Apple iPad, Applications and Accessories

AT&T said on its earnings call Thursday that it activated 400000 to 500000 3G iPads during Q2.

When you’re a professional gadget blogger, you see a lot of oddities. None of them, though, makes me weep for the future of the human race more than the keyboard case, a sleeve designed to protect possibly the hardiest piece of computer hardware you own. These two cases, from WaterField Designs, happen to be for the ridiculously resilient, tough and lightweight aluminum bluetooth keyboard from Apple, but their absolute wrongness would apply to any keyboard.

Flipboard is a new, free application for the iPad which has one basic function: to take your social networking tools (read: Facebook and Twitter) and turn them into social “magazines.” As you can see from the screenshots — which are all culled from my Twitter stream — the application is very attractive. Read on for my full impressions. Continue reading Flipboard for iPad app review Flipboard for iPad app review originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 22 Jul 2010 13:35:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink

Disgusted with Apple’s refusal to bestow honest-to-goodness backgrounding to the iPad , even though the (presumably) weaker iPhone 4 has been doing it for weeks ? You aren’t alone. Syte Shirt, a new startup with a vision to change the world in a way you’ve never even dreamed of, has just announced its first product: the iPad-toting shirt that you’re undoubtedly gawking at above

Yesterday we heard of a new iPad stand from Twelve South, and our initial reaction was a yawn — everybody and their brother has come out with an iPad stand, and most of them are clunky, ugly, or weigh as much as the iPad . …

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If you thought then Droid X was big, check out the Olivepad from India’s Olive Telecom. The 7-inch tablet, halfway in size between a smartphone and an iPad, will actually make phone calls (although we’d suggest a headset of some kind unless you want to attract amused stares). The Android 2.1 tablet actually looks pretty sweet, with 3.5G HSUPA, GPS, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi and even a TV-tuner. It trumps the iPad in two areas: a 3 megapixel camera and a USB port (mini). Memory is limited, with just half a gig of RAM (expandable via SD-card) and the screen resolution is an acceptable-for-the-size 800 x 480 pixels.

Been wondering why Verizon would seek to curb its unlimited data plans with bogus restrictions ? Wonder no more. Jennifer Byrne, a business development executive director at Big Red, has shared with us the shocking stat that early data usage from Droid X owners is five times what other smartphones are suckling down. Clearly, the jumbo screen is being used to the fullest by those lucky enough to get an X when they wanted one, and Verizon is (outwardly, at least) really, really excited to see such keen use of its network. Enjoy it while it lasts , Droidsters! Droid X users gobbling up 5x the data of other Verizon smartphones originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 22 Jul 2010 07:52:00 EDT

MissyMac ABC for iPad, an iPhone/iPad ApplicationiPad Weekly (blog) (press release)A fun educational app for children ages 4+ to both learn the alphabet and an aid to writing the letters of the alphabet in both upper and lower case. …

Flipboard for iPad: Part revolution, part ridiculous On a platform filled with ways to consume media, Flipboard’s iPad app fills the niche of making Twitter.