What do I mean by mad? Mad in the sense of crazy over the iPad. iPad fever has now hit areas outside the USA. According to the Associated Press (AP) and Investors Business Daily (IBD), Apple started selling the iPad in Europe and Asia last Friday (5/28/2010). IBD reported long lines in London, Paris, Frankfurt [...]
Israel Lifts iPad Ban According to the Associated Press, Israel has lifted the ban on importing iPads into the country. Earlier, it was reported that they banned the iPads because of network capacity issues. These issues have been resolved. Ten iPads were reported confiscated. The owners of these 10 iPads can now retrieve them. For [...]
iPad Basics and Usage I’ve been using the iPad now for about three weeks since its been released. I thought I’d give you an idea of what it’s like to use on an everyday basis. As you may know the iPad, out-of-the-box, comes with some apps including Safari, mail, photos, iPod and calendar. If you [...]
iPads Barred According to Investors Business Daily newspaper, (16 April 2010, p. A2) Israel bars import of Apple iPads. Custom officials there have cited that the iPad consumes too much wi-fi capacity and may adversely affect other devices. The officials have already confiscated 10 iPads in the process. Tourists, in addition, are not allowed to [...]
Tablet Unless you’ve been locked in a room somewhere for a month, you couldn’t help hearing about Apple’s new iPad being released on April 3, 2010. Apple started taking pre-orders on March 12 while the product is getting prepared for distribution. Did I order one? No. Because I ordered TWO! Two? One for me, one [...]