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iPad Tops in Consumer Satisfaction: Report

Big news for Apple and Apple investors: The iPad is the highest-scoring product that a leading consumer satisfaction index has ever tracked.

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The implication here is that the iPad's popularity may well have real staying power heading into the all-important holiday quarter.

Apple [AAPL  291.2001    2.2801  (+0.79%)   ] is counting on the iPad and the iPhone 4 to help drive growth.

The iPad is the newest addition to Apple's product portfolio, and this is an early indication of consumer reception

The latest numbers come from the American Consumer Satisfaction Index, a study affiliated with the University of Michigan. Those numbers, out today, show that the overall PC industry reached a new high average score of 78 out of 100. Apple, however, was far ahead of its peers with a score of 86.

I called David VanAmburg, managing director of ACSI, to get a sense for what’s behind the scores. He told me Apple’s overall score was up slightly because people like its computers and the retail support experience – but he also mentioned that the numbers included the iPad for the first time.

He told me that the iPad, even at this early stage, pulled up Apple’s overall numbers – which makes it the highest-scoring product Apple has, and therefore the highest-scoring product ACSI has ever tracked.

A caveat here: ACSI has never tracked iPods (because they didn’t fit into a neat category like PCs or phones) and it has never pulled out its number for the iPhone (though it plans to start as soon as next year). So it’s possible that those products would score as high as the iPad. But this is an important number nonetheless, because it suggests that the iPad and similar tablets, when they arrive in volume, could have a significant impact on the consumer electronics space.

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Apple - Education - Greene County School System Profile

The Mac has transformed teaching and learning in the Greene County school system in rural eastern North Carolina. A new project-based curriculum has engaged and motivated students, and college-going rates have risen dramatically.

The inspiration

In 2001, Dr. Patricia F. MacNeill, Assistant Superintendent of the Greene County School District, and other administrators took a hard look at student achievement levels and were not pleased. For example, one key measure of academic progress, the college-going rate, was only 26 percent. With a largely agrarian population, whose children would be looking at a much different economic future, Greene County knew it needed to change its education priorities and practices to better prepare its students.

As they began to explore new models of teaching and learning, MacNeill and her team attended an Apple Leadership Institute, where they saw the impact the Mac could have in the classroom. They also visited several schools where computers had been integrated successfully into the curriculum. In 2002, they decided to put a Mac in the hands of every Greene County student in grades 6 through 12.

The Mac gave Greene County teachers the means to introduce a more rigorous curriculum focused on interactive, project-based learning across all subjects. Rather than listening to lectures, making notes, and taking pencil-and-paper tests, now students learn by participating in interactive group research projects. After receiving a digital lesson from the teacher, student teams select a topic and use their Mac computers to plan, create, and present reports in a variety of formats, including content- and media-rich movies, podcasts, wikis, and blogs. And because iMovie, GarageBand, Keynote, Pages, and iChat are so easy to use, the students are able to work independently.

Giving students more responsibility for their learning has made them more engaged and better prepared in the classroom. And their test results reflect improved learning. After introducing project-based learning in his middle school science classes, teacher José Garcia saw his students achieve the highest scores possible in their end-of-year assessments. “The Macs have transformed my classroom and transformed my students,” he says.

“The Macs are interwoven into our curriculum. There isn't a single day we don't use them.”

— José Garcia, science teacher, Greene County Middle School

The implementation

Funding an ambitious technology project in a poor rural school district required a total community effort. MacNeill and other administrators met with teachers, Board of Education members, County Commissioners, and Apple representatives to make their case and explore options. Faced with perennial low student achievement and college attendance — and the question of how those numbers might affect the future viability of the county — the board and the commissioners were persuaded to fully support the proposed school reform.

To implement the program, the district used a combination of funding sources, including reallocating money within their own budget. In social studies, for example, where information changes quickly, they opted for Internet-based research tools over buying new textbooks. They also applied for and won a substantial state grant. And to fund ongoing staff development, MacNeill used money from a widely available federal program for improving teacher quality.

