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With No Killer App, iPad Is a Hard Sell iPhone Location-Based Ads Banned Adobe Fires Back at Apple on Flash Initial Sales of iPad May Be Modest Will Business Users Buy Into the iPad? Apple Posts Another Patch for iMac Apple has revolutionized the music and wireless industries with its iPod and iPhone. The recent buzz reflects high hopes that with the iPad, Apple can similarly transform a third industry: publishing. Apple has told developers that location-finding applications that give iPhone users information like weather and restaurants are fine. But if used for targeted advertising, the deal is off. Three years after the introduction of the iPhone, Apple's refusal to include Flash on its soon-to-be-released iPad has sparked another kerfuffle between Apple and Flash maker Adobe Systems. Apple's iPad may be limited to sales of two million to four million units this year, and won't really take off without a catalyst, analysts predict. That fits with the histories of the iPod and iPhone. As with many new Apple products, once the hubbub dies down, observers turn to the question of whether it's ready for the business market. Analysts are doing that with the yet-to-be-released iPad. For the second time in six weeks, Apple has offered a firmware download to address flickering problems on its new iMac 27-inch liquid crystal display. The latest update is for the display firmware.   FULL STORY   FULL STORY   FULL STORY   FULL STORY   FULL STORY   FULL STORY   With No Killer App, iPad Is a Hard Sell   iPhone Location-Based Ads Banned Adobe Fires Back at Apple on Flash Is it arrogance? Jobs says it's bugs.   FULL STORY Initial Sales of iPad May Be Modest Could cannibalize sales of iPod touch.   FULL STORY Will Business Users Buy Into the iPad? Multitasking may be biggest problem.   FULL STORY Apple Posts Another Patch for iMac Discolored screens not addressed.   FULL STORY iPhone Loses Global Market Share Apple's iPad: What's In It for You? Tablet Maker Says iPad Is a Copy Steve Jobs: Publishers Avoid Amazon Now iPad Is in Developers' Hands Apple's Effect on Content Partners Wait -- No YouTube for the iPad? iPad 3G Data Plans Will Cost Less iPad Challenges E-Readers, Netbooks Will Apple Dump Google on iPhone? Apple's iPad Pricing Starts at $499 Apple Finally Unveils iPad Tablet Google Voice Slips Onto iPhone Apple's Profits Strong as Event Nears AT&T's Rivals Could Offer iPhone Tracker Detects Apple Tablet 'Proof' Apple Talks To Publishers on Tablet Rumors Link Apple, Verizon, AT&T Price, AT&T Could Hurt Apple Tablet Bing Rumor Widens Google-Apple Split HarperCollins Eyes Apple E-Books Apple Event May Include Other Topics Free iPhone App Nails Dictation   More on this topic...

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