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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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The British Are Coming – for Tablet PCs
Good news, UK, the iPad global release is on April 24th…and according to the Kelkoo survey, at least 1 out of every 4 people in the UK would prefer a device like the iPad Tablet to the standard laptop or desktop. The survey lists a variety of reasons that the tablet pc is preferred over the normal, traditional laptop but topping the charts is weight and portability. The surveyed, as well as most folks, are having the dilemma of balancing computing power -v- portability. While the iPad launch ushered in a new era of portability, the iPad still doesn’t multi-task, a big problem with the heavy-duty user. Bruce Fair, Managing Director at Kelkoo, expressed that the iPad may change the tides of how people feel about tablet pcs. Up until now, the … Read entire article »
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iPad Launch Blasts Out 700,000 iPad Units
The first day sales numbers, including pre-orders for the Apple iPad, are approaching the 3/4 million mark at 700,000 units estimated by Gene Munster, an analyst with Piper Jaffray. Original numbers from Daniel Tello around the 20th of March had 200,000 iPad units sold. The next 12 days apparently added about 500,000 iPads sold…and that’s with the 3G iPad not yet available! If the numbers hold, this could challenge the iPhone’s first month sales numbers that put about 3 million iPhones on the market. This would be the first tablet pc device adopted on a massive scale. While some think of the iPad as an oversided iPhone, the iPad appears to be the next device from the Apple world to take hold. Today’s launch was also limited to Wi-Fi models and to the … Read entire article »
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iPad Sales Zoom in 2011 if Apple Addresses iPad Flash
The iPad went on retail sale today at the Apple Store and BestBuy in limited supply, and pre-order customers could come to pick up their iPad tablets today…and the sales numbers reflect just that. But we’re just at the tip of the iceburg. iSuppli, an electronics research group, predicts that the iPad will sell well over 7 million units and will almost double in 2011. iSuppli doesn’t see the product so much as a tablet pc as it does a hybrid of that and a pure internet device. In essence, once again, Apple has created a market for a device that really didn’t exist or have traction before. In the article, it is noted that Adobe Flash (or lack thereof) may be a barrier that could open up a door to a … Read entire article »
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