If you really, really, really need Flash working on your precious tablet and if you have been courageous enough to jailbreak your $600+ puppy – here is a nice step by step guide (photos/video) on how to install the darn thing: MGN Flash Tutorial
Mar 22
Tablets have been around for quite a while yet many are still unclear what the ultimate use case for the device is. At this point in time I don’t think anyone has a certain answer and things may shape (and probably will) in several directions.
Puzzled by this, I went back to the flurry.com’s January analytics post that took a look at different types of apps that Apple was testing on a (at that time) unknown device. While data is quite conclusive (Go Gaming!) we have to take the numbers with a grain of salt as they are probably excluding a good chunk of iBooks testing (iBooks are not tracked via flurry). To sum it up – Apple is seeing the device as a strong gaming platform with entertainment and social networking capabilities.
I’ll come back to this post once they sell 500k devices and we’ll check if the assumptions turned out to be true (Apple Touch initially targeted music fans – yet, the platform turned out into a gaming gem while music features turned out to be just a sideshow).
About Flurry (links above):
Flurry offers cutting-edge analytics, deployment and monetization tools for mobile application developers. Its services platform is offered free to application developers allowing them to better save money, increase revenues and improve their products. Flurry’s platform is built by developers for developers, based on its pioneering experience as one the first developers to build, deploy and market direct-to-consumer applications. Flurry is venture-backed and is based in San Francisco.
Data (Apple Tested iPad Apps – by App category – Oct ‘09 to Jan ‘10:
Jan 11
I just did a quick search on Google News – I did two separate keyword searches: iPad and iSlate. Google is returning ~300 news articles referring to iPad and posted within last 7 days. When searching for iSlate I got ~6100 results (all search parameters were equal for both keywords). It certainly seems that iSlate is winning for now…
iSlate: http://news.google.com/news/search?aq=f&um=1&cf=all&ned=us&hl=en&q=islate
iPad: http://news.google.com/news/search?aq=f&um=1&cf=all&ned=us&hl=en&q=ipad
Aug 25
Engadet speculates on iPad release and the possibility of replacing the Apple TV series (Quote: “Like Apple TV, the iPad could serve as an Apple “media center extender.”” – See the original story here: iPad could succeed Apple TV (Engadget).
TG Daily has a nice article (“Apple’s iPad: Like Apple TV or like iPod?) on promises and possible downfalls of the upcoming device. Here is an excerpt:
“With a 10” screen, this could be the portable email, web browsing, media viewing, eBook reading, game playing, wonder device that replaces a bunch of struggling eBook readers, game players, micro TVs, and the remaining few PDAs that haven’t yet died in market. Ironically, this is likely the one device Palm should have understood how to do right first.”
Read more at TG Daily’s site: Apple’s iPad: Like Apple TV or like iPod?
The WSJ has a nice piece on Jobs’ involvement with the upcoming device:
Apple co-founder Mr. Jobs, who is considered the company’s creative leader, is also involved in the development of future projects, they say. People privy to the company’s strategy say Apple is working on new iPhone models and a portable device that is smaller than its current laptop computers but bigger than the iPhone or iPod Touch.
Read more here: Jobs Maintains Grip at Apple by By YUKARI IWATANI KANE, The Wall Street Journal
ZDNET came up with a bland review/overview of things and rumors revolving around iPad. Read more here: Apple may be readying mid-size ‘iPad’. They also underline the possible play against Kindle…
I don’t get this one at all, but a big fuss was made about some random Borders survey that included a line (an option item) with an Apple iPad option. Anyhow, if you think that this may be of some importance (I see this as a just a random entry by a junior marketing analyst at Borders) read more about it here: CNET News Borders survey presumes future ‘iPad’ e-reader…
Don’t miss the nice Photoshop work (F-A-K-E) at often hilarious Crunchgear iPad Jumps the Shark…
