The Apple iPad doesn’t have a webcam, so you can’t use it to take photos or videos or engage in video chats. But Apple does offer a $29 adapter that lets you import photos and videos from a digital camera or SD card. And it turns out that’s not all the Camera Connection Kit is […]
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Apple iPad unboxed, dissected and reconstructed in stop-motion video
Ever wonder what it would look like if your consumer electronics could disassemble and reassemble themselves? Well, wonder no more. Because the folks at TechRestore have posted a stop motion video showing an Apple iPad coming out of the box… and then out of its case. Things get a little funky toward the end, when […]
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Elonex iDock XL doesn’t quite turn your iPhone into an iPad
Say what you will about the iPad just being an iPod touch with a bigger screen. Elonex has inadvertently found a way to prove that giving an iPhone or iPod touch a bigger screen doesn’t automatically turn it into an iPad. The Elonex iDock XL is basically a large display with a space for docking […]
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Apple delays international iPad launch until May
Apple had been expected to start shipping the iPad internationally by the end of the month. But apparently the company is having a tough time keeping up with demand in the US and has decided to push back the international launch of the tablet until the end of May. In a nutshell, Apple says demand […]
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Could a $500 hackintosh tablet be the iPad you thought you wanted?
Sure, the Apple iPad turned out to be a 10 inch tablet with a speedy new ARM-based processor and basically the same operating system as the iPhone and iPod touch (with a few tweaks to take advantage of the larger screen). But during the last few years a ton of rumors had leaked about a […]
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LapDock turns an iPad into a laptop… running iPhone OS
Sure, Apple offers an optional keyboard accessory for the iPad. But it’s a two piece solution that you can’t easily rest on your lap. Enter the LapDock, a third party contraption that offers the shell of a laptop including a space for a keyboard and… well, not much else. But there’s room to insert an […]
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TESO’s oversized iPod tablet captured on video
Remember the Teso tablet? You know the one that looks more like an oversized iPod touch than the iPad thanks to its 16:9 display and overall case design? Well, a video of the tablet in action has popped up, and as expected once you boot Windows 7 it really doesn’t look anything like an iPad […]
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Apple introduces iPhone OS 4.0 developer preview
Apple introduced the next generation operating system for the iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad today. It won’t be available to the general public until this summer, and iPad users won’t get the update until this fall. But the company launched a developer preview today, which makes sense since it will give developers time to create […]
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Apple may be working on a smaller iPad
Thinking about picking up an iPad, but put off by its 1.5 pound weight and large 9.7 inch display? It looks like you might have a chance soon. DigiTimes reports that Apple may be working on a 5 to 7 inch model that will cost around $400 or less. One of the biggest complaints I’ve […]
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You don’t have to remove iPad, netbooks from bags at American airports
I noticed a story making the rounds yesterday about how the TSA (Transportation Security Administration) had decided that travelers would be able to keep their iPads in their bags while passing through X-Ray machines. And I kind of ignored the news… until I noticed that it’s not just iPads, but all electronics smaller than a […]