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Users who are planning to purchase Apple’s iPad with a 3G modem probably already know that AT&T is offering two data plan prices for the device, which are $14.99/month for 250MB or $29.99 for unlimited data. While it’s not too hard to walk into an AT&T store to request for the change in plan, it seems that Apple has gone one step further, and made things easy for everybody. You’ll be able to sign up, check your data usage, manage your account, and even cancel your service directly from the iPad. Since there is no contract binding you to a specific data plan, you’ll be able to switch between plans as and when you wish, which is …

Topics: Cult of Mac , iPad We’ve had more than a few inbound requests today, via email and Twitter, asking a slightly obsessive but completely understandable question: When can I pre-order my freakin’ iPad ? True to form, the simple answer of “March 12th” is not adequate for the real early adopters , and they ask again: Yes, I know that, but what time can I push the button? When does the pre-order page go live on store.apple.com ? Do I need to stay up all night, refreshing the page? We understand. We know where you’re coming from. We asked Apple PR to…

Topics: Found Footage , iPad Call me crazy but I think this is hysterical. Doritoscanada has put together a wry and dry iPad introduction parody using, of course, Doritos. It’s only one minute long so check it out and see if you don’t agree that it’s just about perfect. Thanks to Luis Ortiz for sending it in. TUAW Found Footage: The Doritos iPad Parody originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:15:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink

Topics: Apple Unit testing refers to a software validation methodology that allows programmers to test individual program units for correctness. It’s been an ongoing question in the iPhone developer community as to whether the iPhone’s view controller class is testable or not. In response to these discussions, iPhone developer Jonah Williams has written up a view controller unit testing how-to over at the Carbon Five web blog. His write-up offers examples that show how to incorporate some best practices into your code. Williams points out how broken NIB bindings are a common problem for iPhone OS applications. To address these issues, he regularly adds simple assertions that…

When you have an intergalactic war where warriors of different styles clash with a multitude of weapons in their arsenal, you’ve got what Universal would call “a supremely gameable intellectual property.” Battlestar Galactica is one such IP,

With the stakes high in Microsoft’s bid to add its search engine to the iPhone, a few words of praise by the software giant’s CEO have drawn a considerable amount of attention. “Apple’s done a very nice job that allows people to monetize and commercialize their intellectual property” in the App Store, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer told a University of Washington audience last week. Playing Bing-o Although Ballmer was stating the obvious, observers and analysts quickly surmised that he was trying to sweeten the waters in advance of Apple’s decision on whether to replace Google with Microsoft’s Bing as the default search engine on the iPhone operating system. Business Week reported in January that the two giants were in negotiations for that deal. Asked by Reuters about the prospects…

Topics: Apple Corporate , Rumors The Seattle Times is reporting that Steve Ballmer, who notoriously laughed at the iPhone, had some good things to say about it last week in a speech he gave at the computer-science building at the University of Washington. “Apple’s done a very nice job that allows people to monetize and commercialize their intellectual property,” he said. Ordinarily, a comment like this might not be significant, but in this case it adds fuel to the fire that Apple will replace Google with Bing as the default search engine in the next iPhone OS. Google and Apple are increasingly at odds and it’s possible that Apple may see an alliance with Microsoft …

At first it’s similar to the first one , but then the new Iron Man 2 trailer turns into a mess of new footage, battle suit armies, suitcase armor, and some hot chick firing a palm gun. Wowza! You can hit up the Apple link for the trailer in its full HD glory, but be sure to come back here so we can talk about how amazing Ms. Johansson and all those slick battle suits look. [ Apple via MTV ]

Topics: iPad Talk about big premieres. Like it did with the iPhone and its “Hello” ad , Apple used the Oscars as the platform to debut its iPad commercial. The ad, set to the background of The Blue Van’s “There Goes My Love,” shows the iPad being used in a variety of ways: viewing a movie, reading an eBook, displaying photos, editing an iWork document and viewing email among them. The ad follows Apple’s recent announcement that pre-orders for the device will be accepted beginning March 12, with shipments slated for April 3. Here’s a link to the ad at Apple’s site. The ad is also embedded in the second half of this post. As we noted on Twitter earlier, Apple chairman Steve…

At the recent TechEd Middle East event in Dubai, Microsoft’s Eric Rudder showed off the gaming prowess of the upcoming Windows Phone Series 7 mobile operating platform by demonstrating a fairly basic Indiana Jones platformer game being