In June 2003, the school district purchased Mac computers for every student in grades 6 through 12 and one Apple MacBook Learning Lab per classroom for grades K through 5. After the computers arrived, Apple Professional Development facilitators provided three days of onsite staff training in iWork and iLife. Weekly professional staff development sessions allow teachers to continue to develop and share teaching and computer skills. Email and iChat promote similar collaboration among teachers, students, and parents — many of whom had never touched a computer before. These interactions have also benefited the community: Greene County, where Internet availability had been low, now enjoys widely accessible Wi-Fi coverage.

Handling IT for the program has been seamless. A central technology office is responsible for overall purchasing and yearly system upgrades, and a resident instructional technologist and literacy coordinator at each school make sure that the computers and applications run smoothly. Because Mac computers are so user-friendly and reliable, the teachers and students generally handle the day-to-day maintenance.

The results

Since the MacBook program began in 2003, the college-going rate in the Greene County School District has increased from 26 percent to 90 percent.

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Apple iPod touch Review - Part 2 of 2

In terms of design, the iPod touch maintains the same build materials and shape as the previous model, but trims down the total thickness to just 7.2 millimeters. One of our biggest qualms with the iPod touch design of the last two generations was the stainless steel backing, which is prone to smudges and scuffs, as well as being incredibly hard to grip, and unfortunately, these issues are present in the current model as well. Of course, most users will want to place a protective case on their $229 or more investment, but without one, the iPod touch is pretty vulnerable to damage.

2010 iPods Video Preview

Under the hood, Apple has given the iPod touch a nice performance boost with the A4 processor and new built-in gyroscope. While the benefits of the gyroscope are still limited due to the fact that so very few games and applications support it currently, the A4 processor makes the device slightly faster than its predecessors. Since the iPod touch runs iOS 4.1, a lot of processing power is devoted to multitasking and other new features, not to mention running the retina display; subsequently the observable speed improvements are small.

At the unveiling of the iPod touch, Apple CEO Steve Jobs said that the iPod touch has surpassed both Nintendo and Sony as the highest selling mobile gaming platform, and with the new hardware improvements like the A4 processor, retina display, and gyroscope, the latest model is uniquely prepared to take on richer, more complex games; like the type promised by Epic's The Citadel. If you're into iPod touch gaming, the latest model may be a worthy upgrade for gaming applications alone.

But there is also FaceTime, which could appeal to social butterflies on-the-go. For those unfamiliar, FaceTime is Apple's proprietary mobile video conferencing app, which allows iPhone 4 and now iPod touch users to video chat with one another over a Wi-Fi connection using the built-in cameras. The iPod touch version of FaceTime is much like the iPhone 4's, save for the fact that instead of being tied to a phone number its linked to your email address. FaceTime on the iPod touch works with other iPod touchs, as well as the iPhone 4, which turns it into a video phone of sorts, though constrained by the availability of Wi-Fi. When paired with apps like Skype and mobile hotspot technology from providers like Sprint and Verizon, the iPod touch could actually be a powerful communication tool.

But the iPod touch isn't without significant faults, the most glaring of which is pricing. Apple has maintained the core pricing and storage capacity structure with the new iPod touch, with the 8GB base model featuring an MSRP of $229, the 32GB model for $299, and the 64GB model at $399. The iPod touch is hardly a cheap endeavor, especially if you want a reasonable amount of storage space. There is a huge gap in storage capacity between the 8GB and 32GB model, and we expected to see Apple bump up the base model to 16GBs but maintain the same entry price. Given its expanded functionality as an HD video recorder and its ability to take photos, the measly 8GBs of storage space is certain to fill up faster. As a result, anyone who intends to use the iPod touch heavily will quickly find the 8GB model's capacity insufficient and may want to consider purchasing the $299 32GB model.

At the end of the day, the utility of the iPod touch is largely dependent on the user, but there is no questioning that it is the most full-featured, high performance iPods to date. It is too familiar to justify the marketing terms Apple generally prefers to use -- words like magical, revolutionary, etc. – but it is a pretty outstanding media player all the same.

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Apple iPod touch Review - Part 1 of 2

The iPod touch hasn't changed much over the last few years; while there have been a number of small performance and aesthetic improvements, the overall design and feature set have remained unchanged. Consumers have paid no mind, of course, and despite only receiving minor upgrades since it launched in 2007, the iPod touch has proven to be one of the most successful models in Apple's iPod lineup.

