Apple iPad™ Australia 2011

Early Reviews as Microsoft Kinect Goes Live Microsoft's Kinect Aims Big, But Motion Controller's Price Tag Could Be A Hurdle Read more on CBS News

Gartner to CEOs: Seize the Apple iPad opportunity now Gartner advises CEOs to act sooner rather than later... Read more on MacDailyNews

Consumers have iPad alternatives to consider After facing virtually no competition for months after releasing the iPad, Apple's dominant market share faces a challenge as consumers consider purchasing tablets that could be viable iPad alternatives. Read more on Macworld

These Cold Stocks Are Heating Up Investors are warming up to these previously unloved companies. Read more on The Motley Fool

Eric Chan: Apple Starting a Race to the Bottom (With Itself?) The bottom line for consumers is that Apple's desktops, laptops, iPads, iPhones, Internet TV platforms and whatever else the company invents over the next decade, will likely be cheaper to buy than they were in years past. Read more on The Huffington Post

Online Holiday Shoppers Plan To Spend More This Year Online shoppers  plan to spend more on holiday gifts this year, with 66 percent indicating they will spend over $500, according to a new report  from PriceGrabber.Last year, more than half (59%) of shoppers spent $500 or more on gifts.This year, the average amount that holiday [...]

What the next Kindle will look like Those waiting for a Kindle Color will probably have to wait a while.CNET's David Carnoy ponders what Amazon's next Kindle might look like and what screen technology it might use.Originally posted at Fully Equipped Read more on CNET

Best Holiday Sales In Four Years Expected As Consumers Return You're not likely to find the Grinch wandering the malls this holiday season.If recent forecasts are on target, retailers should enjoy the best Christmas sales in four years.After giving retailers a so-so 2009 holiday, consumers are in more of a buying mood this year, with [...]

0.5 Percent Of Times Online Readers Have Converted To Paid Many observers cite five percent as an industry benchmark for proportion of paying customers against free users in a freemium service environment.That’s exactly what Spotify has. Read more on paidContent.org via Yahoo! Finance

T-Mobile announces low cost Android phones and data tethering plan The rumored T-Mobile tethering plan is rolling out for $14.99, along with four low cost Android smartphones. Read more on ZDNet

SanDisk Struggles to Remain Memorable This is a story about value and growth and how the quantitative metrics we use to evaluate equities often derive their significance, as much from the qualitative meaning that Wall Street attaches to them in any given industry or cycle phase. Read more on TheStreet.com

Lost the remote? There's an app for that Television remote controls moving toward smartphones Read more on Contra Costa Times

Apple's IPad-Like MacBook Air Is a Sexy Laptop: Tech by Rich Jaroslovsky Leave it to Steve Jobs to figure out how to charge $1,000 for a netbook. Read more on Bloomberg

Local retailers hope for strong holiday season Even though she's not made any purchases yet, Kristina Cox ofCreal Springs has already started thinking about shopping for Christmas .She's beginning to get ideas for her husband anddaughter as well as the family and friends she will be buying forthis year. Read more on The Southern Illinoisan

The critics are losing the Apple price argument Along with reports that the MacBook Air may already be flying off the shelves, particularly the 11.6-inch version... Read more on MacDailyNews

Samsung Galaxy Tab Price War T-Mobile sets the bar at $400 with a two-year contract, less than the Apple iPad. Read more on TheStreet.com

iPad, Kindle, Droids Pushing Mobile Chip Sales to 4 Billion Units by 2014 The introduction of Apple’s iPad, Kindle e-readers, Droid smartphones and other devices are pushing mobile chips sales.By 2014, In-Stat expects sales to top 4 billion units. Read more on eWeek

Verizon launches iPad sales in stores on Thursday Verizon Wireless is on schedule to start selling Apple Inc.'s iPad in 2,000 stores starting on Thursday. Read more on IT World

LCD vs.e-ink: The eyestrain debate With the upcoming release of the Barnes & Noble Nook Color "reader's tablet," a lot of people are talking about eyestrain when using a backlit display technology like LCD.Is it a myth? Originally posted at Fully Equipped Read more on CNET

Zadzooks: Vampire Origins: Reloaded HD (iPad review) A player controls Vincent, a vampire hunter with the might, firepower and style of Hugh Jackman's Van Helsing, within a wonderful upgrade to Vampire Origins: Reloaded HD (Chillingo, 99 cents) , a violent and gory third-person shooter.The hunt for bloodsuckers swirls around a story of betrayal, revenge and [...]

