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The Apple Store iPad Experience Hands-On! (Video)

April 22

I’ll say it now and I can say it again. This is a first for LaptopMemo and me: hands-on video. While I’m sure I’ll get snickered at on Twitter by my tech journalist peers, at least I tried (and did a good job, if I do say so myself). Anyway, not everyone who produced their first hands-on videos were perfect either, were they? On to the point: future videos will be way better than this one, and there’s gonna be a lot of ‘em, so get ready! PS: My kid-voice voice will actually come out well next time, too.

In search of iPads we stumbled to an Apple Store. The scene would even make Steve Jobs shed tears, with people crying out “I love the iPad!”. While getting shuffled around and patiently waiting, I was able to have a go with a basic 16GB Wi-Fi iPad. I can tell you here and now I would buy one on the spot, except that they were sold out (talk about unexpected demand). But for your gadget-obsessed pleasure I’ve embedded the hands-on after the break for all of you, and of course there’s the awesome gallery below. As for thoughts on the iPad, I can very well say that I have very little against it. Heck, the only thing that wasn’t perfect was the virtual keyboard, which you wouldn’t give a moot about while playing awesome games or wasting time in Google Maps or YouTube (or LaptopMemo, which isn’t time wasted!).

iPad Apple Store Experience Hands-On

The iPad 3G launch day is April 30th, at 5PM

April 20

Wondering when the iPad will get AT&T 3G? Well, if you pre-ordered your iPad (like a smart man or woman) it’ll arrive at your doorstep on April 30th. If you lacked the intelligence (if you really did) to do so, you’ll have to jump into your geek pants, and head over to an Apple Store at 5PM to get the 3G iPad. As the saying goes: smart bird gets the worm. OK, I came up with that one.

Source: Apple

New Macbook Pro lines get spec’d up with Core i5 and Core i7, plus extras

April 13

Finally! Jumping the gun and going straight to the news: the Macbook Pro line has been refreshed featuring Core i5 and Core i5 processors. The basic Macbook Pro 13-inch comes with 4GB of RAM, 320GB, and a 2.4Ghz Core 2 Duo processor, but the 15-inch and 17-inch models are Core i5 and Core i7 for the record. Also, the higher-end models grab the Nvidia GeForce GT 330M graphics with Optimus switching, meaning that web browsing will be the lightest load of all time, and graphics speed will only be called in when you actually need it. While the 2.4Ghz and 2.66 Ghz Core 2 Duos with a claimed 10 hours of battery life in the 13-inch model definitely are to impress (hey, no Core i5 in the 13?), it’s the 15-inch and 17-inch ones that really count: Core i5 2.4GHz (520M), Core i5 2.53GHz (540M), and Core i7 2.66GHz (620M) processors come in the larger models, as well as the faster Nvidia 330M instead of the 13-inchers 320M. Also, Apple claims that you’ll get between 8 and 9 hours of battery life on these bad guys.

All models come with 4GB of sweet DDR3 RAM, 320GB hard drives and 500GB in higher-end ones, you have the stellar and tempting option of a 512GB SSD for $1,300. So to shoot it all down, the 15-incher gets the Core i7 and the 17-inch gets the Core i5. But let’s go to what this will all cost you, right? It’s $1,799 for the 15, $2,299 for the 17, and $1,199 for the 13. And Apple’s not done with you yet: a 1440 x 900 “glossy” display comes basic on the 15, a 1680 x 1050 glossy display goes for $100 more, and an anti-glare hi-res display for another $50 on top of that (making it $150 for a matte display). Everything’s up at the Apple Store with a shipping date of “24 hours” while the 13-inch model is delayed “2-4 days”. Awesome stuff, if you ask us. (Sans not having Core i5 in the 13, but still a great refresh).

Source: Apple

You can buy iPhones without contract at the Apple Store. But there’s a catch..

March 22

You read that right. A catch. Strangely this hasn’t been done for years now, but Apple will now let you walk out with 1 (one) iPhone out of the virtual Apple Store without an AT&T contract, per day. So what’s the catch?

You won’t be able to use it on any network besides AT&T. Oh Apple, how you amaze me at times, good and bad! And here’s the pricing scheme: 3G for 8GB at $499; 3GS 16GB for $599; 3GS for 32GB at $699.

Source: Apple Store

The Apple Store is down! I said the Apple Store is down!

March 12

It’s 8:10 AM here on the East Coast. I wonder if it’s just for this little gadget right here. Or maybe something more?

Apple Announces Aperture 3 With New Features

February 9

The Apple Store went down for a while. And when that happens, we expect either new iPods, iMacs, or maybe Core i5-powered Macbook Pros. What the Apple store really went down for was Aperture 3. New features in photographers have been waiting for are full 64-bit support for Snow Leopard, all the awesome features from iPhone ’09, brand new Brushes, organizational features like Faces and Places, and even Flickr and Facebook uploading as part of a new suite that brings over 200 new features. It’s not what we expected at all, but it’s something new. Aperture 3 costs $199 and Apple is also giving out a 30-day free trial. Now come on guys, we wanted those new Macbook Pros….

Explained: Apple’s iPad Is Officially Official! Starting at $499

January 27

Yes, it’s the Apple iPad. A tablet, which looks like a big iPod Touch. Are you surprised? It’s a “very thin” device at 0.5-inches, as according to Steve Jobs, runs iPhone OS, and you can now add desktop backgrounds to your homescreen. Multimedia is one of the main features of the iPad; watching movies, the full iTunes Store, access to YouTube, in HD, an awesome Email experience, improved Calendar, iPhoto, Maps, an e-reading app called iBooks, iWork for the iPad which has a new UI, and a giant on-screen QWERTY keyboard. The Apple iPad’s screen size is 9.7-inches, and has the same home button a la iPod Touch or iPhone. As for old iPhone apps, it can run them out-of-the box, because you can now make an app go fullscreen. Read on to see what makes the iPad awesome and its press release.

Apple Black Friday deals hit Australia (UPDATE: And US too!)

November 26

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We were in doubt of the “true” Apple Black Friday deals. But here’s something very promising from the Apple Australia Store, which shows that some Apple products have been marked down, but not by much. And as we all know, when a foreign Apple site posts something new, it comes the next day on Apple US. UPDATED: See I told you so! The deals are live on Apple’s US site now. Go figure. Here’s the Apple Store US.

[Engadget via Apple]