But after three years, the iPod touch was long overdue for a significant upgrade; and earlier this month Apple announced the new and improved iPod touch, which brings many of the most popular features of the new iPhone 4 to the platform, including a powerful A4 processor, a built-in gyroscope, a high-resolution retina display, and, at long last, built-in cameras. With the gap between Apple's two strongest products narrower than ever before, is there any reason to buy an iPod touch?

The answer is and has always been: to avoid expensive monthly service fees. As it turns out, that is more than enough reason to pique the interest of consumers, and subsequently why the new iPod touch is the greatest iPod to date.

If you've used an iPod touch before, seen it in stores, or even watched an ad on TV, the new iPod touch should be plenty familiar. It looks, feels, and functions just like every preceding model, but with a few noteworthy improvements, which in the interest of time, we'll focus exclusively on.

First off, let's start with the stars of the show; the built-in cameras. Users have been clamoring for Apple to add a built-in camera to the iPod touch for years, and now the company has added not just one, but two cameras to device. On the front users will find a VGA camera that is capable of both still photography and video recording, though its primary purpose is to enable Apple's FaceTime video conferencing. The front-facing camera has a maximum resolution of 640x480 for both still photography and video, and a maximum framerate of 30 frames per second. The rear camera, however, is capable of higher resolution photos and HD video, with 1280x720 (720p) resolution videos and 960x720 photos.

While the front-facing camera is comparable to that of the iPhone 4, the rear camera's quality for still photography is inferior in terms of maximum resolution, coming in at roughly 1 megapixel, while the iPhone 4 is capable of taking 2592x1936 resolution images, or 5 megapixels. The rear camera also lacks a built-in flash, limiting its functionality for dark photography and video recording. Nevertheless, the iPod touch is still capable of taking decent looking photos and video, and while we wouldn't consider it a replacement to a point-and-shoot, it does provide a nice level of supplemental functionality.

There is also the highly-touted retina display, which boasts a 960x640 LCD display and a pixel density of 326 pixels per inch. As a result, the new iPod touch features incredibly smooth and detailed menus, game graphics, photos, and video playback. The performance of the iPod touch's retina display is nearly identical to that of the iPhone 4 – incredible color range, bright, and vibrant, but lacking in one key area – viewing angle. The iPhone 4's retina display incorporates in-plane switching (IPS) technology, which provides it with a viewing angle of nearly 180 degrees, the iPod touch does not. Without IPS, the iPod touch's viewing angle is much narrower, giving the display varying degrees of a blueish tint when not viewed head-on. While this effect is common for most standard LCDs, as well as the previous iPod touchs, it is somewhat of a disappointing omission. But again, costs had to be cut somewhere in order to maintain the player's previous MSRP.

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Real Golf 2011 for iPad – First Look

Gameloft’s newest game, Real Golf 2011 HD, has joined the iPad as the most realistic golf game in the App Store. The golf games segment on the App Store only has a few contenders – Tiger Woods PGA Tour, Let’s Golf! HD, Let’s Golf! 2 HD.

After trying Gameloft’s newest title, I can say this game is ready to challenge its competition. Real Golf 2011 HD displays great graphics and a variety of real life golf players. The game features golfers such as Sergio Garcia, Vijay Singh, Natalie Gulbis, Anthony Kim, Camilo Villegas, Greg Norman, Jim Furyk, Annika Sorenstam, Justin Rose and many others.

The game allows you to play well known golf courses from around the world. Some of the big names in golf are ready to face off against you on 10 golf courses fully recreated in 3D, including very famous courses such as Bethpage, Evian and Harbour Town.

What I liked about this game compared to the competition is the motion capture technology it uses. It basically makes every golfer’s swing and putt look very real. I like how Gameloft uses lighting effects to change the environment from early morning to evening as you progress through each game.

Some other nice effects are the two types of controls you can choose from. You can use an intuitive touch-based control scheme, or classic controls for easy pick-up-and-playability. I was able to add spin to the golf ball by sliding my finger on it in the air.

As for game modes. There are 7 game modes and challenges. You can mix up the way you play by selecting different modes such as Time Stroke, Closest to the Pin, 4-Ball Match Play, Shootout and more.

Real Golf 2011 HD allows you to compete against other players from around the world online or challenge your friends to a fun match online or locally (via WiFi or Bluetooth). You can also connect to Gameloft LIVE! to see your global multiplayer ranking.

