Eccentric but effective Steve Jobs pitches iPad to NYT execs
Prince McLean, AppleInsider
Apple booked a quiet dinner reception for fifty executives at the New York Times, but the VIP guest ended up being Steve Jobs.
Eccentric but effective Steve Jobs pitches iPad to NYT execs
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February 4, 2010 12 Comments
Ten Myths of Apple’s iPad: 5. It’s just a Tablet PC or Kindle
Daniel Eran Dilger
Here’s segment five in my series taking on iPad myths: no the iPad isn’t just a Microsoft Tablet PC or Amazon Kindle copycat.
Ten Myth of Apple’s iPad: 1. It’s just a big iPod touch
Ten Myth of Apple’s iPad: 2. iPad needs Adobe Flash
Ten Myths of Apple’s iPad: 3. It’s ad-evil
Ten Myths of Apple’s iPad: 4. It was over-hyped and under-delivered
Ten Myths of Apple’s iPad: 5. It’s just a Tablet PC or Kindle
Ten Myths of Apple’s iPad: 6. It needs HDMI for HD video output
Ten Myths of Apple’s iPad: 7. It needs cameras
Ten Myths of Apple’s iPad: 8. It’s a curse for mobile developers
Ten Myths of Apple’s iPad: 9. It can’t multitask
Ten Myths of Apple’s iPad: 10. It needs Mac OS X
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February 4, 2010 59 Comments
Ten Myths of Apple’s iPad: 4. It was over-hyped and under-delivered
Daniel Eran Dilger
Here’s segment four in my series taking on iPad myths: no the iPad wasn’t over-hyped and then under-delivered.
Ten Myth of Apple’s iPad: 1. It’s just a big iPod touch
Ten Myth of Apple’s iPad: 2. iPad needs Adobe Flash
Ten Myths of Apple’s iPad: 3. It’s ad-evil
Ten Myths of Apple’s iPad: 4. It was over-hyped and under-delivered
Ten Myths of Apple’s iPad: 5. It’s just a Tablet PC or Kindle
Ten Myths of Apple’s iPad: 6. It needs HDMI for HD video output
Ten Myths of Apple’s iPad: 7. It needs cameras
Ten Myths of Apple’s iPad: 8. It’s a curse for mobile developers
Ten Myths of Apple’s iPad: 9. It can’t multitask
Ten Myths of Apple’s iPad: 10. It needs Mac OS X
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February 3, 2010 65 Comments
Ten Myths of Apple’s iPad: 3. It’s ad-evil
Daniel Eran Dilger
Here’s segment three in my series taking on iPad myths: no the iPad isn’t an “insidious plan” to hurt content producers who use ad networks to monetize their mobile apps and web sites.
Ten Myth of Apple’s iPad: 1. It’s just a big iPod touch
Ten Myth of Apple’s iPad: 2. iPad needs Adobe Flash
Ten Myths of Apple’s iPad: 3. It’s ad-evil
Ten Myths of Apple’s iPad: 4. It was over-hyped and under-delivered
Ten Myths of Apple’s iPad: 5. It’s just a Tablet PC or Kindle
Ten Myths of Apple’s iPad: 6. It needs HDMI for HD video output
Ten Myths of Apple’s iPad: 7. It needs cameras
Ten Myths of Apple’s iPad: 8. It’s a curse for mobile developers
Ten Myths of Apple’s iPad: 9. It can’t multitask
Ten Myths of Apple’s iPad: 10. It needs Mac OS X
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February 1, 2010 41 Comments
Ten Myth of Apple’s iPad: 2. iPad needs Adobe Flash
Daniel Eran Dilger
Here’s segment two in my series taking on iPad myths: no the iPad doesn’t need to supply Adobe’s Flash runtime.
Also read the article: AppleInsider | Inside Apple’s iPad: Adobe Flash
Ten Myth of Apple’s iPad: 1. It’s just a big iPod touch
Ten Myth of Apple’s iPad: 2. iPad needs Adobe Flash
Ten Myths of Apple’s iPad: 3. It’s ad-evil
Ten Myths of Apple’s iPad: 4. It was over-hyped and under-delivered
Ten Myths of Apple’s iPad: 5. It’s just a Tablet PC or Kindle
Ten Myths of Apple’s iPad: 6. It needs HDMI for HD video output
Ten Myths of Apple’s iPad: 7. It needs cameras
Ten Myths of Apple’s iPad: 8. It’s a curse for mobile developers
Ten Myths of Apple’s iPad: 9. It can’t multitask
Ten Myths of Apple’s iPad: 10. It needs Mac OS X
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February 1, 2010 90 Comments
Ten Myth of Apple’s iPad: 1. It’s just a big iPod touch
Daniel Eran Dilger
Apple’s unveiling of the iPad was guaranteed to do two things: temporarily tank the company’s stock price (just because) and, of course, generate a torrent of feigned outrage and righteous contempt from the usual suspects who always jump all over anything the company produces. As reader Jose Cerritelli points out, an Upton Sinclair quote is appropriate: “It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends upon his not understanding it.”
Here’s the first segment in my series taking on iPad myths: no the iPad isn’t just a big iPod touch.
Ten Myth of Apple’s iPad: 1. It’s just a big iPod touch
Ten Myth of Apple’s iPad: 2. iPad needs Adobe Flash
Ten Myths of Apple’s iPad: 3. It’s ad-evil
Ten Myths of Apple’s iPad: 4. It was over-hyped and under-delivered
Ten Myths of Apple’s iPad: 5. It’s just a Tablet PC or Kindle
Ten Myths of Apple’s iPad: 6. It needs HDMI for HD video output
Ten Myths of Apple’s iPad: 7. It needs cameras
Ten Myths of Apple’s iPad: 8. It’s a curse for mobile developers
Ten Myths of Apple’s iPad: 9. It can’t multitask
Ten Myths of Apple’s iPad: 10. It needs Mac OS X
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January 31, 2010 120 Comments
Apple reinventing file access, wireless sharing for iPad
Prince McLean, AppleInsider
Apple is dramatically rethinking how applications organize their documents on iPad, leaving behind the jumbled file system and making file access between the iPad and desktop computers seamless.
January 29, 2010 26 Comments
Apple to target iPad at business users with added features

