Rumor roundup: ‘iPad 3’ release date, specs
As February ticks away, the rumors surrounding the next iPad are flowing fast and furious. Apple has the habit of pushing out its tablets in the spring, releasing the iPad 2 in March 2011 and the original model in April 2010. Here’s a general look at the rumors that are out there about the tablet — remember to take all with a healthy pinch of salt
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Two Years of Apple's iPad: Happy Second Birthday, Innovative Tablet!
Two years ago, Steve Jobs showed us the original iPad. Here are some of the milestones for the innovative slate over the past 24 months.
Categories: IPad News Tags: innovative, innovative-slate, milestones, Past, Steve, steve-jobs, the-milestones, the-original, years-ago
Apple’s iPad tallies up 3 billion app downloads
(Credit: Apple) Apple iPad users have been pretty busy downloading apps. Since the launch of the original iPad in 2010, there have been 3 billion apps downloaded for the hit tablet, according to ABI Research. In comparison, there have been only 440 million downloads for Android tablets. It took the iPhone two years to hit that mark, while it took the iPad only a year and a half. The disparity in ...
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iPad 3 Rumors: What We Know, What We Think We Know
IPad 3 rumors increasingly suggest that the new Apple tablet will hit shelves in early 2012 – perhaps even as soon as February. The iPad 2, of course, with its dual-cameras and upgraded innards, represented a sizable leap forward from the original iPad.
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$4.23 a day: On the timing of a Black Friday iPad 2 purchase
Apple released the first iPad, the 16GB Wi-Fi-only model for $499, on April 4, 2010. The $499 iPad 2 came out 342 days later, on March 11, 2011. Another way to look at it is that you paid $1.46 a day for the original iPad before it was obsolete. We lack the proper sample size for true statistical accuracy, but based on the number of days into a new year Apple released its first two iPads, we can ...
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Friday Poll: Will you buy an iPad alternative?
The iPad won't go unchallenged forever. A host of alternatives are aiming to knock the reigning king of tablets off its throne. Do any of them tickle your fancy? Xoom 2. (Credit: Motorola Mobility) Motorola thought that sales of 100,000 units of the original Xoom Android tablet in the third quarter of 2011 was encouraging enough to have another go. The Xoom 2 goes on sale in Ireland and the U.K ...
Categories: IPad News Tags: fancy, goes-on-sale, Motorola, reigning, reigning-king, tablets-off-its, the-original, the-third, your-fancy
iPad passes 100,000 native app milestone
There are now more than 100,000 apps available specifically for the iPad. MacStories reported yesterday that a mere 453 days after the launch of the original iPad that there were 100,161 native apps available for the iPad.
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Product Review: Logitech Keyboard Case by ZAGG for iPad 2
The following post is a product review. While the Logitech Keyboard Case by ZAGG for iPad 2 was provided to Sports Agent Blog free of charge in exchange for the review, the review itself was not influenced by any money or free merchandise and is the original opinion of the author.
Categories: IPad News Tags: author, following-post, logitech, logitech-keyboard, money-or-free, not-influenced, Review, sports, sports-agent, the-original, the-review, Zagg
Apple iPad’s Limited Impact on Stock Value
The following commentary comes from an independent investor or market observer as part of TheStreet's guest contributor program, which is separate from the company's news coverage. NEW YORK (Trefis) -- Apple's iPad 2 is off to a great start, building on momentum from the original version launched in April 2010. Apple recorded iPad 2 unit sales of close to 1 million in the very first week ...
Categories: IPad News Tags: Apple, building-on-momentum, first-week, from-the-original, great-start, market-observer, observer-as-part, the-original, the-very, unit-sales, york
Apple Heads To $420 But iPad Isn’t Doing The Pushing
Apple’s iPad 2 is off to a great start, building on momentum from the original version launched in April 2010. Apple recorded iPad 2 unit sales of close to 1 million in the very first week. Comparatively, it took the original version 28 days to hit that mark.
Categories: IPad News Tags: building-on-momentum, from-the-original, great-start, original-version, the-original, the-very, took-the-original, unit-sales, version-launched
iPad becomes 2nd screen
Beyond its primary purpose as a tablet computer, your new iPad 2 (or the original iPad) is the perfect size to act as a second monitor for your main computer. With the Air Display app, you can wirelessly extend your desktop onto an iPad, giving you extra workspace, complete with...
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Inside the iPad 2: chip brings 50% browsing boost
The iPad 2 has changed probably more inside than outside compared with its predecessor, the original iPad. A new dual-core processor and enhanced graphics chip offer some pretty big performance spikes. Originally posted at Nanotech - The Circuits Blog
Categories: IPad News Tags: big-performance, chip-offer, circuits, enhanced-graphics, nanotech, new-dual-core, outside-compared, posted-at-nanotech, probably-more, some-pretty, the-original
Review: With iPad 2, Apple one-ups itself
With the original iPad, Apple brought an attractive, easy-to-use tablet computer to the masses at a reasonable price — a feat numerous companies are trying to top.
Categories: IPad News Tags: Apple, feat-numerous, masses, reasonable-price, tablet-computer, the-masses, the-original
iPad’s faster gaming, dual cameras could spur an upgrade
The iPad 2 will be here on March 11, and it's sporting a thinner and lighter design -- 33 percent thinner and "up to 15 percent lighter," according to Apple's website. It comes in white as well as black, and features 10 different "Smart Cover" that you can buy separately, which double as stands for typing or viewing. These aren't designed to work with the original iPad, and they look very handy ...
Categories: IPad News Tags: Apple, cover, look-very, percent-lighter, percent-thinner, smart-cover, the-original, white-as-well
Some iPad 2 specs — price, processor — really worth the hype
The iPad 2's hype is only matched by the hype surrounding the original iPad, but with all of the media buzz surrounding the new version of the tablet, the following five features are more than worthy of all the hype they've received.
Categories: IPad News Tags: five-features, hype, Media, Tablet, the-following, the-hype, the-new, the-original, urrounding-the-new
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