iPad

The usual hidden caption for this one reads Maybe we’re all gonna die, but we’re gonna die in really cool ways.

An odd bit of sanity.

No Flash. Less usability than a netbook. Lame.

Ah, the utter meaninglessness of statistics. Still, the chart is interesting enough to keep around to compare with actual sales later on

As good a guess as anyone else’s.

Surprisingly strong US demand, which is excellent – and it’s hard not to find someone running this story, which is great Marketing.

Again, data tariffs. It’s 2004 back in the States.

Interesting, and probably fun to fool around with.

Makes perfect sense–people get that the iPad is a complement, and people who would buy an iPod Touch as a sort of PDA but who want a bigger screen will go for the iPad instead.

It’s gonna be tough getting one.

64kbps? Seriously?

More non-mentions of Portugal.

No new facts.

Oh well…

Lovely.

Weird, but interesting.

A more in-depth but equally sane view.

A very good and comprehensive intro to how the iBooks app uses EPUB – the metadata injection is nasty, but I expect that stuff like Calibre will be able to deal with this on the fly – or else I’ll just code a simple filter.

Interesting, in the sense that there might be a few bad surprises in store for whom, like me, is used to charge every single gadget from any random USB port.

On other news, the weather could, too.

That’s a lot of padding on Apple’s regular cash flow.

Let’s see the tally when the dust settles.

Gruber’s usual mix of I told you so and insightful commentary.

A decent point-per-point comparison with the Kindle.

Some people’s fixation with multitasking never ceases to amaze me.

Interesting, but hardly ground-breaking.

I found this piece somewhat funny because of the way several things along the way (such as the SIM having a data-only MSISDN) were pointed out as novelties–it’s as if people don’t actually use mobile broadband in the US (contrast that with the current traffic plans we have starting at Eur 15…)

A nice infographic that deserves to be stored locally:

Interesting, since some don’t seem to be in line with ‘standard’ mobile broadband tariffs.

Another vote for the idiocy of hawking pseudo-features that have no practical use in context.

for UI mock-up design using OmniGraffle

The ironic bit is that if any of the competitors actually read this and get it, then the iPad will still have won.

Michael Mace has an intriguing view.

I still can’t believe Walt missed tabs

Pretty straightforward stuff.

Surprisingly strong US demand, which is excellent – and it’s hard not to find someone running this story, which is great Marketing.

Seems reasonable, considering the overall delays.

It’s gonna be tough getting one.

I’m extremely skeptical the effect actually exists, but the charts are interesting enough to keep a local copy around.

More non-mentions of Portugal.

Gotta love meaningless statistics.

Of course people were expecting a camera–I’d bet most people who respond to an online survey would be aware of the rumors and had that expectation.

It’s fun to see the spread in predictions.

Claim chowder, a la Gruber.

A bit more on this.

Oh boy.

A little freelance profiling. No matter what the guys’ opinions are, this isn’t really journalism.

In practice, not much, because most people wouldn’t bother.

Guesstimates are the new news.

Still a way to go before it gets here…

The official word.

Apple PR.

Ah well…

Cory Doctorow’s peculiar brand of myopia

Links to the PR

The title should read ATT’s Security Breach, given that it seems like it is their provisioning system that is at fault here

Saying they weren’t contacted

A bit more detail.

Newsmongering, taken to a new level.

Utter balderdash, since there is no way iSupply can justify that $219.35 figure without the device being on the market.

Very, very useful way to change web UI according to orientation.

A grab-bag of mixed opinions.

Pretty much the kind of review you’d expect.

The amount of time and effort people spend doing this kind of thing is staggering.

Surprisingly strong US demand, which is excellent – and it’s hard not to find someone running this story, which is great Marketing.

I suppose this will mean a bit of timescale compression…

Good news. Better expect a torrent of re-reviews by the end of the month…

Bad title, good link inside with detailed info.

one cool million.

Cutting edge technology.

Whoa.

Not bad.

And then there were two.

No new facts here

An impressive hack.

Interesting, but not for long. 4.0 is around the corner.

Not that this solves anything whatsoever, mind you.

Amazing.

Effing impressive.

The Guardian weighs in.

This is just surreal.

Wow, look, there are other bits inside.

Surprisingly compact insides, all things considered. And a mammoth battery.

Easy as pie.

Includes screenshots that point to an APN settings menu.

An in-depth look at doing HTTP video streaming leveraging segmentation and byte offset requests.

Cutting edge technology.

Very comprehensive.

MacWorld weighs in.

So putting it to sleep helps, which is nice to know.

Interesting.

And he does it twice, just for kicks

The contrarian view – rather sad, really.

No real news here.

Interesting. I have no idea how IMSIs can be derived on most operators, but still, it wouldn’t be as simple as spoofing that.

Stephen Fry writes down his take on the launch event.

Andy’s view – apparently he isn’t aware of the new shared app data feature in the SDK, but he does have a point: if you can’t handle mail attachments in iWork apps, you can’t really interact with other people work-wise.

Stephen Fry on TIME.

How quaintly interesting.

The gallery is interesting, and the case doesn’t look half bad for typing on the go.

Oh, for crying out loud…

That settles it.

Almost comparable to broadband pricing over here.

It’s too big for your pocket – oh really?

Oddly enough, this was an application-centric test, not a platform test. And many of the apps don’t follow the common tenets of Apple UI design, but they did make the full report public.

Paul Thurrott, damning it with faint praise (an art I previously thought exclusive to the British).

Still no sign of a front-facing camera, though – I’d have loved to have that.

Loads of fun in the comments.

The mainstream news catches up.

Uh-oh.

PR

In which we learn it’s much the same