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Watch That Tiny $74 1.5GHz Android-Powered Thumb-Puter In Action While arguments about the viability of the iPad as a creative tool have died down significantly over the past year, it’s still amazing to see the different applications the tablet can be used for. Like as a potential interface for endangered orangutans to talk to each other over Skype from zoos all over the world.
Californian Walmarts have got a problem on their hands, with a trio of thieves stealing iPads in a very simple ruse involving one man telling an assistant he wants to buy two iPads, which are then set aside for him under a counter.
You’ve got to admire the audacity of the Chinese hucksters who were illegally importing iPads and iPhones across the border from Hong Kong, by way of a rope-and-pulley system, triggered by a crossbow and desire to make some cash.
What’s Fast Tracker my music teacher would ask. That’s not music he’d say. Seriously, screw that guy. Kids today have it much better, as you can see this in this fun video jam featuring a bunch of iPads, a variety of apps including GarageBand, and (as always) an entirely over enthusiastic music teacher who not so secretly wishes he was Liam Howlett. Still, great stuff.
Seems a few people forgot to read IDC’s tablet report extra carefully this weekend and as a result of that the whole tablet thing was deemed to have come up short of “lofty expectations” or something. But they’re actually fine.
MIC Gadget has an iPad adaptor that many professional (and semi-professional!) photographers might be interested in: a CF card reader that seems to work really well. They tested it on the iPad 2 and transferred three 21 megapixel photos in 4 seconds.
Well, it’s bleeding, yes, but the “blood” is backlight poking through around the edges of the screen, as defective LCD screens tend to do. Ultimately, we’re unsure whether or not this is a widespread issue.
Apple’s already cut the price of the original iPad with the impending bombardment of shiny new tablets set to take us on March 25, but Big W just undercut them. If you want a cheap first gen Apple tablet, this could be the way to go.
Just so you know, we’re not all completely mind-boggled by the iPad 2 today. Yes, there are alternatives. We’ve posted about it here before, but you could do worse than consider ViewSonic’s ‘we’re not an iPad, we’re a ViewPad’, if you’re still desperate to grab an Android powered tablet under $600.
