Ipad

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!

iPad 4:3 Screen - Bad for Movies, Good for Books and Web?

By Rene Ritchie, Thursday, Jan 28, 2010 a 8:00 am

When Steve Jobs whipped out the iPad, the first thing I did was do a double-take on the screen's 4:3 aspect ratio. At 1024x763 it's what I used to have on my 2005 Windows XP CRT screen. It's wide. It's iPod "phatty" nano G3 [Wikipedia link] wide and that design only lasted 1 generation before Apple back-peddled to the long and slim. Apple used to default to 16:10, and the new iMac is 16:9, which is modern HDTV aspect ratio. (The iPhone and iPod touch are 3x2)

What iPhone 3.2 for iPad has, and TiPb wants for iPhone Actual ASAP!

By Rene Ritchie, Thursday, Jan 28, 2010 a 12:58 am

The brand new Apple iPad is running iPhone 3.2 and has several features we've wanted on, you know, the actual iPhone device for a while now. Never mind that the iPhone 3.2 SDK is iPad-only, just like the features. And never mind that the iPad might still be waiting for iPhone 4.0 to get it's full functionality in place. TiPb wants an iPhone (and iPod touch) version of iPhone 3.2 while we're waiting, and we wants us some of those features!

Our list after the break!

iPhone 3.2 SDK for iPad - VoIP, External Displays, Shared File Directory, 6 Apps in Dock

By Rene Ritchie, Thursday, Jan 28, 2010 a 12:00 am

MacRumors is reporting that the new iPhone 3.2 SDK, now available via developer.apple.com, but (currently?) only supporting the just-announced iPad, brings a couple interesting new features to the ~~table~~ tablet.

Did the iPad Look Unfinished Because Apple is Hiding iPhone 4.0 Features?

By Rene Ritchie, Wednesday, Jan 27, 2010 a 9:39 pm

TiPb mentioned this a couple times in passing -- that the iPad perhaps didn't show things like multitasking and better notifications because it's running iPhone 3.2 and those will be iPhone 4.0 features, likely only to debut in March -- but now Boy Genius seems to think (hope?) this is a real possibility as well.

UPDATED: Now Streaming and in iTunes -- Apple Posts "Come see our latest creation" Keynote Video

By Rene Ritchie, Wednesday, Jan 27, 2010 a 9:30 pm

Apple has posted their usual streaming QuickTime video of today's "Come see our latest creation" iPad introduction keynote.

A downloadable version is also now available as part of Apple's Keyn

Apple Special Event, January 2010

Apple iPad Tablet -- the Complete Specs and TiPb's Take on Them

By Rene Ritchie, Wednesday, Jan 27, 2010 a 5:37 pm

For the spec fiends among us, Apple has posted up almost every little number you'd ever want to know about their new iPad tablet (except, of course, what silicon is powering it on the inside -- that'll have to wait for the inevitable tear down.

We'll take a look, after the break!