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.
- April 3rd – 300,000 WiFi iPads sold on launch day
- April 8th – 450,000 iPads Sold total 5 days after launch, 3.5 Million iPad Apps and 600,000 iBooks downloaded
- April 10th – 500,000 iPad Units sold in its first week
- May 3rd – 1,000,000 iPad Users in 28 days since launch
- May 31st – 2,000,000 iPad Owners after its International Launch
- June 21 – 3,000,000 iPads in 80 days
Today Apple released an update for their iBooks app, bringing it up to Version 1.1.1. Normally such updates include a mundane list of bug fixes, however, the update notation offers one very intriguing update, audio and video support.
This update will be of particular interest to Textbook, STM (Scientific, Technical and Medical) and non-fiction publishers as it would offer a greater level of interactivity to their material. This update has me excited about the possibilities of what such a simple addition could bring to an area in the iBookstore which is currently rather lifeless.
The other updates are listed here:
- Double-tap an image within a book to view it in greater detail.
- Experience books that include audio and video.
- Enjoy substantial performance improvements when reading PDFs.
- Look-up definitions to English words inside books without a specified language.
- Addresses an issue that may have caused some book downloads to not complete.
- Includes many stability and performance improvements.
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.
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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.
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Apple has released an update to it’s MobileMe iDisk app to make it fully compatible with the iPad as well as the iphone and iPod Touch.
The app allows users to access documents, pictures and music that were deposited on to their iDisk on their Mac. Users can open documents using specific apps dependent on the format. This functionality is considered a crucial aspect for many ipad users, especially those who use the iWork apps. While other parties have created apps with this functionality, such as DropBox, many MobileMe subscribers have been waiting for this app to be updated.
Here are Apple’s notes to coincide with the update:
- Designed for both iPhone and iPad
- Multitasking support for iPhone 4 and iPhone 3GS (iOS 4 required).
- Quickly switch to another app and back to iDisk
- Play audio from your iDisk while using another app
- When app is opened, the last file or directory viewed is displayed
- Open to open iDisk documents in compatible apps such as iBooks
- When sharing a file, an email can be sent from any configured email account
- The URL for a shared file can be copied and pasted
- Various stability improvements
One problem I have encountered whilst using the app is that it is somewhat a one-way street in terms of use. You can access documents from your Mac, however, you cannot then save it back onto your iDisk after editing. This crucial feature will presumably be included with either and iWork update or when the iOS4 is released for iPad this Autumn.
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
- Folds for excellent corner protection
- No two sleeves are the same design
- 100% recycled Billboard materials on external shell
- 100% recycled marketing materials
- 100% manufactured in America (Seattle actually)
- 100% lifetime guarantee
Tech Spec
- Name: Bill-Fold iPad Sleeve – Variating Colors
- Model #: 2262
- Weight: 0 lb.
- External Dimensions: 11.75″w x 9.5″h x 1.25″d
- Internal Dimensions: 9.5″w x 8″h x 1″d
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.
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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:
- April 3rd – 300,000 WiFi iPads sold on launch day
- April 8th – 450,000 iPads Sold total 5 days after launch, 3.5 Million iPad Apps and 600,000 iBooks downloaded
- April 10th – 500,000 iPad Units sold in its first week
- May 3rd – 1,000,000 iPad Users in 28 days since launch
- May 31st – 2,000,000 iPad Owners after its International Launch
- June 21 – 3,000,000 iPads in 80 days
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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
- Update iBooks to 1.1 if you haven’t done so yet
- Open iTunes and click on the “Books” tab under Library section
- Drag & Drop your PDFs right in iTunes while you’re in the Books tab
- Connect your iPad to your computer, click on “Books” within the iPad data sync window
- You’ll see the PDFs you just dragged and just simply Sync ‘em to your iPad
PDF via Email Method
- Send yourself an email with the PDF(s) attached
- Go to the Mail app (Not the browser) on the iPad and open the email you just sent
- Tap the PDF file listed to download
- Tap on it again to view the PDF
- Tap on the “Open In…” button on the top right and choose iBooks
- You now have the “PDFs” tab in iBooks
If you have any questions, don’t hesitate to put them in the comments below or feel free to shoot me an email about it. And if you liked the the guide, please bookmark us or subscribe to our RSS feed (Or do it via Pulse News Reader) for future iPad news, guides, accessories review, giveaways and more!
Here’s a picture guide if you’re having trouble following:
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