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We are about to be let in. Up to 150 in line at the Apple Store in Manhattan Beach. There are supposedly plenty of iPads for everyone. The stamp they put on my hand is smudged Posted with altBlogger .

That's right.  The iPad made it to the Late Show.  Is that a big deal?  Well, at a chance of being ridiculed?  Sure.  You'll never see Steve Jobs there but you will see the iPad. Here's a clip: Sorry, as you can see, the video got cut off. You can watch the video directly on Youtube here . Source: MacDailyNews (Must bookmark them if you haven't already)

Check out this video of the iPad in this espisode of Modern Family. Pay close attention to the candles in the cake displayed on the iPad's screen. Enjoy.

iPad this. iPad that. Magazines and ebooks. It's all anyone talks about these days. What about the next iPhone? In the past, I've said that I would not report on rumors. But seriously, there have been a dearth of rumors regarding the iPhone lately. I'm sure things'll start trickling out once the iPad is on the market and the excitement surrounding it has some time to simmer a bit. There have been supposed e-mails from Steve Jobs to users but mostly, they point to the OS rather than the hardware. There is a job posting that Apple made public: they're looking for someone who can work on HSPA+ and LTE. That is hardly a surprise given that after 3G as we know it now, we can look forward to HPSA+ and LTE. And with T-Mobile's parent company talking about selling the iPhone some time in late 2010 or early 2011, it's a good bet that Apple will try to take advantage of HSPA+ if the iPhone does come to T-Mobile USA. Beyond that, 3G sprinkled with LTE...

Once Apple announced iPad pre-order on March 12 and availability on April 2nd, the stock took off.  I don't understand it.  It's been known for about a month already that the Wi-Fi only iPad will be available at the end of March, and the 3G version a month after that.  So, that alone doesn't explain why the stock price was propelled to an all-time high. I've got a theory.  There is suddenly a realization that the iPad is something special.  In the last few days, there have been a lot of talk about iPad spawning a whole new segment of mobile computing.  One or two posts even went as far as to suggest that the iPad will change the PC market for ever. One school even made available to its students the option of getting and iPad or a Macbook.  iPad or Macbook?  Wow, and the iPad isn't even out yet. Furthermore, a survey released suggests that there is a lot of pinned up demand for the iPad in the ebook market.  Changewave's survey suggests ...

I started using Momento as a personal and private Twitter. But what I also started doing is using iCal to document where I've been and what I've done and who was there. But then I realized it would be great if Apple integrates Twitter and Facebook into the calendar. Right now, I have to tweet, update Momento and iCal, and deal with Facebook. Since I've got a testy relationship with my Facebook experience, I rather deal with it by other means. For instance, I use Tweetdeck on the iPhone rather than access Facebook directly. Hence, I thought about iCal. Futhermore, I think it would be cool for Apple also make the other applications in its iLife suite more sociable. Posted with altBlogger .

Tons of folks have poured through the iPhone SDK looking for indications of what new features the iPhone and iPad will have. We're about 4 months away from new iPhones (Apple traditionally announces new iPhones in the June-July time frame). So it stands to reason that Apple will be unveiling a bet of iPhone 4.0 pretty soon, right? And what did these fine folks find? A lot and a lot of nothingness. Let's go through what they've found. After some digging, many blogs have found icons that would seem to indicate that Apple has at some point thought about adding cameras for the iPad. Also, it would also seem to indicate that Apple is allowing for some type of voice communication. Since the iPad doesn't have traditional telephony features like the iPhone, we're on firm ground to say Apple is doing something VOIP-related. Now, here's where it's possible all this means nothing. What folks are digging through are iPhone 3.0 features. So, had folks been diggin...