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iPhone OS 3.2 Supports Video Calls, File Downloads, and Pseudo-Multitasking?

Based on an SDK which doesn’t differentiate between the iPhone and iPad, folks at Engadget say they’ve confirmed that the iPhone OS 3.2 has “rudimentary” support for video calling and file downloading. Too soon for any excitement at all? File downloading and local storage in the browser could be great. Just imagine finally being able…

Tech News Rosa Golijan

Careful, Old People in Japan May Pee on Your iPad

As if there weren’t enough iPad jokes already, it turns out that there’s a Japanese product—a high-tech adult diaper—called the Aipad. You can guess the pronunciation by the fact that I’m even writing about this. https://gizmodo.com/lets-get-the-ipad-jokes-out-of-our-systems-cause-steve-5458497 The Aipad has apparently been around for a while and has “2 lines of aluminium [which] can be connected…

Tech News Rosa Golijan

Adobe Busts Out Porn in iPad Flash Crusade (UPDATED)

Adobe is not going to take Flash’s exclusion from the iPad lying down. Their latest salvo: enlisting their friends at Bang Brothers to show just how badly you’re going to miss Flash video on Apple’s new device. https://gizmodo.com/adobe-responds-to-the-ipads-lack-of-flash-5458645 Lee Brimelow over at TheFlashBlog provides ten examples of pages that will be incapacitated on the iPad…

Tech News Brian Barrett

This Week’s Best iPhone Apps

In this week’s pixel-doubled app roundup: AT&T’s entire business model, potentially vaporized! Gears and pipes, diligently organized! Google Voice, web-ized! Restaurant menus, analyzed! Ski slopes, virtualized! “Ist” sites, app(et)ized! Ebook apps, plagiarized! And more… https://gizmodo.com/your-old-iphone-apps-will-have-a-home-on-the-ipad-but-5458306 If you’d like to view this gallery as a single page, click here. https://gizmodo.com/this-weeks-best-iphone-apps-5459997 Fring: It’s the oldest VoIP app…

Tech News John Herrman

Google CEO Eric Schmidt Is Not Impressed With Your iPad

Google’s CEO rarely comments publicly on the competition. When asked directly today about the iPad, though, he couldn’t resist a minor jab in Apple’s direction. Schmidt was fielding questions from reporters at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland when he made is opinion—such as it is—of tablets known. Of course, Google also has a…

Tech News Brian Barrett

The iPad’s Interface and Gestures: What’s Actually New (Video)

The iPad is a gargantuan iPhone, perhaps more precisely than many hoped. But, if you look closely, you can see hints of what’s truly coming next. There are a few new scraps of gestures and interface bits, all thanks to the larger screen, which you can see sprinkled throughout the keynote video: • True multi-finger…

Tech News Matt Buchanan

Remainders – The Things We Didn’t Post: Three Funny iPad Videos and One Really Funny Polar Bear Video Edition

In today’s Remainders: Laughs! Technology bloggers have already chewed up and spit out the iPad over the last two frenzied days, and now the humor websites are having their say. But the real revelation here, folks, is the polar bear. Meta After days of deliberation, the college graduates at College Humor have decided on their…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert

More Apps, More Problems: How the iPad Will Change the App Store

It doesn’t really matter what you think of the iPad itself, because love it or loathe it, it will irreversibly change the landscape of the App Store. Here’s how. https://gizmodo.com/apple-ipad-first-hands-on-5457757 Apple Will Finally Have to Fix Fragmentation Fragmentation in the App Store is a problem already. Even across devices with the same screen size, same…

Tech News John Herrman

The Tablets of Our Dreams Merge With Reality

These were the tablets of our dreams. The devices we thought we’d use one day. But what do we get in reality? The iPad. The showmanship level definitely isn’t as high (Tom Cruise wasn’t available), but the usability is proven.

Tech News Jason Chen

iPad Aftershocks: Apple’s “Netbook” Is Screwing Netbook Makers

The iPad is Apple’s netbook. It’s small, built for the web, and cheap. Which is a problem for the people who make actual netbooks, since they wanted to undercut Apple. And it’s hard to get cheaper than glorified smartphone guts. Originally, according to Digitimes, Asus and MSI wanted to undercut whatever the iPad would cost…

Tech News Matt Buchanan

I Made a Coitus Reference to FoxNews.com, and They Quoted Me

FoxNew.com tech editor Jeremy Kaplan asked me if I think Apple’s lost its mojo. I responded using a metaphor pertaining to intercourse, particularly that moment after the fact, and he went with it. Hey, it was a good metaphor! [FoxNews.com]

Tech News Wilson Rothman

Which iPad 3G Data Plan Should You Buy?

