Tag Archive: iPad
Apple just set itself up for a huge product year in 2012
Oct. 4, ‘11: Apple’s product launches this year have been mostly evolutionary. That sets the stage for a potentially huge 2012. Consider what Apple released in 2010: The first iPad, the amazing iPhone 4 with “retina” display, the tiny new Apple TV, the … Continue reading →
“The Daily” 8 months in, 80,000 paying subs
Oct. 3, ‘11: Official numbers from The Daily, via AdAge’s Michael Learmonth: Today The Daily has 120,000 active weekly readers, 80,000 of whom are actually paying for the app, according to Publisher Greg Clayman. The bigger number includes 40,000 non-paying readers on a … Continue reading →
10 things Apple must do in response to the Kindle Fire
Sep. 30, ‘11: Keep making the iPad awesome That’s about it, seriously. Sure, there may be some price tweaks someday, but that’s always been on the table. And if people decide they love 7-inch tablets more than 10-inch tablets, maybe someday Apple will … Continue reading →
Kindle Fire: No big threat to the iPad, but should sell well
Sep. 28, ‘11: Amazon’s Kindle Fire is what everyone expected: A small tablet, mostly for consuming media, watching video, playing games, reading Kindle e-books, browsing the web, and goofing around in apps. It is also cheaper than expected, at $199 — less than … Continue reading →
500 days with the iPad
Sep. 12, ‘11: It has now been 500 days since my iPad 3G arrived at the end of April, 2010. So, as I did after 100 days — when it was my “favorite” computer — and after 300 days — when I barely … Continue reading →
The new Apple: The best gadgets, but also the best prices
Sep. 6, ‘11: This isn’t a brand-new phenomenon, but it’s worth repeating and re-emphasizing: What makes Apple so successful today — and so threatening to its competitors — isn’t just its design and engineering capabilities. It’s the fact that Apple is beating its … Continue reading →
Dish Network Tailgater: A 10-pound, $350 portable satellite antenna
Aug. 29, ‘11: Requires a separate $150 set-top box (another 5 pounds) and a TV and a power supply, and coax cables. Perhaps there’s a niche market for this — people who go on trips in remote areas, and insist on watching HDTV, … Continue reading →
Tampa Bay Bucs buy each player an iPad for playbook and videos
Aug. 25, ‘11: The St. Petersburg Times’ Rick Stroud reports another cool use of the iPad in the enterprise: Some veteran players, such as running back Earnest Graham (in his eighth season) and center Jeff Faine (in his ninth), still prefer to jot … Continue reading →
Acer chairman expects iPad “fever” to die down
Aug. 24, ‘11: Clare Jim, reporting for Reuters: Taiwanese PC maker Acer Inc reported a worse-than-expected quarterly loss, the first in company history, as it took charges to reorganise in a troubled first half, and said it would be impossible to break even … Continue reading →
Samsung cites Kubrick’s “2001” as prior art vs. Apple’s iPad design
Aug. 23, ‘11: FOSS Patents has the story. Love it.
