PayPal iPhone app adds 'Bump to Send Money' feature
PayPal updated their iPhone app earlier today with a bunch of new features, but by far the biggest addition was a ‘Bump to Send Money’ feature. You may recognize ‘Bump’, as it was the billionth app downloaded from the App Store back in April of 2009.
But the combination of the two apps might just be a game-changer.
The new feature allows users to simply enter their payment information and bump to pay. Pretty cool right? Below you’ll find two screen shots of the new feature as well as some UBER corny videos the PayPal team threw together.
You can download the updated app here (U.S. store).
Delays hit iPad accessories, more shortages to come?
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Over the past few days, Apple has altered some of the shipping times on their branded iPad accessories. First we noticed the iPad case making a slight shift from April 3rd to Mid-April. Today we notice Apple has delayed the iPad Keyboard Dock. The product was originally set to ship to customers in late-April but now the Apple store has placed the shipping time for sometime in May.
That doesn’t bode well for those outside the US that wanted to get their hands on this with their iPad order nor anyone in the US who hasn’t pre-ordered the product yet. We can speculate about why it is delayed, but it is most likely just brisk sales rather than a product issue they are trying to fix.
Perhaps even worse then those accessory delays is the iPad Camera Kit’s current situation. The kit which allows you to connect an SD card or digital cameras to your iPad is not even on Apple’s online store. The iPad’s lack of a standard USB port or an SD card slot built-in is a potential negative for prospective buyers, and this kit was supposed to resolve the issue.
With Apple’s intense secrecy and rigid quality controls, delivering items on time and on spec has been an issue lately. This is clear through the faulty iMac saga, the iPad’s slight delay, and now these in-house accessories.
Dell Mini 5's (Streak) to be headache for the next iPod touch?
Dell’s new Android-based Mini 5 (Streak) details were leaked to Engadget last week and seem to have some of the features desired on future iPod touch devices. Specifically: cameras, a better screen both in size and resolution and 3G data. These look like they could be very popular devices if priced low — which Dell is known for. Apple usually updates its iPod lines in August September.
Imagine if they sell the device with a similar data plan as the iPad except with Google Voice with Gizmo5 VoIP. And maybe even tethering for a nominal cost? That’d be tempting to a few people (present company included).
Will these things give Apple’s iPod touch platform a run for its money? In either case, it may motivate Apple to update the functionality of its mobile devices.
Their content deal with Amazon (below) also appears to be a pretty tempting proposition.
iPad orders graphs reveal heavy initial demand, 160,000 orders over the weekend
After an initial rush, iPad orders are tapering off to a still strong clip if numbers calculated by Investor Village’s AAPL Sanity board are to be believed. Member Deagol has graphed the buying patterns over the weekend.
The numbers were calculated using Apple’s normal online sales numbers and extrapolating the extra sales as iPad sales (below).
What are people buying? According to Fortune, almost 70% of people polled are buying Wifi-only but the 16,32, and 64 Flash size is pretty evenly distributed. These are the numbers breakouts:
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