Join us at 1pm ET (10am PT) for moment-by-moment news from Apple’s San Francisco event, as it happens.
This is my first new Technologizer post since my blog officially moved into its new digs on TIME.com. So let’s inaugurate things around here by continuing a venerable Technologizer tradition: making a collective prediction about what will transpire at an upcoming Apple event.
As “industry sources” tell it, the 7.85-inch iPad will head into volume production in the third quarter at the earliest, with a likely price of $249 to $299. Apple has reportedly started delivering samples to its suppliers for verification.
On March 7th at 1pm ET (10am PT), Apple will hold an iPad-related media event at one of its favorite venues, San Francisco’s Yerba Buena Gardens. Whatever the news turns out to be, I’ll be sitting in the audience furiously relaying it to you right here in liveblog form, with color commentary from Techland’s Doug Aamoth.
It’s a done deal: Apple has invited journalists to an event an event on March 7th at San Francisco’s Yerba Buena Center, one of its favorite spots for product announcements. iPad 3, anyone?
With the launch of Apple’s iPad 3 reportedly weeks away, Best Buy is trying to dump its iPad 2 inventory at a $50 discount per model. Are these smart buys? Probably not.
Apple is reportedly preparing to move on from its 30-pin dock connector for iPhones, iPads and iPods in favor of something much smaller.
Leaping across the globe in a single lawsuit, China-based Proview Electronics is bringing its iPad trademark battle with Apple stateside.
What’s my favorite arcade game of all time? That’s easy. It’s Atari’s Tempest, and I was therefore thrilled when it became available for the iPad and iPhone, along with scads of other vintage games, as part of Atari’s Greatest Hits. But my second and third most beloved arcade machines may well have been two non-Atari gems: Rampage and Tapper. And now they’re both available, along with a bunch of other titles, as part of Midway Arcade for the iPad and iPhone.
A new study shows that students who use iPads in the classroom score better in literacy tests than those who don’t. Educators in Auburn, Maine began instructing 266 kindergarteners using the iPad 2 this fall, and those who used the tablet scored higher on literacy tests and were more enthused about learning.
Is Microsoft finishing up work on a version of Office for the iPad? On Tuesday, The Daily’s Matt Hickey reported that it was, and got a lot of folks–me included–excited. Now Microsoft is disuputing Hickey’s account of things.
