BlackBerry OS 6 allegedly leaked, widgets in view

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A possible leak has emerged today of what may be a major revision to the BlackBerry platform. Comin...

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Hold countless Worlds in the palm of you hand

post from on 19 March 2010 10:18:00 AM. ©

Washington based Tessera Design today announces World Builder 1.0 for iPhone and iPod touch[...]

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Race to Launch Day: The Story of an iPad Case
Maker

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Every major Apple product launch tends to follow a pattern that many of us have just accepted. Long lines, constrained supply and lack of accessories are all common for the launch day. But with the release of the iPad right around the corner, one company dared to follow Apple?s advice to the world. Instead of the frustrating experience of buying a new iPad and not being able to get a quality case for days or even weeks, Hard Candy Cases will be ready to deliver on day one — and all it took was just thinking different.

A visit to Hard Candy?s website quickly reveals that its iPad cases will ship this month, ahead of the launch for the device itself. Digging deeper, these cases are not just generic cases that happen to fit the general size of the iPad, but quality cases that snugly fit Apple?s multitouch wonder. So how did the company pull off quality products on such an amazing timeline?

It begins with the resolve of Tim Hickman, the CEO of Hard Candy Cases and founder of Speck Products, another popular accessory manufacturer. In the traditional manufacturing process, Apple would release technical documents (or the manufacturer could measure the physical device itself) to provide precise measurements for manufacturers. The next step is the expensive and sometimes lengthy process of setting up the tooling equipment to produce cases. It?s easy to see why accuracy is important. As a result, its not until a period of time after the product is released that the bulk of cases begin to enter the market. Hickman?s solution was to engineer the cases in such a way that if the final device was a millimeter or so different than anticipated, specially designed bumpers inside the case could be adjusted to provide a snug fit. From a business perspective, Hard Candy Cases was able to start the tooling process weeks ago. From a consumer perspective, that means cases will be available sooner rather than later.

But Hickman didn?t stop there. In a move that is strangely reminiscent of Steve Jobs himself, a little over a month ago the CEO flew to China to persuade factory workers to work through the Chinese New Year and focus on manufacturing his product. After four weeks of sleepless nights, sheer madness and a fight to the finish, Hickman’s chartered 747 delivered 18,000 Bubble Hard Sleeve cases to the U.S. Another 7,000 will be delivered before the iPad?s launch on April 3.

Hickman?s purpose behind this isn?t to simply be the first on the market for the sake of being first. With iPad pre-orders numbering in the hundreds of thousands, the iPad opens the door for a huge market of third-party accessories and that can mean some serious profits. Hard Candy Cases, while a figurative new kid on the block, isn?t a stranger to this though. With revenue of $150,000 in its first month of operation, Hickman?s company has already captured the attention of the industry. With prominent exposure in the Apple Store and the resolve of its CEO, Hard Candy Cases is poised to provide some serious competition to other popular case manufacturers, like Belkin, Speck and Incase.

If you?ve already pre-ordered your iPad, check out some Hard Candy Cases? products so your iPad will be protected from day one. If you?ve used any of their other products, let us know what you think!

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Canon fixes EOS 5D Mark II bug in new firmware

post from MacNN | The Macintosh News Network on 19 March 2010 09:20:00 AM. © MacNN | The Macintosh News Network

Canon today quickly acted on the discovered audio bug in its latest EOS 5D Mark II firmware by rolli...

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HP slate may cost $45 more than iPad

post from MacNN | The Macintosh News Network on 19 March 2010 08:55:00 AM. © MacNN | The Macintosh News Network

The in-progress HP slate may actually be more expensive than the iPad when it goes on sale, a Spanis...

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TwoFingerScroll : Two Fingers Scrolling on the
Touchpad of Windows Laptop

post from iHackintosh on 19 March 2010 08:29:48 AM. © iHackintosh

If you want to bring the now famous two-finger scrolling of Mac notebooks on your Windows notebook, you can take a look at TwoFingerScroll. TwoFingerScroll is a tiny free application (it weighs less than 300 KB) that allows, indeed, to have handy on the[...]

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SonicPics to go on sale next Monday - Try
SonicPics Lite

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Michigan based Humble Daisy has announced that SonicPics, the company's iPhone and iPod touch app[...]

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Bharti Airtel to sell iPhone 3GS to India

India's Bharti Airtel on Friday said it would start selling the iPhone 3GS through its stores. The ...

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Dusty Roads Media releases My Spot Pro 1.0.2 for
iPhone and iPod touch

Dusty Roads Media today announces My Spot Pro 1.0.2 for iPhone and iPod touch devices. My Spot Pro[...]

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Wintek allegedly to blame for iPad delays

Wintek on Friday was accused in a report by Taiwan's Liberty Times of triggering a delay in iPad shi...

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