Steve Jobs and company unveiled the 2nd generation iPad at today’s event. There wasn’t any huge surprises, most of the updates were in line with expectations. Here is a summary of the changes. Faster Processor -Switching from a 1GHz A4 processor to a 1GHz dual-core A5 processor. Thinner Design – 33% thinner, the iPad goes…
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It appears Hugh Hefner and company are having some difficulty with making Playboy available for the iPad. Due to Apple’s App Store restrictions Playboy has been planing on optimizing all of the issue’s, past and present for the iPad and making the uncensored magazines available online for $8.00 a month. Hugh tweeted back in January…
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According Kara Swisher with All Things Digital, Apple is planning an event to unveil the second generation iPad on March 2nd. Kara covers digital issues for The Wall Street Journal which tends to be a very reliable source especially when it concerns Apple. The iPad 2 will likely ship in late March or early April,…
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Cult of Mac is claiming to have received limited information from an “Apple staffer” about the iPad and a revamped MobileMe service. Supposedly, the Apple staffer stated “For the iPad 2 don’t get your hopes up too high. That’s all I’m going to say. They’ve had a number of problems along the way, and the…
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According to a recent article from the Wall Street Journal “Apple Inc. has started manufacturing a new version of its iPad tablet computer with a built-in camera and faster processor, said people familiar with the matter.” The Wall Street Journal has an uncanny knack for getting Apple rumors right. That could be because these are…
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From kindergarten through college the iPad is becoming a valuable learning tool in schools. A growing number of schools across the nation are embracing the iPad as the latest tool to engage and teach people of all ages. The New York City public schools recently ordered more than 2,000 iPads, for $1.3 million. More than…
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Did the NYTimes reveal the release date for iOS 4.3? The NYTimes David Pogue posted a review of the Verizon iPhone with several interesting observations but one stood out in-particular. This is how the original review was written. The single new feature in Verizon’s iPhone is Personal Hotspot, where the iPhone becomes a Wi-Fi base…
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The entire Playboy archive will arrive on the iPad in March. It will include both old and new issues of Playboy and be uncensored, according to tweets made by Hugh Hefner. The uncensored archive of Playboy content that will arrive on the iPad will be displayed via a web app as a way to avoid…
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Apple released iOS 4.3 beta earlier this month that included several new multitouch gestures that would allow iPad users to use four and five finger gestures to pinch out of an app to the Home Screen, swipe up to reveal the multitasking bar, and swipe left and right between apps. Apple has now released a…
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The Mac App Store is now available to all Snow Leopard users via the Mac OS X 10.6.6 update. Apple’s new App Store promises a similar experience to the iOS App Store, with the ability to seamlessly buy and install software through an iTunes account. The Mac App Store opened with over 1,000 free and…
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We are seeing several mocked up iPad 2 images. These images are from accessory manufactories that are supplied with the iPad bodies in advance to ready cases, docks, etc. for the upcoming iPad. We believe that these images are the actual design of the next iPad due to that they all seem to be consistent….
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Thanks to the Skyfire app, there is finally a decent way to watch Flash videos on the iPad. Skyfire is a web browser for the iPad and iPhone, that will allow users to unlock content trapped behind those error messages with question marks and blue Legos by transcoding the Flash content into HTML5 on Skyfire’s…
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