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  • Apple Sold 1 Million Total iPads, Estimated 300K 3G Models Just This Weekend

    Apple Sold 1 Million Total iPads, Estimated 300K 3G Models Just This Weekend

    Posted on May 3, 2010 | No Comments
    How many things did you and I sell this weekend? Three cookies, maybe? Something at a yard sale? Well, according to estimates by Gene Munster, chief Apple prognosticator at Piper Jaffray, Apple sold 300,000 iPads 3G this weekend. Estimates is based on calls to 48 stores. This means the iPad 3G as well if not [...]

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  • AT&T’s CEO (of all people): iPad will be driven by Wi-Fi, not 3G

    AT&T’s CEO (of all people): iPad will be driven by Wi-Fi, not 3G

    Posted on March 3, 2010 | No Comments
    As everybody knows by now, Apple ships the iPad in the Wi-Fi version this month, with the 3G subscription-based model following in April (probably). And as it's AT&T that has secured the right to provide 3G connectivity to iPad users in America, you'd think Randall Stephenson, AT&T's CEO, would be the first person to promote sales of the 3G model. But it's Stephenson who is now quoted as saying that he doesn't expect "(...) a lot of people out there looking for another subscription (...)" and that the iPad wil mainly be a "Wi-Fi driven product". He made the remarks during a webcast of an investor conference yesterday, adding the iPhone, on the other hand, will continue to play an important role for AT&T "for quite some period of time".

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  • The ‘Alex’ E-book Reader: Electronic ink, secondary color Android touchscreen

    The ‘Alex’ E-book Reader: Electronic ink, secondary color Android touchscreen

    Posted on January 7, 2010 | No Comments
    Announced today, the Alex E-book Reader is an interesting take on electronic books. The upper third of the device features a standard 6-inch electronic ink screen similar to Amazon’s Kindle and then the bottom part sports a 3.5-inch color touchscreen running Android (1.6). The two screens can be harmonized by taking a web page you’ve [...]

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  • Hands-on with the US-bound iRiver Story

    Hands-on with the US-bound iRiver Story

    Posted on January 7, 2010 | No Comments
    Guys! E-Book readers are everywhere at CES 2010. You should see it here. Anyone with a Chinese manufactuering contract seems to have one. (More to come, get excited) But there are only a few that are worth your time and ours. The iRiver Story is one of these and the good news is that you'll be able to buy one real soon.

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