So, you thought that AT&T already sold the Apple iPad, did you? You can’t be faulted for that, considering that the 3G models of the popular mobile media tablet uses an optional AT&T data plan. However, AT&T will not actually be selling iPads until Oct 28th — the same day that their wireless competitor Verizon [...]
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DIY iPad Mounting Solution: Velcro
If you don’t want to shell out bucks for some of the iPad accessories available for improving viewing and user experience, there’s an inexpensive option: velcro. Jesse Rosten offers video proof that velcro is an accessible, affordable solution for mounting the iPad on multiple surfaces, for multiple purposes, including: (1) on your car dashboard for [...]
Send in the (Apple iPad) Clones
Even if you have no interest in Apple’s new iPad tablet computer, you probably can’t get away from news about it, so you probably already know that it’s pretty hard to get your hands on one, even in the United States. International availability will be done in phases, and it seems the date keeps getting [...]
Does an Apple iPad Replace a Laptop or Netbook?
For the sake of usability testing alone, I’ve spent a considerable amount of time with my iPad, taking it with me whenever I leave the house. Since it’s a WiFi-only model, I also take my Palm Pre Plus phone for it’s Mobile Hotspot tethering feature, in case there’s no WiFi wherever I’m going to be. [...]
More iPad-Enabled Video Coming
In Apple’s latest “What is iPad?” commercial, there’s a claim of “all the world’s Web sites in your hands.” Of course, that’s hardly true, despite the big push by some video content providers to switch from Adobe Flash — which Apple refuses to support on iPhones and iPads, and possibly soon on Macs — to [...]
iPad Accessories Aim to Improve the User Experience
If the Apple iPad’s form factor isn’t exactly what you’re looking for, a couple of companies, TwelveSouth and ClamCase, are trying to improve the user experience by offering accessories that physically change how you use the iPad. TwelveSouth offers an iPad version of their BookArc for MacBook. BookArc for iPad is rugged, arc-shaped stand that [...]