Apple Inc. sued companies it said are selling unauthorized electronic accessories such as chargers, speakers and cables for the iPod music player, iPhone and iPad tablet computer. “Many are of inferior quality and reliability, raising significant concerns over compatibility with and damage to Apple’s products,” Apple said in the complaint, citing a user comment that [...]
The iPhone 4 makes its debut in Canada on Friday, giving Canadians the ability to choose from three carriers and to buy the device unlocked directly from Apple. It won’t be cheap: the unlocked 16GB iPhone 4 will retail for $659 (CAD) or about $640 (USD), while the 32GB version will go for $779 (CAD) [...]
Apple was hit with a new lawsuit on July 23 that alleges the iPad overheats too quickly and stops working in sunlight and hot weather conditions. The case was filed in Federal Court in Oakland, California, and is seeking class action status, according to Bloomberg. The suit claims Apple’s iPad “overheats so quickly under common [...]
Amazon’s Kindle e-reader is a terrific device, but a lot of people, myself included, figured that once Apple’s iPad came out, the poor little Kindle would be toast. The first thing I did at the iPad introduction event was snap a few pictures of a shiny new iPad right next to my Kindle. They came [...]
Major publishers have slowly been rolling out their visions of how an analog magazine should look and work in a digital world full of iPads. Flipboard, on the other hand, is a new type of digital publication for the iPad that wants to meld your news and social worlds into a sort of personalized magazine. [...]
A few weeks ago I wrote about an innovative app that lets you power your electric guitar via the iPhone or the iPod Touch. Now the AmpliTube has gone big with a version optimized for the larger iPad. The app starts at free for limited use, or $19.99 for a full range of sounds (fuzz, [...]
LG Display’s CEO, Kwon Young-soo has indicated that while demand for its LCD TV screens is somewhat soft, it is having trouble with the smaller LEDs for the iPad. “Demand (from Apple) keeps growing and we can’t meet it all,” he said. “Apple may have to delay launches of the iPad for some countries due [...]
OtterBox just announced that their first iPhone 4 case is now available, which will offer a ton of protection against impact as well as ward off the vile Death Grip. The Defender Series case is comprised of three layers: a scratch- and water-resistant screen, a hard plastic case, and a rubber skin on the outside. [...]
Apple will sell 12.9 million iPads before the end of this year, according to the market watchers at iSuppli, upping their earlier estimate of 7.1 million “magical and revolutionary” devices. “The iPad is shaping up to be the ‘Tickle Me Elmo’ of the 2010 holiday season,” said iSuppli’s Rhoda Alexander in a statement, meaning that [...]
Apple has pulled its iPhone 4 bumper cases from its online store. The colorful rubber and molded plastic cases have been priced at zero on Apple’s site and now carry the note, “iPhone 4 Bumpers are currently unavailable for sale.” The bumper cases played a large role in Steve Jobs’s iPhone 4 press conference last [...]