The state of twitter clients
I have to say that I’m really disappointed in the state of Twitter clients for the iPad. I have quite a few; Twittelator for iPad, Twitterrific for Twitter, Osfoora HD, HootSuite, and TweetDeck. Yet, last night when I needed to do a specific task, I wound up using Twitter (previously known as Tweetie 2) for [...]
PDF Security hole allows jailbreakme.com to work
Update (2:30PM): Apple says it is investigating… Good idea Apple! Thanks to an unpatched hole in Adobe’s PDF file format, the jailbreaking community has been given a gift. Super easy jailbreaking. Just point your iPhone/iPod touch/iPad’s Mobile Safari to jailbreakme.com, slide the “Slide to jailbreak” slider and in less than 5 minutes, your device is [...]
Yet another ridiculous lawsuit…
Bloomberg has an article about yet another Apple lawsuit. Apple is such a beloved target of lawyers and lawsuits. Now, a lawsuit has been filed and is looking for class-action status, for overheating when in direct sunlight/warm weather conditions. Apple clearly states in it’s Environmental requirements: So, I’m not entirely sure what people consider “reasonable [...]
Impact of iPad sales graphed
MacStories.net has a a great graph showing Apple’s product sales over the last 3+ years. The most interesting of which is the newest product to their lineup. The iPad. It’s very interesting to see Mac sales pretty steady throughout the entire graph. The iPhone is just an astounding bulk of Apple sales these days and [...]
The $0.69 iPad Stand
I read about the $0.69 iPad Stand a while back but didn’t post about it because I hadn’t tested it. However, if you read the post, Andrew DeVigal says: Bought a wireless keyboard today to eventually replace the iPad Keyboard Dock I ordered online with my iPad. One really should try out a product before [...]
iPad user demographic breakdown
AppAdvice.com has an article about a Yahoo! User Analysis article, ain’t the Internet grand! The Yahoo! article describes a bunch of demographics and how the iPad fits into them. What I found rather interesting was the rather even distribution of US sales over the age groups selected. Granted, the ?20 age group was smaller, but [...]
Apple’s iAds seem to be working
Apple’s iAds took off on July 1 and apparently they are doing quite well. According to The Next Web, one developer generated $1,372 in ad revenue on the very first day. They article goes on to compare iAds with Ad-Mob on a random Android app where the highest daily revenue was a whopping $2.93. Now, [...]
Apple Sells Three Million iPads in 80 Days
Well, Apple seems to be keeping with it’s trend of selling a million, that 1,000,000, iPads a month. They have hit their 3rd million just 80 days after it’s introduction: Apple Sells Three Million iPads in 80 Days — CUPERTINO, Calif., June 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ Apple® today announced that it sold its three millionth iPad™ yesterday, [...]
AT&T security breach exposes 114,000 iPad 3G email address
Apparently, AT&T had a virtual break-in and 114,000+ email address of owners of Apple’s new iPad 3G were captured by a group called Goatse Security. Ryan Tate from TalkingPointsMemo.com and Gawker.com seems to think that Apple should be embarrased about this saying: “Apple has suffered another embarrassment. A security breach has exposed iPad owners including [...]
iPad passes 2 Million mark in less than 60 days
It was bound to happen, Apple has now sold over 2 million iPads. Doing so in less than 60 days. The fact that the iPad sold over 1 Million in 30 days, it seemed pretty likely that when the 3G version of the iPad started selling, it to would sell over 1 Million in less [...]
