The iPad Page

This is the landing page where you will find all TNM stories and reviews concerning the iPad and media applications.
iPad Review Page
4-1: First reviews
4-1: First Look: NYT app
4-1: BBC app?
4-2: GQ, Popular Science
4-2: Le Monde
4-3: Unboxing photos
4-3: Review: NYT app
4-5: Epicurious
4-5: Zinio/VIVmag
4-6: ACU app
4-7: TSA
4-7: Sales
4-8: iPhone OS 4: iAd
4-8: Developer agreement

All posts found here first appeared on the home page of Talking New Media, and have been gathered here for easy reading.  Posts are listed in chronological order, with the initial posts from launch day first. The index in the box, though, will assist you in finding individual reviews/stories. To find pre-launch iPad stories, use the search function found on the left sidebar of each page.

First reviews from NYT and others
OK, the first reviews are in, so what have we learned. Not much, other than reviewers love the term "laptop killer" (or some variation of the same).
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First look at NYT iPad app
The New York Times iPad app has made its first appearance is the iTunes store, and while it is impossible to review before Saturday, it does give a glimpse of the Times strategy.
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Did BBC launch an iPad app?
Here is a mystery for you. A few days ago the BBC Trust announced that the BBC would hold off on releasing their iPhone apps due to concerns from the UK's newspaper association, the NPA.t.
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First look at GQ & Popular Science apps
Here is a first look at the new GQ and Popular Science apps for the iPad. Although screenshots really won't give you an idea of what interactivity the Condé Nast and Bonnier magazines have incorporated into their tablet versions, one can see the layouts, menus, and the like.
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European newspapers hit the iTunes store
Le Monde and Il Messagero are among the first newspapers based in Europe to release iPad apps.
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The obligatory unboxing photos
OK, it's a cliche, but here are the unboxing photos from launch day.
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Review: New Yorjk Times app has the feel of an interim solution
With limited content and no multimedia, at least the Times released their initial iPad app as free.
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First mover advantage: Epicurious launches app, others wait
Is it a big advantage to launch an app as soon as possible, or is it better to wait?
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Zinio's iPad app: the easiest way to access magazine content; VIVmag
Zinio brings a portfolio of magazines to the iPad including VIVmag. But are these simply flip books?
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Team from Abilene Christian University launches iPad app for school paper
ACU creates team to launch an iPad app by April 3rd and succeeds in getting app approved and launched by Apple.
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TSA: keep your iPad in bag going though security
The AP is reporting that the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) said Tuesday that travelers need not take their iPads out of briefcases or bags when going through security -- yet one more reason to leave that laptop at home.
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Chitika Labs reports on iPad sales
One inventive way to determine sales of the Apple iPad is to keep track of how many are "seen in the wild" by tracking the number of users that come through ad networks. Chitika Labs is doing just that and has come up with a fun iPad tracking page.
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Apple unveils iPhone OS 4 and iAd
Today Steve Jobs unveiled seven major changes to Apple's operating system that is used on the iPhone and iPad. The seventh, iAd, introduces Apple into the competitive world of ad sales.
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Apple's new iPhone OS agreement has developers howling
Apple yesterday previewed its new iPhone OS 4 to a small group of developers and press, as well as a large group of Internet viewers like myself.
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