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iPad Books Might Be Set To Lower Prices

Posted on February 18, 2010 by Amit Chowdhry

According to a source with The New York Times, Apple may have some greater control over book prices than expected.  “Apple inserted provisions requiring publishers to discount e-book prices on best sellers,” stated a source with The Times.  Books on the best seller list may cost $9.99 and the $12.99-$14.99 price point might be the ceiling.  Your move, Jeff Bezos.

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Tablet Wars: Which Slate Reigns Supreme? [INFOGRAPHIC]

Posted on January 28, 2010 by Amit Chowdhry


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Above is an infographic design to compare the Apple iPad vs. the JooJoo vs. the Amazon.com Kindle DX vs. the HP Slate.  Since the HP Slate specs have not been released yet, I had to base the information on speculation and rumors.  This infographic and blog post will be updated upon the actual date of the HP Slate.

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Introducing the Apple iPad

Posted on January 27, 2010 by Amit Chowdhry

The Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) iPad is now official!!

Features include:
1. iTunes built in
2. YouTube/YouTube in HD
3. Contact list in book form
4. Same maps application as iPhone (Google) — Classic/satellite/hybrid/terrain/traffic/compass/drop pin features
5. Appears to be a bigger version of an iPhone
6. E-mail support (Message list in a column on the left and full message on the right.)
7. Large on-screen QWERTY keyboard
8. No Adobe Flash support
9. Slide to unlock feature (similar to iPhone)
10. 10 hours of battery life
11. Over a month of standby time
12. Accelerometer and compass
13. WiFi 802.11n/Bluetooth 2.1+EDR/3G Plans
14. 1GHz Apple A4 chip
15. 16GB-64GB Flash storage
16. Full capacitive multi-touch
17. 9.7″ IPS display
18. 0.5 inches thin/1.5 lbs.

19. “We think it’s going to be another gold rush for devs. And of course every iPad comes with the app store on it.”
20. “We rewrote all of our apps for this display. the iPhone SDK supports development for this now… and we’re releasing it today.”

21. Prices
250MB / month through AT&T = $14.99
Unlimited data through AT&T = $29.99
NO CONTRACT AND CANCEL ANYTIME!

22. Separate number touchscreen keypad for data entry on spreadsheets
23. Syncs through USB
24. All iPad 3Gs are unlocked
25. WiFi only models shipping in 60 days — 3G models shipping in 90 days

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