Ipad

Apple iPad A4 Chip Designed by PA Semi Team... or Not?

By Rene Ritchie, Monday, Feb 8, 2010 a 6:16 pm

Venture Beat claims a "very trusted" source has informed them that Apple's PA Semi team might not have been behind the new iPad's Apple A4 chipset:

PA Semi didn’t do the A4. It was the existing VLSI team. Apple has made custom chips for years like the Northbridges for G4 and G5.

About that "Apple Could Drop iPad Price" Story

By Rene Ritchie, Monday, Feb 8, 2010 a 1:14 pm

The Wall Street Journal today posted a comment from an analyst that Apple will remain "nimble" on iPad pricing and could lower it if demand is less than expected.

Um. Yeah. Okay. Did anyone, especially anyone who ever took Intro to Business 101, ever think anything different? Wait... Apple does.

Consumer Interest in iPad Dwindling?

By Jeremy, Monday, Feb 8, 2010 a 12:44 pm

According to a study by Retrevo of more than 1000 randomly selected individuals, it seems as if the consumers interest in Apple's iPad has dwindled considerably since it was announced back on January 26th.

"As we like to say, it’s the apps that sell smartphones like the iPhone and it could very well be those same apps that motivate buyers to run down to the Apple Store and get in line to buy a shiny new iPad. Whether this device becomes a big hit is anyone’s guess but based on this study it sure looks doubtful."

Spray on Glass -- Could this be the future of iPhone and iPad Technology?

By Georgia, Sunday, Feb 7, 2010 a 1:49 pm

Could spray-on liquid glass be the future of the iPhone and iPad? It is thin, flexible, transparent and even anti-bacterial. This liquid glass was invented in Turkey and held by the company Nanopool.

For more about this new technology, stay with us after the break.

On Flash Crash and Sublime HTML5 Video Clash

By Rene Ritchie, Saturday, Feb 6, 2010 a 8:03 pm

We all know by now there's no Flash on the iPhone or iPod touch, and it doesn't look like there'll be Flash on the iPad, which is probably why Adobe's Chief Technology Officer fired off an impassioned defense of the plugin, while a software engineer shows how a still-unfixed bug crashes it, and the first full on HTML5 video player concept makes its debut.

First up, Adobe CTO, Kevin Lynch has posted a full throated defense of Flash on his Adobe Blog and in a follow up comment notes:

Regarding crashing, I can tell you that we don't ship Flash with any known crash bugs, and if there was such a widespread problem historically Flash could not have achieved its wide use today.

How does this reconcile with Apple CEO, Steve Jobs saying something along the lines of "Whenever a Mac crashes more often than not it’s because of Flash"? TUAW draws our attention to Matthew Dempsky who found a bug that causes Flash to crash in Safari and Chrome, and Firefox to crash completely. And Adobe hasn't fixed it some 16 months later... Dempsky has created http://flashcrash.dempsky.org/ to demonstrate (remember, it will crash Firefox completely!), and says:

iPad in Business -- Doctors Want it, Omni Group Gets it

By Rene Ritchie, Saturday, Feb 6, 2010 a 3:30 pm

While much of iPad presentation thus far has been focused on content consumption, Apple's iWork demo and the ability to run iPhone productivity apps -- and eventually iPad-specific apps -- as well as 1024x768 web apps means it's got a fighting chance in business, especially key verticals like medicine, and with developers like Omni Group.

iPad GUI Design Recommendations, Templates, and Galleries

By Rene Ritchie, Friday, Feb 5, 2010 a 8:32 am

If you're interested in iPad design or development, the internet is already offering up resources for you, including interface recommendations, icon templates, and galleries of Apple examples. And why not? The same people who love every pixel of interface on the iPhone are finding 1024x768 reasons to pour over the iPad's beefy new canvas as well.

TiPb on the Cell Phone Junky Unlocked

By Rene Ritchie, Friday, Feb 5, 2010 a 8:30 am

Frequent iPhone Live! panelist Mickey Papillon was kind enough to invite yours truly to come on The Cell Phone Junkie Unlocked podcast and talk about Apple's latest iPhone OS device -- the iPad.

It's a subscribers only podcast, but Mickey and his partner Joey also offer up the free Cell Phone Junkie podcast, and over the course of the last two months I've been on there as part of the Smartphone Round Robin, along with PreCentral.net's Dieter Bohn, CrackBerry.com's Kevin Michaluk, AndroidCentral.com's Casey Chan, NokiaExperts.com's Matt Miller, and WMExperts.com's Phil Nickinson for a look at the past, present, and future of all the major smartphone platforms.

US Government Fears iPad, iPhone and Other Data Devices May Cripple Networks

By Jeremy, Thursday, Feb 4, 2010 a 10:12 am

The US Government seems to be a bit concerned about Apple's iPad, fearing its release in combination with the iPhone and other data-heavy devices, will wreak havoc on wireless networks.

Phil Bellaria of the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau recently published in his blog his concerns about the future of our data networks.

blockquote>"With the iPad pointing to even greater demand for mobile broadband on the horizon, we must ensure that network congestion doesn’t choke off a service that consumers clearly find so appealing or frustrate mobile broadband’s ability to keep us competitive in the global broadband economy."

Fox News: AT&T Outbid Everyone on iPad, Verizon Still in Talks over iPhone, iPad

By Rene Ritchie, Wednesday, Feb 3, 2010 a 3:54 pm

Fox News is reporting that AT&T outbid all other GSM providers in offering those reasonable $14.99 and $29.99 data plans for the iPad, and while Verizon and Apple are still discussing both the iPhone and iPad, there's still nothing approaching an agreement in place.

What about all those rumors of Verizon getting the iPhone like, now?

the two companies are still "very much talking and plan to bring an iPhone and an iPad" to the CDMA network this year, following the expiration of AT&T's exclusive agreement with Apple.