Chinese company accuses Apple of violating iPad trademark A company based in Shenzhen, China is accusing Apple of copyright infringement, writes Agence France-Presse.Proview Technology is reported to have registered an "iPad" trademark as far back as January 2000; more importantly, the firm is believed to still hold rights to the product name inside of China.Apple [...]

OtterBox Commuter and Defender Cases for the iPad Review I reviewed OtterBox’s Commuter and Defender cases for the Storm 2 earlier this year.They are rock-solid cases that provide uncompromised protection for my Blackberry.To this day, I use them regularly, switching between the two (and other cases as well) depending on what I am doing and [...]

Download Discounts for Oct.27: Galaxy on Fire 3D, Plants vs Zombies, Bolt for iPad In today’s Download Discounts, discover a fantastic space combat game with RPG elements, popular classic Plants vs Zombies for a mere 99 cents, plus an alternative browser for your iPad. Read more on appolicious

iPad Interactive eBook: Dracula: The Official Stoker Family Edition PadWorx Digital Media has released its first eBook, Dracula: The Official Stoker Family Edition, to the iPad.Here is more info on this spooky interactive ebook title for the iPad: Become part of the timeless vampire story ... Read more on PDA Buyer's Guide

How to crush the iPad in 12 not-so-easy steps HP, RIM and Samsung take note: You’re doing it wrong.Here’s what potential challengers will really have to do to get traction against the iPad. Read more on Digital Trends

B&N unveils Nook Color NEW YORK - US BOOKSTORE giant Barnes & Noble unveiled a colour electronic book reader on Tuesday, getting the jump on rivals Amazon and Sony.The Nook Color features an 18cm touchscreen display and sells for US$249 (S$512), about half the price of Apple's cheapest iPad and about US$100 more than the [...]

The $670 Alternative to MacBook Air: iPad, Toccata Keyboard On Wednesday Steve Jobs unveiled a new MacBook Air, with an entirely solid state hard drive, seven-hour battery life, super-slim design and a price tag of $1,000 (for the 11-in.model).Yet for the previous week, I'd already been using an ultra-light Apple notebook with an entirely solid-state [...]

Microsoft profit seen higher but iPad looms By Bill Rigby Read more on Interactive Investor

Sprint to Offer Samsung's Tablet for a Third Less Than Verizon Wireless Sprint Nextel Corp.will undercut rival Verizon Wireless by $200 on the price of the Samsung Electronics Co.Galaxy Tab tablet computer when it goes on sale next month. Read more on Bloomberg

Sprint announces pricing and plans for Galaxy Tab Sprint has become the second of four carriers to announce its plans and pricing for Samsung's alternative to Apple's iPad, the Galaxy Tab.The unit will be available from Nov.14. Read more on IT World

Web Services and Games: Best of 2010 Our choices of Evernote, Google Voice, and Prezi push this category to do business, but it still has fun with Facebook, the MOG music service, and the shopping site TheFind.com, among others. Read more on PC World via Yahoo! News

Galaxy Tab and iPad Prices Are Close on Verizon On Wednesday, Verizon Wireless and Samsung resolved the mystery over Galaxy Tab pricing.Samsung's iPad-killer will debut on Verizon Nov.11 with a $599.99 price tag.that would make it about the same price as the Wi-Fi version of the iPad that debuts on Verizon on Friday. Read more [...]

One-third of iPad fanbois don't download apps Not that it matters a whit One-third of iPad owners have never downloaded a single app, either paid or free.… Read more on The Register

HP unveils 'Slate 500' WASHINGTON - HEWLETT-PACKARD unveiled a Windows-powered touchscreen tablet computer on Friday aimed at professionals, the latest entry into a growing market dominated by Apple's iPad.The 'HP Slate 500,' which features a 22.6cm screen, slightly smaller than the iPad's 24.6cm display, costs US$800 (S$1,037), about the same price as the top-of-the-line iPad. [...]

