Tag: ipad

US Air Force Special Ops canceled iPad purchase because of Good Reader app

The purchase of nearly 3000 iPads as flight bags by the US Air Force Special Operations Command was canceled because it specified the use of Good Reader, a popular document management app which happened to be developed in Russia. Naturally, security concerns were raised after this fact was discovered. After all, the military wouldn’t want to be associated with potential risks originating from foreign products used in their operations would they?

As ridiculous as it sounds, I wonder if they’ve never heard of Air Sharing. It’s much better designed although it’s a bit more expensive but at least it’s American.

PC World has more details with comments from Yuri Selukoff, the developer of the software, who feels understandably insulted.

US Air Force Special Ops canceled iPad purchase because of Good Reader app

Avid Studio goes to the iPad

AllThingsD:

“We’ve seen a shift in how creation is happening, and it’s really happening on almost any device,” said Tanguy Leborgne, vice president of consumer and mobile technology strategy at Avid. “We think the tablet is more than just a consumer device; more and more people are creating on it.”

The app will be iPad only for now and costs $4.99 for the first 30 days after which it will be $7.99. 

If there’s anyone out there who still say the iPad is a media consumption device, go suck on this.

Avid Studio goes to the iPad

The multitasking bar in iOS = browser history

Fraser Speirs:

you do not have to manage background tasks on iOS. The system handles almost every case for you and well written audio, GPS, VOIP, Newsstand and accessory apps will handle the rest.

There is almost absolutely zero need to manually kill the apps listed in iOS’s multitasking bar as it’s not a list of active apps but a list of recently used apps. It’s no different than if you had opened your browser and go to the history list. Apps listed there are not active. A few exceptions to this case of course exists such as when an app hangs but it doesn’t mean you have to clear the bar every time. It’s not like you clear your browser history regularly do you? 

The blog post is not a particularly long one, but for the short-attention span crowd, go straight to the summary section.

Even the Geniuses at Apple’s Genius Bars still get this wrong.

The multitasking bar in iOS = browser history

Asymco: Chart of US tablet sales based on NPD data and iPad estimate

Source: twitter.com

Analysts can’t figure out iPad sales, pretends it doesn’t exist

Charles Arthur, in Guardian:

Why does NPD ignore the iPad, though? It’s the tablet that is actually selling well. Comparatively well. And as Gruber also points out, the whole “76% of consumers who purchased a non-Apple tablet didn’t even consider the iPad” is a meaningless statement until you know how many consumers did buy an iPad. Then you find that it’s 76% of 11%, or 8.3%. Which means that even among the people who bought a TouchPad, at least half considered the iPad first.

Clearly, people in the US who buy tablets tend to consider the iPad in their purchasing decision.

Analysts can’t figure out iPad sales, pretends it doesn’t exist

Samsung copies Apple? Surely not

I mean just look at the packaging, the power adapter, the design of the box, the device itself, the USB cable, they’re different. Right?

Samsung copies Apple? Surely not

The elusive Facebook iPad app revealed

TechCrunch reported that Facebook actually already has an iPad app hidden within its iPhone app, presumably waiting for a roll out in the near future but an enterprising hacker figured out a way to activate the app and posted a couple of pictures and where to find the app. Shortly after TechCrunch posted more photos of the app which looks quite polished and ready to go.

Facebook previously had downplayed the importance of the iPad with Mark Zuckerberg himself saying that the iPad is not mobile, possibly implying that the company may not be considering writing an app specifically for the Apple tablet.

With this revelation, Facebook obviously had written an app for the iPad, it’s just a matter of time before it is made available publicly, instead of through a hack.

The elusive Facebook iPad app revealed

The iPad only does less than a regular computer to us geeks

By giving people freedom to explore the app store without having to worry about anything (except their wallets), Apple has possibly made the best move they could make by locking down the iPad’s installation sources. That’s the one that’s the most helpful for the general state of technology. Apple is encouraging people to explore and play around. The iPad only does less than a regular computer to us geeks.

The iPad only does less than a regular computer to us geeks

Facebook vs iPad

The iPad’s not mobile. It’s a computer.

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg

We need to make a tablet version of Facebook.

Facebook CTO Bret Taylor

Clearly the two are in agreement about customizing Facebook for different platforms.

Introducing The iCard

parislemon:

Not surprising to hear that NFC is coming to the iPhone given that this is already built into the Nexus S. But good to hear nonetheless.

Interesting that it’s said to be built into the iPad 2 as well…

They key here is it being tied into your iTunes account (or some variation). That would be beyond a massive win for both NFC and Apple.

Imagine if they could get a cut of all those transactions —I mean, just think about that for a second. It’s hard to know what to say about that. Something with a lot of superlatives.

Introducing The iCard