Pad news, views, reviews

iPad week roundup . . . news about the iPad What’s up in the iPad world? Kick off October with these … Tethering may be coming to Apple’s iPad * 3 secret Apple TV features Steve Jobs hasn’t told you about * Apple iPad 2, BlackBerry PlayBook, HP PalmPad’Which Do You Want More? * BlackBerry PlayBook Vs Samsung Galaxy Tab Vs Apple iPad: Consider Specs To Make Your Choice * Apple iPad users most receptive to ads * The Chromepad: An iPad That Runs Chromium OS * Here’s How Apple’s iPad Is Invading The Business World * Apple Adds IPad Interface, Features to MobileMe Gallery App * Dumbest of Dumbest: Apple’s iPad Destruction Double Standard … plus a little video and a cool photo!


3 secret Apple TV features Steve Jobs hasn’t told you about

The new Apple TV could be Steve Jobs’ best sleight-of-hand trick yet.
      During his modest introduction of the device, Jobs called the Apple TV “one more hobby.” But a closer look at the code and the hardware powering the Apple TV reveals that there’s a lot more going on under the hood than the CEO shared.
READ THIS REPORT Full story : www.cnn.com


Here’s How Apple’s iPad Is Invading The Business World

Apple’s iPad is a consumer device, first and foremost. (And it’s a good one, at that.)
      But a few recent events have clued us in to how the iPad could also potentially become an important device for business and enterprise users, as a lightweight, reliable, powerful — and most important, easily programmable — touchscreen tablet. And that could be a big opportunity for Apple.
READ THIS REPORT Full story : www.sfgate.com


Tethering may be coming to Apple’s iPad

While Steve Jobs has denied that the iPad will get tethering capabilities, there looks to be a light at the end of the tunnel in beta 2 of iOS 4.2.
      Interestingly, this option has only appeared for iPad’s running on 3′s network in Europe. That could mean a couple things: Apple is using a small market to test this feature out locally, or only certain market’s will be privy to tethering.
READ THIS REPORT Full story : www.digitaltrends.com


Apple iPad 2, BlackBerry PlayBook, HP PalmPad – Which Do You Want More?

The year of the tablet will be here in only a few months and everyone wants to make one. Apple will most likely be releasing its iPad 2, Research In Motion (RIM) will be debuting the BlackBerry PlayBook tablet, and even HP will be releasing its own PalmPad tablet with Palm’s WebOS.
      So many choices. Here is a quick guide to the three of them. Sure, they might not have come out yet, but they will. Count on it.
READ THIS REPORT Full story : blog.wirelessground.com


BlackBerry PlayBook Vs Samsung Galaxy Tab Vs Apple iPad: Consider Specs To Make Your Choice

BlackBerry PlayBook Vs Samsung Galaxy Tab Vs Apple iPad: Consider Specs To Make Your Choice .
      The war is on with all the 3 electronics giants – Research in Motion, Apple and Samsung lined up with their tablet factory. Who amongst the 3 will come victorious at the end , is something that can not judged at this stage, though, a broad analysis into their technical specifications can still lend an idea as to who planned it the most meticulous way.
READ THIS REPORT Full story : www.nynewspost.com


Apple iPad users most receptive to ads

Nielsen study shows iPad users skew younger, male and inclined to view ads and purchase products
      Perhaps you’ve noticed that parent’s of toddlers are inclined to let their children play on their Apple iPad, particularly during those moments when restlessness sets in. You don’t see parents handing over their Amazon Kindle in the same way.
READ THIS REPORT Full story : vator.tv


Apple Adds IPad Interface, Features to MobileMe Gallery App

Apple has finally updated MobileMe Gallery, its app for browsing your friends’ photographic masterpieces, with support for the iPad, iPhone 4, and iOS 4. The company also added a new screensaver-like feature for the iPad version and opened up use of the app to non-MobileMe members.
      MobileMe Gallery 1.2 delivers an iPad interface, making it a universal app for all three iOS devices. It also supports multitasking under iOS 4 and has high-resolution graphics for the iPhone 4.
READ THIS REPORT Full story : www.pcworld.com


The Chromepad: An iPad That Runs Chromium OS

You’ve seen the iPad running Windows 95. This time around, a hacker going by the hanfle ‘Hexxeh’ managed to run Google’s new Chromium operating system on his iPad, thus creating the ChromePad.
     
READ THIS REPORT Full story : www.pcworld.com


Dumbest of Dumbest: Apple’s iPad Destruction Double Standard

iPad destruction double standard was considered the dumbest thing on Wall Street this week by readers of TheStreet.
      iPad with bullet hole
READ THIS REPORT Full story : www.thestreet.com


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