I just got this email!

The iPad you've been waiting for has arrived, and it's ready for you to pick up. When you come in, we'll have Specialists ready to help you set up your iPad so you can start enjoying it right away. We can't wait to see you at the store.

Sincerely, The Apple Retail Store team

I'm going to get it tonight.

Sent from my iPhone

I was in Walmart today and finally got to touch the T-mobile HD2. It
was a non-functional device, but I was able to get a feel for it. The
first thing you think is "Wow, that's a big screen". It has a 4.3 inch
screen and it's just massive. But it's also very thin so it didn't
seem overly bulky. It was quite a bit thinner than the iPhone. I love
the back (which might sound funny) but there's just something about
it. The camera and flash look really great and the all metal back just
gives it a nice look. The only thing that's not great on it is that it
runs windows mobile 6.5 with HTC sense UI. I don't think it looks at
all bad. T-mobile also has the Nexus One and if it wasn't for that the
HD2 would be their best phone.

The iPhone HD/4G/G4

I must say I'm very excited about the next iPhone. It looks like an amazing device. The thing I'm most looking forward to is the front facing camera. If the rumors are true, then the screen will be a whopping 960x640 which is one hundred more pixels each way then any of the new android phones. I love the camera on the iPhone, but it would still be nice to have a higher MP camera with a flash for night photos. Some people are saying that it will have 80 GB of storage. That would be awesome, but I don't think it will have that much. I'm guessing 64 GB.

I would hope it has at least a 1 GHz Apple chip but no one knows for sure. The iPhone that Gizmodo has in its possession was shut down remotely by Apple so they couldn't see which version of the iPhone OS it was running. At first I didn't like the new design, but it's growing on me. So I think it's the big update that many people have been calling for. For pictures and a video, head on over to Gizmodo.

Via Gizmodo

This has nothing to do with tech but it's pretty cool. I'm at an
airport and sitting across from me is the Butler coach. Well I guess
this does have something to do with tech because he does have a
smartphone.

"It's show time!"

I wonder if this is the phone that Mr. Incredible will use? Either way, this is one awesome smartphone. If you're on Verzion and want a powerful Android phone, the HTC Incredible might be a good choice. We are sill waiting for the Nexus One to come to Verizon. It's going to cost $199 on contract and will be in stores on April 29th. Here are some of the specs.

• Android 2.1 with HTC Sense experience
• 1GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon™ processor for maximum responsiveness
• Friend Stream for unified Flickr, Facebook and Twitter updates
• “Leap” view for quick access to all seven home screen panels
• 8 megapixel camera with dual LED flash for crisp, detailed images
• Razor-sharp 3.7 inch WVGA (480x800) AMOLED capacitive touch display
• Optical joystick for smooth navigation
• Dedicated, touch-sensitive Home, Menu, Back and Search keys
• Proximity sensor, light sensor and digital compass
• Integrated GPS
• Wi-Fi (802.11 b/g)
• 3.5 mm headset jack

iPad hands on

Yesterday, I was at a Best Buy store and had the chance to try out the iPad. I loved it. Many people have said it is too heavy, but I held it for over 20 minutes and my arms never felt tired. The browser was amazing! It was extremely fast. iBook was one feature I was looking forward to playing with. I think reading with it will be easy and fun. Best Buy hadn't put any iPad specific apps on it except for the iWork apps. I thought pages was great; it was on par with any desktop word processor.

I can't comment on the keyboard. I only used it for a couple minutes, but it seemed pretty good, although it would take some getting used to. So all and all, I thought the iPad was awesome. If you are looking for a netbook or if you don't have a laptop, then I think this is a great alternative. But if you have a good laptop and smartphone, it's harder to justify. With multitasking coming in the fall, that will dissipate many of the complaints.

Apple has done it again!!!

Yesterday Apple had the iPhone 4.0 software event. They have added tons of new and great features. The biggest is multitasking. So now you will be able to run Pandora or Slacker in the background. Skype and other voip services will run in the background as well. Apple also added folders which are going to be really nice. Right now your iPhones 11 home screens can hold 180 apps. With folders you will be able to hold 2700 +. So you could put all your free games in one folder and all of your weather apps in another. You will now be able to read iBooks on you iPhone. That will very nice.

Unified mailbox's is another new feature. A few other smaller but nice features are, bluetooth keyboard support, a wallpaper behind your icons, and some other things like that. Oh and the way that it will switch apps when multitasking is really good but its to hard to explain so just go watch the presentation over at Apples website.

It will be coming to the iPhone this summer and the iPad this fall.

iPhone - The Next Level!

Apple just announced that they will have the iPhone 4.0 event on the 8th. I can't wait. What will it be? Multitasking or new UI elements? Who knows. It should be really exciting.

The iPad

The iPad came out Saturday, April 3^rd, and what will the long-term response be? Many people think it's just a big iPod Touch. What's wrong with that? The iPod touch is a great device and Apple has sold tens of millions of them. However, I don't think it's just a big iPod Touch. With a nine-inch screen, its capabilities are much greater. Is the lack of flash that big of a deal? Not to me. You can still play YouTube videos. The only two things I wish it had are 1. multitasking and 2. a camera. I think we will get multitasking for the iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch by summer, so that argument will not last. I think the camera is a bigger deal. If it had a camera, you would have to be in a reclining position or have it in a dock while using it. So maybe that's why they didn't include one.

One of the key features is iBooks. Why would anyone buy a Kindle? The iPad can do so much more. Wouldn't it be great if all the books you could ever read could fit inbetween one cover? Now I don't want books to disappear, but I do think it would be very nice for traveling. The apps are going to be a huge part of the iPad just like they are on the iPhone and iTouch, and we will see some really amazing apps emerge. It's not going to replace your laptop. But it can do a lot of the stuff that a laptop can do. So, that's what I think, but what do you think? Leave your thoughts in the comments.

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