Apple iPad

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thanx for sharing

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is it just me.. who thinks camera for the ipad is useless ?? and the FM radio, phone...

things I like to see.. multi touch, flash and a (I know this is surprising) stylus...

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Analyst: iPad Costs Apple $270.50 to Manufacture

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According to Computerworld, Brian Marshall of BroadPoint AmTech estimates that the cost of goods inside a 16GB Wi-Fi-only iPad totals to $270.50. This would mean that Apple would make an estimated $208 on every 16GB iPad sold. Of course, the bill of materials does not include the R&D behind the iPad and other value-added services along the supply chain, but it does show that there will be money made at all levels.

Predictably, the most expensive component in the device is the 9.7-inch IPS panel, which costs an estimated $100. The rest of the components are considerably cheaper: 16GB of memory and the aluminum case cost about $25 each, while the Apple A4 chip was listed at $15.

Apple's profit margin on the iPad grows with the larger capacity models, with steeper premiums charged for the 32GB and 64GB models. Interestingly enough, Apple will charge an added $130 for the 3G-enabled versions of its iPad, but analysts guess that the added hardware will only jack up costs by $16.

http://www.tomshardware.com/news/apple- ... or=RSS-181

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Formula of iPad

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Gates's Pen vs. the Keyboard
After many trials and failures, Microsoft says it finally has tablet PC software that works. Here's the inside story
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While the team put the finishing touches on its software, Gates made the tablet his indispensable tool around the office. It took a while for him to trust the machine. During the first weeks that he had the Acer test version, he still brought pads of paper along to meetings for note-taking along with his tablet. At one meeting in July, Microsoft CEO Steven A. Ballmer chided him. "'That tablet must not be very good yet,'" Gates recalls Ballmer saying. When Gates defended his tablet, Ballmer challenged him to leave his paper behind next time. After a few last fixes were made to the software, Gates did just that. Now he's betting the rest of the business world will follow suit.

http://www.businessweek.com/technology/ ... 1_7927.htm

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HEY EVERYBODY QUICK DON'T BUY AN IPAD [Apple]

Well, well, well. According to a report in the Wall Street Journal today, Apple management is going to remain "nimble" in iPad pricing if sales start off slow. Hey, wait a minute—are you thinking what I'm thinking?

The scoop originates from a Credit Suisse analyst, who apparently met with Apple executives recently to discuss all things tablet. In addition to the execs pitching how the iPad wouldn't cannibalize Apple's other product lines, they outright stated that they'll adjust pricing if they have to:

"While it remains to be seen how much traction the iPad gets initially, management noted that it will remain nimble (pricing could change if the company is not attracting as many customers as anticipated)."

I don't know about you, but I don't exactly have $500 to $830 burning a hole in my pocket to spend on a first-gen device. So spread the word! And for goodness sake, stay strong and don't buy an iPad. Yet.

http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full ... uy-an-ipad

this is what I call.. win-win-journalism

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According to Steve Jobs, running Flash video on the iPad would cut its battery life from 10 hours to a measly 1.5. At least, that was his pitch to Wall Street Journal execs recently. But could it possibly be true?

Well, yes and no. Jobs is picking and choosing here between hypothetical versions of Flash. If the iPad version of Flash were to have hardware acceleration, which Flash 10.1 offered up for desktops (though not OS X), that wouldn't be remotely the case. If Flash on the iPad were to support hardware video decoding where available, it wouldn't require nearly as much CPU. You'd lose battery life, sure, the same way you lose battery life watching any type of video on any system, but nothing near as dramatic as 85%.

Of course, that hardware acceleration isn't currently possible on Macs, because Adobe doesn't have access to the appropriate APIs. So Jobs can easily on a imaginary version of Flash that doesn't have hardware acceleration and come up with an imaginary battery life impact.

Jobs's bigger fib might be his description of ditching Flash as "trivial." It's not. While HTML5 is good, it's not great—yet. And even when it becomes great, it'll take major sites years to make the switch—however long it takes for the majority of internet users to stop using outmoded browsers. And that won't be for a very long time. Certainly longer than the first few generations of the iPad.

So. Would Flash make the iPad's battery life only 1.5 hours? Maybe, maybe not. But the bigger question is: will we ever get the chance to find out for ourselves? [Gawker]

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