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The News Brought Together

Apple has been doing what it can to bring publications of a more periodical nature to the iPad and other iDevices, but hasn’t exactly offered a stunning portfolio of papers and such. That’s set to change according to a Bloomberg report citing the ever popular people “familiar with the matter,” indicating that Apple is currently building partnerships with various parties to develop pricing strategies to bring that content to consumers. This will supposedly be presented through a new storefront especially dedicated to periodical content, which could be launching as soon as a few months from now — though there is also speculation that Apple will sit on it until the launch of a next-gen iPad. There are a number of roadblocks, including an apparent resistance from Apple to release the specific sales metrics that publishers want to tailor their content. Oh, and there’s the traditional 30 percent cut of revenue rubbing some the wrong way. Will Apple succeed in bringing all these pubs together

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Apple iPad: Steve Jobs iBooks demo

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iPad Apps Make E-Reading Easier - WSJ.com

Though it's just five months old, Apple's iPad is a certifiable hit, having already sold millions of units and spawning tens of thousands of apps tailored for its 10-inch screen. The tablet has prompted many of its owners to use it instead of their laptops for everything from email and social networking to games and Web surfing.

It's also a very good e-reader, in my view.

WSJ's Personal Technology columnist Walt Mossberg takes a look the iPad's three major e-reader apps - Apple's iBooks app, Amazon's Kindle app and Barnes & Noble's Nook app. He tells you which is the slickest, the most comprehensive and the friendliest.

Unlike dedicated e-reader devices like Amazon's Kindle, the iPad offers a wide selection of e-reading apps, and I have used several of them heavily to devour scores of books. In particular, I have spent the past few weeks testing the best known of these iPad e-reader apps, comparing their strengths and weaknesses.

My verdict is that none of the three apps I focused on—which mimic and often interact with dedicated e-readers like the Kindle device—towers over the others. Each has its good and bad points, and I personally switch among them.

First, let me note that this isn't a comparison of the iPad and the dedicated e-readers. It is about software readers on the iPad itself. Some folks will prefer the focused e-reader hardware, such as Amazon's Kindle, Sony's Reader and Barnes & Noble's Nook. The latter devices cost much less—the base Kindle is now $139 versus the iPad's $499 starting price. They also have longer battery life and are much lighter. But others—including me—prefer the iPad's big, bright, backlit color screen to the smaller, gray screens of the dedicated e-readers, and the fact that they can pause periodically in their reading to do so many other things on the iPad without reaching for a laptop.

For this review, I compared Apple's own fledgling e-reader software and store, called iBooks; Amazon's Kindle iPad app; and the newly revamped Barnes & Noble iPad app, called Nook.

iPad's E-Reading Apps

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Amazon

Kindle for iPad app
Pro: Biggest commercial catalog
Con: No PDFs or periodicals

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Barnes & Noble

The Nook e-reading app
Pro: Lending of books
Con: Weak dictionary, slow book loading

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iBooks app
Pro: Integrated bookstore
Con: Smallest catalog

Overall, they are more similar than different. Each is free and operates much like the pioneering Kindle device, offering access to an online library of books you already own and an online store to buy more. Each remembers where you left off in your books, and includes built-in search, dictionaries and the ability to enter notes and to highlight text. All also offer the option to search for more information on terms in your books, using Google or Wikipedia.

Apple's iBooks app visually is the slickest of the three. Its library screen looks like a wooden bookcase, and when you turn a page, it curves like a paper page and even shows the text on the other side bleeding through. When you hold the iPad horizontally, iBooks switches to a two-page view with a rounded rise in the middle, like a paper book's binding. The iBooks app is the only one of the three to offer a built-in bookstore, while the Amazon and Nook apps require you to jump into the Web browser on the iPad to shop. This is because Apple charges third-party app developers 30% to make in-app purchases, a price Amazon and Barnes & Noble prefer not to pay. This may be an unfair advantage for Apple, but it's convenient for users.

The iBooks app also can handle personal PDF files, synced to the app via iTunes on your computer. Neither of the other two apps offer PDFs on the iPad, though Amazon and Barnes & Noble say they're working on it. Also, Apple has harnessed the iPad's accessibility features to allow its e-books to be read aloud, something I couldn't make happen in the other two apps.

