Vidyo (http://www.vidyo.com) says its Vidyo platform now supports Apple’s iPad 2, Motorola’s XOOM tablet and the Atrix 4G smart phone utilizing the VidyoTechnology Software Development Kit (SDK) that’s available to partners to create applications.
Read MoreI’ve long maintained that the iPad is being used mostly for media consumption, not media creation. There’s more evidence that this is the case.
Most tablet manufacturers, including Apple, have designed their products to allow support of an external keyboard. However, “DigiTimes” (http://macte.ch/GSYGM) says Taiwan-based keyboard makers are taking a conservative attitude about demand of such products in the future since, according to Apple iPad’s accessory sales status, less than 20% of the Apple tablet users would purchase an external keyboard for their machine.
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Here are the latest iPhone/iPod touch/iPod/iPad apps. You can find ’em at the Apple App Store (http://www.itunes.com/appstore/).
Prophetic Sky has announced Spires HD 1.0, an US$2.99 tower defense game for the iPad. It pits you against a force of invaders bent on razing the land for a new order. Spires HD has a total of 30 playable levels.
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Apple will delay the launch of the iPad 2 in Japan, in the wake of last week’s earthquake and tsunami, reports “Reuters” (http://macte.ch/t6itQ). The company had planned to start selling the device in Japan on March 25.
The company didn’t provide a rescheduled launch date. “We are delaying the launch of the iPad 2 in Japan while the country and our teams focus on recovering from the recent disaster,” said Apple spokeswoman Natalie Kerris.
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By Greg Mills
A non-announcement from Microsoft, sort of a “no comment confirmation” has the Zune going the way of the dodo bird. Ironically, many in the press blame Apple’s iPod for killing the Zune. I submit that iPod was there first and that the ill conceived clone that was Zune was inferior and doomed to fail in the market place from day one.