Cameron Daigle’s “Is the iPad Just a Big iPhone?” UI Presentation from PodCamp Nashville

March 8, 2010

Cameron Daigle’s “is the iPad just a big iPhone” user interface presentation from PodCamp Nashville. Note, the second slide is a gigantic “NO.”

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iPad TV Commercial Shows iBooks Pricing, NYT Best Seller Button, My Documents, Smudge/Camera

March 8, 2010

While I was busy enjoying the subtler UI details, AppleInsider noticed that last night’s iPad commercial debut showed what might be some of the pricing inside the new iBooks Store:
The commercial showed Sen. Edward Kennedy’s “True Compass: A Memoir” for $14.99, the novel “I, Alex Cros…

How to succeed at marketing the iPad

February 16, 2010

The iPad hasn’t been received as warmly as past Apple products. Selling it will mean playing up the benefits of the big screen and access to digital media.
(Credit: James Martin/CNET)

Steve Jobs insists on calling the iPad “magical” and “revolutionary,” but it’s a device whose purpose has my…

Publishers want more to publish on Apple’s iPad

February 16, 2010


When Apple unveiled the iPad, it announced deals with five major book publishers to bring content to the device. Missing was any mention of magazines or newspapers, which is something many people expected to hear about.

An article posted Monday on the Financial Times Web site may hint at the pr…

iPad Impressions from folks Who’ve Actually Used It

January 28, 2010

Like many things Apple, the iPad launch has galvanized those who believe it’s the “next big thing” from those who believe it’s the “latest stink” — but what about those who, you know, have actually spent moment using the thing, and now had a chance to ponder it a bit?

Sure, some…

Apple iPad UI — The Good, the poor, and the Ugly

January 28, 2010

Sebastiaan de With of Cocoia has posted another of his UI roundups, that day focusing on Apple’s evolution of the iPhone interface in the mold of the sort new iPad.

He notes the expanded icon size of 72×72, and as-yet-unused 64 and 320 versions, along with more “earthy” metaphors, and …

iPad TIPS: 8 Things That is Great About the iPad

January 28, 2010

-by iPhone-Tips-Tricks.com - Yes, I confess, it’s the Stockholm Syndrome. I suffer from it considering every product from Apple is in my opinion - G.R.E.A.T -. So I can not agree with Gizmodo’s Adam Frucci post today. Here are the same 8 things mentioned in his post with a more than pos…

Apple A4 iPad Chipset = ARM Multicore Cortex A9 + Mali 50 GPU

January 28, 2010

According to Bright Side of the News, it turns out that newly spun Apple A4 system-on-a-chip that debuted alongside the iPad does indeed pack more punch than the Sammy in the iPhone 3GS:
A4 is a System-on-a-Chip, or SOC, that integrates the main processor [ARM Cortex-A9 MPCore i.e. Multi-Proces…

iPad TIPS: Full Video Apple Special Event 2010 - Steve Jobs iPad

January 28, 2010

Apple has put a full video of yesterdays special event introducing the iPad, Apple’s new creation of the Tablet device. Watch Apple CEO Steve Jobs unveil the revolutionary new iPad in that full video. go the photo to start the video. iPhone iPod user visit that LINK to watch. iPad owners, jus…