When people like this do things like this they register their occupation, on registering their new gizmo, as “other.” What could be more accurate. Each time someone takes a new Apple product and, you know, smashes it, destroys it, or mutilates it, one cannot help but admire the ingenuity that has gone in to such [...]

These days, the words “Apple” and “law” seem to trip off the Mac like the words “Apple” and “Adobe”. So, given that I know so many view the prospect of an Apple/Gizmodo showdown in the courts with rather more anticipation that they viewed Mayweather/Moseley, might I offer a new dimension to the prospective proceedings? It [...]

We have the iPad. Is the Eee Pad next? A report out of Taiwan has Asustek Chairman Jerry Shen announcing a new tablet that the company will make called the Eee Pad, which will be an iPad competitor, according to Digitimes. The device will run Android, have an Nvidia Tegra processor, and sell for between [...]

In the San Diego area, Saturday’s launch of the iPad at the Apple Store and at a nearby Best Buy could not have been more different. At mid-morning, the Apple Store in Carlsbad, Calif., was well-stocked with iPads and adorned by lines long enough to snake around the corner of the store into the back [...]

Although Apple’s iPad has yet to hit the market, the Federal Communications Commission has expressed concern over its potential impact on AT&T’s 3G network. Without naming AT&T, which has secured a carrier deal for the tablet device, Phil Bellaria, director of scenario planning, and John Leibovitz, deputy chief of the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, outlined their [...]

How has Apple’s launch of the iPad made other companies feel? Has it brought sneaking admiration or steaming ire? I fear that Google might not be leaping for joy like leprechauns.