Category Archives: ipad

Book versus e-book: the dictionary

As I’ve said previously, I really enjoy reading books on my iPad. The iPad is about the size of a hardcover book without all of a hardcover’s unwieldiness, like figuring out how to prop it open if you’re reading while … Continue reading

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Flipboard CEO: No Android challenges to the iPad in 2011

If you have an iPad and don’t have Flipboard, stop whatever you’re doing and get it right now. It’s one of the best ways to showcase exactly how the larger screen of an iPad makes it fundamentally different from an … Continue reading

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Ars Technica reviews the iPad 2

In case you hadn’t heard, the iPad 2 was launched last week, and immediately sold out pretty much every place it was on sale. Lighter, thinner, and faster than the original (but without an iPhone 4-style Retina display), the new … Continue reading

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NYT: Kindle vs. iPad

Nothing terribly new here, but it is interesting to note Amazon’s continued refusal to release any sales numbers for its Kindle hardware. ANALYSTS have wondered what profit margins Amazon makes on its Kindle hardware business. “It is difficult to say … Continue reading

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DC comics coming to the iPad

In a long awaited announcement, DC Comics has teamed with the comics resource site and app developer Comixology to make its comics available through the iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch beginning today; and in a separate deal, DC’s comics will … Continue reading

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WIRED’s iPad app and the future of print media

Back on May 26, Wired magazine released a version of their publication designed specifically for Apple’s iPad. I promptly bought a copy for $4.99 to see what the brave new world of tablet-specific media content would look like. The app … Continue reading

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Google Earth app redesigned for the iPad

The very cool Google Earth app has been redesigned to take advantage of the iPad’s much larger and higher resolution screen. If you’ve never used Google Earth before, think of it like a giant scalable world map that has the … Continue reading

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Ten very cool iPad decals

For those who want to zazz up the back of your latest Apple gadget, here are ten fun decals for the back of an iPad.

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New changes for Apple’s iBooks coming

At Apple’s WWDC (Worldwide Developer’s Conference), the big news was the new iPhone and changes to the iPhone OS (now called iOS since it now runs not only the iPhone but iPod Touch and the iPad). But Steve Jobs also  … Continue reading

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The iPad popular with Congress

Since I officially designating today iPad News Day, here’s another data point about Apple’s fun little device: Attorney General Eric Holder may have been the star witness at last week’s House Judiciary Committee hearing — but Utah Rep. Jason Chaffetz’s … Continue reading

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