Reuters:
As Apple’s third-generation iPad went on sale on Friday, accompanied by the now traditional scenes of fans queuing round the block , Dell’s chief commercial officer Steve Felice said the tablet market was still wide open.
I kid you not, I actually laughed out loud reading this. How many times does Apple have to lay the smackdown on Dell before they finally go away.
Marco says it’ll be ready in 7-10 days.
Colin Crawford talking about IDC’s predictions for iPad and Android tablet growth:
While I’ve a lot of respect for IDC’s ability to identify key market trends, especially in the Enterprise IT market…
Wait for it…
…but I’m not convinced they have their finger on the pulse of the Apple iPad market nor Apple’s iOS strategy.
Translation: Ass clowns.
Not ready for mass adoption yet, but still.
Web Designer Depot: Don’t be mistaken though, CSS3 and CSS can’t do everything but, ironically enough, I doubt most of us are aware of its limitations or what pushes the very edges of its possibilities. Well, today we are here … Continued
Mike Daisey, whose reports on Foxconn factory conditions shocked many listeners of the “This American Life” radio program, admits he’s a damn liar.
I still like Letterpress. I can’t help myself, I think I’ll always like it.
A German court has stopped Apple’s “slide to unlock” case; the judge is unconvinced of Apple’s claims of intellectual property protection over the UI feature.
Based in bonny Scotland, with a team of whisky enthusiasts, we wanted to create something to allow people a simple way for them to own a unique bottle of blended Scotch whisky (or blended malt Scotch whisky) One which they’ve not only had a say into how it tastes and what it’s called but also to have a little bit of fun in the process.
You blend your own Whiskey and they ship it to you. You gotta love the Scots.
[Via Harry Marks]
Wade Meredith:
Like smart phones and point and shoots, iPads can compete or best the consoles on hardware specs while absolutely whipping them on platform flexibility and portability. I don’t know the console equivalent of on-device photo editing — but between app, accessory and peripheral support for iPad, the consoles have their work cut out for them (Kinect was a good start, Playstation Move was not).
I don’t know if it will ever happen, but this was a good read.
For a seventh consecutive time, Apple ranks highest among manufacturers of smartphones in customer satisfaction. Apple achieves a score of 839 on a 1,000-point scale and performs well in all factors, particularly in ease of operation and features.
AppleInsider:
In a letter to Tim Cook on Wednesday, members of a U.S. Congress subcommittee requested that Apple send a representative to Washington to brief government officials on what the company is doing to protect the personal information stored on iOS devices.
A new section that Apple put on the App Store.
This is a pretty good list. The mafia mind control guy will always be my favorite.
Bad Astronomy:
On Google+, Michael Interbartolo — who worked for ten years on the Space Shuttle Program in Mission Control in Houston — just posted about this amazing video from cameras mounted on the Shuttle solid rockets as they rode into space.On the upper left is elapsed time, and on the upper right is the air speed as calculated using on board instruments. Watch as the speed increases… and then the increase increases!
This is very cool. Certainly doesn’t fit for The Loop, but it would for many other sites.
iFixIt:
Is it “The New iPad?” “iPad HD?” “iPad 3?” Who cares? All we know is this: It’s here!Our CXO flew to the Telstra store in Melbourne, Australia and was first in line to get the iPad 3 for our deconstructive pleasure.
For your geeky pleasure, here is the traditional iFixIt abuse of a brand new Apple product.
Ed Baig for USA Today:
Still no Adobe Flash…
How can this possibly be a drawback? And since Adobe killed mobile Flash last year, how could anyone in their right mind expect any product would support it.
Shawn Blanc posted his thoughts on iA Writer and Byword. Ben Brooks wrote something about them yesterday as well, which was very humorous.
Personally, I prefer Elements. Quick, easy, uncluttered and uses Dropbox for storage.
Dealnews:
A reader survey discovered 55% of current iPad owners said they would update to the third generation.But what about consumers who are currently tablet-free and finally ready to jump aboard the slate train?78% of non-tablet owners who are planning on buying their first device said they’ll spring for the newest offering from Apple. And, of the people who aren’t buying the new iPad (the remaining 22%), almost half will buy a previous generation — specifically, 60% plan on buying the iPad 2 within the next six months. Why? Because the iPad 2 is now cheaper.
Certainly an unscientific, self-selecting survey but it is most likely indicative of desire and demand among potential first time tablet buyers.
It seems that every time a new tablet comes on the market, people compare the hardware to Apple’s market leading iPad and wonder if this is the one that will dethrone it. The problem with this thinking is that the iPad isn’t just about the hardware and specs, it’s the experience.
This is my first bi-weekly column for Techpinions. I’m joining Ben Bajarin, Tim Bajarin and Steve Wildstrom on the site where I’ll write opinion articles on the world of Apple.
Diablo III finally has a release date: May 15, 2012.
Matthew also posted a review of Sparrow.
Jordan Golson for Mac Rumors:
Apple’s share price touched the $600 mark as trading opened this morning, just a month after reaching $500/share for the first time.
Wow.
Speaking of Om, he noticed this little nugget: All five winners will be honored in a special Washington, D.C. ceremony in April with John Legend, the Grammy Award-winning recording artist and education advocate. Is he crazy? Legend working with Samsung? … Continued
Om Malik:
When did we stop talking about ideas, technology and instead started focusing on you know… names and investing.
It’s been my experience that those that can name drop don’t.
When Apple’s iPad event ended last week, I walked out of the venue, spoke to Phil Schiller for a couple of minutes and went into a meeting with Apple executives. That’s where I picked up my new iPad and Apple TV. […]
I love my Apple TV. I love my new Apple TV even more.
I picked up the new Apple TV from Apple after the iPad event, so I’ve been using it for about a week now. […]
Samsung has lost another patent infringement case against Apple, this time in the Netherlands.
Former Britannica.com editor Charlie Madigan:
This was inevitable. As a senior editor at Britannica.com, where I went to work after decades as a newspaper editor, I had high hopes for the idea of giving away knowledge.Talking about the public’s right, and need, to know with some of those folks was like talking to frogs about poetry.
Does this signal the beginning of the end of these kinds of books?