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Lonely Planet iPad App: 1000 Ultimate Experiences
Another big name launches another application for the iPad as Lonely Planet releases it’s travel companion app, 1000 Ultimate Experiences. An image from Apple’s Website showing the Lonely Planet App 1000 Ultimate Experiences, based off the successful Lonely Planet title, is an iPad-ready applicationthat goes beyond typical travel guides. Lonely Planet packed this iPad app with tons of rich photos, video from Lonely Planet TV and all revolving around 1000 travel ideas for the avid venturer. True … Read entire article »
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iPad iBooks No Threat To Amazon Kindle
There are 450,000 reasons that Amazon Kindle shouldn’t worry about the new iPad iBooks Launch. That’s the number of books, magazines and other publications that Amazon’s e-Reader has in its catalog. According to several analysis pieces on the subject of Amazon -v- Apple, it appears that Kindle mitigated what could have been a devistating situation by releasing it’s Amazon Kindle App so early on the iPhone and then updating it for the iPad. Portability of the books seems to be key as well. Media purchased through the iBooks application from Apple is only available in that application, whereas the Kindle’s book purchases can be read on the Kindle device itself, the iPad, phones and personal computers as well as tablet PCs. Meanwhile, at launch of the iPad, 250,000 books were downloaded at launch … Read entire article »
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HP Slate “Leaked” Design Fills iPad Gaps
In a massive calling-out of the iPad’s fanatic support, HP “leaked” a document that shows a side-by-side comparison of the HP Slate Tablet-PC against the Apple iPad. The verdict? Apple better figure out how to add some features and fast… It’s not a surprise that Apple, in its rush to launch the iPad, left out some pieces that users are up-in-arms about. Mainly, a lack of camera and a lack of USB ports, but others are grumbling now when looking at the features the HP Slate will support. HP Slate’s tablet looks geared to the more power user and ships with the Intel Atom processor, Windows 7 and runs just like a laptop, only thinner and lighter. It also will support memory cards through an adapter, USB 2.0, has up to a … Read entire article »
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MuscleNerd Releases Spirit Jailbreak For iPad, iPhone OS 3.2
On Monday, MuscleNerd announced their successful jailbreak of the iPad and iPhone 3G devices called Spirit. A jailbreak is a way that developers actually “hack” into the operating system of the iPad tablet pc and remove the protection that forces owners to only go through the App Store for their software. A device that has a jailbreak applied will then be allowed to have their own software or bootleg songs and software without going through iTunes or Apple’s store. It also allows a device to be “unlocked” and usable outside of the mandatory AT&T carrier service. Jailbreaks are nothing new to the iPhone OS, the first version of the OS was cracked within a month. However, the fact that a new product like the iPad runs on the same operating system as … Read entire article »
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