In Search of iPad Art
Most people think it's cliché to talk about the iPad itself as a work of art, but we've yet to see the tablet be embraced as the next artist's medium.
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The Internet spent Tuesday morning laughing at a suggestion by BlackBerry CEO Thorstein Heins that tablets won't exist in five years, a scenario that is as plausible as it is predictive — in fact, it's as exciting a plan for the future of gadgets as the one Apple built right under your fingertips.
Most people think it's cliché to talk about the iPad itself as a work of art, but we've yet to see the tablet be embraced as the next artist's medium.
Future iPad owners are all excited because the LTE network promises faster data speeds without battery compromises -- or, so said Apple during the product unveiling. But before going out and buying Apple's 4G LTE iPad, users should understand that 4G LTE is more of a work in progress than a fully realized super-fast wonderful data reality
Since Steve Jobs passed away, we've seen the release of two Apple products without any design innovations from a company that won gadgets users over with its well-designed products.
Apple's new iPad has been publicly available to exactly no one yet, but the complaining has already commenced.
While everyone's busy freaking out over how the new iPad would eat away data plans in seconds playing videos, they should really be freaking out about how that 4G LTE won't support the video the first place.
After yesterday's iPad announcement, some lucky tech bloggers got to touch Apple's newest device and their first impressions pretty much confirm the overall first reaction: The same, but better.
Now that Apple has unveiled the latest in its iPad franchise, it's time to take a look at how our tech bloggers did with their predictions.
Kind of like that iPhone 4S announcement a few months back, the newest iPad got decent early reviews, but did not wow anyone.
Tim Cook unveiled a new iPad with a high-res Retina display, a faster A5X processor and an upgraded camera at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco on Wednesday.
Compiling a list of the lists of iPad 3 rumors, we get what we think is a pretty good idea of what the tablet will look like.
Considering the release of cheaper tablet competitors, among other factors (Foxconn?), this year's iPad 3 craziness makes less sense than ever, yet demand and expectations remain high for the device that Apple may reveal tomorrow.
Put on your slippers and run downstairs, fanboys and girls, because it's like Christmas morning for iPad lovers who've been waiting for details about their toy.
The fanboy blogs are abuzz with thinly sourced reports about what Apple will unveil at next Wednesday's new product party in San Francisco, but after reading some of Apple's recent patent filings, we have one of our own: iPad 3D.
Even though it's less than two years old, the iPad's role in transforming every industry from aviation to education to media is nearly complete.
Apple CEO Tim Cook spoke at a Goldman Sachs technology conference today, and he had some pretty strong opinions on cheaper tablet alternatives to the iPad.
With more competitors than ever, Apple's tablet supremacy has started slipping, making soon the perfect time to release a hyped-up new offering.
Today in publishing in literature: The Visit from the Goon Squad author explains why she hates her iPad but doesn't fear e-books, a video guide to book sizes, and a new Salman Rushdie story is available for download with a full orchestral score.
What is a social media editor without an iPad? Not much in this world. Perhaps that's why the story of how Reuters social media editor Anthony De Rosa lost and then recovered his expensive device is all over Twitter.
A year ago, we probably would've been excited about new reports that the Foxconn is starting to manufacture the new teardrop-shaped iPhone for a midsummer launch, but now we just feel weird about the whole thing.
We have become so obsessed with our iGadgets that not only do we accept the unsafe working conditions that it takes to produce our iPads and the like, but we've also put our own health at risk.
Now that Apple's latest media disruption announcement has been marinating for a day, education experts and publishing pundits are starting to ask some curious or (dare we say) suspicious questions.
Apple's next big announcement is scheduled to take place on Thursday, January 19th, in New York City's Guggenheim Museum, and is anticipated to be about getting into the textbook business. From there the speculation gets baroque.
The invitation is finally out for the latest hotly anticipated Apple announcement in New York City, will reportedly "showcase a new push by Apple into the digital textbook business."
Today Fox News is reporting that Eric Schmidt promised an iPad killer in six months, based on a comment the Google CEO said last week to Italian paper Corriere della Sera.
As of yesterday, pilots became our nation's most privileged gadget users when the FAA approved iPad use during all stages of flight, as the National Transportation Safety Board recommended a nationwide ban on cell phones in cars -- including Bluetooth or hands-free devices.
The European Commission announced an agressive antitrust investigation into Apple's e-book policies, leaving many to wonder the obvious: What about Amazon?
After last week's New York Times column on the pointlessess of making fliers turns off gadgets during take-off and landing, angry technophiles have started a White House petition to get the rules changed.
In just a few days the iPad will be 18 months old and Jann Wenner will release Rolling Stone's first app -- nothing too flashy. Given Wenner's reputation as the biggest naysayer of tablet editions, it would appear we're entering a new era of the iPad magazine.
Today in books: Pippa Middleton will receive £400,000 for her party-planning book, Amazon's Kindle sales numbers remain infuriatingly vague, and The New Yorker's Adam Gopnik offers a theory on the appeal of fantasy novels.
You no longer have to wonder what gadget to get the tikes on your holiday gift list this year: the far-and-away most popular electronics product the kids are clamoring for in 2011 is the iPad.
With the supposed iPad killer making its debut tomorrow, techies have gotten a day-early hands on look at the product, deciding that Amazon's tablet probably won't do too much damage to Apple after all.
Even though the Kindle Fire's riding a wave of positive reviews, the tablet's insecurities are showing as it gets ready for the big reveal next Tuesday.
Earlier this week, Apple published a fan-made memorial to Steve Jobs, where Apple customers were invited to e-mail their thoughts and feelings on the company's founder so that they could be shared with the world (presumably after being vetted by the company, of course).
Today The New York Times introduced yet another inequality that distinguishes the have-nots from catching up to the haves: the "app gap."
The gadget is a hit, but its share of the market for tablet computers fell sharply last quarter, as Android devices surged.
Today in sports: The iPad comes to the NFL locker room, the problem with the NFL's concussion policy, and a Red Sox pitcher says he only drank beer in the clubhouse to help the team.
Plus: There's an unlimited supply of goodwill for Anna Faris
The social network is moving its platform to mobile devices. It looks pretty good so far
A garbage man camping out to buy the iPhone 4S may set the record at 240 hours
The new Amazon gadget costs more to make than it does to buy, but that may be the idea
A series of securities measures ensures nobody blabs about the latest iProduct
Numbers unearthed by Bloomberg for Murdoch's iPad-only publication aren't so great
With that price tag, it's easy to overlook the tablet's shortcomings
The Fire will be priced at $199, which is $300 cheaper than the iPad
Amazon is expected to launch its tablet tomorrow, here's what we know about it so far
The retailer's big announcement, and a big challenge to Apple, is expected Wednesday
The mp3 players are becoming increasingly irrelevant to Apple
Also from its earnings report: the BlackBerry manufacturer's profit sunk 47 percent
The LeapPad addresses all concerns of giving touch-screen computers to kids
Microsoft's latest product has lots of nice features that make it worth it to switch
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