iPad Available in US on April 3

iPad will be available in Wi-Fi models on April 3 in the US for a suggested retail price of $499 for 16GB, $599 for 32GB, $699 for 64GB. The Wi-Fi + 3G models will be available in late April for a suggested retail price of $629 for 16GB, $729 for 32GB and $829 for 64GB.  iPad will be sold in the US through the Apple Store® (www.apple.com), Apple’s retail stores and select Apple Authorized Resellers.

iPad will be available in both Wi-Fi and Wi-Fi + 3G models in late April in Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Spain, Switzerland and the UK. International pricing will be announced in April. iPad will ship in additional countries later this year.

iPad Available in US on April 3

Unfortunately it looks like we have to wait a bit longer for the good stuff here in Sweden.

HotCocoa!

The latest MacRuby with HotCocoa is amazing! Finally a way to write OS X applications without having to learn Objective-C.

require 'rubygems'
require 'hotcocoa'
include HotCocoa
application do |app|
  win = window :size => [100,50]
  b = button :title => 'Hello'
  b.on_action { puts 'World!' }
  win << b
end

iPad has opened up a new dimension in media consumption

Robin Sloan writes about the amazing new kind of content the iPad will allow to be created and consumed.

Read it, let your imagination roam free, then go learn Objective-C. I know that I will.

via binarybonsai

iPad

Watch the video. Enough said. I want an iPad!

Apple Tablet Day

Today is the day when the magic will happen. The event starts at 10:00AM PST (19:00 Swedish time) and if you’re not there in person there are many web sites covering it in real time.

Let’s hope for something good!

Apple Patches 12 Serious Mac OS X Flaws

Apple’s first Mac OS X security update for 2010 is out, providing cover for at least 12 serious vulnerabilities.

The update, rated critical, plugs security holes that could lead to code execution vulnerabilities if a Mac user is tricked into opening audio files or surfing to a rigged Web site.

With Security Update 2010-001, Apple also fixes flaws in the Adobe Flash Player plug-in that ships with the operating system.

Apple Patches 12 Serious Mac OS X Flaws | threatpost

There is no use to wait, go update your computer now!

Lab Tick

Have you ever been annoyed by your PowerBook’s (or MacBook Pro’s) backlit keyboard? You can not control it, you simply have to deal with the behaviour dictated by the ambient light sensor

If so Lab Tick will save your day.

I just installed it and it works great!

Apple Confirms Purchase Of LaLa

“Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) is now confirming that it has indeed purchased music site LaLa”

Apple Confirms Purchase Of LaLa

Interesting. Are they just getting rid of a competitor or do they have something new planned for the iTunes / iTunes Music Store experience…

Jonathan Ive

I don’t think it’s a secret that I have a deep love for Apple products. Much of that is because of Jonathan Ive. If you start thinking about it, he is the mastermind behind all of the groundbreaking products we today associate with Apple.

The guy is a genius and Apple wouldn’t be the same without him!

Major Snow Leopard Bug Said To Delete User Data

Slashdot Apple Story | Major Snow Leopard Bug Said To Delete User Data

Scary!