Tablet comparison – iPad vs Dell Streak vs HP Slate 500 vs Blackpad vs Motorola tablet

Well first the disclaimer – i know this is not a proper comparison, each tablet PC device here is in different stages of their life.

While the iPad has been around for 4 months now and is the oldest on the block, the Dell Streak has been . . . → Continue reading Tablet comparison – iPad vs Dell Streak vs HP Slate 500 vs Blackpad vs Motorola tablet

Overheating iPad gets Apple Sued

Apple has now been sued over this overheating issue by three North Californians in the federal court of Oakland, CA, seeking unspecified damages and class action, or group, status. They claim the iPad “does not live up to reasonable consumer expectations created by Apple” because it “overheats so quickly under common weather conditions.” The case is Baltazar v. Apple Inc., 10-03231, U.S. District Court, Northern District of . . . → Continue reading Overheating iPad gets Apple Sued

LG unable to meet Apple’s iPad display demand

LG Display is a primary supplier of displays for Apple’s iPad. Apple has sold around 3.5 millions units of iPad since its launch in April this year. Reuters reports that LG is now unable to meet the growing demand from Apple for iPad displays

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Nine more countries to get iPad this friday

The Apple iPad is expected to reach nine more countries by this Friday, the 23rd July. Austria, Belgium, Ireland, Luxemburg, Netherlands, New Zealand, Mexico, Singapore, and Hong Kong are the next few lucky countries that should be shortly welcoming the ipad.

With this, Apple will almost double the number of countries that offer an iPad for sale officially. The popular tablet PC . . . → Continue reading Nine more countries to get iPad this friday

iHome iA 100ZE alarm clock dock for the iPad

The iHome iA 100ZE, is an obvious iPad accessory, what with an “i” before every word. Well, this was expected sooner or later, and it has made its way sooner (than i expected).

Not sure if the world really needs another Alarm clock dock, but here you have it anyway. However, this one is different – it is a dock for the iPad with the typical . . . → Continue reading iHome iA 100ZE alarm clock dock for the iPad

ipad ties with blackberry for share of web consumption

After a little more than two months, Apple’s iPad accounts for about the same amount of Web consumption in North America as RIM’s BlackBerry, according to data to be released by Quantcast on Wednesday.

As the above chart shows, the iPad now accounts for 0.1 percent of all Web use, not just the mobile Web. BlackBerry devices also account . . . → Continue reading ipad ties with blackberry for share of web consumption

Australian airline to trial in-flight iPad rental service

Australia seems to be taking the lead on innovative ipad usage. Just recently a Sydney based restaurant launched iPad based menu cards, and now an australian airline is launchin in-flight ipad rentals.

Jetstar, the budget airline subsidiary of Qantas, has announced it is launching a trial iPad rental service on its planes.

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iPad as a restaurant menu

A restaurant in Sydney,Australia has done away with printed menu cards and instead hands diners an Apple iPad, from which to chose and order their meals.

Risking damaging wine spills and customers taking an iPad ‘to go’, the Global Mundo Tapas eatery at the Rydges Hotel in North Sydney introduced its new menus three days ago – within a week of the iPad’s Australian release.

A custom-made iPad application allows customers to browse the menu, see what the dish looks like, suggest the best wines, food pairings, how they’d like the meat cooked and view tasting notes. Then finally they can compile the order and send it wirelessly to the kitchen!

‘One of the points of difference for our restaurant was to have a unique menu,’ the hotel’s general manager Craig Simpson said on Friday. He bought 15 of the sought-after tablets, flying to Adelaide to pick up 10 of them on launch day, which retail from 629 Australian dollars (S$746.65). ‘It’s the cost of doing business,’ he said.

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1.2 million units of ipad panels shipped every month

LG Display has shipped about 800,000-900,000 9.7-inch iPad panels in May, up from over 700,000 units in April, 470,000 units in March, and 300,000 units in February.

Samsung Electronics, joining the game, will start volume shipments of 9.7-inch panels for the Apple iPad in July with monthly shipments reaching 300,000-500,000 units, according to market sources.

Digitimes Research analyst Kuo Ming-Chi . . . → Continue reading 1.2 million units of ipad panels shipped every month