But iBooks has some big downsides. The most important is that, being only five months old, it has a smaller catalog than its rivals—just 130,000 titles, versus around 700,000 for the Kindle app and about one million for the Nook app. For instance, the popular Swedish mystery series by Stieg Larsson is absent from the iBooks catalog. And iBooks doesn't offer any periodicals.

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Amazon's Kindle app has the biggest catalog of commercial, copyrighted, in-print books—about 655,000 titles. The Nook catalog of a million books is larger overall, but about half consists of out-of-print books. The Kindle app also instantly displays the dictionary definition of any word you highlight. The others require you to press a dictionary icon to look up a word. And, like iBooks, it was fast at opening books.

The Kindle app also lets you see popular highlighted passages selected by other users, and it synchronizes the last page read, your bookmarks and notes with the Kindle hardware reader and Kindle apps on Windows PCs, Macs, and BlackBerry and Android devices. iBooks only syncs these things to the iBooks app on other Apple hand-held devices, the iPhone and iPod Touch. The Kindle app also can be set to turn pages with the same curved effect as iBooks (but without the text-bleeding effect) and it has a two-page view in horizontal mode.

The Kindle app also lacks periodicals, though Amazon says it's working on this. And the Kindle app, like the Kindle hardware, doesn't use real page numbers, relying on confusing "location" numbers. The others use page numbers. Also, some books appeared in the Kindle app in scanned, hard to read typefaces, while the same books on the others appeared in more readable type.

The Nook iPad app, like the Nook hardware device, has a big plus: It lets you lend and borrow some titles to and from other Nook users for two weeks. It's also the only one of the three to offer periodicals, though not all are available. For instance, The Wall Street Journal and the Boston Globe can't be downloaded, though the New York Times can.

The Nook also offers more visual effects than the others, including color themes for background and text colors. Also, like the Kindle app, it syncs with Nook apps on numerous other devices, though, curiously, not yet with the Nook hardware device.

But I found more limitations and flaws in the Nook app's basic book functions. For many words, the app lacked dictionary entries the others had, and books loaded more slowly. Also, one book I downloaded on the Nook app had the first few pages missing and another turned out to be a different book from its title. Also, its horizontal view didn't work for all the titles I tested.

In my tests, book prices seemed roughly similar on all three apps, though some books may cost less on one or another. For instance, Jonathan Franzen's new book "Freedom," is $12.99 on each; David McCullough's classic "1776" costs $13.99 on each; and Laurie King's "The Beekeeper's Apprentice" is $9.99 on all three. Amazon says 574,000 of its 700,000 e-books are $9.99 or less. Barnes & Noble says the "vast majority" of its commercial e-books are $9.99 or less. And Apple says 75% of its paid books are $9.99 or less and 25% of its paid books are less than $4.99.

Overall, each of the three iPad apps makes the device a fine way to read e-books. Multiple apps and stores—including many not covered here—allow choices absent from dedicated reading devices.

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Samsung Galaxy Tab vs iPad

 

How does the Samsung Galaxy Tab Compare Versus an iPad?

The Apple iPad has been with us now for a number of months without any real competition. It created a “new” segment of the market somewhere between a smartphone and a netbook PC and has dominated that sector since it’s launch. Now, mainstream manufacturers are gearing up to launch a challenge, the first tablet from a big-scale manufacturer is the Samsung Galaxy Tab. Today on What Tablet PC we review the Galaxy Tab against the iPad – let the battle commence…

Samsung Galaxy Tab versus iPad

Galaxy Tab Pros:

• Size/Weight: 7-inch display (measured diagonally) with 16:10 screen ratio and 1024 x 600 resolution (WSVGA)
• Processor: 1GHz Cortex A8 processor (reportedly very nippy!)
• Operating System: Android 2.2 (Froyo). Samsung’s TouchWiz User Interface over the top of this looks smooth in motion
• Other features: up to 7 hours of battery life (measured by continuous video playback),16GB or 32GB internal storage, 3G (WCDMA), WiFi (802.11n), video calling (front facing camera and LED flash), 3 megapixel rear-facing camera, HD movie playback, Adobe Flash support, GPS navigation, microSD memory expandability, 30-pin dock connector for HDMI, USB and docking accessories. e-reader software. Access to 100k Android Market apps and also Samsung Apps.
• How much does the Samsung Galaxy Tab Cost? The cost is unknown currently although early rumours suggest the price will be comparable to iPad.
• How do I buy a Samsung Galaxy Tab? It should be available in the next few weeks in Europe and then the US shortly after that

