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Apple on Monday said it sold its 1 millionth iPad last Friday with the introduction of the iPad 3G model.

The company didn't say how many iPads of each model were sold, but we do know that on April 8 during the iPhone OS 4 event, Apple CEO Steve Jobs said the company had sold 450,000 iPads, so sales have remained brisk. The first model of the iPad, known as the Wi-Fi-only model for its most notable difference from the new 3G version, hit the market April 3.

Ahead of Apple's announcement, Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster … Read more

The iPad 3G's first weekend at market was a successful one, though not quite as successful as that of its Wi-Fi-only predecessor.

Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster estimates that Apple sold about 300,000 iPad 3Gs between Friday afternoon and Sunday afternoon, including 52 days of preorders. That's approximately what the original iPad sold during its first day of availability, including 22 days of preorders. So while the 3G isn't selling quite as briskly as its sibling, it's selling well--so well, in fact, that by Sunday afternoon most of the Apple stores Munster surveyed were completely … Read more

These days, the words "Apple" and "law" seem to trip off the Mac like the words "Apple" and "Adobe."

So, given that I know so many view the prospect of an Apple-Gizmodo showdown in the courts with rather more anticipation that they viewed Mayweather-Moseley fight, might I offer a new dimension to the prospective proceedings?

It seems that one enterprising, Apple-addicted lawyer has already used an iPad to devastating effect in a court of law. No, he didn't balance it on his lap and send e-mails to his personal assistant while … Read more

PALO ALTO, Calif.--Watching people line up again for the iPad--this time the 3G version--here on Saturday, one has to wonder what the fate of the Netbook is.

The reasons for the Netbook's popularity--roughly around 50 million sold to date--are clear: highly mobile (typically less than 3 pounds), Windows-compatible, and cheap. In all, an impressively utilitarian PC.

Then the iPad came along. So, the question is--if you're looking for an easy-to-carry device that does more than a smartphone and less than a laptop, which would you choose?

The apples-and-oranges argument can be made, of course: physical keyboard (Netbook) … Read more

Editor's note: The crowds did show up eventually Friday afternoon, as can be seen in the photo added below.

The 3G version of Apple's iPad goes on sale in the United States at 5 p.m. Friday, and so far, the crowds haven't begun queueing in San Francisco.

There have been reports of lines forming at a few stores on the East Coast. However, there isn't an expectation of throngs turning out for the first sale the way they did for the Wi-Fi version of the iPad earlier this month. (Update, 3 p.m. PT: See the scene … Read more

Apple will shut down Lala six months after acquiring the struggling streaming-music service.

A note that replaces Lala's home page says the service will no longer accept new customers and informs members that the site will be functional only through May 31.

Lala is a streaming-music site that sells songs for 10 cents apiece and enables people to store their music libraries on the company's servers. Lala has gone through multiple iterations; it was once a CD-swapping service before reinventing itself as a streaming site.

Apple's decision to close Lala isn't much of a surprise as … Read more

As you've probably heard by now, Steve Jobs this week posted an open letter on Apple's Web site outlining the company's reasons for not adopting Flash on i-products like the iPad and the iPhone.

Jobs outlined six points of contention Apple has with Adobe over Flash. They are, in order: that Flash isn't an open platform; that it's not needed because H.264 works fine for streaming video; that it kills a mobile device's battery in short order; that the Flash interface was designed for mousing, not touching; and that with HTML5 and the … Read more

The official debut was two weeks ago, and now Adobe Systems is actually delivering its Creative Suite 5 software to customers.

The CS5 software spans a broad range of uses--image editing in Photoshop and Photoshop Extended, video editing in Premiere Pro, Flash application creation in Flash Pro, Web page design in Dreamweaver, and more. New to the suite is Flash Catalyst, geared to let designers without much programming experience convert application mock-ups created in Illustrator or Photoshop into working Flash applications.

Adobe sells these programs alone or packages them up into suites tailored for various market segments. At the … Read more

The missing iPhone 4G purchased and publicized by Gizmodo last week has developed into a legal soap opera taking some rather dramatic turns. The story line has involved police breaking down the door of a blogger, his computers being seized, and the local authorities tracking down the people who found and sold it.

We also know that Apple reported the phone missing to the local authorities, who then initiated a criminal probe, both into the person who sold the device, revealed by Wired.com Thursday as 21-year-old Brian J. Hogan, and the party that purchased the prototype iPhone for $5,… Read more