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Who Is the Godfather of the iPod?

The New York Times this morning calls Tony Fadell the "godfather" of the iPod. But the title should probably go to Jon Rubinstein, the former head of Apple's Mac and iPod divisions and now CEO of Palm.
The history of the iPod's development is told here and here, but the short story is:
1. In late 2000, Steve [...:]

Kiosko Stuffs A Newsstand's Worth Of Front Pages Into The iPhone

As a journalist, and a bit of a design geek who's dipped a toe into the arcane world of tabloid page layout, it's always oddly thrilling for me to read from a front page that's actually been printed. Or at least looks like it was intended to be printed.
Kiosko.net, a virtual gallery of the day's [...:]

First iPad Shipments Arrive In Louisville, KY

The first shipments of iPads have arrived at the huge UPS facility in Louisville, KY, and will soon be heading to customers' home towns.
The UPS shipping info for CoM's iPad, which was ordered last month, says the iPad is undergoing "UPS internal activity" (whatever that is) in Kentucky. UPS 's all-points international air hub is [...:]

Gawk At This Gorgeous Mockup of The iPhone 4G

Here's a very cool mockup of the iPhone 4G with an aluminum "unibody" enclosure from our friend Graham Bower of MacPredictions.com.
The mockup takes its style cues from Apple's current lineup of unibody MacBook Pros, which are carved from single slabs of aluminum. Metal gives the iPhone a much nicer look and feel.
Like today's rumors, Graham [...:]

New, Free App Brings Cool Mac Mail Contact-Import Feature To iPhone

One of the coolest new features introduced in Leopard's version of Mail is the ability to automatically add contact details to Address Book. Just hover the mouse pointer over something that looks like an address or phone number, and a box magically appears that lets you import the info, with the details brilliantly [...:]

iPhone 4G Details Emerge: HD Screen, Front-Facing Camera, June Launch

Several tidbits of information about the iPhone 4G are circulating today:

Front-facing camera
960×640 screen
Called the iPhoneHD
Released on June 22nd
Apple A4 system-on-a-chip
Third-party multitasking
Coming to Verizon and AT&T

The front-facing camera has been rumored for some time and evidence for videochat capabilities has been found in the iPhone 3.2 SDK. The 960×640 screen is double the current 480×360 resolution.
Engadget says the high [...:]

TwelveSouth's BookArc Props Your iPad Up

If you want to do any serious typing on the iPad, the iPad Keyboard Dock is going to be a must-have accessory… but what if you want to use your existing Bluetooth keyboard? It'll already work just fine with your iPad just fine, but the challenge is one of positioning. You need some way to [...:]

Scosche flipSYNC Winds iPhone Cable Up Into a Key Fob

When you're out and about, it usually behooves you to keep a coiled iPod docking cable with you, if just to charge your devices… but they're easy-to-forget in their ungainliness.
Scosche's latest product is an elegant solution to the problem of ubiquitous cable possession: the flipSYNC USB charger and transfer cable will juice up and [...:]

Sneak Peek: Dashboard for iPad App

Although a few wishful thinkers held out hope far past Apple's announcement, it's pretty clear at this point that the iPad's not going to have an OS X like dashboard out of the gate… but that's not to say a third-party developer can't step in to pick up the slack.
Cernegie Mellon Student Rich Hong [...:]

Infographic: the Apple Lisa Cost As Much As 43 iPads

You only had to listen to the gasps that filled the room when Steve Jobs announced the iPad's price to figure out that Apple's tablet is incredibly inexpensive… not just for what it is, but for an Apple product.
In case you needed further proof, though, check out this incredible infographic by Vouchercodes.co.uk that puts [...:]