Steve Jobs has penned an open letter explaining why Apple doesn’t allow Flash on iPhones and all that. The reason? Flash is the past, HTML5 is the future. The letter comes after an Adobe evangelist told Apple to “go screw” itself. [More]
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Israel Lifts Ban On iPads
By 4.26.10
Seems like only 11 days ago we were writing about how Israeli customs officers were confiscating iPads at airports. Well, apparently the country has had a change of heart and has decided to allow the oversized iPod Touches in. [More]
Best Buy Salesguy Won't Let You Buy An iPad Without $129 Warranty
By 4.25.10
Reader Ed says he tried to buy an iPad from Best Buy, only to be told that someone was on the phone buying all of them, and that he could only get one if he bought the “black tie protection
plan” for $129. Ed told them to get lost and instead reported them to Consumerist and Best Buy. [More]
Robber Steals Man's iPad & Part Of His Finger
By 4.20.10
A Colorado man has suffered permanent damage to his hand after a robber made off with the victim’s new iPad, and a good chunk of his pinky finger. [More]
Apple Bans Man From Ever Buying Another iPad
By 4.19.10
Apple has banned a blogger from buying any more iPads. Ever. Like, for the rest of his life, he is not allowed to buy a single one. He will die an old man, still clutching the same iPad, forbidden from ever upgrading. Porkay? [More]
Apple Gives Cartoonist's App Second Chance After Public Outcry
By 4.16.10
Four months after Apple said no to an iPhone app from Pulitzer-winning political cartoonist Mark Fiore, the computer company is feeling the blowback from negative publicity and has asked him to resubmit his application. [More]
iPads Not Allowed Into iSrael
By 4.15.10
Before you board that plane to Tel Aviv with your snazzy new iPad, you should know that your shiny tablet-y thing will be confiscated by Israeli customs officials because Israel officials have yet to give the device their stamp of approval. [More]
Rest Of World Needs To Wait An Extra Month For Their iPads
By 4.14.10
Fanboys and girls around the world will have to put up with their regular-size iPod Touches for a few extra weeks — Apple has announced that they’re delaying the non-U.S. release of the iPad for a month. [More]
Smaller iPad Coming Next Year?
By 4.10.10
If the 9-inch iPad is an enormous iPod touch, what does that make the rumored 7-inch version? An iPad mini? The iPad Portable? Or maybe just the product Apple should have made in the first place, since it will come at a lower price point and won’t require a special jacket just to carry it. [More]
Good Samaritan Emails Us From The Account You Left Logged In On A Best Buy Display iPad
By 4.9.10
Hey world: Don’t leave yourself logged in to a display product at Best Buy! One Consumerist reader found someone logged in to a display iPad at Best Buy and emailed them and us from the logged in account. [More]
iPhone 4.0 Software: Multitasking, Billions Of Ads, No Porn Store
By 4.8.10
Apple honcho Steve Jobs today unveiled the latest version of the company’s iPhone operating system software, which adds long-awaited multitasking functions, so that you can finally listen to Pandora and check email at the same time. The new OS will also include the iPad’s iBooks app and an email app that will let you manage multiple accounts from a single inbox. What’s missing? Java and Flash are still no-shows. And don’t expect a porn store anytime soon. “There’s a porn store for Android,” Jobs said in response to a question about opening the App Store to unsanctioned products.”You can download it, your kids can download it. That’s a place we don’t want to go, so we’re not going to.” [More]
iPad Is A Total Babe Magnet
By 4.8.10
The iPad has replaced the borrowed puppy as the lure of choice for bachelors on the make. Jim Colgan from The Takeaway took the latest Apple gadget out for some field testing and found himself besieged with admirers. Ok, really they were admiring the new tablet, but some of that adoration washed over on to its owner. To wit: “two women emerged from behind him and screamed and pointed. They all wanted a go.” Here is the recording of different reactions to the iPad on the streets of New York, recorded using an iPad: [More]
I Couldn't Access iTunes So My iPad Went Un-activated
By 4.7.10
Reid’s story of iPad frustration isn’t worthy of an Executive Email Carpet Bomb, but it’s pertinent for those who expect to rip the device out of the box and start iPadding. He says the device requires you to hook it up to iTunes for activation. Because Reid couldn’t get to a computer with iTunes, he had to wait longer to get rolling. This is the kind of user-unfriendliness that has landed Apple in the Worst Company in America Sweet 16. [More]
Look Out For iPad Scams
By 4.7.10
The BBB put out an alert warning consumers against falling for “test & keep” iPad scams that ask suckers to give them their email addresses and passwords. While anyone dumb enough to fall for such a ruse almost deserves to be victimized, the advice is worth a look, if only to chuckle at examples of the wild scams criminals concoct. [More]
The Good, Bad And Ugly Of iPad News Apps
By 4.6.10
Endgadget compares and contrasts some of the most visible newspaper and magazine iPad apps. The rundown: The New York Times sets the industry standard, the Wall Street Journal is slick but expensive, the Associated Press is clunky but free and USA Today is crash prone. [More]
VIDEO: Consumer Reports' First Thoughts On iPad
By 4.4.10
Like a few hundred thousand other people this weekend, our early adopting kin over at Consumer Reports got their hands on the iPad. And being the science-minded people that they are, they rushed right into the testing lab to begin running the device through its paces. [More]
How Should You Charge Your iPad? Even Apple Isn't Sure
By 4.3.10
In tests done earlier today, Consumer Reports learned that the iPad’s included USB cable won’t charge the device when it’s plugged into a Windows computer or some Mac peripherals. And Apple support personnel contacted by Consumer Reports confirmed that the only official way to charge the device is via AC outlets. Too bad this advice didn’t make it into the quick-start instructions included with each iPad. [More]
Should I Have Given Back The iPad UPS Delivered Early?
By 4.3.10
Frederick tells Consumerist that he had an interesting dilemma yesterday. Another member of his household ordered an iPad, which showed up yesterday due to an error on UPS’s part. He accepted the package, then gave it back when the driver returned 45 minutes later, explaining that the delivery was a mistake. Would you have given it back? [More]
