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Regarding Apple banning apps built with Flash compiler:

Apple has no interest in keeping Flash developers employed. The sooner Flash dies, the sooner Steve Jobs stops getting asked why the iPhone doesn’t support Flash.…

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Tentpoles from Apple

> **6) Game Center** > > A sixth major new feature is called Games Center. With over 50,000 gaming titles on the App Store, Apple said it will be forming a social gaming network with features to invite friends, set up matchmaking for multiplayer games, support for leaderboards, and for tracking in game achievements. > > **7) iAd** > > A seventh major feature is iAd. Described as “a new form of mobile advertising designed by Apple to deliver the interaction and emotion currently lacking in the mobile space,” Apple noted that when you click on…

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AppleInsider | Apple plans 5- to 7-inch $400 iPad for early 2011 - report

> Apple could be planning a smaller, cheaper version of its iPad tablet device with a screen size of 5-inches to 7-inches, and a price under $400, for launch in the first quarter of 2011, according to a new report. via [appleinsider.com](http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/10/04/08/apple_plans_5__to_7_inch_400_ipad_for_early_2011_report.html)More prognostication predicated on absolutely nothing, fueling future disappointment. We’re less than a week into the iPad launch, people. Can’t we just be happy with…

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Engadget reviews the JooJoo

> We’d like to say we were the only ones that became completely bothered by the software, but every person we handed the tablet over to became peeved within five minutes and began asking us how to do simple things like go back to the home screen. via [engadget.com](http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/05/fusion-garage-joojoo-review/)Out of morbid curiosity, I decided to read this article. I was curious to see if there were any redeeming qualities to this device at all. Nope. It’s exactly as bad…

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Review: Waterfield Designs Ultimate SleeveCase for iPad

[![Img_0725](http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/jcieplinski/6vhoD68kgCVTwDFAJEBpoIVsnVq3JqUMIg7xXqLmJOIrCpTMdT0B0b6iMemr/IMG_0725.jpg.scaled.500.jpg)](http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/jcieplinski/RMbxgFAskxzKnrqoiclTm9TH4PHQxhcMr5aHLWqfIRdsx1qisceIrjFqFJk8/IMG_0725.jpg.scaled.1000.jpg)[Waterfield Designs Ultimate SleeveCase for iPad](http://sfbags.com/products/ipad-cases/sleevecases-ipad.php "Waterfield Designs iPad Case") Anyone who reads my blog knows that I’m more than slightly biased towards Apple products. It’s not some blind, religious cult kind of devotion, mind you. I just happen to like companies that make great products. So when the…

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