The Guardian Sight unseen, fans hear `iPad' and think `iWant'The Associated PressSEATTLE — People who lined up to buy the first iPhone knew what they were paying hundreds of dollars for: a new cell phone that promised to be better. Apple Inc.'s newest gadget, the iPad tablet computer,...

BBC News Publishers Bet Future on iPad They Haven't yet SeenABC NewsNEW YORK/LONDON (Reuters) – Publishers are placing big bets that Apple Inc's iPad will kick-start a commercially viable transition to digital magazines and newspapers — even though few executives have laid hands...

Gadget Venue (blog) Apple iBookstore Pricing, Selection LeakedeWeekAs the release date for the Apple iPad draws near, information regarding ebook pricing from Apple's iBookstore leaks online, suggesting the company may have reached an agreement with publishers that Amazon failed to do with its...

TG Daily Apple's iBooks Pricing May Match Amazon'sPC WorldSpeculation that publishers would have the final word on eBook pricing may have been inaccurate judging from a leaked screenshot of the iBook store that shows Apple assuming Amazon's current $9.99 price model. The picture, grabbed...

Fast Company Survey: consumers want iPads for getting work done on the goArs TechnicaA recent survey on mobile device use revealed a surprising result: over half of respondents reported that they would use tablet devices such as the Apple iPad for "conducting work. …Publishers Inking iPad...

Brisbane Times Study shows almost half of iPad apps being tested are gamesGamePro.comA new study released by mobile research company Flurry Analytics breaks down the different types of apps currently being tested by developers for the iPad, with games accounting for 44% of the creations. The latest...

Novinite.com Major publishers' sexy iPhone apps escape purge?MacworldApple made headlines again last week with another round of App Store censorship. Falling under Apple's banhammer this time were adult content apps that feature sexy girls and even innuendo-laced games, some from spammy developers...

Sydney Morning Herald Amazon.com Resumes Selling Some Macmillan BooksBusinessWeekFeb. 5 (Bloomberg) — Amazon.com Inc., the largest Internet retailer, resumed selling Macmillan books on its Web site, ending a week-long fight with the publisher over the price of electronic books. Macmillan titles...

Reuters Panacea or Poison Pill: Who Gets to Decide About The $10 E-Book?Wired NewsHachette has become the third major publisher to publicly denounce Amazon.com's $10 e-book model. It joins Macmillan and HarperCollins in what seems now like the death blow to a price point that had less to do with...

Washington Post Top Publishers to Seek More Control of E-Book PricesBusinessWeekFeb. 2 (Bloomberg) — Amazon.com Inc., the world's largest Internet retailer, will have to give publishers more control over the prices of digital books to match an agreement forged with Macmillan, according...