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Proview, a Taiwanese-owned company which owns the trademark for “iPad” China says it will sue Apple for infringing on its ownership in that market, according a report in the Financial Times. Nearly a decade ago, Proview tried unsuccessfully to market a tablet computer it called “I-Pad.”

“We will sue them for damages in China and in the US,” Yang Rongshan, Proview’s chairman, told the Financial Times.

Although the product failed, the company trademarked the name “IPAD” in the E.U., China, Mexico, South Korea, Singapore, Indonesia, Thailand and Vietnam at different times between the years 2000 and 2004. FT notes that trademark databases validate Proview’s claim.

In 2006, Proview reportedly sold the global trademark (except, Proview said, in China) to a U.S. company named IP Application Development, for $55,100. It turns out, however, that IP Application Development was really Read more…

Back on October 14th I have written an article about the Apple iPad coming to Verizon / Verizon Wireless will start selling Apple iPad on October 28th. In this article I’m being little negative about the new Verizon iPad deal, their Broadband Plans, charges, devices, etc.

Well, today is that day… Starting today (Oct. 28th, 2010), Verizon Wireless and AT&T companies will start selling the iPad directly from their stores. At the Verizon Wireless the iPad will be sold in three different packages starting from $629, $729 and going up to $829.

I have some bad news for all Verizon Wireless customers who were waiting for the Verizon iPad and thought this day would never come…

Here is the kicker, Verizon Wireless will sell the WiFi-only iPad (NOT 3G) but to make you somewhat happy and to give you ability to have internet connection anywhere, the company (Verizon Wireless) will provide you with a free contract-less Mobile Internet MiFi device which will create a Read more…

Well, it finally happened!!! AT&T is losing their grip on Apple Exclusive Product lines such as iPhone and iPad. According to CNN Verizon Wireless will begin selling Apple’s iPad at its 2,000 retail stores nationwide on Oct. 28, the companies announced Thursday.

You’ll be able to buy the iPad at 2,000 Verizon Wireless stores nationwide. (Is this the precursor to Verizon getting the iPhone next year, as recent reports suggest?)

Interestingly, consumers won’t have access to the iPad 3G. Instead, if you want one from Verizon, you could buy an iPad Wi-Fi version plus a Verizon MiFi mobile hotspot. The hotspot uses Verizon’s 3G network and generates a Wi-Fi hotspot that you can then use the iPad with. From the press release:

Verizon Wireless will offer three bundles, all featuring an iPad Wi-Fi model and a Verizon MiFi 2200 Intelligent Mobile Hotspot, for a suggested retail price of $629.99 for iPad Wi-Fi 16GB + MiFi, $729.99 for iPad Wi-Fi 32GB + MiFi and $829.99 for iPad Wi-Fi 64GB + MiFi. Verizon Wireless is offering a monthly access plan to iPad customers of up to 1GB of data for just $20 a month. In addition, Verizon Wireless will also offer all three iPad Wi-Fi models on a stand-alone basis.

The move ends AT&T’s exclusive grip as the wireless carrier for Apple’s wildly popular tablet, and potentially sets the stage for a broader partnership between Apple and Verizon. The two are widely rumored to be preparing to bring Apple’s iPhone to Verizon’s network in early 2011.

Downgrade iPad – Apple released the new iPad iOS 3.2.2 in respect to patch the famous PDF / JailbreakMe exploit and as you know at the moment there is no jailbreak available for iPad iOS 3.2.2/

In addition to that, Apple has already stopped signing the iOS 3.2.1 Firmware Restore files. And what that means is this; You can NOT restore any firmware other than 3.2.2 with your iPad unless you have saved your SHSH blobs on Cydia.

If any of you have accidentally updated to the latest iOS 3.2.2 and lost you Jailbreak I have a solution for you… As long as you saved your SHSH blobs on Cydia Server you can go back to OS 3.2.1 or lower by following the following step by step guide on how to downgrade your iPad OS 3.2.2 to 3.2.1 or lower.

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Times is a popular, Elegant and Most Beautiful RSS reader for Mac, and now it brings the same functionality to iPad as well.

However, Times is an app for serious news readers, as casual readers could find $7.99 a bit too much to read news so we have a CRACKED Version of this App for you to check out and take for a test drive. Read more…

OPlayer HD – this is a great music  and video player for iPad. OPlayer HD supports almost all video and audio formats , and supports streaming audio and video via HTTP.

Play virtually any video format on the iPad. (WMV / AVI / MKV / RM/RMVB/XVID/mp4/3GP/MPG /). Play almost any audio formats to iPad. (MP3/WMA/RM/AAC). Built-in web browser to download media files .

In version OPlayer HD 1.0.05 fixed a bug loading the subtitles , subtitles are not in English called the completion of the application .

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“The Newspaper of the Future”- The world’s first personalized mobile newspaper. Featured in Techcrunch, Inc, FastCompany and more.

Apollo helps you discover the best news content from around the web based on your preferences.

Apollo gives you all the top news headlines in real-time, aggregated from 1000′s of the world’s top sources and personalized to your preferences. Discover the web’s best content in dozens of categories including:

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Last week, Comex, the developer behind the Spirit jailbreak, gave us a preview of Frash, which is nothing less but Flash for Android ported to the iPad.

Today it seems someone released a .deb of Frash, and while Comex is not opposed to it, you’ve got to understand it’s just an alpha version. Read more…

3herosoft DVD to iPad Converter is specially innovated for Apple iPad users to watch the classic DVD movie on the newest iPad’s Multi-Touch screen.

With this professional DVD to iPad Converter software, you can fast convert DVD movies to iPad MP4, MOV video and extract audio MP3, M4A from favourite DVD movie with superb sound and image quality. Read more…

O’Reilly (6-2010) | PDF | 320 pages | 1449387845 | 8.9Mb

iPad The Missing Manual /by J. D. Biersdorfer (Author). Apple’s iPad is the perfect personal media center.

It lets you search the Web with WiFi, helps you stay in touch with its built-in email application, and allows you to read books, magazines, and newspapers in full color. You can also play games, listen to music, watch videos, view photos, and create documents, layouts, and slideshows with iPad’s iWork suite. Read more…