In the dawn of this glorious iPad Pre-order morning, we’re getting some fun news about the iPad worth looking at. We’ll add these thing to our iPad Tablet page.
MacRumors tells us that the 3g service option (if you buy that iPad) is managed through the iPad interface and will require that we cancel (with no penalties) when we don’t need the plan. But, very cool, if you only do the 250meg thing, you’ll have an option to get pinged when you reach certain limits. Very nice – and unexpected from AT&T.
Also from MacRumors are some details about the iBooks program/process. The first point is this – Apple has a new page at the site dedicated to the iBooks program. Included in that page are the following deets: iBooks will use the ePub Standard and you’ll be able to sync ePub books purchased somewhere else through iTunes. Still no specifics on the DRMd copies – but everyone is assuming Fairplay will be used. Fair enough. Throw in a (maybe obvious) orientation option of single page or landscape and we have a reader that is becoming more and more usable.
And, finally from 9to5 Mac, we have the announcement that the “mute” button (sorry guys, no hidden last minute phone) is actually a screen rotation lock switch. Also makes sense – and no big surprise.
Anything in this list sway you either way?