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iPad passes Android devices to become #2 non-mobile device connected to Boingo hotspots (after iPhone)
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Seth Weintraub is an award-winning journalist and blogger who won back to back Neal Awards during his three plus years covering Apple and Google at IDG’s Computerworld from 2007–2010. Weintraub next covered all things Google for Fortune Magazine from 2010-2011 amassing a thick rolodex of Google contacts and love for Silicon Valley tech culture.
It turns out that his hobby 9to5Mac blog was always his favorite and in 2011 he went full time adding his Fortune Google followers to 9to5Google and adding the style and commerce component 9to5Toys gear and deals site. In 2013, Weintraub bought one of the Tesla’s first Model S EVs off the assembly line and so began his love affair with the Electric Vehicle and green energy which in 2014 turned into electrek.
In 2018, DroneDJ was born to cover the burgeoning world of drones and UAV’s led by China’s DJI.
From 1997-2007, Weintraub was a Global IT director and Web Developer for a number of companies with stints at multimedia and branding agencies in Paris, Los Angeles, New York, Sydney, Hong Kong, Madrid and London before becoming a publisher/blogger.
Seth received a bachelors degree in Industrial and Systems Engineering from the University of Southern California with a minor in Multimedia and Creative Technology in 1997. In 2004, he received a Masters from NYU’s Tisch School of the Art’s ITP program.
Hobbies: Weintraub is a licensed single engine private pilot, certified open water scuba diver and spent over a year traveling to 60 cities in 23 countries. Whatever free time exists is now guaranteed to his lovely wife and two amazing sons.
More at About.me. BI 2014 profile.
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iPhone 4 OS live
We’re searching the interwebs for a live stream of today’s event and we’ll embed the best we find here (feel free to post live streams in the comments). If you are into the liveblog thing, I’ll be doing instant analysis at Computerworld. Check the 15 iPhone 4 expectations here.
Or destroy the universe with the classic “blast from the past” 9to5mac livepanel for big screens. (Old logo thrown in at no extra cost!)
Sorry no video feeds this time
Mac (not Pro) desktop with USB 3.0-Mini DisplayPort combo detailed in patent
Before you get all emotional, remember that this is just part of a patent application:
This looks like a paired down Pro workstation with some of the same characteristics, but with notable exceptions:
- Rounded edges like a Mini
- Much smaller in size and shape
- A new Mini DisplayPort adapter that would combine with USB 3.0 and have a new connector
- This new adapter would also work with iPads and media players
Macworld.au: New MacBooks next week
The Australian arm of Macworld is reporting that a source “familiar with Apple product cycles and inventory levels” is saying we’ll see that long awaited MacBook Pro update on Tuesday April 13th. He/she says all lines of MacBook will receive updates with the possible exception of the MacBook Air which he/she can’t confirm. Numerous reports have had Apple’s Core iX lineup of MacBook Pros coming in April.
Macworld.au’s source also says the rollout for iPads internationally will be April 24th. That’s also what the Canadians are expecting.
Best Buy is currently out of all but one model of MacBook Pro but Amazon and Apple stores both have, what appear to be, regular stocks.
Apple producing 5-7 inch, $400 mini-iPad for 2011?
Digitimes quotes its own research arm in discovering that Apple is building a 5-7 inch mini iPad for delivery as early as the the first quarter of 2011. The analyst states that the price of the new product would come in around $400. The move would be more direct competition to Dell’s Mini 5-sized application and would also be more of competitor size and price-wise to the Kindle.
The post also mentions that the HP Slate is due this summer and will be manufactured by Inventec. They don’t give it much of a chance to take on the iPad because Intel’s processors running Microsoft Windows 7 will run much hotter and drain the battery much quicker than Apple’s choice of ARM/iPX OS.
Apple hires ex-Sun Chief Counsel for upcoming IP battles
Apple’s hiring the big guns for its upcoming battles with everyone in the mobile devices industry. Noreen Krall, Sun’s former Chief Counsel, and someone Apple would probably have had much contact with over the years, is now an Apple employee.
She’ll now be Apple’s Senior Director, IP Law and Litigation and actually started last month.
Noreen describes her work at Sun as:
Directs Sun
New iPhone ad – "Shopper"
Apple has released a new iPhone ad, based around shopping for a gift, fittingly called, “Shopper.” The ad features only one actual app from the App Store, RedLaser ($1.99), compared to the typical three to four that Apple normally features in ads.
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First Google Android-powered TV announced
People of Lava, a Swedish startup, have announced an Android-powered TV, dubbed ‘Scandinavia’. Set to ship later this year, the HDTV resembles the AppleTV interface in many ways but adds additional features that Apple users have been after.
Apple responds to iPad Wifi issues
Macworld chronicles Apple’s responses to Wifi issues that iPad owners have been complaining about. First they acknowledge(base) that they have a problem
New iPhone ad: Concert
Apple today posted a new iPhone ad called concert: (via)
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Verizon CEO has asked Apple if it could carry iPhone
That’s quite a turnaround from 2006-2007 when Apple asked to be on Verizon’s network but was rebuked and went to second choice, AT&T. He also said a few years ago that “Steve Jobs will get old”, implying he wouldn’t deal with Jobs directly.
