Apple iPad Battery Cost $99 To Replace
iPad is arriving on April 3 and Apple has now announced that the battery replacement service will cost you $99 and $6.95 for shipping. Battery replacement service may be arranged via your local Apple Retail Store or Apple Authorized Service Provider, or you can contact Apple Technical Support.
Source: Apple iPad Battery Replacement Service
HP Flashes Slate To Trump Apple’s iPad
Hewlett-Packard is releasing a tablet PC running Microsoft Windows 7 that is capable of supporting Adobe Flash. HP claims that their tablet will offer a more complete computing experience than Apple’s iPad. At this point in time there are not much details of the technical specifications. Check out the videos.
Apple iPad TV Ad
Apple has launched their television advertising campaign for the iPad during the Oscars. The iPad will be available on April 3. Check out it out.
Microsoft Courier – Dual Screen Tablet
Could Microsoft be creating an iPad killer? The device is called The Courier, and it is very small, very portable and has a two panel device that folds shut like a book that is reliant on pen-based input. The Engadget team has been allowed to follow the development of this tablet.
From Engadget: As we’ve heard, the interface appears to be pen-based and centered around drawing and writing, with built-in handwriting recognition and a corresponding web site that allows access to everything entered into the device in a blog-like format complete with comments.
Apple iPad Arriving April 3
Apple has announced that the iPads will be available on April 3 and you can pre-order the tablet-like device on March 12. The launch is for the Wi-Fi-only version, with the 3G-enabled device on sale late April.
Both versions will be available in late April for Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Spain, Switzerland and the U.K.
Apple Lower Price On e-Book For iPad
Apple has come to an agreement with publishers, requiring them to occasionally sell bestselling and hot books at a discount, possibly as low as $9.99 per book. The publishers are the Hachette Book Group, HarperCollins Publishers, Macmillan, the Penguin Group and Simon & Schuster. Apple would take 30% of the sale.
Apple Wants 99 Cents TV Shows For iTunes
With the impending release of the iPad next month, Apple is in the talks with TV companies to reduce the price of TV shows from US$1.99 to 99 cents.
Bill Gates Did Not Like Apple’s iPad
Microsoft has not many success with tablets in the past and it did not take long for Bill Gates to voice his opinion of Steve Job’s iPad.
From BNet’s interview with Bill Gates:
You know, I’m a big believer in touch and digital reading, but I still think that some mixture of voice, the pen and a real keyboard – in other words a netbook – will be the mainstream on that,” he said. “So, it’s not like I sit there and feel the same way I did with iPhone where I say, ‘Oh my God, Microsoft didn’t aim high enough.’ It’s a nice reader, but there’s nothing on the iPad I look at and say, ‘Oh, I wish Microsoft had done it.
Amazon Buys Touchco And A Microsoft Executive
Amazon is planning to best Apple’s iPad by buying touchscreen vendor Touchco and Microsoft marketing veteran Mike Nash. Touchco technology is made for color transparent displays, is low power, and is inexpensive, costing as little as $10 a square foot.
Source: Amazon Buying Touchscreen Vendor
Google Tablet Takes A Bite At Apple’s iPad
Google has announced their own tablet running Chrome OS. Not much is known about this device but you can check out the UI concept video below. Apple will need to watch out because as you can see from the video, multitasking functionality is part of the Google tablet. The first Chrome OS-based netbooks are expected to arrive end of this year from third-party hardware manufacturers.
