Archive for December, 2009

Will Apple iTablet support USB 3.0?

USB 3.0 has been highly anticipated — and now, it’s finally here. Sort of.

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iTablet and In-App Sales: The Kindle-Killer Combo to Save Publishing?

Apple on Thursday made a subtle-yet-major revision to its App Store policy, enabling extra content to be sold through free iPhone apps. It’s a move that immediately impacts the publishing industry, and it could pay even bigger dividends if the Cupertino, California, company indeed delivers its highly anticipated touchscreen tablet.

While the most obvious beneficiaries would be app developers, a market segment that can also benefit from the new in-app commerce model are people and companies that create content and need to set up shop in a way that doesn’t, in effect, charge someone for just walking in — like media publishers.

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Apple iTablet is officially out! (updated)

If I’m a student and getting ready to purchase a laptop to bring to school, I’d really consider and think hard and long over the Apple iTablet. It’s preferably 8-inch to 10-inch and would easily kill Kindle, the ultimate eBook reader. Over the success of iPhone, it’s not hard to imagine that the Apple iTablet would be leading in terms of movies and music playback, right?

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