On Friday, Logitech pushed out the Touch Mouse app that turns your iPhone and/or iPod Touch into – you guessed it – a mouse that works over the network. (I wonder what this will be like on the iPad.) The app is free (iTunes link) and you’re going to have to download the Touch Mouse Server software (link to Logitech), but it’s …
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Palm Pre Plus Review: Is Plus Enough?
Palm made a splash at CES in 2009 with the announcement of webOS and I’d say they’ve done a good job maintaining that momentum. A year later, they’ve added Verizon and AT&T to the roster and updated both the Pre and Pixi with – what some might call – minor updates. It’s been a week since the Pre Plus (Pixi Plus, too) went on …
Amazon Caves To Macmillan, Agrees To Raise E-book Price
Round 1 of the E-book Pricing war goes to Macmillan.
In a statement released via the company’s Kindle forum, Amazon has agreed to “capitulate and accept Macmillan’s terms” over e-book pricing after it came to light on Friday that Amazon had stopped selling Macmillan titles online. While Macmillan believes this will benefit …
You Think You Know But You Have No Idea: The iPad Edition
Whether we’re talking about its features (or lack there of) or giggling over its name, the iPad continues to be the talk of the town from Silicon Valley to bumpkin BFE to Silicon Alley.
(More on Techland: 19 Rejected Names For The Apple iPad)
Apple has once again done what no other company has been able to reproduce in the last …
Today In Apple iPad News
This is a classic case of the pot calling the kettle black.
Nintendo President Satoru Iwata had this to say about the Apple iPad, “It was a bigger iPod Touch” and that it delivered “no surprises.” Umm. Correct me if I’m wrong, Iwata-san, but isn’t that exactly what the DSi XL is? I initially pooh-poohed the iPad, but it …
19 Rejected Names For The Apple iPad
iPod OB
The Starbucks Attention-Getter
iTouch Maximum
iMac Minimum
Apple Newton v2.0
iPlacemat
The Procrastinatrix
Whammo Novelty Throwing Square
Zune Blaster 3000
Matthew McConaughey’s Virtual Bongos
Crotch TV
One More Thing For Your Kids To Endlessly Bug You About Then Break
$800 Coke …
Five iPad Games That Need To Be Made ASAP
Playing up-rezzed iPhone games on the iPad will keep us satisfied for only so long. iPad-only titles, optimized for the device, are what everyone really wants. Here’s a short list of the hypothetical games I’d really like to see. I don’t know if any of these are in development, but if they’re not, my question to the respective …
iPad: Your Complete Media Gallery
The iPad is the Apple tablet we’ve long been waiting to see. For all of the details, check out our specs sheet, see how it handles with Peter’s hands-on gallery, or check out his live-blog of the big unveil.
Apple’s iPad Demo:
Click on a photo to launch the gallery:
More on Techland:
Hands-on With the Apple iPad
Yes, the iPad is a ginormous iPod Touch with a tweaked UI, but it’s still pretty cool. It’s surprisingly lightweight and the screen is just as responsive as the one on the iPhone and iPod Touch. What’s more impressive than the large 9.7-inch touch-screen is the speed with which Web pages get rendered and how well it’s able to scale …
Apple’s iPad: The Specs Sheet
The iPad is here. This is what we know so far. We’ll update as we learn more.
The specs:
Size:
- Height: 9.56 inches (242.8 mm)
- Width: 7.47 inches (189.7 mm)
- Depth: 0.5 inch (13.4 mm)
- Weight: 1.5 pounds (.68 kg) Wi-Fi model
- 1.6 pounds (.73 kg) Wi-Fi + 3G model
Display:
9.7-inch IPS (in-plane switching) display
LED-backlit …
Apple “Latest Creation” Liveblog
It’s an exciting day for Apple fans across the globe as we all wait with bated breath for Steve Jobs to take center stage at the Yerba Buena Center in San Francisco for the tablet reveal. It’s a shame that Terry McGraw spoiled all the fun on CNBC last night. Oh well. I’m still excited to see what all the fuss is about and I plan on …
Gallery: Hits and Misses from Apple So Far
We’ve compiled a list of “hits and misses” from Apple so far. We’ll have to wait and see which category Apple’s tablet (or whatever it’s called) falls into. For now, take a look at what we’ve deemed a success — and what we haven’t.
