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Tablets like the iPad are quickly sneaking up on laptops as the preferred device for surfing the web while traveling. But one of the biggest drawbacks to the functionality of the iPad is its lack of a real keyboard. Typing anything longer than a Facebook status or a Tweet on your iPad can seem frustrating. The Smart Keyboard for the new iPad aims to solve that problem by integrating a Bluetooth keyboard and a ultra-thin protective case in one item. Check out our hands-on after the break! And a video!
Taiwan’s Hon Hai Group, which owns the Foxconn assembly plants that produce iPhones and iPads in China, is planning to raise more than US$3 billion by issuing less than US$33.9 million in new GDR (global depository receipt) shares. It is reported that Hon Hai’s largest client, Apple, is expected to become a major investor …
With all the controversy about working conditions in Foxconn, we thought it might be a good time to relate some of the workers’ experiences inside the manufacturing plants. China Business News reports on an interview that it did with a Foxconn worker called Wang Xiaoqiao (not his real name), and Wang reveals that employees who are involved in the production of the new iPad are now working fewer hours and they have been given more days off.
Inside an Apple store, customers can use the new interactive iPad displays to learn more about the Apple products they’re interested in, compare prices, page an Apple employee and more. In order to prevent China’s fake Apple stores copying the idea, the design of the iPad displays at Apple stores in China has been officially registered with the Intellectual Property Department of Hong Kong.
So the new iPad went on sale last Friday morning in Hong Kong as scheduled. This time, the army of frenzied fans and long queues were lacking as Apple had implemented an online ‘iReserve’ system, scheduling registered buyers throughout the day to discourage scalpers from targeting the new iPad. Outside Apple’s store, dozens of ‘hopefuls’ had queued for days, and local police has made an efforts to disperse them before the opening sales. Some customers from mainland China, were trying to argue with the guards posted outside the store, in hopes that they will help him to make a purchase for the Apple’s third-gen tablet …
The phenomenal success of music-related mobile apps has forced many of old timers to have a good rethink about the way we make music in the 21st Century. What we have got here is an interesting video showed us the iPad can now play Chinese instruments, the “Chinese Guqin“, which is one of the family member of “Zither“. If you haven’t heard of its sound, then be prompted to check out the video after the break.
The war over the right to use the iPad name in China has reached a new level. Proview issued a stern warning to Chinese retailers in the wake of the new iPad release. The company which filed a trademark infringement lawsuit against Apple is asking China iPad vendors and dealers to stop selling the device, and is threatening “severe measures” against trademark infringements …
The new iPad is here, and everyone is excited about it. The new Retina display, the A5X processor with quad-core graphics, the iSight camera, and the LTE chip are all assembled together to form the most advanced tablet today. Here’s the question, will the launch of the new iPad puts a new pressure to Foxconn workers? Well, a Foxconn worker who is working on the new iPad assembly line thinks it’s much easier to work on the new iPad than working on the iPhone 4S.
Apple’s iPad trademark case in China is getting more complicated then ever. The Bank of China and seven other banks, which make up the rest of Proview’s creditors, have indicated that the dispute is no longer in Proview’s hands, which is now ‘essentially the legal battle between Apple and the Chinese banks’. Before Proview filed for bankruptcy protection in 2009, the company was said to have owed more than US$400 million to the banks. The lenders might now own the Chinese rights to the iPad brand …
Apple appears to be deeply concerned about losing ownership of the iPad trademark in China and might be thinking about a plan B. The tech giant is eyeing the EPAD trademark which is currently being used by a Chinese vendor called EBox Digital Technology. The Chinese company is came from Guangzhou, they are manufacturing laptop backpacks and cases, storage accessories and peripherals for computers. Apple has filed a complaint last month through China’s trademark office against EBox’s product over their use of ‘EPAD’ …
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