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Upcoming 'PalmPad' Could Give iPad a Fight

Palm will unveil its tablet challenger next month in Vegas

(Newser) - The iPad's success means next month's Consumer Electronics Show in Vegas will be overflowing with tablet competitors, and Clayton Morris at Fox News thinks the stiffest competition will be a new offering from Palm and parent HP. The PalmPad will run on Sprint's 4G network and has hardware specs similar...

Apple Boots WikiLeaks App From Store

$1.99 app made it easier to view documents

(Newser) - Apple has apparently joined the ranks of corporations that want nothing to do with WikiLeaks—it removed an unofficial application related to the site from the App Store, TechCrunch reports. The $1.99 app allowed users to access documents released by WikiLeaks—essentially charging for the convenient delivery of the...

What the World Watched as 2010 Unfolded

Snooki to Spillcam, here's what we gawked at

(Newser) - We stared in horror as oil gushed unchecked from BP's ruptured well for months, we might have raised a beer as Steven Slater took his epic slide down a JetBlue ramp, and we feverishly refreshed Facebook as Mark Zuckerberg took Time's Person of the Year Honors. but mostly, writes Ted...

'iPad Arms Race' Hits Medical Supply Field

Apple finds a lucrative niche with sales reps

(Newser) - The iPad is quickly becoming the darling of an unexpected field: medical supply sales. Firms such as Medtronic and Abbott Labs are handing out thousands to their sales teams in what the Wall Street Journal describes as an "iPad arms race in the $200 billion medical-devices sector." The...

Why the iPad Stinks
 Why the iPad Stinks 
TECH REVIEW
Nov 8, 2010 5:04 PM CST

Why the iPad Stinks

It's heavy; it's dirty; it's hard to type on—but she's not returning it

(Newser) - Leigh Gallagher is "a lifelong Mac loyalist" who doesn't "even know how to use a PC"—but, she writes in Fortune , she hates her new iPad. As a longtime Blackberry user, she missed the mass migration to touch screens that accompanied the debut of the iPhone; when...

Psst, Santa, Kids Want Tech, Not Toys

iPhones, iPads trump traditional wishes

(Newser) - Forget Barbie and GI Joe—Christmas lists these days are much more likely to be topped by an iPhone or iPad, the Telegraph reports. The iPhone 4, iPod Touch, and iPad were the top three most desired toys, according to the latest Duracell Toy Report. The report, ironically enough, features...

HP Launches Windows 7 Slate for $800

It's not aimed at casual consumers

(Newser) - HP's touchscreen tablet is finally here, but it shares very little in common with Apple's iPad or even the new wave of Android tablets. The HP Slate 500 runs Windows 7, has a 9-inch screen, and is aimed at business and industrial users, rather than mainstream consumers, reports CNET .

Wall Street Yawns as Apple Posts Highest Earnings Ever

Shares fall as iPad sales disappoint

(Newser) - Apple Inc. had one doozy of a quarter, reporting a whopping $20.34 billion in revenue and $4.31 billion in quarterly profits—both good for company records, according to the company’s statement. “We are blown away” by the results, Steve Jobs said, boasting that iPhone sales had...

Verizon Gets Cozier With Apple, Will Sell iPads

Customers can bundle it with MiFi wireless device

(Newser) - Verizon delivered a surprise today with the announcement that it would start carrying the iPad in its stores later this month, Electronista reports. An optional deal would bundle the iPad’s standard Wi-Fi model with a Novatel MiFi 2200, allowing users to share a 3G connection with other devices. The...

