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Apple Discloses More Information on Preloaded iPad Apps

Apple has revamped their iPad Features pages and now includes a large amount of information about the apps that will come with the iPad. Here’s a brief synopsis:

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Latest Palm App Catalog Additions

Check out the latest apps you’ll be able to download from the Palm App Catalog.

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AAPL Estimates 120,000 iPads Pre-Ordered on March 12th

The folks over at AAPL Sanity Board have been crunching some numbers and have come up with what they think is a close estimate of the first day of pre-orders for the iPad. According to the group, around 120,000 iPads were sold. This was calculated by taking all of Apple’s orders for Friday (124,596) and subtracting the average number of online orders for other products (16,500) and multiplying the result by the number of iPads bought on average (1.11). Also, from their numbers, two-thirds of people got Wi-Fi only, and the different storage sizes were an approximately even split.

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FCC, iPad Wi-Fi + 3G Larger than Wi-Fi Only Model

A separate Apple document filed with the FCC has disclosed a previously unknown difference in the dimensions between the iPad Wi-Fi and Wi-Fi + 3G models. The document reports, the Wi-Fi + 3G model is 0.3mm taller and 0.1mm wider than the Wi-Fi only model, due to the 3G model’s top antenna panel. This is also in addition to a previously disclosed 0.1 pound difference in weight between the models, which was announced when the iPad was first introduced back in January.

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iPad Battery Replacement Program; Apple Just Sends You Another iPad for $99

Apple has just posted details on its iPad battery replacement service, which really isn’t a battery replacement service at all. Just read Apple’s opening line:

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iPads Appear on FCC Website, Both Sporting Two Wi-Fi Antennas per Model

Both versions of the the iPad, Wi-Fi and Wi-Fi + 3G, have appeared on the FCC’s (Federal Communications Commission) website. Although the user manual, external photos, and other materials are still being withheld at Apple’s request, there are several small discoveries to be made. Both models of the iPad have two Wi-Fi antennas, one that is shared with Bluetooth, and one that is not. These antennas cannot transmit simultaneously, are “fed with different power levels,” and are located in different places within the casing. Exact reason for the dual antenna configuration was not provided but it appears to be for reception diversity, allowing the iPad to decide which antenna is working better and switch between them, opting for the higher power version when needed.

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Reminder: Receive Daily, Weekly, or Monthly Updates Via Email

Now you can have updates from Appmodo emailed to you directly on a per post (for those who cannot live without the latest), daily, weekly or monthly basis! You can also select specific categories as well, whether you have an iPhone, BlackBerry, Android or Palm phone, or just want to receive the latest gaming news, photography, music and more. All you have to do is subscribe with your name and email address.

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Download StickQuest For Free: Special Promotion For This Weekend

Here’s a fun game to keep you occupied during the weekend. Have fun with it!

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FirstClip App Review for iPhone and iPod Touch: The best way to download videos off of your iDevice?

Can’t watch that video in time? Want a video that offers no-lag at all? Do you really want a video, but don’t know how to download it on your computer or iDevice? You now have the solution to these problems: FirstClip

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“Overwhelming” Demand May Limit iPad In-store Pickup

MacDailyNews has reported that shoppers who have placed their pre order today are being told by Apple Store employees that the demand could possibly effect their plans for the very popular in-store pickup option.

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Apple Sells 50,000 iPads in Two Hours? No Camera Connection Kit?

According to Victor Castroll, an analyst with Valcent Financial Apple sold 51,000 iPads in its first two hours of sales. Castroll had predicted before sales were open that Apple would be selling approximately 20,000 iPads per hour. The number of iPads sold is based on two sales made within 30 minutes of each other that had order numbers 10,000 numbers apart.

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Palm App Catalog Surpasses 30 Million Downloads

Palm has topped over thirty million downloads from the App Catalog. Now Palm offers three ways to download apps directly thru Official webOS App Catalog Apps, Web Distribution Apps for webOS and Beta Apps for webOS.

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DARPA Plans on Creating Own App Store for iPhone and Android Apps

According to a report from Engadget, DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) is looking at creating their own app store, to bring software quickly to combatants. DARPA, the research wing of the American military has thrown its weight behind some impressive stuff in its day.

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iPhone OS 3.2 On its Way Soon?

Two updates were posted today for Flickr and Tweetie2 among many others. But there was a little something in these app updates that indicated that a 3.2 OS update is coming soon. Discovered by our very own Editorial Director Chris Duke the updates posted stated that they are both compatible and offered support for the yet to be released 3.2 firmware.

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Apple iPhone and Other Smartphone Makers Are Targeted in Lawsuit

In a recent lawsuit AT&T, Research in Motion and a number of other mobile companies are all the defendant in a patent suit that includes several smartphone related technologies that include email syncing and Bluetooth connectivity. This new lawsuit was filed earlier this month in US District Court in Texas by a company called SmartPhone Technologies LLC.

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iPad Pre-orders Have Begun, Limited to Two Per Person

Apple began accepting iPad pre-orders this morning and details on the process are now available. Here’s the scoop:

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Apple Confirms iPad Pre-Orders Begin Tomorrow, 5:30 a.m. PT/8:30 am. ET

Apple just confirmed that it will begin accepting online pre-orders for the iPad at 5:30 a.m. Pacific Time/8:30 a.m. Eastern Time tomorrow. According to Apple’s prior announcement, U.S. customers will be able to pre-order both the Wi-Fi-only and Wi-Fi + 3G models of the device, or reserve a Wi-Fi-only model for pick up at an Apple retail store. Apple will officially launch the Wi-Fi-only version of the iPad in the U.S. on Saturday, April 3, with Wi-Fi + 3G models expected to ship in late April.

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Two Apps to Download for Free Today: DOWNLOAD!!!

There have been days with more free apps than today, but I have to say that today’s are the best! Download them after reading the info below!

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Barnes & Noble eReader for iPad Underway

Barnes & Noble have officially announced they’re making a version of B&N eReader for the iPad. This addition will give readers access to the 1 million+ books, newspapers and magazines purchasable through the B&N eBookstore, and any content purchased for their nook will be accessible. They gave no detail as to how it will differ from the iPhone version, except that it’s “designed specifically for the iPad”.

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Malware and Trojan Virus Found on HTC Android Phone From Vodafone

Researcher Pedro Bustamante an employee of Panda Security a Spanish antivirus firm stated they received a new Android based Vodafone that contained malware. When the phone was plugged into a PC with a USB, Panda Cloud Antivirus went off, detecting both an autorun.inf and autorun.exe files as malicious.

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