iPad in Australia launches ‘late April’

March 6th, 2010. Category: Apple iPad, Latest News
iPad in Australia launches ‘late April’

Apple have updated their Australian site to state that the iPad launch has been pushed back a month. Australian iPad fans will have to wait til ‘late April’, to get their hands on the WiFi version of the iPad, and even later for the 3G edition.

 

iPad launches April 2nd

March 6th, 2010. Category: Apple iPad, Latest News
iPad launches April 2nd

Officially announced by Apple, the iPad will launch in the USA on April 3rd now, with pre-orders available from March 26th.

 

iPad Delayed a Week Due to Software, Not Hardware?

March 6th, 2010. Category: Apple iPad, Latest News
iPad Delayed a Week Due to Software, Not Hardware?

Analysts believe that a small delay in release of the iPad is due to hardware production problems; however, it may actually be due to software. Yesterday analysts at Think Equity said checks with Taiwan indicated some slight delays in the gearing up in production of the iPad. Their report corroborated an earlier one by Canaccord [...]

 

iPad Has The Ability to Make Emergency Calls?

March 4th, 2010. Category: Apple iPad, Latest News
iPad Has The Ability to Make Emergency Calls?

GumballTech found that if you enter your iPad passcode lock incorrectly a few times, the iPad brings up an Emergency Call Screen.

The above was easily achieved by enabled a passcode lock, and then entering it incorrectly about 5 times. You can then slide for a emergency call.
The Emergency Call Screen is formatted for the iPad [...]

 

Foxconn Suppliers Say iPad Components Are On Schedule

March 4th, 2010. Category: Apple iPad, Latest News
Foxconn Suppliers Say iPad Components Are On Schedule

Responding to reports of a manufacturing bottleneck in iPad production, Foxconn component suppliers say they are on schedule, according to a DigiTimes report.

In response to reports that initial volumes of Apple’s iPad in late March will be lower than originally planned and the launch will be only in the US market because production by Foxconn [...]

 

AT&T CEO Believes iPad Will Mainly Used On Wi-Fi

March 4th, 2010. Category: Apple iPad, Latest News
AT&T CEO Believes iPad Will Mainly Used On Wi-Fi

AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson doesn’t believe the iPad will result in many new subscriptions for the company as customers will instead use Wi-Fi, according to comments made on Tuesday.

“My expectation is that there’s not going to be a lot of people out there looking for another subscription,” he said during a webcast of an investor [...]

 

WSJ Has An iPad ‘Under Padlock and Key’

March 4th, 2010. Category: Apple iPad, Latest News
WSJ Has An iPad ‘Under Padlock and Key’

Rupert Murdoch has confirmed that the WSJ will be coming to the iPad and that the Journal already has the device to work with. Interestingly his comments made after a speech in New York make it sound like Apple is responsible for the security of the device. Mr. Murdoch said the Journal planned to be [...]

 

iPad Simulator Settings Reveal HTML5 YouTube, File Sharing, Lock Screen Media Controls

February 21st, 2010. Category: Apple iPad, Latest News, Software
iPad Simulator Settings Reveal HTML5 YouTube, File Sharing, Lock Screen Media Controls

9to5mac continues to dive into the iPhone 3.2 Beta 2 SDK and its iPad simulator, this time showing off HTML5 YouTube, file sharing, lock screen media controls, and more. HTML5 H.264 YouTube video is shown playing right in the iPad Safari browser, just as it does on Mac or Windows. It looks good enough for [...]

 

Video iChat Icons, Strings in iPhone 3.2 SDK for iPad?

February 21st, 2010. Category: Apple iPad, Latest News, Software
Video iChat Icons, Strings in iPhone 3.2 SDK for iPad?

9to5mac continues to rip through the iPhone 3.2 SDK for iPad and has now come across the images above, which show icons for accepting a declining video chat, as well as strings referencing the same. Of course, we’ve been teased with the possibility of video iChat on the iPhone going back to Kevin Rose in [...]

 

iPad Safari Video Demonstration

February 17th, 2010. Category: Apple iPad, Latest News
iPad Safari Video Demonstration

9to5Mac has posted a quick 6-minute run-through of the iPad’s browser features.