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John Boudreau / Mercury News:
An estimated 700,000 iPads bought on day one - plus a Steve Jobs sighting in Palo Alto — The iPad arrived in Silicon Valley Saturday with the usual Apple flourish: stores perfectly prepped for fired-up fans, some of whom waited in lines throughout the night to get their hands on the highly coveted tablet.
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Jim Dalrymple / The Loop:
Analyst: Apple sold 600-700 thousand iPads the first day — We don't know for sure exactly how many iPads Apple had available to sell on Saturday, but one analyst says the number beat his previous expectations. — Piper Jaffray Senior Research Analyst, Gene Munster, on Saturday …
Jason Kincaid / TechCrunch:
Live Dispatch From The iPad Line At SF's Flagship Apple Store
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Boy Genius Report:
References to new iPhones, new iPod touch and new iPad found! — While today marks the first day the Apple iPad went on sale, it also gives us a glimpse into the upcoming stuff from Cupertino. One of our connects has been digging around the iPad filesystem and found references to the following:
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Joshua Topolsky / Engadget:
Apple iPad review — The Apple iPad. The name is a killing word — more than a product — it's a statement, an idea, and potentially a prime mover in the world of consumer electronics. Before iPad it was called the Apple Tablet, the Slate, Canvas, and a handful of other guesses …
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Dan Frakes / Macworld:
The iPad's charging challenge explained — Anyone taking possession of a shiny new iPad this weekend may have noticed an odd message when connecting their gadget to some computers or USB chargers: the words Not charging in the iPad's menu bar. We experienced the same issue during our initial testing …
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Consumer Reports Electronics Blog:
Charging the iPad: Hit or miss — If you're used to charging your phone, music player, or device in the USB port of your computer, take note. So far, we've been unable to charge our iPads in any USB port on a non-Apple Computer. Apple Tech Support has told us that the iPad is designed …
Craig Hockenberry / furbo.org:
Benchmarking in your lap — It's been a little over 2½ years since I last looked at the performance of Apple's mobile devices. A lot has changed with the software and hardware since then, let's take a look at how the new iPad compares to the devices we're more familiar with. — Native performance
Kdawson / Slashdot:
Print-On-Demand Publisher VDM Infects Amazon — erich666 writes “In recent months a flood of so-called books have been appearing in Amazon's catalog. VDM Publishing's imprints Alphascript and Betascript Publishing have listed over 57,000 titles, adding at least 10,000 in the previous month alone.
Janko Roettgers / NewTeeVee:
The iPad is for Porn — Mainstream media companies aren't the only ones gearing up for the launch of the iPad this Saturday. iPad users will also soon have access to plenty of porn optimized for Apple's touch-screen device, thanks to a number of studios working feverishly on converting …
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Digits:
Bill Gates Remembers Personal Computer Pioneer — Bill Gates, co-founder and chairman of Microsoft, on Friday sent the Wall Street Journal this remembrance of Henry Edward Roberts, who died Thursday at the age of 68. Gates, who argues that Roberts deserves to be called the father of the personal computer …
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Jason Chen / Gizmodo:
iPad App Review Marathon Live — We're going in and reviewing as many iPad apps as possible—LIVE—right now, and updating throughout the day. We'll start with the essential apps. If you have a specific app you want reviewed, let us know in the comments.
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Erick Schonfeld / TechCrunch:
Square Turns Your iPad Into A Cash Register — As a general-purpose tablet, the iPad can be many things to many people: an ebook reader, a wireless TV, a touchscreen videogame console. But to store owners and business people it can also be a cash register, with the right app, of course.
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Cliff Edwards / Business Week:
Netbook Sales Sag as the iPad Arrives — The sales growth of the mini-laptops has fallen sharply as buyers eye more capable portable computers — Apple's (AAPL) iPad is helping cool the computer industry's netbook fever. Apple Chief Executive Steve Jobs has made no secret of his disdain for the popular, inexpensive mini-notebooks.
Ad Age:
Media Brands on the IPad From Day One — Who's There at the Start, From ABC to YouTube — NEW YORK (AdAge.com) — Media companies have been racing to develop iPad applications, but only some will be ready from the start. And only some of those have built really new apps for the tablet …
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