When Apple’s iPad 3G ships in April, U.S. wireless partner AT&T will offer two data plans for the gadget, with different costs and monthly download allotments. Specifically, AT&T will offer a $14.99 monthly plan that allows for 250 MB of data consumed, and a $29.99 monthly plan that allows for unlimited Internet consumption. Which should…

Tech News The Business Insider

The Faulty iMac Saga, Chapter 3: We Have Your Internal Memo, Apple

While Apple released the iPad this week, we scored their internal work order admitting the iMac’s yellow screen problem, and one of our readers may have figured out how to fix it. Can You Safely Buy a New iMac Yet? Nope. Why? In the last week, ten readers have reported receiving yellow screened iMacs—the majority…

Tech News Mark Wilson

Nokia/Apple Lawsuit Turns Ugly With Nokia Sniping At Apple’s “Largest Mobile Devices Company” Claim

Any chance the UN has a spare helicopter on a day Stephen Fry is free? Someone needs to fly him into this Nokia/Apple WARZONE and provide both sides with a box of tissues, cup of tea and a comforting hug. https://gizmodo.com/apple-countersues-nokia-5424231 Still, I can definitely see why Nokia’s got their panties in a twist after…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

A Message About the Apple iPad, From the iPhone

Our friend the iPhone is back, and he’s got some opinions about the iPad and the various complains people have about it. Look out, kids! He’s got a pretty foul mouth. https://gizmodo.com/a-thanksgiving-message-from-the-iphone-5413462

Tech News Adam Frucci

Steve Jobs Gets Candid on iPad, Kindle, and Love Battery Life

Click to viewWalt Mossberg was able to get a moment with Steve Jobs immediately after Wednesday’s iPad event, and scored some great unscripted commentary from the Apple honcho on the iPad and its competition. The interview portion starts at 1:55. Most impressive to me is how dismissive jobs is of the only clear advantages Kindle…

Tech News Brian Barrett

Slate Showdown: iPad vs. HP Slate vs. JooJoo vs. Android Tablets & More (UPDATED)

Everybody’s talking about tablets, especially those single-pane capacitive touchscreen ones more specifically known as “slates.” The iPad is the biggest newsmaker, but there are lots headed our way (most with built-in webcams). Here’s how they measure up, spec-wise: Updated: We’ve added Lenovo IdeaPad U1 and Archos 9 Windows 7 edition—see below for more details. Click…

Tech News Dan Nosowitz

Wall Of iPads Could Be Used In Libraries To Display iBooks, Just Like This Concept Rendering

If only Apple had recreated its app wall from WWDC last year, but with iPads! The 300 iPads used in this concept wall from Austraian architects would cost $149,700 if it was real. Apple could’ve afforded it, I’m sure. https://gizmodo.com/apples-wwdc-iphone-app-wall-gets-the-full-photosynth-tr-5287196 ClarkeHopkinsClarke, the Aussie architects who mocked up the above concept wall, believe it’d be the…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Nintendo President States the Obvious, Forgets About The DSi LL

Nintendo’s often-outspoken President, Satoru Iwata, speaking about the iPad. [Yahoo News]

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Gizmodo’s Post-iPad Punchdrunk Party

The best thing about Apple events isn’t whatever they’ve announced. It’s the after-party, which is kinda like a Christmas-party-slash-reunion, but without the crushing holiday depression and teeth-gnashing. Everybody’s actually happy. And it’s great to see all of our friends. It was the perfect kind of post-explosion gathering: Low key, but vibrant. Of course, everybody was…

Tech News Matt Buchanan

iPhone OS 3.2 Supports Video Calls, File Downloads, and Pseudo-Multitasking?

Careful, Old People in Japan May Pee on Your iPad

Adobe Busts Out Porn in iPad Flash Crusade (UPDATED)

This Week’s Best iPhone Apps

Google CEO Eric Schmidt Is Not Impressed With Your iPad

The iPad’s Interface and Gestures: What’s Actually New (Video)

Remainders – The Things We Didn’t Post: Three Funny iPad Videos and One Really Funny Polar Bear Video Edition

More Apps, More Problems: How the iPad Will Change the App Store

The Tablets of Our Dreams Merge With Reality

iPad Aftershocks: Apple’s “Netbook” Is Screwing Netbook Makers

I Made a Coitus Reference to FoxNews.com, and They Quoted Me

Which iPad 3G Data Plan Should You Buy?

The Faulty iMac Saga, Chapter 3: We Have Your Internal Memo, Apple

Nokia/Apple Lawsuit Turns Ugly With Nokia Sniping At Apple’s “Largest Mobile Devices Company” Claim

A Message About the Apple iPad, From the iPhone

Steve Jobs Gets Candid on iPad, Kindle, and Love Battery Life

Slate Showdown: iPad vs. HP Slate vs. JooJoo vs. Android Tablets & More (UPDATED)

Wall Of iPads Could Be Used In Libraries To Display iBooks, Just Like This Concept Rendering

Nintendo President States the Obvious, Forgets About The DSi LL

Gizmodo’s Post-iPad Punchdrunk Party

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Apple’s Siri Isn’t Just Going to Use One Chatbot. It’s Going to Use All of Them

Why ‘For All Mankind’ Season 5 Is the Key to the Rest of the Series

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INIU Brings Another Power Bank to the Spring Sale as SnapGo Keychain Portable Charger Drops to Its Lowest Price

Attorney Hit With Historic Fine for Citing AI-Generated Cases

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Sonos Era 100 SL Review: The Cheapest Way Into Wired Sonos Sound

Asus ROG’s Massive Swift OLED Gaming Monitor Epitomizes Excess in the Best Way

The Ikea Varmblixt Smart Lamp Fills a Donut Hole in My Life

Nothing Headphone A vs. Headphone 1: Which Pair of ANC Wireless Headphones Wins?

Asus ROG’s Cetra Open Wireless Gaming Earbuds Might Be Better Than Wearing a Headset

Nintendo’s Talking Flower Is Annoying as Hell. I Love It

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