03/02/2011
Dow Jones Newswires – San Francisco Bureau
Apple Inc. Chief Executive Steve Jobs surprised a crowd of fans by taking the stage Wednesday to unveil the next version of his company’s iPad tablet.
Introducing the iPad 2
Mr. Jobs’s surprise appearance was greeted by a standing ovation by the crowd in San Francisco. The executive, who took [...]
02/28/2011
ZDNet News
Apple is widely expected to unveil its next-generation iPad March 2, but it’s worth watching how the device will accelerate the Verizon Wireless vs. AT&T battle.
That’s the takeaway from Piper Jaffray analyst Christopher Larsen. Larsen notes that the Verizon iPhone features Qualcomm’s latest Gobi chipset, which can handle both GSM and CDMA networks. [...]
28/2011
Wall Street Journal – San Francisco Bureau
After much waiting, Apple Inc. is expected to unveil a new version of its iPad tablet device on Wednesday.
Last week, Apple emailed invitations to the media for a special event on Wednesday in San Francisco’s Yerba Buena Center for the Arts. The company didn’t say what the topic [...]
01/12/2011
Bloomberg News
Verizon representative Carlos Fonte cleans the screens of the Apple iPads displayed at a Verizon store in Coral Gables, Florida.
Jan. 11 (Bloomberg) — Daniel Mead, chief executive officer of Verizon Wireless, talks about the company’s plans to start selling Apple Inc.’s iPhone early next month, ending rival AT&T Inc.’s exclusive hold on the [...]
12/21/2010
Fox News Channel
FoxNews has obtained exclusive images of Palm’s forthcoming competitor to the iPad, called the PalmPad, which will debut at the 2011 Consumer Electronics Show.
The Apple iPad has a solid lead in the tablet space. But Steve Jobs had better watch out: the competition is coming.
This year at the annual Consumer Electronics [...]
11/01/2010
Giga Om
It might not be selling iPads in its stores like rivals AT&T and Verizon, but Sprint is benefiting from brisk demand for Apple’s hot new device regardless.Dan Hesse, chief executive of the third-largest carrier in the U.S., told me in an interview that most iPads sold are of the Wi-Fi variety, and as a [...]
10/15/2010
Wall Street Journal
Apple Inc. will start selling the iPad through Verizon Wireless stores later this month, establishing a relationship between the two companies and expanding distribution of the tablet computer ahead of the holidays.
The move puts an Apple product in Verizon Wireless’s 2,000 stores for the first time. The iPad will also be the [...]
09/29/2010
DigiTimes – Online
Despite the fact both handset and notebook vendors are aiming to compete in the tablet PC market, the two are adopting different strategies – most notebook brands will compete head-on against the Apple iPad, while handset brands are going for a different route, launching devices with smaller display or targeting different consumer groups [...]
09/28/2010
Bloomberg News – San Francisco Bureau
Sept. 28 (Bloomberg) — Apple Inc., which sold more than 3 million iPads in the first 80 days after the tablet’s debut, may introduce a new version in the second quarter of 2011, according to analysts at Goldman Sachs Group Inc.
The new iPad with a 9.7 inch display may be [...]
09/22/2010
Dow Jones Newswires – Toronto Bureau
BlackBerry maker Research In Motion Ltd. could unveil its new tablet computer—as well as the operating system that will power it—as early as next week at a developers’ conference in San Francisco, said people familiar with RIM’s plans.
.The tablet, which some inside RIM are calling the BlackPad, is scheduled for [...]
