Tag Archives: iPad

Among the big reveals at today’s Apple event was a supersized 12.9″ iPad. TechCrunch reports: Apple CEO Tim Cook called it “the biggest news for the iPad since the iPad.” With the iPad Pro, you can now run two side-by-side iPad Air apps. The iPad Pro isn’t for everyone — hence the name. But for those who already love their …

Get out the camping gear. Apple is on track to bring out a giant iPad later this year that would rival, in size at least, Microsoft’s 12-inch Surface Pro 3, according to an analyst. “We expect it to be part of the iPad refresh in October,” Rhoda Alexander, director of Tablet and Monitor Research at marketing research firm IHS Technology, …

Possibly not cubicle-friendly. UPDATE: Yanked for violating YouTube’s terms of service.

We launched a new mobile interface for JMG today. Don’t freak out if you don’t like it – just hit the “desktop” button at the top and you’ll be returned to the regular version. The new interface supports the following devices at this stage: iPad (Mobile Safari on iOS 5+, Chrome on iOS 5+) iPhone (Mobile Safari on iOS 5+, …

“Nobody understands the cloud, it’s a fucking mystery.” This feels like a very long Apple commercial.

The Third Eagle of Batshittery has an urgent message about the latest iPad commercial, which clearly predicts a “false flag” terrorist attack at the Super Bowl. And if there isn’t an attack on the Super Bowl? “No, I won’t be embarrassed. I’ll take credit for preventing this false flag attack.” Because he told us about it, you see.

When it came time for Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano to be sworn in for his second term yesterday, nobody could find a bible. Therefore Mangano took his oath on an iPad with a bible app on the screen. Sample comments from Teabagistan: “New York is so far left they have probably banned or burned all the Bibles.” “These people …

Get out the camping gear. Via CNN: Thinner. Lighter. Faster. That’s what Apple promises in its newest iPad, which also has a new name: the iPad Air. The company rolled out the fifth generation of its market-leading tablet Tuesday. Among its new features, the iPad will weigh 1 pound, down from 1.4 pounds. It’s 20% thinner and 28% lighter than …

Just over 25% of all JMG readers access the site via mobile devices. That’s about five times the number of mobile readers as two years ago. Above is the breakdown of the ten most-popular brands. No surprises here. Interestingly, the Nook and the Kindle are far down the list at 52 and 67, respectively.  Google Analytics tracks 500 models of …

Business Insider has the story: The latest News Corp press release says that The Daily, its standalone daily iPad newspaper, will “cease standalone publication”. The newspaper had a high profile launch in February 2011, but had apparently struggled to pay its way — recent reports suggested the losses were looking like $30 million a year, and rumors that Rupert Murdoch …

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The white iPad Mini is already sold out. The iPad mini was available for pre-order at 3 AM eastern today. In the four hours it’s been available on the market, Apple has sold out of the white wifi models, according to its site. Shipping times for the white iPad mini are delayed by two weeks. The black wifi iPad mini …

You knew that headline was coming, right? Via Gizmodo: The iPad Mini is here. It’s a sleek, thin and light 7.9-inch tablet made of anodized aluminum and glass that follows the format reduction pioneered by Google and Amazon. This thing is really neat. Really light and thin at 0.68 pounds and 7.2 millimeters. The iPad Mini has a larger surface …

An anthology of the popular web-comic series is now available for the iPad and its reissue benefits LGBT comics creators. Get it on iTunes.

Tech sites have lit up on the rumor that Apple is planning an October release for the iPad Mini, which analysts say is meant to challenge the low prices of Google’s Nexus 7 and the Kindle Fire. Google’s small tablet ships next week. Claims from the Bloomberg news agency come about a week after Google launched a $200 7-inch tablet, …

If it has a keyboard is it really a tablet? The tablet features many of the now-standard tablet specs, including a 10.6 inch high-definition touchscreen and front and rear facing cameras, which all fit into a 9.3 millimeter, 1.5-pound frame. But Surface also brings some new innovations to the tablet space. The device’s cover, for instance, flips down to become …

From the appropriately titled Cult Of Mac. There’s already a long line camping out at the Apple Store on Fifth Avenue. Online pre-sales are sold out.

Throw your iPad2 away right now unless you want hipsters to mock you.

Probably. The city may ditch the blaring taxi TVs that drive passengers and cabbies nuts and replace them with iPads, officials said yesterday. A private company has proposed a pilot program that would remove the current screens — which run a continuous loop of local news segments and commercials from TV stations — and install the tablet computers, city officials …