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The Daily: A Newspaper App For The iPad, Meant To Be Modern

February 2

The Daily. An iPad-exclusive “newspaper” is due for launch at 12PM EST on the App Store, and is priced at 14 cents a day, or $1 per week, with the first 2 weeks priced at free. What you’ll be getting is 360 degree photos, heavy multimedia content, the promise of 100 pages of content being available everyday, professional voice-over audio for certain articles, and finally knowing that Rupert Murdoch is the founder of your news app. Also interesting is that due to the launch of the app, the Apple Store has the option for in-app subscriptions.

As a writer, personally I don’t find the The Daily something out-of-this world, but it may just be worth the free trial, and perhaps the title of your “modern newspaper,” if there is any worthy content that could otherwise be accessed through the iPad’s browser, without paying more for it. Via: The Daily

Verizon Wireless To Get A Full CDMA iPad As Well

January 11

CDMA? For iPad on Verizon? Yes, according to Verizon. No, according to Verizon, we can’t know the release date or many details, like if it will support 4G LTE or just 3G. Yes, we all say, we’ll wait for more details from Verizon when the time approaches.

Not much else I can tell you in this report. Via: Bloomberg

Google Docs now works as full desktop version on the iPad

December 11

Not too long ago Android 2.2 users and iOS 3.0+ got access to an official mobile editor for Google Docs. Now the desktop version is completely usable and supported for the iPad (only the iPad, it seems). Google does mention that mobile browsers still aren’t as powerful as desktop variants — say Chrome — so if there’s lag, you may want to switch to the new mobile editor. It’s good news for a slow weekend, supposedly. Via: Google Docs Blog

iPad 2 Will Contain Front, Back-Facing Cameras As “Confirmed” By Report

December 10

With the end of the year (and Christmas) nigh, it’s time for a new iPad 2 report — courtesy of Reuters. Citing many sources, Reuters has come to believe that the upcoming iPad 2 will contain both front-facing and back-facing cameras that work with FaceTime, a higher resolution display to stay in play with the iPhone 4 Retina display, and lastly a manufactururing date of early next year, for a release between March and April.

It’s pretty much what everyone expects from Apple; renewing the feature-set of a product every year when it was supposed to have said features in the first year, along with any other surprises that Steve Jobs wants to throw under. Time to start saving for the pre-orders I suppose. Via: Reuters

Apple Puts The iPad In The Game By Upgrading It To iOS 4.2

November 22

Apple has taken the iPad, turned it into a an extremely successful device, but left out AirPlay (over-the-air content sharing), AirPrint (wireless printing), multitasking, GameCenter, and a ton of other essential features found in the iPhone and iPod Touch. Starting today, iOS 4.2 is available for download on all the aforementioned iOS devices. In the meantime, get your iTunes 10.1 client started, plug in your iPad, and get the update now. Via: Apple PR

RIM PlayBook vs. Apple iPad: Round 1 (video)

November 16

So, RIM takes a go at Apple by releasing a 3 minute video of the unfinished PlayBook against the iPad. It’s exactly as you expect: a fight. And it’s worth every second to look at, and includes web browsing trump cards that RIM is really pushing.

iPad With Verizon Now Available, And In AT&T Stores

October 28

Today is the day that the Verizon version of the iPad gets released. Keep in mind there’s no CDMA functionality here and that the iPad is just connecting to a Verizon MiFi dongle. Prices for snatching up one of the coolest gadgets of the year a s sales prove it are as follows: 16GB ($629), 32GB ($729), or 64GB ($820) iPads and 1GB ($20), 3GB ($35), or 5GB ($50) of data per month without any contracts involved.

On the flsipside, AT&T will also have a go at selling the WiFi + 3G version of the iPad today in 16GB ($629), 32GB ($729), and 64GB ($829) model with contract-free data plans of 250MB for $14.99, or 2GB of data at $25 per month with free access to AT&T’s 23,000+ domestic WiFi hotspots. Down below you can hit the right link that pleases your carrier sustainability if you so choose.

Via: AT&T, Verizon Wireless

iPad Officially Coming To Verizon On The 28th

October 14

This isn’t an iPhone 4 on Verizon. It’s iPad on Verizon, and it’s happening on the 28th of this month. The models sold will be the Wi-Fi only versions that come bundled with MiFi 2200 Intelligent Mobile Hotspot with pricing set in stone at $630, $730 and $830 for the 16GB, 32GB and 64GB variants, respectively. A 1GB plan is the only offered, and costs $20 without any contracts involved. PRess release is after the break.

As for a Verizon iPhone, now it seems completely plausible that it might happen. Via: Verizon Wireless