Tag Archive: iPad
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.
United Airlines buys 11,000 iPads for flight decks
Aug. 23, ‘11: Here’s United’s press release — another cool example of the iPad invading the enterprise. Beyond giving pilots access to new technology — and replacing about 38 pounds of paper books and charts in the cockpit — there’s also a side benefit … Continue reading →
Amazingly, Microsoft might not miss the boat on tablets
Aug. 17, ‘11: Microsoft tablets based on Windows 8 won’t be ready until next year. Unexpectedly, that might not be too late to matter. Yes, Microsoft is still inexcusably tardy. Steve Ballmer first showed off that HP “slate” at CES in 2010 — … Continue reading →
iPad 2 supply and demand are finally in balance
Aug. 2, ‘11: Apple’s web store can now ship the iPad 2 in the U.S. and Canada “within 24 hours.” This suggests that supply and demand are finally in balance for the first time since Apple started shipping the new iPad in March, … Continue reading →
How Netflix and Hulu subscribers watch videos
Jul. 27, ‘11: New survey results from Nielsen, via All Things D’s Peter Kafka. A few reactions: The fact that more than 10% of Netflix subscribers report watching on every major game console and even on connected Blu-ray players is great evidence of how … Continue reading →
Goodbye, iPad 3G data plan
Jul. 25, ‘11: Over the weekend, I canceled my iPad 3G data plan. I would have probably done it sooner, but I had been grandfathered into AT&T’s $30/month unlimited plan, so I kept it locked in. Why’d I finally get rid of it? … Continue reading →
Smart cover, indeed: Average iPad price including accessories is up $50
Jul. 25, ‘11: Apple’s cool and functional iPad 2 “smart cover” also seems to be doing its job for Apple’s business. During Apple’s recently reported June quarter, the iPad 2’s ASP, or average sales price — including “iPad sales, services, and Apple-branded and … Continue reading →