Prince McLean, AppleInsider
Apple’s new iPad isn’t just a new product for consumers; the company is targeting the new device at business users with features designed to make it attractive to the enterprise market, AppleInsider has learned.
Apple to target iPad at business users with added features – sources
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January 29, 2010 19 Comments
Join Roughly Drafted on Facebook

Daniel Eran Dilger
You probably know I have a Facebook page, but now I’ve set up a Roughly Drafted page on Facebook you can join.
January 29, 2010 2 Comments
Hands on with Apple’s iPad (with videos and photos)

Daniel Eran Dilger, AppleInsider
The big question before today’s Apple event was how the company would deliver a tablet-sized product that any significant number of people might want to buy. On stage, Steve Jobs provided a lot of answers, but the most powerful answer required holding the new device in your hands.
January 27, 2010 79 Comments
Daniel Eran Dilger’s iPad Apple Event Photos

Daniel Eran Dilger
Despite being aggressively manhandled by a Fox affiliate cameraman who stomped on my foot and shoved his tripod into my broken shoulder in an ineffectual attempt to register ahead of me (he was already registered by his colleague, and I was trying to tell him that — we weren’t even in the entry line), I managed to survive the piranha tank of rabid enthusiasm over Apple’s new iPad without additional injury.
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January 27, 2010 13 Comments
Apple targets Google’s mobile ads market with Quattro acquisition
Prince McLean, AppleInsider
Apple has signaled a clear intent to muscle its way into the mobile ad market using its recent acquisition of Quattro, a direct challenge to Google’s Android-related ventures.
Apple targets Google’s mobile ads market with Quattro acquisition
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January 26, 2010 5 Comments
Pulling the pin
Daniel Eran Dilger
Finally got the pin pulled out of my hand following my motorcycle accident. It hurt for a bit, no pain killers used, and yes, that is a real doctor using a pair of pliers from Ace Hardware. It was like having a baby out of my hand. More pics on my Facebook.
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January 26, 2010 14 Comments
Steve Jobs: Apple tablet “the most important thing I’ve ever done”
Prince McLean, AppleInsider
Adding fuel to the already blazing bonfire of excited anticipation surrounding the tablet-sized product Apple is expected to announce on Wednesday, CEO Steve Jobs has being quoted as saying, “This will be the most important thing I’ve ever done.”
Steve Jobs: Apple tablet “the most importing thing I’ve ever done”
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January 26, 2010 8 Comments
Apple defends AT&T, downplays talk of multi-carrier inevitability
Prince McLean, AppleInsider
Despite a howl of complaints and even lawsuits filed by some disgruntled iPhone users, Apple reiterated that it supports AT&T as a great mobile partner, despite rumored moves to expand its iPhone partnerships in the U.S.
Apple defends AT&T, downplays talk of multi-carrier inevitability
January 26, 2010 3 Comments
