Apple chief executive Steve Jobs shared a secret with his audience at a technology conference outside Los Angeles yesterday: The idea for the iPad came before the iPhone.
Taiwan's AsusTek has unveiled a portable tablet computer that runs on Microsoft's Windows 7 operating system, joining a slew of manufacturers trying to tap demand for the sleek devices following Apple's launch of the iPad.
Apple said today that iPad sales have topped 2 million since its launch almost two months ago.
Technophiles mobbed Apple Stores in Europe and Asia during the weekend in a quest to snatch up the hottest gadget of the moment - the iPad.
As a new iPad owner, many of my iPad fantasies involved using the device for entertainment while travelling.
Australia is to get the iPad next month but there is no word on when it will reach Kiwi shores.
Apple has begun selling its much-anticipated iPad in the United States, drawing eager customers intent on being among the first owners of a tablet-style device that the company is hoping to convince more people they actually need.
US buyers have been snapping up the iPad so quickly that Apple is delaying the tablet computer's overseas debut a second time, the company said today.
The German maker of a new tablet PC is setting out to rival Apple's iPad with the promise of even more technology, such as a bigger screen, a webcam and USB ports.
At Monte Vista Christian School, in Santa Cruz, California, history textbooks could soon be a relic of the past.
For iPhone users who've been wondering whether their devices will support Flash technology for Web video and games anytime soon, the answer is finally here, straight from Steve Jobs: No.
Apple has reported out-of-this-world sales for its iPad, but complaints from some users and regulators threaten to bring the gadget and the company back down to earth.
Google Inc. plans to begin selling e-books this summer over a platform that would allow readers to load the books onto multiple electronic devices.
Gaming for Apple is an estimated half-a-billion-dollar industry, but the company behind the iPhone, iPod Touch and now the iPad still seems reluctant to embrace the popular diversion.
Apple Inc. will sell the newly unveiled tablet-style iPad starting at $499 (NZ$708), a price tag far below the $1,000 that some analysts were expecting.
