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iObserver App Store iAd Game Center iPhone iCloud iOS iTunes iPad iPod Apple TV Siri Mon, February 13, 2012 News: Chinese Authorities Seize Apple iPads in Trademark Dispute iObserver: AT&T Begins Process Toward Offering Shared Data Fri, February 10, 2012 Free on iTunes: OnLive Desktop: Windows & Office on Your iPad Just a Peek: Battle Pocket Bulge With The Hint for iPhone In-Depth Review: Theodolite App for iOS is Breathtaking Hot Forum Topic: Forum Poll: Are You Planning on Buying a New iPad? News: Apple Highlights Siri in Two New iPhone 4S Ads Thu, February 09, 2012 Apple Stock Watch: Canaccord: Apple Claims 80% of Q4 Mobile Handset Profits More… Disney CEO Sees the iPad as a Possible ‘Game Changer’ iPad Brad Cook 10:41 AM, Feb. 10th ET, 2010 TMO Talk (6) Articles by Author Brad Cook on Twitter Contact Author Bio Tweet Comments (6) Speaking to analysts during a conference call, Disney CEO Bob Iger said the iPad "could be a game changer in terms of enabling us to essentially create new forms of content,” according to MarketWatch. He added: "With ESPN, you have ScoreCenter, which is a great app on the iPhone and provides rudimentary information and scores. Suddenly we have a platform where you can really make those scores come to life." ESPN is part of Disney, and Apple CEO Steve Jobs sits on Disney’s board of directors and is its biggest shareholder, so Mr. Iger’s comments shouldn’t be much of a surprise. However, they do hint that the company wants to take full advantage of the iPad’s larger screen. For example, how ESPN will “really make those scores come to life” remains to be seen, but there are many possibilities for building video-based interactivity into the ScoreCenter app, such as tapping a touchdown in a football box score to see a replay of it. Email This Tweet This Brad Cook on Twitter 51898 Brad Cook ipad 1265816502 Post A Comment or Log-in. Need an account? Register here. 6 Observer Comments tzzysmile said on February 10th, 2010 at 11:42 AM: If the iPad is suppose to replace a computer for casual use, how are they going to handle multiple users. Will there be profiles? I don’t want to see my wifes contacts and she doesn’t want to see my. I have not seen how this will be handled and it is a big hangup to purchasing one when it is released. Lee Dronick said on February 10th, 2010 at 12:23 PM (Edited: 10/18/2011 6:20 PM): I don’t want to see my wifes contacts and she doesn’t want to see my. Got that right! If there is one thing I have learned the hard way is that you have to be discreet with your indiscretions. Seriously, the iPad is supposed to be an adjunct to a Mac, not replacement. Maybe in a future iPad OS there will be a feature allowing several accounts. Gary said on February 10th, 2010 at 3:11 PM: > it is a big hangup to purchasing one when it is released @tzzysmile - you’re not seeing the big picture. His ‘n’ hers - you buy two when it is released… tzzysmile said on February 10th, 2010 at 3:30 PM: @Sir Harry Flashman - I see the iPad just like Jobs presented it. You are relaxing in your EZ-Boy chair doing email, playing a game, or surfing the internet. I know it is portable and you can take it to Starbucks or where ever but just like the AppleTV it will more than likely have multiple users in the home. AppleTV has no profiles either and my old school gangster rap ( not really ) isn’t what I want my kids to be listening to. So I have to monitor it and be careful when I am jamming also. Dean Lewis said on February 10th, 2010 at 6:43 PM: Well, to be fair, you had to be careful what you were listening to or watching back in the days of vinyl and Victrolas and VHS and tube TV, too. (Did anyone else here giggle when they found Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass’ Whipped Cream and Other Delights album under the stereo? Oh yeah, those were the days… ) I think AppleTV may be seeing the end of its life. Streaming from the iPad will replace it, using a new wireless receiver accessory perhaps similar to the Airport Express. And I have a suspicion the iPhone OS 4.0 will have multiple users for iPads when or soon after it arrives at this years WWDC—but I admit I don’t have much to base that suspicion upon. Lee Dronick said on February 10th, 2010 at 10:53 PM (Edited: 10/18/2011 6:20 PM): (Did anyone else here giggle when they found Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass’ Whipped Cream and Other Delights album under the stereo? Oh yeah, those were the days… I bought that LP when it came it out. I heard some of the tunes on the radio then went to buy it and discovered that the album cover was quite titillating for a young teenage boy. The album, along with my others, was ruined when my parent’s basement flooded in 1972. Now interestingly a few days ago I bought Bittersweet Samba (Mocean Worker Remix) a track from Whipped Cream and Other Delights Remixed Post A Comment or Log-in. Need an account? Register here. said on February 14th, 2012 at 2:06 PM: Username Password Auto-login on future visits Show my name in the online users list Forgot your password? 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