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Three Million iPads Sold In 80 Days, Apple Says

June 22, 2010

Apple just came out with a press release (read it below), stating that they have now sold three million iPads in less than three months, in fact, in just 80 days. In the last three weeks alone, they sold a million iPads. Overall, that’s 26 iPads sold every minute, on average. In May, the iPad [...]

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I got an iPad !!

June 19, 2010

Just a quick note to let you guys know that I finally managed to get an iPad, even though it’s not released in any of “my countries” yet. As you might know, I live and work in Malta, but being Danish, I sometimes visit Denmark to catch up with friends and family. Right now I’m [...]

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Apple to Germans: Don’t Ship iPads Outside Germany

June 16, 2010

Still without indication from Apple when their widely popular iPad will be available in Denmark, some desperate Danes have decided to go on a 2-6 hour drive to Apple Store in Hamburg to try and purchase an iPad. Driving to an Apple Store in Germany is risky business, you can’t know for sure whether or [...]

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Steve Jobs: Apple Could Reconsider Flash, But…

June 3, 2010

Steve Jobs (Apple CEO) spoke at the D8 conference a few days ago where he’s quoted to be saying: “Some things are good in a product, some things are bad. If the market tells us we’re making bad choices, we’ll make changes. We’re just trying to make great products.” “We just made a technical decision. [...]

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[Video] iPad + Velcro = Love

May 25, 2010

Here’s a video of a guy who really likes to have his iPad hanging around. And what’s the easiest way to do that? Velcro, of course! Stick some velcro on the back of iPad and the other part of velcro on whatever surface you want the iPad to stick to – and it will stick [...]

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iPad 3G Better Than WiFi – Sold 300,000 Units

May 6, 2010

Less than a week ago, the 3G+WiFi version of the iPad was released in the United States. Yes, only in the US. Over here in Europe, we still haven’t got the iPad WiFi and no idea what the price will be, other than speculations. The iPad 3G is basically the same version as the WiFi [...]

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Apple Sells One Million iPads

May 4, 2010

Just yesterday, Apple sent out a press release saying that they have just sold its one millionth iPad on Friday – it took them 28 days to sell a million iPads, less than half of the 74 days it took to sell one million iPhones. The sales are expected to increase as the iPad is [...]

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DIY iPad Sleeve – Duct Tape & Bubble Envelope

April 24, 2010

If there’s one thing you cannot live without, it’s duct tape – or gaffer tape if you want the expensive stuff. Another thing, thousands of people are going through right now, is thinking how they could ever live without an iPad. Okay, so Apple “only” sold 300,000 iPad’s on opening day but over 500,000 iPad’s [...]

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Apple Delays International iPad Launch Till End of May

April 14, 2010

After selling 300,000 iPad’s on opening day and another 200,000 or so in the time there after, Apple has decided to delay the international launch by one month, going from end of April till end of May, due to “strong U.S. demand”. That’s too bad. I was looking forward to finding out more information about [...]

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Video: iPad Stress Test by PC World

April 7, 2010

Just like with the iPhone, PC World has also done a stress test on the iPad, to see what it can take and what it cannot. The video starts out with PC World senior editor Tim Moynihan doing a Johanthan Ive parody, telling mostly bad things about the iPad. Even though people usually does not [...]

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Official: 300,000 iPads Sold During First Day. I Want One!!

April 5, 2010

It’s official. Apple announced that they sold 300,000 iPads on opening day. The number includes pre-order pickups, deliveres to channel partners and walk-in sales at Apple Stores. With a starting price at $499 and 300,000 units sold, we’re looking at 150 million dollars spent on iPads… The 300,000 new iPad owners went ahead and downloaded [...]

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Opera Mini 5 for iPhone Submitted to App Store – Don’t Hold Your Breath!

March 24, 2010

Norwegian software company, Opera, now has a Opera Mini 5 version ready for the iPhone. It has already been submitted to Apple for approval in the App Store, but I wouldn’t hold my breath to see it being approved anytime soon. I seem to remember having read that Apple doesn’t want applications that duplicates functions [...]

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iPad: 120,000 Pre-Orders First 24 Hours. $75,000,000 Revenue.

March 17, 2010

CNNMoney.com reports, based on calculations done by Investor Village, that 120,000 iPads were sold during the first day of iPad pre-orders. They estimate that 69% ordered the Wi-Fi only edition, while the storage capacity was almost equally divided with 33% each (16GB, 32GB, 64GB). Victor Castroll, an analyst with Valcent Financial Group, said: “Apple has [...]

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iPad Ad Premieres At Oscars – Like iPhone Did

March 8, 2010

Like the “Hello” ad for the iPhone premiered at the Oscars some years ago, an iPad ad now also appeared for the first time, at the Oscars. The background music in the ad is “There Goes My Love” by The Blue Van. I’m sure the song can be found in the iTunes Store if you [...]

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Report: Initial iPad Demand Greater Than iPhone’s

February 25, 2010

TUAW reported yesterday how a report indicates the initial iPad demand to be greater than iPhone’s. It’s Mike Abramsky from RBC Capital Markets who conducted a survey of 3,200 people and found that 13% are likely to buy the $499 iPad. The interest for iPhone was at 9% prior to it’s launch in 2007. Read [...]

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Future Of Flash in iPhone/iPad? “Old Technology”, Says Steve Jobs

February 20, 2010

Yada yada yada, the iPhone doesn’t support Flash. Everybody knows that by now. If you follow Apple, or just tech news in general, you will also know that their new soon-to-be-released iPad doesn’t support Flash either, as Steve Jobs (by accident, I guess) demonstrated during the iPad keynote presentation. Personally I don’t care about Flash. [...]

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