Verizon And The iPad

March 10, 2010

So, Verizon is pushing the iPad as an opportunity within to sell more wireless broadband.  The idea is this – people won’t want to pay more for the 3g.
These guys are the only ones.  MagicalTablet.com is suggesting / recommending folks get one of those fancy 3G modem to wifi converters to run their wireless iPad [...]

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iPad Accessories – What I’ll Be Buying

March 9, 2010

No doubt, the iPad Economy will start a tremendous iPad accessory boon.  I’ll track them the best I can at this site’s official iPad Accessories page.
As of this point, at launch I plan on purchasing the official iPad Keyboard Dock, iPad Case and USB Power Adapter when I purchase the iPad for this project.
Seen any [...]

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iPhone Apps On The iPad – Am I Getting In Too Early?

March 9, 2010

Daring Fireball has a great article about how many iPhone apps that run default on the iPad might look almost silly on the larger screen.  This is a good read – and very important.
Basically, something designed to work great on a tiny screen just might not be right for a large interface like the iPad.  [...]

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iPad and Kindle Pricing – Will We See A Price War?

March 8, 2010

Last night at the Oscars, Apple aired their first commercial (you can see it on our page of iPad Video).  The clever boys at 9to5 Mac noticed a few things worth noting – and examining here.
9to5Mac noticed in a freeze frame or 2 that the prices for a number of iBooks books were cheaper than [...]

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iPad Release Date And Paul’s iPad Schedule

March 5, 2010

Well, it’s all over the net by now (read Apple’s Post and Crunchgear’s comments) but in case you haven’t heard, Apple officially launches the iPad on April 3 with preorders starting on March 12.  I will be available for both dates and will live stream both accordingly.
I’ll give specifics as they come in, but expect [...]

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Hulu on iPad – Not Gonna Happen

March 4, 2010

We’re not going to see Hulu on the iPad. Here’s why:
There are only 2 options here. The first is streaming free television content to the iPad with commercials. The second is a paid all you can view rental model. Let’s look at each.
Hulu licenses “free” content (which it still can’t afford) at a greatly [...]

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Paul’s iPad On Facebook

March 3, 2010

We’ve put up a Fan Page for Paul’s iPad at Facebook.  We’ll do a bunch of the interactive stuff there (as well as try out any supercool iPad Facebook apps that might come along).
Do us a solid?  Please “Fan” the page over at Facebook so I can get that Vanity URL thing all cinched up.  [...]

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Is The iPad Mostly A Wi-Fi Player?

March 3, 2010

This one is just downright odd.  AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson has been caught telling the press that he doesn’t see people “looking for another subscription” (in terms of their 3g offering for iPad Access) and sees it being used primarily as a Wi-Fi enabled device.
Obviously, there is plenty of buzz on this online (check out [...]

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iPad Sites You’d Like To See At Paul’s iPad?

March 2, 2010

In addition to my views and experiences in using the iPad for business, I want to make this site a great reference site for all things iPad.  I’ve put up this page – Sites We Like – if there is anything you think I should add there, please leave a comment on the page and [...]

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About The iPad Price

March 1, 2010

I wrote about this over at my personal blog, but the price of an iPad is something you really need to consider.  As I mentioned, anyone paying for wireless Internet should consider what Apple’s special pricing with AT&T actually means.
In short, the cheapest way to get unlimited 3G access anywhere is by buying an iPad [...]

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