Live from Apple's iPad 2 event. We're going to be liveblogging Apple's iPad 2 announcement (and whatever else they have in store).
Check back at the times below, and get ready to make history together! 08:00AM - Hawaii 10:00AM - Pacific 11:00AM - Mountain 12:00PM - Central 01:00PM - Eastern 06:00PM - London 07:00PM - Paris 09:00PM - Moscow 11:30PM - Mumbai 03:00AM - Tokyo (March 3rd) 05:00AM - Sydney (March 3rd) Update: Phew! The event's just finished. Now here's a list of all our posts from this event: Oh, and here's a list of all our posts from this event: 11:14AM Thanks for reading! 11:14AM Okay, hands-on time! 11:13AM "I'd like the teams that worked on this to stand up -- give them a round of applause. 11:13AM "The hardware and software need to intertwine more than they do on a PC. 11:12AM "This is worth repeating.
New BMWs To Sport Apple Interface, iPad And iPod Out Integration. The Paris Motor show is going on now. The usual car unveilings are a given, but also the shows are becoming a place for automakers to showcase and release exciting new tech. Take BMW, for example: they are known around the globe for making the “ultimate driving machines.” Vintage Bottles via New Technology. Asus plans for Android tablet in March, announces Eee Pad tablet pricing. The iPad isn't a computer, it's a distribution channel - O'Reill. “You don’t want your phone to be an open platform…” and with that brief statement, Apple justified the closed iPhone and then quickly followed it with the monitored and controlled app store.
But Steve, the iPad isn’t a phone at all so why not open it up again? If people are concerned about the safety of their apps or need you to protect them from porn, you can do an “app store approved” program or something can’t you? And really, do we even need an app store to tell us which apps are good in an era of ubiquitous user feedback and preferential attachment? The thing is, Jobs’ argument was always a bit disingenuous. Closed follows from his brain architecture, not from an argument on behalf of his customers or their network providers. The bottom line is that the iPhone was a relatively open phone and we accepted it, but the iPad is a relatively closed computer, and that’s a bummer. Microsoft in the 1980s was the perfect business. The music industry worked the same way. Operators / iPad. Apple iPad, other tablets seen driving SaaS, cloud storage - Com.
News April 12, 2010 06:00 AM ET Computerworld - The rapid spread of tablet devices like the Apple iPad could prove to be a boon to providers of online storage services as users seek ubiquitous data access and synchronization across multiple mobile platforms for devices that don't have much internal storage capacity.
The flexibility that comes with cloud storage "is not just a nice thing to have but a necessity when you're dealing with storage-limited devices," said Avi Greengart, a consumer devices analyst at research firm Current Analysis in Sterling, Va. "If you have a device based on flash memory, you don't want to sync everything. " Most of the mobile tablet devices today use NAND flash technology to offer limited memory capacity, typically 64GB or less. For example, iPads are available with 16GB, 32GB, or 64GB flash drives. Tablet users can choose from several providers of cloud-based storage, including Box.net, Live Mesh, JungleDisk, DropBox and SkyDrive.
Joojoo, l'outsider des tablettes, fait son entrée sur le marché. L'iPad sera vendu chez Darty et à la FNAC, pas chez les opérateu. Undercover Report From Foxconn's Hell Factory - Foxconn - Gizmod.