Ipad

UPDATED: iPad Displaying Adobe Flash in Apple Publicity Videos? Wait, What?

By Rene Ritchie, Friday, Jan 29, 2010 a 8:51 am

UPDATE: 9to5mac followed up and found out they were hi-res mockup/optimized pages used for the promotional material. Likely NO Flash.

TiPb assumed, for reasons we've written about ad nauseum infinitum, that there was no way Apple's new iPad would include Adobe's Flash plugin, yet 9to5mac has been analyzing the publicity videos and claims in them Flash there be:

Apple to Developers: Start Developing Your iPad Apps Today... with iPhone SDK 3.2 Beta (Sigh)

By Rene Ritchie, Friday, Jan 29, 2010 a 8:35 am

Apple has sent a note out to iPhone and iPod touch developers encouraging them to start developing iPad apps today... with the iPhone 3.2 SDK beta (!)

iPhone SDK 3.2 beta is now available to all iPhone Developer Standard and Enterprise Program Members from the iPhone Dev Center.

The iPhone Dev Center also provides additional resources including the iPad Programming Guide, iPad Human Interface Guidelines, Preparing Universal Applications, and sample code.

Log in to the iPhone Dev Center and start developing innovative applications for iPad today.

Former Facebook for iPhone Developer Joe Hewitt Says iPad "Everything He's Been Wishing For"

By Rene Ritchie, Thursday, Jan 28, 2010 a 10:31 pm

Joe Hewitt, who developed the awesome Facebook 3.0, but controversially (and some would say detrimentally) left the iPhone platform before Facebook 3.1 over the App Store review process, has come out extremely positively about the iPad:

iPad Uses Micro-SIM for 3G. What is it and Will the 4th Gen iPhone Get It?

By Rene Ritchie, Thursday, Jan 28, 2010 a 10:13 pm

The 3G version of the iPad is unlocked, so if your carrier supports micro-SIM, it should "just work". Wait... what? Steve Jobs dropped the micro-SIM comment so matter-of-factly during the iPad introduction that it took us a moment to process -- Micro-SIM, aka 3FF or 3rd generation SIM card. Yeah, don't have one of those, and neither does any iPhone. Awkward...!

PCMag's Sacha Seagan fills us in:

3FF SIMs were developed by the European Telecommunications Standards Institute to fit into devices too small for a regular SIM. Where a regular SIM measures 15 millimeters x 25 mm, a 3FF SIM card measures 12mm x 15mm.

iPad Impressions from People Who've Actually Used It

By Rene Ritchie, Thursday, Jan 28, 2010 a 5:27 pm

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Like many things Apple, the iPad launch has galvanized those who believe it's the "next big thing" from those who believe it's the "latest stink" -- but what about those who, you know, have actually spent time using the thing, and now had a chance to ponder it a bit?

Sure, some are no doubt Apple enthusiasts easily impressed, while others are jaded journalists almost impossible to impress. For a mix of both, follow on after the break.

Apple iPad UI -- The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

By Rene Ritchie, Thursday, Jan 28, 2010 a 4:54 pm

Sebastiaan de With of Cocoia has posted another of his UI roundups, this time focusing on Apple's evolution of the iPhone interface in the form of the brand new iPad.

He notes the expanded icon size of 72x72, and as-yet-unused 64 and 320 versions, along with more "earthy" metaphors, and since he designed the one for Classics, weighs in on the very similar looking iBooks.

Apple iBooks App to be US-only at Launch? What About iPhone-also?

By Rene Ritchie, Thursday, Jan 28, 2010 a 3:43 pm

Stop us if you've heard this one before -- Apple rolls out a new form of media, like say iBooks e-books, for their iTunes/iPod/iPhone/now iPad ecosystem, and it's initially only available in the US.

From the Forums: To Buy or Not to Buy, iPad Jailbreak, Network Stress for AT&T, iPhone or iPad?

By Jeremy, Thursday, Jan 28, 2010 a 9:56 am

Yesterday we were flooded with Apple's iPad news so today we have a special edition of From the Forums that is jam packed with good discussions about the iPad. To get in on the action all you need to do is register, it's free and will only take a moment of your time!

iPad Coverage Round-up -- Everything You Need to Know About Apple's New Tablet!

By Rene Ritchie, Thursday, Jan 28, 2010 a 9:01 am

With the iPad, Apple introduced its fourth business, TiPb welcomed its newest, biggest sibling to the iPhone family, and we worked our apps off to cover it right. To make sure you didn't miss anything in the deluges of news, views, and posts, here's a handy reference to the story so far:

TiPb Presents: iPhone Live! #85 -- Enter the iPad!

By Rene Ritchie, Thursday, Jan 28, 2010 a 8:41 am

Join Rene, Dieter, The Cell Phone Junkie Mickey, and Chad for complete coverage of Apple's iPad introduction, the highlights, what we didn't get, and what it all means for the iPhone. Listen in!