It’s official, Apple is holding the iPad 2 event on March the 2nd. More to come.
It’s official, Apple is holding the iPad 2 event on March the 2nd. More to come.
This was just announced today at the Apple event: iOS 4.2 will be available for download on the iPad in November and it will bring all the things in iOS 4 with the addition of Printing, AirPlay and a ton of bug fixes. AirPlay is basically wireless video, photo and music streaming.
Then there’s all new iPods today.
Apple reported in their earnings for the previous quarter that a total of 3.27 million iPads has been sold.
The Company began selling iPads during the quarter, with total sales of 3.27 million.
With 3 million units sold in just 80 days, the international expansion of 9 more countries will only contribute to the massively growing iPad sales number. In a press release today, Apple announced that the iPad will hit these nine countries this friday including Austria, Belgium, Hong Kong, Ireland, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand and Singapore. With many more in later this year.
Customers will be able to purchase an iPad through Apple’s own retail stores and authorized resellers.
If you’re looking for a skin for your iPad that has a good balance between protection and beauty, StealthArmor may be your best bet. The StealthArmor for iPad from Fusion of Ideas is a really thin adhesive cover that comes in a wide range of variety of finishes for the back of the iPad including carbon, leather, wood, brushed metal. You can also opt to pay extra to add an additional screen protector or laser etching service for the armor.
We received one of the skin (Brushed Metal) for review and the company was generous enough to laser engrave our logo on it.
Included in the box is a squeegee, actual armor, application spray, instructions, and optional screen protector if you purchased it.
Installation of the back armor was surprisingly a breeze compared to other similar application process like the invisibleSHIELD™ that requires the squeegeeing of bubbles. Simply spray the adhesive side of the armor with the fluid getting it wet enough to align/fix and squeegee out the bubbles. The entire installation of the armor took less than 10 minutes and the outcome is pretty darn good I must say.
Price point for the armor ranges from $45 to $75 for different finsishes, with the screen protector being $25. You can find more details and purchase info here.
This environmentally friendly iPad protective sleeve here is made of recycled billboard material on the outside and the inside a soft material. It’s not the best looking iPad sleeve out there, but it features this unique system that when empty the sleeve is flat and with a simple fold of 2 Velcro strips it fits the iPad (See what I mean below in the photos). The iPad fits snuggly inside but this one is not a looker.
You can get the Brenthaven Bill-Fold iPad Sleeve for $35 here.
Features
Tech Spec
Sent our way a while ago for review is the Amzer iPad Soft Case, it’s a pretty standard rubber case that fits the iPad tightly and has cutouts for all the ports and access to the buttons. It even has a viewing window on the back for the apple logo. The texture of the case is just like any other rubber cases out there, which is great if your iPad is always slipping off your hand and shock absorption from drops of course. All around an affordable case that does what the other more expensive cases offer.
This case is available in Purple, Baby Pink, Black, Blue, Green, Grey, Hot Pink, White, Maroon Red and Orange.
Price point: $19.95 + shipping will get you one of these cases from our iPad Accessories Store
Remember the rumor on Hulu possibly coming to mobile devices such as the iPad in subscription form? Well, it’s true. Hulu just announced Hulu Plus, a $10/Month service that lets subscribers stream current seasons of shows in its entirety in HD. Hulu Plus are supported on your PC, iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch and even your TV. With PS3 support coming soon and Xbox 360 in early 2011.
Hulu are accepting invites to the Hulu Plus Preview now, with official release in July.
Apple just loves to boast about its iPad sales every once in a while. 3,000,000 units in just 80 days is indeed impressive.
Update to the iPad Sales Timeline, once again:
For those that are having trouble getting the new iBooks (Version 1.1+) to mix with PDFs, here’s 2 really simple ways to activate the “PDFs” tab and sync PDF files in iBooks on the iPad.
Sync PDFs as iBooks on iTunes
PDF via Email Method
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