Galaxy Tab Cons:

• Smaller 7-inch format (compared to 10-inch iPad) so less screen real estate but rumours suggest still comparable in price.
• Android Market Place App store is not as advanced as Apple App Store
• Unproven in comparison to iPad
• Battery capable of 7 hours of continuous video playback on a single charge compared to 10 hours on the iPad

Galaxy Tab Accessories – including:

• Bluetooth pen that is a stylus for the Galaxy Tab and a wireless remote control
• USB adapter – makes the Tab’s dock connector into a standard USB port
• Docking station offering an HDMI output for high-definition video on your big screen HD TV.
• Car Dock for GPS navigation on your windshield
• Keyboard dock, Bluetooth Keyboard
• Various covers, chargers, headphones, speakers

Apple iPad Pros:

• Size/Weight: 9.7-inch display (measured diagonally) and 0.5 inch thick with LED-Backlit IPS Display screen with 4:3 Aspect Ratio. Device weighs in at 1.5 pounds
• Processor/Memory: 512 MHz A4 chip
• Operating System: iOS 4 (download from iTunes)
• Other features: up to 10 hours of battery life (measured by continuous video playback), available in 16GB, 32GB or 64GB memory sizes, 3G (on specified models), WiFi, HD movie playback, GPS navigation (only on 3G models), iBooks e-reader software (iTunes download). 250k Apps in Apple App Store. Safari full-featured internet browser. Built in speakers, microphone and a headphone jack
• Cost/Availability: Ranges from $499 (£429) for the WiFi 16GB model up to $829 (£699) for the WiFi + 3G 64GB model. All available now direct from Apple.

Apple iPad Cons:

• No Flash support
• No expandable memory using an external memory card
• No USB port for attaching peripheries or a memory stick
• No Camera for video conferencing or taking pictures
• No true multitasking
• Apps restricted to those approved by Apple App Store – Galaxy Tab doesn’t restrict you to apps only approved by Apple
• Pay extra for the 3G models and can’t tether the iPad to your mobile phone as you should be able to with the Galaxy Tab

Apple iPad Accessories – including:

• Keyboard dock, Bluetooth Keyboard
• Camera connection kit
• Composite AV Cable
• Various covers, chargers, headphones, speakers
• iPad Dock Connector to VGA Adapter

Should You Buy a Samsung Galaxy Tab?

Until we get the Samsung Galaxy Tab in the hands of real users (and have a price confirmed) we won’t be able to totally tell how it compares with the iPad.

The key things going for the iPad is that it’s now established and has first to market advantage. What this means for a user is that its very stable, with an established app market and huge iTunes library of video, music, podcasts etc. We also know that it works real slick.

Things such as the long battery life, excellent video playback with wide viewing angles and user interface are clearly first rate and added to everything else make a fantastic user experience on the iPad.

The Galaxy Tab brings a large number of the things that were missing from the iPad though such as expandable memory, USB connectivity, you’re not tied to Apples controlled eco-system of apps and have Flash support for a more comprehensive view of the web.

Time will tell who is the winner here and we’ll soon see all the other big manufacturers entering this market. Keep an eye on What Tablet PC for more news…

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Macsimum News - Apple seeks iBookstore marketing manager

A new Apple job posting shows that Apple is looking for a marketing manager for iBookstore. It will be the manager’s responsibility to drive awareness and sales of iBooks through co-marketing programs with publishers and authors, strategic partnerships, and via online and direct marketing tactics.

iBooks is Apple’s ebook/PDF reader for the iPhone and iPad. iBooks works with the The iBookstore features books from major and independent publishers. Once you’ve bought a book—or downloaded a free one—it’s displayed on your Bookshelf. Just tap it to start reading. iBooks is a free download at the Apple App Store.

