Apple.com has just dropped the megaton bomb of pre-launch hype -- 11 guided-tour videos of iPad software, including Safari, Mail, Photos, Videos, YouTube, iPod, iTunes, iBooks, Keynote, Pages, Numbers, and the nuclear option -- watch all. (We're doing that one right now!) Was Public Enemy wrong -- is it time to believe the hype? Watch the videos and let us know! [Apple via 9to5Mac]
Apple wants to make sure we don't forget that their magical and revolutionary new iPad hits US Apple Retail Stores and select Best Buy big boxes this Saturday, April 3. and they've brought along a quote from Steve Jobs just to show they're serious: “iPad connects users with their apps and content in a far more intimate and fun way than ever before,” said Steve Jobs, Apple’s CEO. “We...
It's pretty much a guarantee that Apple will release a new version of iTunes to coincide with this Saturday's iPad launch, and now MacRumors has a source claiming it will be iTunes 9.1 and contain iPad support, integration of ePub for iBooks management, Genius Mix enhancements, and bitrate conversion. According to the source, the existing "Audiobooks" entry in the iTunes Source list...
Looks like Apple has begun to ship out pre-ordered iPads for delivery on April 3. At least many of you out there are getting your shipment notices at long last. While it likely won't take the guys and gals in trucks a full 6 days to get to your house, Apple almost certainly has holds for delivery in place to make sure no one gets an iPad early. Still, we can dream. Let us know if your...
TechCrunch links up Carnegie Mellon student Richard Hong and his pretty much pixel-perfect looking rendition of Apple's Mac OS X Dashboard widget platform... on the iPad! The video shows not only the widgets working, but being added from the web and managed on the iPad as well. We don't know if Hong will submit this to the App Store, and given that the rights to many if not all those...
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We already know Best Buy's in-store Apple boutiques will be selling iPad's come April 3, but an anonymous tipster has sent us this internal note with more info how the big blue box is handling the launch-day training. No huge surprises, of course, but we're in the final week so every little bit of hype counts. Best Buy employees can't purchase iPads on April 3, those are for...
BGR scored a huge round of iPad app screenshots and a look at the on-device iPad App Store CoverFlow (above). There also seems to be a shot of what iPhone apps look like in the iPad App Store, including a camera-based app? (Spotted by Boxcar's @jdg) UPDATE: MacStories (via 9to5Mac) has posted a video showing what it's like to browse the App Store on the iPad. Embedded after the break...
As announced by Chris Anderson: Excited about this. Non-flash version of http://ted.com is now live for iphone. Videos, comments, ratings. Hurrah! For those maintaining score at home, that YouTube and Vimeo, countless porn sites, and an experiment by CBS.com. Still waiting on Hulu... [@TEDChris via @Gartenberg]
What you're gaping at above are shiny white and black, click-wheel sporting iPag knock-offs set to launch in China for $290... on April 3. Not to get all Nickinson about it but: Just. No. [Redmond Pie, thanks Taimur for the tip!]