Author: dsellers

‘MacVoices’ offers an early review of the iPad

Posted by | Apr 1, 2010 | |

On the new “MacVoices” (http://www.macvoices.com), Bob “Dr. Mac” LeVitus — one of the privileged very few who received an iPad for early review — provides his thoughts on the new Apple product.

He discusses what made the biggest impression on him out of the box, what he’s already discovered about casual usability, and his positive experiences with the iPad’s on-screen keyboard. LeVitus also talks about what came with his iPad, and what didn’t, his app experiences, games, books … even the quality of Apple’s iPad case are all covered in the first look at a production iPad.

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Sprint touts Overdrive 3G/4G Mobile Hotspot for the iPad, iPod touch

Posted by | Apr 1, 2010 | , |

Sprint says it’s the only national wireless service with 4G speeds for any Wi-Fi enabled device, such as the iPod touch and iPad.

With the Sprint Overdrive 3G/4G Mobile Hotspot, you can surf the web on your new iPad up to 10 times faster than 3G or turn your iPod touch with Skype into a voice phone and make a call, says Matt Carter, president of Sprint 4G. Not only does the Overdrive enhance everything your favorite device was built for, it also connects up to five Wi-Fi enabled devices such as your computer, game console or camera, he adds.

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Hard Candy Cases shipping iPad sleeves

Posted by | Apr 1, 2010 | , |

Hard Candy Cases is shipping the first line of protective sleeves for the iPad, with four additional models scheduled to ship in the next several weeks. There’s a video of the cases at http://tinyurl.com/HCCBubbleShell that details the production process of the first Bubble Sleeves.

“We wanted to create a case that had more style and protection than the typical neoprene sleeve,” says Hard Candy Cases CEO Tim Hickman. “We took it a step further by custom molding rubber feet inside the case that add 2-3x the drop protection, and which allowed us to start manufacturing the casing earlier.”

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VMIX announces full platform support for HTML 6

VMIX announces full platform support for HTML 6

Posted by | Apr 1, 2010 | , |

VMIX (http://www.vmix.com), an online video platform provider, has announced plans to be the world’s first video platform to take advantage of World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) HTML version 6 video standards.

Support for HTML6 builds on the company’s adherence to HTML5 video standards, which enable the VMIX platform to deliver video to mobile devices like the iPhone, iPad and Google’s Android.

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Study: iPad could eventually replace Windows computers for some

Study: iPad could eventually replace Windows computers for some

Posted by | Apr 1, 2010 | , |

According to a new poll conducted by ORC (http://www.opinionresearch.com), an Infogroup Company, the vast majority of US consumers (71%) are familiar with Apple’s iPad. Six percent plan on buying one within a year, equating to a sale of about seven million units, and 1% said they will purchase one as soon as it becomes available, which would translate to a sale of approximately one million units.

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