ENT: The many apps available - Online column by Bob Vaillancourt Lastweek in this column, I talked about my new iPad and explained some of its fea-tures.This week, its time to talk about what the device is capa-ble of doing.Out of the box, the nifty little device can playback video, even movies, play songs and [...]

Tuneful Bose, Sonos: Choice mostly about price? Bose SoundLink and Sonos ZonePlayer S5 each can deliver rich sound from your computer, which leaves buyers to weigh differences in features and price. Read more on Seattle Times

Samsung's Galaxy Tab -- to rival Apple's iPad -- launches Nov.11 with $599.99 price tag Samsung Electronics Co.'s Galaxy Tab, one of the first tablet computers to challenge Apple Inc.'s smash-hit iPad, is set to land in Verizon Wireless stores on Nov.11 and sell for $599.99.Verizon said Wednesday it would offer optional 3G... Read more [...]

Verizon Wireless to sell Samsung's iPad rival, the Galaxy Tab, for $600 NEW YORK - The first big-name competitor to the iPad in the U.S.won't be undercutting it in price.Verizon Wireless says it will start selling Samsung Electronics Co.'s tablet computer, which is half the size of the iPad, for $600.That's more than the basic [...]

Apple rolls out notebooks with iPad technology Apple has introduced a new generation of portable notebook computers that provide some of the cutting edge features from its fast-selling iPad.The new sculpted aluminum notebooks will use the MacBook Air name and replace mechanical hard disk and optical drives with solid state flash storage. Read more on [...]

Apple iPad now available from Wal-Mart Wal-Mart and Apple have partnered to offer the Apple iPad in hundreds of Wal-Mart stores throughout the U.S.The iPad is available both online and in stores at a starting price of $499 for the 16GB Wi-Fi only model.Read the full story here. Read more on Mobile Burn

Verizon tries to justify crazy $600 Galaxy Tab price Verizon is trying to stand up for Samsung and the company's Galaxy Tab tablet, which wants to compete against Apple's iPad but may have a hard time due to a high launch price.read more Read more on TG Daily

Apple shows off iPad-inspired Mac laptop Apple Inc CEO Steve Jobs unveiled the thinnest, lightest Mac laptop yet, fusing features from its popular iPhone and iPad with its traditional line of personal computers. Read more on Reuters via Yahoo! News

Verizon Samsung Galaxy Tab v.Apple iPad The Samsung Galaxy Tab will go on sale for $600 at Verizon stores Nov.11, and is expected to compete head-to-head with the iPad in both pricing and capabilities.But is $600 too much to pay for a tablet computer without a contract? Read more on PC World via Yahoo! News

Verizon to sell Samsung's iPad rival for $600 (10-20) 07:27 PDT NEW YORK, (AP) -- The first big-name competitor to the iPad in the U.S.won't be undercutting it in price.Verizon Wireless on Wednesday said it will start selling Samsung Electronics Co.'s tablet... Read more on San Francisco Chronicle

iPad Competition Is 'DOA, Dead on Arrival,' Steve Jobs Says Apple CEO Steve Jobs put in an unusual appearance Monday evening on an Apple sales call -- using the opportunity to trash the iPad's main rivals. Read more on FOX 61 Chattanooga

7-Inch iPad Mini : Won't Happen, Says Steve Jobs Sorry to burst the bubble of the 39 people who voted ' Yes, it's in the works ' in our iPad Mini survey last September.Artist Rendition of 7-inch iPad Mini Apple CEO Steve Jobs himself extinguished rumors that the company is working on a smaller version [...]

iPad Vs Kindle review Head to head: The Apple iPad with iBooks takes on the Amazon Kindle 3 Posted by Hannah Bouckley Read more on T3

3 Innovative iPad Games That Use the iPhone as a Controller iPhone games are wicked.iPad games are wicked.Wanna know what's even better? Controlling iPad games with your iPhone. Read more on Mashable via Yahoo! News

Jobs blasts rivals as iPad sales disappoint Apple Inc CEO Steve Jobs went on the offensive on Monday after a rare disappointment in sales by the iPad maker sent its shares tumbling, but even his biting words failed to reverse market sentiment. Read more on Reuters via Yahoo! News

iPad is tops but doesn't replace a PC Prepare for the Windows apocalypse, coming Monday when Apple releases its first full quarter of iPad sales. Read more on Seattle Times