Apple sells more than 300,000 iPads on first day

Apple Inc. said Monday that it delivered more than 300,000 iPads on its opening day, meeting expectations of some analysts while underscoring the challenges the company still faces marketing the device beyond early adopters. The total seemed modest given the weeks of hype about the revolutionary nature of Apple’s new touch-screen tablet device. Furthermore, the [...]

Jobs Dogfoods on the iPad

Steve Jobs is dogfooding. Several emails from the Apple CEO to end users have been leaked in the last day or so, and he’s been replying via his iPad. Jobs has been known to directly respond to end users in the past. Eating one’s own dog food, also called dogfooding, is when a company uses [...]

Apple offering iPad "discounts" to schools

Apple is offering iPad bulk discounts to educational institutions. Sadly, the discounts are so small as to make commenters on some sites use the “g” word (greed). The discounts on the ten packs amount to $20 apiece. As a sort of “green incentive” unrelated to dollars, Apple reduces packaging by eliminating separate retail packaging for [...]

Apple still working on content for iPad

While the Wall Street Journal says that Apple has pre-sold hundreds of thousands of iPads, it adds that there’s still a piece missing in this picture. That piece is content. According to the WSJ, with only slightly more than two weeks left before the iPad hits Apple retail stores (April 3rd), the company is still [...]

Barnes & Noble eReader App for Apple iPad

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After surge, initial iPad pre-orders drop sharply

Daniel Tello, a Venezuelan blogger-analyst, has been tracking order numbers submitted by volunteers at Investor Village’s AAPL Sanity board. While Friday numbers seemed to indicate 25,000 pre-orders per hour, his estimates on pre-orders on Saturday and Sunday show a slowing to about 1,000 per hour. Tello attributed the spike in Friday orders, estimated to be [...]

Bad iPad battery? Just replace the iPad: Apple

When the first-gen iPhone was released, with its non-user-replaceable battery, many were interested, and not-so-happy with its battery replacement policy: users had to expect a three-day wait and could lose all their data. You would, of course, get your iPhone bad. Now, with the iPad, Apple has changed course: they don’t replace your battery; they [...]

Apple fleshes out iPad details on first day of pre-orders

We already knew the iPad will ship without the iBooks app, which will be downloadable (free) from the App Store, but on Friday, on the first day consumers could pre-order an iPad, Apple rolled out an iBooks page with more details on the upcoming e-books, as well as on the device. The iPad-centric day earlier [...]

How do you manage your iPad 3G plan? Directly from the iPad

The iPad comes in two versions, one wi-fi only, and the second including 3G connectivity via AT&T in the U.S., as well. With the launch of pre-ordering of the device, Apple has detailed more information about the 3G service. Previously, we knew that, aside from the extra $130 per device for 3G, you also two [...]

Early adopters rush in as iPad pre-orders begin

iPad pre-orders began on Friday, March 12th, as Apple promised. Pre-orders began being accepted at 5:30 AM PST. Apple is limiting pre-orders to two per customer. Shipping is free, and as the device will arrive on April 3rd in stores, those who have Saturday delivery in their area will receive it that day. There is [...]

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