According to Apple, the iBookstore marketing manager will:

° Integrate iBookstore into all facets of marketing campaigns for key book releases (web, social networking, print, on-air, events, promotions, pr, grass roots, etc.);

° Identify new iBookstore marketing opportunities and develop new programs to drive awareness and sales;

° Track progress of all campaigns and marketing initiatives and communicate results to cross-functional teams;

° Work with iTunes Movies, TV, Apps, and Music Marketing teams to drive cross-merchandising opportunities;

° Recommend action, schedule and plan projects, estimate cost, and manage projects to completion;

° Communicate and champion iBookstore objectives and priorities as they relate to larger Apple marketing initiatives (PR, retail, Marcom, iTunes Music Marketing, iTunes Online Marketing, etc.

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Do You Enjoy Reading? IPad Has An App For That

Probably one of the more popular features of the iPad-aside from its multi-orientation interface-is its accessibility to hundreds of thousands of apps. These programs have been specifically designed to run on the iPad; there is zero possibility to find it anywhere else, except on the iPhone and iPod Touch. The applications cater to a wide range of categories, including entertainment, business, games, education, and sports. Practically anything you can think of has been prepared for by Apple engineers and third-party developers. Whatever your need, there's an app for that.

One useful application offered on the iPad is an e-book reader called iBooks. The size of the iPad screen is ideal for reading; there is no squinting necessary to view text displayed on this device. Most of the technical aspects relating to the readability of the material can be adjusted such as its brightness, text size, typeface, and background. The background lighting can be dimmed according to the user's preference and this is especially useful for reading at night since nocturnal reading becomes unbearable when the screen is too bright.

Moreover, text size and font styles can be altered to suit the user's needs. For some odd reason, we all have quirky preferences when it comes to font styles. There are people who just simply could not stand neither Times New Roman nor Arial; sometimes, they find it easy to read huge blocks of text displayed in Helvetica or Palatino Linotype. Text adjustment is definitely good news for those who like to read lengthy novels.

Another wonderful feature of the iBooks app is its capability to render superb graphics. iPad's crisp screen and high-speed memory allows images to appear as you read it without waiting for the image to complete. It makes graphic novels and illustrated books better appreciated.

Incidentally, Marvel Comics has its own e-book reader app on the iPad, which means the Marvel experience is easily accessible via a simple download! The images can be enlarged or minimized by simply pinching on the multi-touch screen. It is also easier to navigate and browse the pages of Marvel's comic books by tapping the thumbnails.

In line with further reading, the Wall Street Journal and the New York Times have also created an app exclusively for the iPad. While it is not exactly a great replacement for a physical broadsheet newspaper, it provides as easy, "tap-worthy" access to news as you need it.

These applications are available on the not-so-subtly named marketplace App Store, which can be accessed on a specialized app on the iPad. iBooks is already included in the device once you purchase it, while the Marvel Comics app can be purchased on the App Store or through Amazon. Currently, Amazon still holds the record of offering more and better titles more than any other e-book seller. The user has the option to preview the books or comics before buying and as a lucky iPad owner, you can also order Marvel Comics in print to add to your collection.

'Epic Citadel App' Showcases iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch Capabilities - Monsters and Critics

Epic Games today announced its Epic Citadel App is now available from the App Store. The app showcases the technical capabilities of Epic’s Unreal Engine 3 on iPad, iPhone and iPod touch.

In Epic Citadel, players navigate through a castle using simple controls and Multi-Touch gestures. Epic Citadel's visuals, special effects, and environment are part of Project Sword, Epic’s newest game -- an action role-playing adventure game exclusively for iPad, iPhone and iPod touch developed by Epic’s studio, Chair Entertainment, creators of the Xbox LIVE Arcade games Undertow and Shadow Complex.

A small team of Epic’s programmers, artists and testers created Epic Citadel in just eight weeks of development time.

Features of Unreal Engine 3 for iOS platforms (iPod Touch, iPhone, iPad) include:

Bump offset mapping - Also known as parallax mapping or relief mapping, bump offset mapping enhances the visual appearance of stone walls and rocks providing intricate textures.

Normal mapped architecture - Brings stunning detail to bricks and ground surfaces within the environment.

Texture blending with painted weight maps - Refines nuances on roads and terrain, making them rich and lifelike.

Global illumination - Unreal Engine 3’s built-in global illumination system, Unreal Lightmass, provides realistic lighting and shadows with minimal development resources.

Dynamic specular lighting with texture masks - Helps create authentic cobblestone roads and vivid reflective marble surfaces, while lens flares and light coronas add dramatic emphasis when panning across light sources.