Apple Trademarks 'There's an App for That'

We recommend Google debut "there's an application for that" campaign

(Newser) - Apple has been granted a trademark for the catchphrase “There’s an app for that,” forbidding all other Internet or handheld-based software services from using the slogan. Apple is notorious for jealously guarding its patents, the Huffington Post notes, recalling the story of the developer whose iPodRip app...

iPad Coming to Wal-Mart This Month
iPad Coming to Wal-Mart
This Month
Oct 9, 2010 1:25 PM CDT

iPad Coming to Wal-Mart This Month

Apple covering all bases ahead of holiday shopping season

(Newser) - Because those Christmas rushes on Wal-Mart weren't crazy enough: The world's largest retailer will have the world's most popular tech gadget on shelves in plenty of time for the holiday shopping season, reports MacRumors . A company email sent to store managers says about 1,000 stores will be carrying the...

iPad Catching On Faster Than the DVD Player

Adoption rate the fastest ever

(Newser) - Apple sold 3 million iPads in the first 80 days of its shelf life, and is currently selling about 4.5 million a quarter, making it by far the fastest-adopted piece of technology in history, CNBC reports. Its nearest competitor is the iPhone, and that sold a mere million units...

Leak: HP's iPad Challenger Coming in October

Device apparently runs on Windows

(Newser) - According to a tipster who provided hands-on photos, HP's "Slate 500" tablet is coming at the end of October, writes Dan Ackerman at CNET . This potential iPad rival surprisingly runs Windows 7, instead of Android or Palm's WebOS. On the heels of Samsung's Galaxy Tab and BlackBerry's PlayBook, the...

Jason Schwartzman Strips for iPad Ad

Video for 'New Yorker' app is appropriately quirky

(Newser) - Jason Schwartzman capitalizes on his quirkiness in a new YouTube advertisement for the New Yorker. Demonstrating the magazine’s new iPad app, Schwartzman scrolls across the screen by licking it and using his feet, among other things. But the most entertaining moment comes when he strips down (for the...

BlackBerry to Unveil iPad Rival

Internally, they're calling it the 'BlackPad'

(Newser) - BlackBerry maker Research In Motion is preparing to unveil a new tablet computer as early as next week—and internally, they’re calling it the “BlackPad,” sources tell the Wall Street Journal . The device will have a 7-inch screen, one or two cameras, and a brand new operating...

Report: Apple Plans Digital Newspaper Subscriptions

They'd take a cut from apps on iPad, iPhone

(Newser) - Apple is working out a deal with newspaper publishers for a digital subscription service on its various i-gadgets, industry sources tell the San Jose Mercury News . Apple, as usual, isn't saying anything, but the Mercury News talks to one industry observer who predicts that Steve Jobs would take a 30%...

Apple Loosens Up on Apps
 Apple Loosens Up on Apps 
Sep 10, 2010 4:05 AM CDT

Apple Loosens Up on Apps

Restrictions lifted, guidelines published

(Newser) - Apple has done a U-turn and scrapped restrictions introduced earlier this year on what tools developers can use to build applications for the iPhone and iPad. Developers will now be allowed to use tools based on Adobe's Flash, and restrictions on other programming languages have been lifted, the Wall Street ...

E-Readers Read More
 E-Readers Read More 
Aug 25, 2010 2:26 PM CDT

E-Readers Read More

Device owners read more slowly, make up for it by reading everywhere

(Newser) - If your New Year’s resolution was to read more, you might want to buy an e-reader. About 40% of e-reader owners say they read more than they used to, according to a new study. On average, they say, they finish 2.6 books a month compared to a traditional...

Ads in Books Are Inevitable

 Ads in Books 
 Are Inevitable 
Prediction
Aug 19, 2010 1:45 PM CDT

Ads in Books Are Inevitable

Google's already started down the path

(Newser) - Cover your eyes book purists, because pretty soon, there will be ads in your novels—at least if you’re using an e-reader. That’s the case a Houghton Mifflin editor and a business professor make in today’s Wall Street Journal , calling the move "inevitable." The flagging...

Rumors of Mini iPad Seem Legit

A 7-inch version for $300? Now that's a hot seller

(Newser) - Tech rumors are always flying around, but one about Apple building an even smaller iPad feels like it has the weight of truth behind it, writes Kit Eaton of Fast Company . First, consider the source: China's Economic Daily News "pretty much nailed the original iPad's format and timing well...

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