The Apple iPad may be a game changer… or not. It promises to revolutionize the way we play Scrabble, but is it worth it? “One iPad – $500. Four iPod Touchs – $1200. Spending $1700 on a $10 game. What a bunch of jackasses.” 🙂 Inspired by MasterCard, no doubts… [Via: VirtualShackles]
Apple sends select iPad devs tablet ‘tester’ under strict security
It’s not Apple’s standard M.O to give out pre-release test devices to just anyone. But, if you happen to be considered one of Apple’s partner developers, you get some preferential treatment. The iPad, for example, has been reportedly sent out to a select group of iPad devs ahead of the tablet’s launch next month. The…
iPad unlikely to match iPhone start
The iPad is garnering a lot of attention but it likely won’t match the debut of the original iPhone, according to the odds at online bookmaker YouWager. The site says the iPad has a 72% probability of taking longer to sell one million units than the original iPhone. As you recall, it took the original,…
Rock Show will allow iPad users to buy concert posters
Here we are joining the iPad hype, as we cover one of the first announced applications for the device which still has to start selling (on April 3rd). The company is called Neutrinos and their product – Rock Show. Once released — and that should happen soon after iPad hits the storeshelves — it will…
Apple iPad accessories may be delayed
If you pre-ordered the iPad last Friday, you’re going to have to wait a while to get your hands on some of the accessories. It looks like the keyboard dock and the 10W USB Power Adapter won’t ship until a month after the device’s release, and the iPad case will hit in mid-April (bummer). The…
Apple scores 120,000 iPad pre-orders in a day; Diamond iPad in works
We know that Apple managed to hit the 50,000 confirmed orders mark for its iPad in the first two hours. That, however, was just the beginning. The Cupertino folks apparently ended the day with a total of 120,000 iPads pre-ordered! Of that number, all models — 16GB, 32GB and 64GB — turned out equally attractive.…
Rumor: Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater Coming to an iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad Near You?
Mike over at Redmond Pie made a little post the other day, one that iPhone gamers will want to take in. He noted that Tony Hawk leaked a photo on Twitter the other day… a photo of him (or someone) playing what looks to be a very familiar skateboarding game on the iPhone. Cool beans!…
Apple iPad pre-order rush snags 50,000 units in two hours
Whether or not you like the Apple iPad, and whatever your thoughts on its lack of Adobe Flash support may be, there’s no denying that Apple’s marketing hype just can’t be stopped. Case in point – following Apple’s move to open the doors to pre-orders this morning, reports are pegging initial sales at a whopping…
What’s an iPad? I Want A Doritos Tablet!
Yes, we all know by now Apple flipped the switch this morning to take pre-orders on the Apple iPad. But did you know that there’s a much more delicious alternative to the Apple iPad? That is, of course, the Doritos Tablet! One of the major updates the Doritos Tablet has over a regular Doritos chip…
Barnes & Noble making e-reader app for iPad
If you’re planning to use your new-fangled iPad as a book reader, you’ll be happy to know that Barnes & Noble is planning to bring its electronic-reading application to Apple’s tablet. “Designed specifically for the iPad, our new B&N eReader will give our customers access to more than one million eBooks, magazines and newspapers in…