Real-time reflections and animation - Environment mapping enables real-time reflections on objects such as the statue inside the cathedral. Dynamic movements of trees and banners are made possible through the use of vertex deformation and skeletal animation.

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Ipad books - How To Download Hundreds Of Ipad Books?

Upon Hearing about the release of New Apple Launch, I was very much excited and thrilled.This time it was ipad that is expecting to add another badge to steve jobs chest.I'm a big fan of Apple Inc from its beginning. They have a history of being so innovative and I was expecting a big thrill from this new Ipad.At last It is launched in Last Jan but did it meet the expectation? Yes, It did , Apple continues their tradition of uniqueness and quality. Apple Ipad is one of the finest gadget I have ever seen and there are a loads of reason to love. I want to take the opportunity to List down its "unique" features in general and Most importantly why i like Ipad the Most i.e Ipad books (ibooks)

If you havent browsed internet on safari in ipad then you are missing a big thing.It is the best way to experience the web through built in safari browser. Mail App in the Ipad is also brilliant and loaded with full features of true mail app.Crystal clearLED-back-lit display makes photo viewing extraordinary. Its high resolution 9.7 inch wide screen makes Ipad perfect for watching HD videos on youtube.Its map and notes app is even worthy to spend time on ipad.With contacts on Ipad , you can see just more than name and number.Spotlight search is another good features that makes searching experience even more delightful.

Besides all these cool features of Ipad , the reason i love ipad the most is Ipad books It makes the reading experience way better. Its enhanced book feature is really awesome.So reading twilight on the 9.7 wider crystal clear screen with other features of Ibooks , is exceptional. If you have read books on Ipad then you must know what I'm talking about.I was very excited about the prospects of being able to enjoy thousands of multimedia files in one compact source, only to discover that on iTunes, I would have to spend around $15 on each download.My visions of transportable multimedia were crushed until a friend recommended myPadMedia to me. With one upfront payment, users get access to thousands of downloads. I thought it must be too good to be true. However, I was very wrong.

myPadMedia is an extensive new iPad service allowing users to access thousands of novels,newspapers, comic books,thriller books, cooking books and more from one source. The straightforward and user-friendly site lets users download unlimited multimedia with one simple touch of a button.So instead of paying fifteen dollars each time for my next favorite ibook i can get all of them by paying one time small fees and keep the life time membership . As they continually adding more and more titles to their database so i can get access to new titles without paying an extra dime. Once you use this service you will surely love their product and after sales service.

So dont think too much and Become a member of myPadMedia by visiting the site today. As I told you that the customer support team is there to assist you every time with almost anything. So Grow Your Ibooks Library by downloading Ipad Books

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Steve Jobs Is Stunned (And Scared?) By Android's Growth

During yesterday's iPod/Apple TV event Steve Jobs said he cannot believe how fast Android is growing.

He boasted of Apple's success with iOS devices (iPad, iPod Touch, iPhone) saying Apple sees 230,000 new activations of iOS devices on a daily basis.

That's pretty impressive, as it gives Apple a run rate of 84 million iOS devices on an annual basis.

After throwing out Apple's stats, Jobs said, "we think we're ahead of everyone else," because, "we think some our friends are counting upgrades in their numbers."

In other words, Steve Jobs is saying, "I can't believe that Android is growing so fast!"

Google says it has 200,000 Android devices activated daily. Google has since responded saying, “The Android activation numbers do not include upgrades and are, in fact, only a portion of the Android devices in the market since we only include devices that have Google services.”

When you consider that Jobs iOS stat includes iPads and iPods, it's safe to assume Google is activating more phones each day than Apple.

Of course, Jobs could be talking about Nokia which says it has 300,000 devices activated daily. In which case, this whole thing is a misunderstanding!

Techtree.com India > Techtree Notes > Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars Coming To iPad

Rockstar Games announced yesterday that Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars is coming to the Apple iPad as Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars HD on September 9, 2010. The game will feature updated and brand new high definition graphics for the larger iPad screen resolution. This game boasts of over 50 thrilling missions with countless side activities in the gangland named Liberty City. With fast-paced action and gameplay elements, this game has already got the "Winner" label imprinted on it.

Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars HD will be available for GBP 5.99 from the Apple App Store.