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Installing an iPad onto a dashboard, Toyota Tacoma style
Pimp my Ride with an iPad, bitch. Doug Bernards over at SoundMan Car Audio wasted no time in installing the first ever in-dash installation of an iPad on a Toyota Tacoma pickup. Check out the entire process in the video below. Explaining how they got the audio to work, SoundMan Car Audio writes: We chose […]
Continue reading...Component costs of base model iPad estimated to be $259.65
Wednesday, April 7, 2010
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The market research firm iSuppli tore apart an iPad, added up all of its component parts, and deduced the total cost of materials for each 16GB Wi-Fi iPad is $259.65. Bear in mind, though, that this cost doesn’t take into account advertising costs, licensing deals, and more importantly, research and development costs which can run […]
Continue reading...Will the iPad replace the laptop computer?
Wednesday, April 7, 2010
Amit Gupta thinks so, and likens it to how the advent of quality camera phones started to remove the need to carry around a point and shoot camera. Laptops have always been a compromise solution. They’re awkward and unergonomic, slow compared to their desktop counterparts, have poor battery life, and are just as complex and […]
Continue reading...iPillow mom now creates handmade quilted iPad case
Wednesday, April 7, 2010
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About two weeks ago, we wrote about a mom named Lynda Harrison who crafted a pillow featuring iPhone icons for her son who was recovering from cancer. Naturally, it was quickly dubbed the iPillow. Now such an endeavor may seem like a strange thing to do, at first glance, it’s really a touching gesture when […]
Continue reading...iPad travelers will not need to take device out of carry-on bags
Wednesday, April 7, 2010
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Apparently the iPad is not only user friendly, but flier friendly as well. The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) said yesterday that travelers carrying an iPad, as opposed to laptops, will be able to keep the device in their carry-on luggage and won’t have to take it out to undergo individual x-ray testing. The stated reason […]
Continue reading...Report: HP Slate to cost $549 with 5 hour battery life
Tuesday, April 6, 2010
Engadget scored what appears to be an internal HP document comparing the upcoming HP Slate to the recently released iPad. The HP Slate is rumored to drop in June, and coupled with a higher pricepoint and a meager 5 hour battery life, it doesn’t seem like it will do much to challenge the iPad, Flash […]
Continue reading...iPads on eBay selling for as much as $5,500
Tuesday, April 6, 2010
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We get it. The iPad is the latest and greatest from Apple, and for the time being, it’s only available in the US. But come on, folks, the international iPad rollout is just a few weeks away. So why in the world are some people paying as much as $5,000 to have an iPad shipped to […]
Continue reading...Behind Apple’s iPad marketing blitz
Tuesday, April 6, 2010
Apple detractors often like to say that Apple’s popularity is the result of sexy and persuasive advertising that creates an unjustified aura of “coolness” around their products. Moreover, these detractors argue that Apple initiated hype is the driving force behind their success, never mind a solid track record of delivering thoughtfully designed and well-engineered products. […]
Continue reading...Mangling an iPad with a baseball bat
Monday, April 5, 2010
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Ah, to be young again. Some enterprising youths decided to stress test an iPad by dropping it on the ground and smashing it with a baseball bat. The poor iPad was just 1 day old. The iPad purchaser didn’t think smashing one to bits was that big of a deal because he apparently bought 3 […]
Continue reading...Will the iPad blend? [Video]
Monday, April 5, 2010
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Let’s say you put a spankin’ new iPad into a blender. Will it blend? Why yes, yes it will.
Continue reading...Some iPad owners experience Wi-Fi connectivity issues
Monday, April 5, 2010
AppleInsider reports that a number of support threads have been opened up on Apple’s website to address problems some iPad users have had in connecting to and maintaining strong Wi-Fi connections. “I have also noticed very weak wifi signal in my 16GB iPad,” user tdbc wrote. “Even when standing in front of the wlan router […]
Continue reading...Apple sells over 300,000 iPads on Saturday alone
Monday, April 5, 2010
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Apple announced today that as of Midnight on Saturday April 3rd, they had sold over 300,000 iPads – a figure that includes pre-orders as well. “It feels great to have the iPad launched into the world—it’s going to be a game changer,” Steve Jobs said in a press release, “iPad users, on average, downloaded more […]
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Wednesday, April 7, 2010
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