IDAPT (http://www.idaptweb.com) has announced the the IDAPT i4. The US$59.99 charging solution will be available in May in black or white.
It can charge up to four mobile devices simultaneously. It’s compatible with over 4,000 mobile electronic devices including the iPhone, iPod, Blackberry, Nintendo DS, PSP, PS3 controller, GPS systems, digital cameras, and Bluetooth products.
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News Corp. chief, Rupert Murdoch says the iPad will rule the world. Well, if not the world, at least all media.
“All media is going to go on to the iPad, whether it be music or books or newspapers or movies, you’ll be able to get on your iPad… they’ll get better and better and you’ll be able to do more tricks with it,” he says in an interview (http://distorted-loop.com/2010/03/18/rupert-murdoch-all-media-is-going-to-go-on-the-ipad/) with his own Fox Business Channel.
Read MoreThough all iPhone games will run just fine on the iPad when it launches on April 3, there are very few iPad-specific titles confirmed yet. But Ngmoco plans to rectify that and has six iPad specific titles in the works.
CEO Neil Young tells “GamePro” (http://www.gamepro.com/article/news/214448/ngmoco-to-release-6-ipad-games-near-launch/) “between us and (recently acquired iPhone studio) Freeverse, we will have about six or so iPad titles around the launch.” He told “GamePro” that the Freeverse-developed space trading title Warp Gate “looks gorgeous” on the iPad.
Read MoreAmazon.com has threatened to stop directly selling the books of some publishers online unless they agree to a detailed list of concessions regarding the sale of electronic books, according to two industry executives with direct knowledge of the discussions, according to the “New York Times” (http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/18/technology/internet/18amazon.html?ref=technology).
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Apple has announced the death of Apple Board member Jerome B. (Jerry) York. York, the chairman, president and CEO of Harwinton Capital, who joined Apple’s Board of Directors in 1997.
He was the former CFO of IBM and Chrysler, and former vice chairman of Tracinda. He is widely acknowledged for his contributions at Chrysler and IBM during their turnarounds.
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