for Apple as the proportion of people aged 65 and over climbs to records each year in countries including the U.S., China and France. Japan has the world’s oldest society, with the elderly accounting for an estimated 22 percent of the population, almost triple the global average. more :: Pavel Alpeyev and Yoshinori Eki
Gizmo | Meet the rivals for Apple’s iPad’s tablet
Steve Jobs may have the coolest pad in the neighborhood, but he’s about to get some new neighbors. Dell, Blackberry, HP, Microsoft and even Kmart are getting into the pad game with new portable touchscreen devices, including some that will be smaller or cheaper than Apple’s iPad.
The Streak will be among the first tablet computers to use Google’s Android operating system, the same OS that powers Motorola’s Droid and related mobile phones. more :: Dell Streak, courier-journal.com
Apple Adds Email-Based FaceTime Support in iOS 4.1 Beta 3
Apple’s latest beta version of iOS 4.1 released earlier this week has offered the strongest evidence yet that the company is planning to roll out FaceTime video calling functionality to future non-iPhone devices based on the iOS operating system.
A new option in the iOS “Contacts” application allows users to make FaceTime calls using either a phone number or an email address. more :: www.macrumors.com
