iPad 2
Apple has just made its second-generation iPad official! It features a 1GHz dual-core A5 chip and, finally, cameras, both on the front and rear. The new CPU is said to be up to twice as fast, with graphics performance up to nine times better than on the original iPad, while power requirements have been kept the [...]
Read moreApple releases iOS 4.0.2 for iPhone and 3.2.2 for iPad, fixes PDF vulnerability
Bad news, jailbreakers: as promised, Apple’s just released iOS 4.0.2 for the iPhone and 3.2.2 for the iPad, both of which close the PDF exploit used by JailbreakMe. That appears to be the only change — it’s definitely good news for anyone concerned about iOS security, although we’re guessing the Dev Team is hard at [...]
Read moreApple sells over 300,000 iPad tablets on US launch day
We heard some pretty ridiculous estimates over the weekend, but these figures are straight out of Cupertino’s mouth: over 300,000 iPads were sold on April 3rd.
Read more3,266 iPad apps and counting
AppShopper is listing 3,266 iPad apps available at the time of this writing. That’s slightly more than 100 apps added since this morning. As of the morning of April 4th there were a total of 3,122 iPad apps available in the App Store according to Mobclix, a mobile ad exchange. At launch yesterday, the Wall Street [...]
Read moreApple’s A4 SoC faces Qualcomm Snapdragon in knock-down-drag-out benchmarking test
Up until now, a shroud of mystery has surrounded Apple’s custom engineered A4 system-on-chip; we know it’s clocked at 1GHz, likely tied to Apple’s prior acquisition of P.A. Semi and manufactured by Samsung. Outside of that, the only other knowledge we’ve gained has come not from the mouth of Cupertino, but from the extracting wizards over at iFixit. The [...]
Read moreTwo new iPhones, another iPod and future iPad found in iPad OS
Obviously updates are coming, software clues or not. Maybe iPhone 3,2 = AT&T and iPhone 3,3=Verizon? Also, why is there still an iProd when it was later discovered that the iProd was the iPad? [via BoyGeniusRepor]
Read moreiFixit profiles iPad 3G internals
A lot of you (arguably smarter) people out there aren’t participating in iPad unboxing day today because you’ve ordered the 3G iPad. You are patiently waiting until later this month to get your 3G iPads and will smugly point out how much more awesome they are than the Wifi only versions. Little has been said [...]
Read moreiPad is here
Apple updated its site last night to reflect the enormity of the iPad launch. The lead up to people finally being able to get their hands on one has been something to see. Some have said the launch “will make iPad the biggest cultural phenomenon since The Beatles”. We aren’t quite ready to back that up but [...]
Read moreGoogle optimizing Gmail for iPad
For all of you Gmail users out there, Google just announced that they are optimizing their web-based mail service for the iPad. Hoping over to mail.google.com on your iPad will show you the new interface. It looks very similar to Apple’s native ‘Mail’ iPad app with two panels (one for your inbox and one for the selected [...]
Read moreiBooks appears in US iPad App Store
The iBookstore is now live on the App Store (free) and comes with Winnie the Pooh and the ability to sample of any book in the store before buying. US-only and iPad-only for now, global editions are expected in the near future. It isn’t certain if Apple will build versions of the iBookstore for Mac [...]
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