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The iPad may soon be sold in China at an additional cost, the Financial Times reports. Taiwnese-owned company Proview is, in fact, threatening Apple to sue them over trademark infringement for the “iPad” name.
The company, not so popular but apparently strong on trademarks, almost a decade ago tried to sell a tablet computer called “I-Pad”.
We knew they were working on it, and here it is: proof of an iPad running iOS 4.2 beta 3, and MobileTerminal app installed on it. The iPad is, consequently, jailbroken.
Four months ago, in my review of The Early Edition for iPad:
The concept behind The Early Edition is simple and effective: it’s up to you to build your personal newspaper, which unlike every RSS application out there doesn’t just give you a list of the latest news on the Internet. It really resembles a real newspaper, with titles, subtitles, summaries, pages and the layout you’d expect from a paper edition. The app comes with a set of built-in sources (ranging from Politics and Business to Technology and Apple) but you can specify the websites you want to read by importing feeds from Google Reader, single sources and OPML files.
The app hasn’t changed much since then, but it’s going to be a lot better soon. The Glasshouse Apps developers have been working hard on making The Early Edition a reading app capable of staying up to the game stepped up by Flipboard and Pulse, even though The Early Edition came out first. There’s no doubt Flipboard changed the landscape of reading apps on the iPad, and users’ expectations as well. Read more
The latest study published by video search engine MeFeedia shows that 54% of H.264 video content served via Flash is now available in the open HTML5 standard as well. The company has analyzed content from publishers like Youtube, Vimeo, Hulu, MySpace and Ustream, and basing on the data they gathered it really seems like Steve Jobs’ bet on the open video format is starting to pay off.
We have seen the iPad being used in many different situations before. Hollywood loves it, bloggers are slowly finding their way out to work from the tablet, doctors are slowly switching from paper-based filing system to more appealing touch-based digital ones.
A few minutes ago Amazon launched a “top to bottom” rewrite of Amazon.com specifically geared towards iPad users and wrapped inside a native app called “Windowshop”. More than a simple optimized webapp for the tablet’s screen, Amazon touts Windowshop as a complete re-imagination of the original Amazon experience with new interface elements, friendly and fast navigation, rich media embeds and more visible categories.
The app features popular lists like “Featured”, “Bestsellers”, “Recommendations”, “New Releases”, “Most Wished For”, “Most Gifted”, and “Movers & Shakers”, all accessible from the “browse” button in the too left corner. You can add items to your wishlist or share them across Twitter and Facebook (email is supported as well), zoom on image to get a hi-res version of the product and leverage Amazon’s 1 click checkout to complete purchases.
The app is free and available here. Full changelog and screenshots below. Read more
Back in July there was a rumor floating around about Apple willing to launch a free engraving service for the iPad, but forced to delay it due to problems with demand and supply chain. Last night the free engraving option went live in the online Apple Store.
Two weeks ago we wrote about a nasty bug some users discovered in the Conde Nast iPad applications based on Adobe’s publishing technologies (oh byt the way, they just made the deal official) which, through a rather simple hack of preference files inside the app’s folder, allowed to download paid issues for free.
Back then, an Adobe spokesperson confirmed a new version of the Digital Content Viewer had been already shipped to developers and a fix would be released soon. Read more
PBS has launched a redesigned website with a new online player, a new iPad app, and they are targeting toward their grown-up viewers. It’s all part of a bigger plan to bring more local content to wider national audience.
Welcome to the new PBS.org. We’ve redesigned the site to provide users with a richer experience by highlighting content from local PBS stations, as well as the best of your favorite national programs. PBS.org now gives you easy access to videos, blog posts, articles and more from your community, and makes it easier to find TV schedule information and content specific to your stations. Visitors from more than 80 different communities across the country will be able to see links to locally produced content while browsing the site, with more areas coming soon.
