Category Archives: iPad

Once again, James and I will be hosting ‘The Magical Revolutionary iPad Show’ tonight – live on Talkshoe at 10PM Eastern. There’s still plenty of iPad 2 topics to discuss, as well as our general run-through of all things iPad-related.

I hope some of you will get a chance to come join in. You can call in live with questions or thoughts to share, do the same via live chat in your browser, or just kick back and listen to us ramble on.

Here’s the link for the show:

http://www.talkshoe.com/talkshoe/web/talkCast.jsp?masterId=95020&cmd=tc

And the number to call in on and Call ID:

Phone Number: (724) 444-7444
Call ID: 95020

If you don’t manage to catch the show live, you can download it, livestream it, subscribe via iTunes, and more good stuff via that link above. Hope to talk to some of you tonight.

iPad, iPad News

Need a Good Home for Your Original iPad? Donate It To Teach for America

March 19, 2011 Patrick Jordan 1 Comment

If you don’t need to sell your iPad V1 in order to help finance your iPad 2, or just find yourself with extra iPads laying about your house, here’s a great way to re-home them.

Apple now has a program that can match your obsolete iPad with someone who really needs it — an educator in a low-income school district. Through alink on the Apple Retail web page, Apple is directing those who want to share the magic of the iPad with an appreciative audience to the Teach For Americawebsite.

Teach for America is an organization that aims to end ‘educational inequity’ and help ensure that even children in low income communities receive an excellent education. I think that’s a great objective and a very worthy cause – especially now with all the looming cuts to schools and teachers here in the US.

To donate your iPad to Teach for America you just need to take it into an Apple retail store. They’ll do the rest and get it prepped and delivered to a school district that can put it to good use.

For those of you who have recently got an iPad 2, what did you do with your first-gen iPad, or what do you plan to do with it?

Via: TUAW

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AT&T Selling iPad V1 64GB 3G Model for Just $529

March 19, 2011 Patrick Jordan

Yesterday AT&T dropped the prices on all the iPad V1 Wifi + 3G models, to all-time low levels.

They’re offering the 16GB WiFi + 3G model for just $429, and the top-of-the-line 64GB WiFi + 3G model for just $529 – which is $300 less than its original price!

The 32GB models are already sold out an these offers are while supplies last. Stock is thought to be extremely low on these units by now, so if you’re looking for a great deal on a first-gen iPad 3G model, you may want to check out these offers real soon:

iPad 64GB WiFi + 3G

iPad 16GB WiFi + 3G

News Via: BGR

iOS, iPad

List of AirPrint-enabled Printers Is Still Pathetically Short and Lame

March 18, 2011 Patrick Jordan 3 Comments

It’s been nearly four months since iOS 4.2 for the iPad was released, with AirPrint as one of the headline new features included in it. Initially, AirPrint was touted by Apple as bringing ‘universal’ wireless printing to the iPad and iOS.

By the time the 4.2 update was released that had been scaled back enormously – it offered wireless printing only to AirPrint-enabled printers and the list of those was pathetically short. Back in November the list contained only seven printers, all from only one manufacturer, HP.

Today I had a quick glance at Apple’s list of Airprint-enabled printers again – hoping and expecting that it would have expanded quite a bit. Sadly, it hasn’t. There are now only 17 printers on the list – still all from HP. I realize it is probably legal and licensing reasons that are crippling this list right now, not technology-related ones, but even so it strikes me as very lame on Apple’s part that they promised the world on this feature and they’ve not even come close to delivering on the promise.

Luckily if you use a Mac, there is this clever and painless tweak that enables you to use AirPrint with just about any printer you like.

I really hope will get things sorted out soon and make AirPrint somewhere at least close to as universal as it was promised to be.

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iPad User Guide for iOS 4.3 Free (for pre-order) in the iBookstore

March 6, 2011 Patrick Jordan 1 Comment

Apple is releasing a new User Guide for the iPad running the soon-to-be-released iOS 4.3, which is set to release on March 11 like the iPad 2.

The guide looks like it will cover all the basics of using the iPad – including topics like email setup, using Safari to browse the web, using the App Store, syncing with a PC, and so on.

It’s a free eBook, and is available for ‘pre-order’ right now in the iBookstore. It adds the book to your library, and presumably will download it once iOS 4.3 is released on March 11th.

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1st Gen iPad Prices Dropped, Refurb Models from $349

March 3, 2011 Patrick Jordan

Now that the iPad 2 has been announced and is set for release next week, Apple has slashed prices for the original iPad models by $100. And they are offering some excellent prices for refurb models too – starting at just $349 for the WiFi-only 16GB model.

The price cuts run across all the original iPad models, so for example:

— A new 3G 64GB model is now down to $729.

— A refurbished top of the line 3G 64GB model goes for just $659

For all the details on the refurb models, see the Apple store page here:

http://store.apple.com/us/browse/home/specialdeals/ipad?mco=OTY2ODY4NQ

iPad, iPad 2

So What Good is a Writer for an iPad Site Without An iPad?

March 1, 2011 James Rogers 4 Comments

That’s the question I am trying to answer as I wait for Wednesday with my fingers crossed, hoping that the rumors of a quick iPad release are true. Like so many others have done, I put my iPad on eBay in advance of Apple’s impending announcement, hoping to get ahead of the impending price drops. I ended up doing ok, I guess, but the prices on eBay and Craigslist are already starting to fall a bit. After Wednesday, you can expect those prices to take an even bigger dip, so if you are planning on selling to raise a little cash for the iPad 2, you should probably act right now.

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Cool Infographic – The Selling Power of the iPad

February 27, 2011 Patrick Jordan

GigaOM has a great infographic post up, based on striking numbers extracted from a new report by Yudu Media. According to GigaOM the new report …

presents a very convincing case that when it comes to marketing and audience, few devices (tablets or otherwise) can compare with the iPad. The report collects the findings of a number of different surveys and research outlets, painting a picture of a device tailor-made to sell content, products and services.

Two of the numbers that jump off the page for me are these:

— 91% of iPad owners have downloaded at least one app – and 63% have downloaded a paid app.

— 50% of iPad owners read newspapers (on the iPad presumably) – and only 14% of other ‘E-Reader’ owners do.

Via: GigaOM