iPad Coverage Round-up — Everything You Need to Know About Apple’s New Tablet!

With the iPad, Apple introduced its fourth business, TiPb welcomed its newest, biggest sibling to the iPhone family, and we worked our apps off to cover it right. To make sure you didn’t miss anything in the deluges of news, views, and posts, here’s a handy reference to the story so far:

Big Picture TiPb Presents: iPhone Live! #85 — Enter the iPad! What Do You Think of the iPad? TiPb Wants Your Take on Apple’s Latest Creation Apple iPad Tablet — the Complete ..read more

iPhone AMOLED Screens to Bring Back Apple II-style Green on Black?

Marco Arment has a fun post up today about designing for AMOLED (active matrix light emitting diode) screens, currently used for Google’s Nexus One, and something many hope Apple adopts for the 4th generation iPhone and — even though cost and supply prohibitive — the upcoming iTablet/iSlate/iPad as well.

Most significantly with OLEDs, power consumption is greatly reduced when displaying black or very dim colors, so a dark layout option is even more beneficial than with LCDs.

Another consideration is that the ..read more

Updated: Flurry Analytics Show iTablet Running… iPhone 3.2?!

While TiPb’s been wondering just what happened to iPhone 3.2, app analytic company Flurry reports that it’s been undergoing testing since September… on the iTablet! Engadget sums up:

Flurry is saying that it’s detected around 50 devices on Apple’s Cupertino campus that have the “characteristics” of a tablet, running a new version of the iPhone OS numbered 3.2. How? Around 200 different apps with Flurry’s tracking code were downloaded and used on these mystery devices — mostly games, followed by entertainment ..read more

Crazy Rumor-de-Jour: AT&T iPhone Exclusivity to End this Wednesday, Verizon iPhone, iTablet “One More Thing”?

No one outside the contract signers at Apple and AT&T know for sure when US iPhone exclusivity ends, but HotHardware is stirring up a storm with the rumor that it ends this Wednesday, at Apple’s “Come see our latest creation” event:

According to an inside source close to the going-ons involved in all of this, a new tablet of some sort may not be the only thing on deck for next Wednesday though. We have been led to believe by an ..read more

TC: Steve Jobs says iTablet “Will be the Most Important Thing I’ve Ever Done”

Not much hear besides the title — Steve Jobs says the iTablet/iSlate/iPad “will be the most important thing I’ve ever done” — which TechCrunch says they haven’t heard first hand but have heard second and third hand from multiple sources. Wait… what?

Okay, let’s have fun and assume it’s true. This from the man who brought or helped bring the Apple II, Macintosh, iPod, iTunes, Apple Retail, Pixar, and the iPhone to market? If he’s really that excited about the ..read more

What TiPb Really Wants from the iTablet — No More Tech Support Calls from Mom

TiPb’s iTablet hopes and dreams are fairly simple — Apple, please make us a device we can give to our moms and never get another tech support call back from them in our lives.

Okay, maybe never is dreaming in AMOLED color, but we’d settle for seldom at this point. And we don’t mean to pick on mom — feel free to substitute or add dad, siblings, neighbors, and everyone else to the list.

Now, almost no one outside of Steve Jobs ..read more

Fox News: Apple in Talks With AT&T for iTablet, Verizon for iTablet and iPhone

Fox News is once again weighing in on the iTablet — and the iPhone — claiming sources within AT&T and Verizon are telling them negotiations to carry the device(s) are getting hot and heavy:

According to the story, there would be two versions of the iTablet/iSlate/iPad, one supporting AT&T’s fast GSM/HSPA network and the other supporting Verizon’s reliable CDMA/EVDO network. Both would likely have WiFi and access to associated WiFi hotspots. Verizon’s version might also be subject to tiered pricing.

Additionally:

According to ..read more

iTablet to Look like Bigger, Slimmer Original iPhone 2G, Use MacBook Battery?

AppleInsider is claiming “people familiar with the device” as saying Apple’s upcoming iTablet/iSlate/iPad will have a physical design reminiscent of the original iPhone 2G launched in 2007:

Nestled in an aluminum shell that leverages the Apple’s expertise in unibody construction but thinner proportionality than the original iPhone, the tablet reportedly sports all of the same buttons found on the handset, right down to its iconic home button — which, like the volume toggle, is missing from the rendering.

Similarly, the tablet ..read more

AT&T Preparing Network for “Unannounced” Devices — iTablet, 4th Gen iPhone?

Boy Genius‘ sources have been hearing that AT&T has been meeting with their regional executives to discuss network changes that will soon be taking place in order to handle the load of “unannounced” devices that will use “heavy data”.

iTablet and/or 4th generation iPhone perhaps?

“Heavy data” use has led AT&T to talk about tiered data pricing plans in the past. When these “unannounced” devices appear on their network, would you be surprised to see AT&T spring that on us as ..read more

WSJ: Apple iTablet to do for Newspapers, Magazine, Books, What iPod did for Music

When the Wall Street Journal cites sources and talks Apple, it’s usually part reporting, part expectation setting, and if this is the latter, than exactly what Steve Jobs plans the iTablet to do for print media — newspapers, magazines, and books — is no less than what he did for music on the iPod. Digital revolution much?

Focused on the home and the classroom Shared by multiple family members [Um, sorry sis, get yer own!] Apple has explored electronic textbooks Has virtual keyboard Working with ..read more

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