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Digital Trends – This past weekend my wife pointed out to me that sometimes when the iPad is sitting in the Apple iPad dock, it says “Not Charging” despite being plugged directly into the wall outlet. My setup at home is the typical USB cable connector plugged into an AC wall outlet on one end, and then the iPad dock on the other. Nothing special here, heck, it wasn’t even plugged into a PC. So I decided to undock the iPad and reconnect it, maybe the connection wasn’t good. Nope, still said not charging. So I tried again and lo and behold, it started charging. What the heck?

ContributorNetwork – Buying a smartphone from Apple is like buying a car from Ford, in the days of the Model T. You can have any kind you want, as long as it’s black.

PC World – The latest entry in the ultra-slim laptop stakes is the MSI X-Slim X-370. The X-370, announced today, joins the growing ranks of ultra-slim portable notebooks like the MacBook Air and Samsung Series 9. The X-370 runs the latest AMD Fusion processor, is less than an inch thick, and weighs just a bit over 3 pounds, making it a serious ultraportable contender.

Macworld – Major League Baseball Advanced Media released updates to its mobile apps late Wednesday, adding some major features to its iPad and iPhone editions and also bringing regular-season coverage to Android for the first time.

PC World – It might be time to say good-bye to the days of Android as an open-source platform. After sealing Honeycomb from developers in an effort to combat subpar Google-branded products from entering the market, Google is now quietly implementing “non-fragmentation clauses” into its Android license arrangements, according to Bloomberg Businessweek.

Digital Trends – Apple’s iTunes App Store and Google’s Android Market have repeatedly emphasized the sheer number of applications that are available for their respective mobile devices: Apple currently claims more than 350,000 apps are available for its iOS devices, while the Android Market boasts some 150,000 applications. The idea is that, with so many applications available for the platforms, users are almost certain to find exactly the app they want—and, in fact, will likely be able to choose amongst several competing apps.

Digital Trends – As promised, Taiwan’s Asustek has brought its Eee Pad Transformer to U.S. consumers by April by launching the device at electronics retailer Best Buy for a starting price of $399.99. The availability of the Eee Pad Transformer not only increases the number of Android tablet devices on the market running Android 3.0 “Honeycomb,” but also hits a very important price point: it undercuts the Apple iPad 2.

Macworld – The folks who made up the tiny audience for Microsoft’s much-mocked Zune had one clear advantage over their iPod-loving rivals: When they wanted to share tunes with each other, they could do so wirelessly, rather than resort to the unhygienic practice of earbud-sharing. A new iOS app aims to fill that gap.

Digital Trends – Google has pulled PlayStation emulator app PSX4Droid from its Android Market, citing violation of its Content Policy, reports Pocket Gamer. But the app’s developer, ZodTTD, suspects the removal is likely due to the imminent release of Sony Ericsson’s Xperia Play, commonly known as the ‘PlayStation Phone.’

PC World – Asus will continue to build Window 7 tablets, calling Microsoft’s OS a worthy competitor to the Apple iPad and the army of Android tablets on the market. An Asus official told
TechRadar
that the company gets a lot of inquiries from the consumer and business market for Windows 7 tablets, so it will continue making them as long as that demand remains.