Verizon CEO Ivan Seidenberg says the company has told Apple that it wants to carry the iPhone. But he declined to say when
iPhone OS 4 liveblog here Thursday at 1pm ET
Bookmark this link to catch the iPhone action live as we find out what goodies Apple has in store for us in the next generation of its category-defining OS.
iPad issues: Wifi weakness, storage discrepancies, iPhone App suckage
Overall, my experience with the iPad has been pretty good, but like all products, it has its faults. Yesterday, TechCrunch outlined what many of us iPad early adopters had noticed. Wifi range was significantly less than our Macs and even less than iPhones and iPod touch.
Two reasons for this might be the antenna placement and power consumption.
There are two Wifi antennas on the iPad. One behind the glass on the lower bezel and one behind the Apple logo in the back. The rest of the iPad ‘s aluminum is basically a wireless shield. Compared to an iPhone whose backing is plastic, iPads are at a disadvantage right from the begining.
Also, there is the issue of power savings. Apple touts 10 hours of video playback and they’re right. The iPad has insanely long battery life, especially with that bright, beautiful display. But Apple might have lowered the power to the Wifi cards in order to get those results. The good news, if that is the case, is that a software/firmware update could add more power to the Wifi cards and increase range. I’d like to see a manual/automatic setting which allows you to toggle between the iPad choosing its Wifi strength vs. users picking a power setting manually
Second batch of iPads now shipping
Those who ordered iPads after Apple changed the ship date to April 12th are now starting to see shipment notifications that their iPads are preparing to leave China. What’s interesting is that Apple is sticking to April 12th when clearly, they could get them over sooner.
Best Buy is scheduled to receive more iPads on April 11th for their iPad advertising circular. Thanks JoeRod!
iPad, dissected
GigaOm got an interview with David Carey, VP of technical intelligence at UBM TechInsights who has been ripping apart iPads and looking at the parts under microscopes. He’s trying to find the ‘magic.’ (Sorry no H.264 version)
Future MacBook's internal pico projection systems patented
Patently Apple does what they do and dug up another patent on internal projectors. Remember, Digitimes said that Apple was going to produce a device with a pico projector this year.
Art Direction on the iPad
I am in agreement with every person on earth that Time’s $5/issue-each-week-is-its-own-app is crazy. The format though is beautiful. It will be interesting to see how these magazines evolve. It will also be interesting to see if the “weekly” and “monthly” models fall by the wayside and content is more Just-in-Time like the web.
Adobe demonstrates AIR application working across five devices, including iPad
One App, Five screens
Apple to introduce iPhone OS 4.0 on April 8th
Gizmodo got a invite to a iPhone 4.0 sneak peak on April 8th at 10am Pacific time. Yes, that is in 3 days.
The invite says: “Join us at an invitation-only event for a sneak peek of the next generation of iPhone OS software. The event takes place at Apple, Building 4, Town Hall on April 8 at 10:00 a.m. Suggested arrival time for registration is 9:30 a.m. RSVP to
PCWorld 'stress tests' an iPad
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No, that isn’t PC World’s tests above but its the same general idea as their tests. Don’t drop it on the floor four times or pour a pot of hot coffee on it and you should be good. Also important news from PC World: You can navigate with a donut. Way to waste $500.
Update: Another ‘test’ below.
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iPad goes to work
Geek Sugar today profiles using the iPad as a Point of Sale system at Sightglass Coffee Shop in San Francisco. They use the Square headphone jack credit card reader (white, top left) and also have built a pretty awesome rotating enclosure for the device.
I think this type of use for the iPad will be pretty popular. The bigger-than iPhone size makes it easy to operate like a traditional cash register and its price at $500 is competitive with other POS systems. Square is demonstrated in the YouTube video below:
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Apple sells 300,000 Wifi iPads on the first day of sales
It looks like Piper’s Gene Munster was off by more than half. Apple today announced first day sales of 300,000 iPads, which did not include the 3G models. Apple counts shipments (not sales) to retail partners (Best Buy, Apple Specialists) as well. In addition, Apple said that users downloaded an average of more than three apps and one book within hours of plugging their iPads in. That brought totals to 250,000 ebooks and over a million apps.
Press Release follows:
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iPad vs. Nexus One vs. iPhone 3GS browser speed test
AnandTech benchmarked the iPhone 3GS, iPad and Google Nexus One device and found that the iPad is usually faster than the Nexus One, but the Nexus One also routinely beats the iPhone 3GS by significant margins. Why?
Jony Ive has to buy his own iPads?
You’d think the guy who designed the thing would be hooked up with a few freebies. Maybe he’s just doing recon like Jobs.
Update: Someone took the opportunity to grab a picture with the reclusive Ive below. Via
