Archive for the 'Apple iPad Posts' Category

Kindle Beats iPad

Monday, September 6th, 2010

LONDON, ENGLAND–(Marketwire – Sept. 6, 2010) – A survey of over 1000 US and UK users by news navigator http://www.onenewspage.com/ found the Kindle scored strongly over the iPad as an e-reader.  Although OneNewsPage’s users admitted the iPad was “more compelling” than the Kindle because of the iPad’s multi-functionality, if it came to a straight head-to-head choice [...]

Price Wars Coming?

Thursday, August 19th, 2010

With the recent price drop for the nook and the Kindle, it’s now rumored that Kobo will be dropping its price to $99.00 in time for Christmas…could this be the year of the price wars for eReaders? Also, the iPad is supposedly coming soon in a mini size (7″)!  Stay tuned for more info!

The iPad & Colleges Across the US

Monday, July 26th, 2010

Here’s a link to a great article posted today on CNN about the use of the Apple iPad in colleges across the country. If you’re seriously considering an iPad for yourself or a college student in your family, you may want to read this article!

Sharp Squaring Off Against Amazon & Apple?

Tuesday, July 20th, 2010

Sharp has a new file format, known as Next-Generation XMDF, or ever-extending Mobile Document Format, and has introduced two prototype eReaders, signalling their intention to take on the Kindle and the iPad! Both eReaders, announced in Japan this week, will have full color screens and feature the new file format. This file format allows a [...]

The iPad as an eReader

Tuesday, June 15th, 2010

The iPad is selling like hotcakes — an estimate of 2000 units per hour. The people who buy the iPad all have a wide range of interests. Some buy it for gaming, some buy it just to be the first on the early adopter train and some are still undecided whether they should invest in [...]

iPad Release Information for Non-US Customers

Friday, May 7th, 2010

For all you Apple fans outside the United States, Apple has announced that the iPad will ship in Canada, Australia and much of Europe on May 28th. Details aren’t available yet regarding whether it will be the iPad or iPad 3G shipping, and pricing hasn’t been released, but here’s the full list of countries where [...]

iPad Global Release Delayed

Wednesday, April 14th, 2010

It was announced this week that the iPad’s worldwide release will be delayed due to supply & demand issues in the United States.  Already, resellers are snapping up as many iPads as they can get their hands on, and turning around to sell and ship them to overseas customers.  For those of you reading this [...]