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Wednesday
Mar312010
Brandon DavenportPre-order your Diamond iPad today for only $20,000
Pre-order your Diamond iPad today for only $20,000
This 64GB 3G iPad is modded by Mervis Diamond Importers and features 11.43 carats of diamonds set in a micro-pave styling. Yes that means its completely covered in diamonds. It costs a mere $20k, so if you buy it don’t give it to Mom, whatever you do. She will drop it - Read more
Wednesday
Mar312010
University giving an iPad and a MacBook to every new Student
Where is this University! I must attend! - But seriously, is this necessary? I mean, how is this being funded? Or is the University buying them on its own? There are quite a few upsides though: no more text books, easier access to resources, and perhaps more intuitive note-taking ability? Not only that, but two years after the students recieve their MacBooks, the University will buy them new ones for their graduation. If I were you, I’d apply to Seton Hill University and score a free iPad and Macbook!
Tuesday
Mar302010
Apple posts bundles of iPad Guided tours
We all knew this was coming, but we did not know it was going to look so good - this is the epitome of how all product tours should be! Don’t get me wrong - I’m not an Apple fan boy. I use Windows 7 exclusively, but it just feels that this iPad thing is really growing on me. I have always been very impressed by all the little details Apple pays attention to with every one of their products, and now we see that in these videos.
Very good work Apple, now my Grandma may have a chance of liking technology, and not fearing it.
Monday
Mar292010
Concepts - What the iPad could have been
Before the Apple Tablet was dubbed “iPad” - it was just a series of rumors, which to most of us, felt like wishes. The Apple Tablet was going to be the biggest and the best new thing from Apple, and the rumors seemed to keep coming. Once the first signs of the Apple Tablet came into view, people started going nuts. Concept videos and photos popped up everywhere, and “leaked” photos of the device were starting to emerge. We knew Apple was going to release a tablet, but what were we going to get?
Monday
Mar292010
Screenshots - iPad Apps confirm iPad is not a giant iPod Touch
“All the iPad is is a giant iPod touch. Why do we need that?” - You have probably heard this a lot, and most of the time you go “what is the problem with that?”, but they insist that it is a stupid, useless device. I am an admitted iPad fan, and I became one today once I saw the screenshots for some of my favorite iPhone apps, running on the iPad. Ten times the functionality in every iPad app means, this thing is starting to make sense.
Monday
Mar292010
iPad App store Hands on Video
This is a little demo of the iPad app store and may I say, it looks amazing - This is a video of exactly what it will look like to browse the Appstore using an iPad. The video was made using an iPad simulator, most likely one included with the iPad SDK, and its really cool how Apple made it so the Appstore becomes a whole new experience on the iPad. Its like the Appstore, evolved - the way the coverflow featured app section works, and the overall functionality of the new Appstore, it makes me want to get one now.
Friday
Mar262010
Is the iPad the future of Printed Media?
Will the iPad be the unavoidable future of print media? DigitalTrends asked that question in a thought provoking article in which they have paper magazines looking to Apple’s new shiny toy to move readership away from blogs and back onto their own editorials and journalism.
There’s a battle ensuing right now - between copy and paste formatted blogs, and the actual journalists who go out and get the original stories. One that caught my eye in particular was the story of Ian Shapira, a Washington Post editor, and his run in with Gawker. Like that account, the average reader doesn’t usually care where the news comes from, but rather only is concerned on where they can get a one-stop-shop site for everything that THEY care about. Magazines and other various publications want those readers back, and why wouldn’t they - they’re the ones who go out and actually get the story to begin with! So with the introduction of the iPad and its new sleek design and ability to make beautiful splash layouts, printed media is hoping that Apple can be their savior.
Sports Illustrated, Wired, and VIV Mag are just some of the few beginning publications who are welcoming the transition from paper to digital. Which if the iPad thoroughly brings in new adopters, we may see a full switch to digital media one day. Imagine all the money that would be saved from mass production of paper magazines, not to mention the positive effect it would have on the environment.
[Photo by DigitalTrends]
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