Gallery: the iPad pre-order process (updated)

March 12, 2010


The iPad went on sale that dawn at around 8:35am ET (at least by my clock) via Apple’s Web site. The site offered two options, a) have it shipped to you on April 3, or picking it up in a local Apple Store on April 3. Being an Apple freak, I did both.
Apple plus imposed a two iPad limit per lo…

Hoarding iPads? Here’s how to order four

March 12, 2010

The iPad went on sale that wee hours at around 8:35am ET via Apple’s Web site. The company limited pre-orders to two iPads, but whether you’re willing to drive a little you can really order four. Here’s how:
The iPad pre-order Web site offered two options, a) have it shipped to yo…

Fusion vs. Parallels Takedown: The movie

March 12, 2010


MacTech recently released a 7,500-word head-to-head comparison of Parallels Desktop for Mac and VMware Fusion, comprising more than 3,500 tests on both single- and multiprocessor desktop and mobile Macs with both 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Windows XP and Windows 7. What more could we want?
How a…

iPad pre-orders start at 5:30am PT, Friday

March 11, 2010

Last week Apple announced that it would begin taking pre-orders for the iPad on March 12, 2010 - tomorrow - but it didn’t specify precisely when on the 12th. The satan is, as they say, in the details and that is a huge detail to the cult of Mac. Myself included.
TUAW has confirmed with Apple t…

iPhone 4.0 to include background apps?

March 11, 2010

Sources tell AppleInsider that Apple has developed a “full-on solution” to multitasking on the iPhone OS and that the feature will be released as iPhone 4.0.
People with a proven track record in predicting Apple’s technological advances tell AppleInsider that the Cupertino-based …

iPhone users mourn AT&T’s loss of NFL

March 11, 2010

Verizon Wireless announced that it has signed a four-year exclusive contract with the National Football League.
The National Football League (NFL) has joined forces with Verizon Wireless, the owner and operator of the nation’s most dependable wireless network, to supply fans with the deepest NFL…

Apple’s iPhone developer agreement published (updated)

March 10, 2010

The EFF has posted one of Apple’s most secret and most confidential documents – its developer agreement that all devs must sign in order to access the company’s iPhone SDK.
The EFF found a creative way to legally get and publish the document. Noticing that NASA had an app, the EFF used…

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