Apple and Nokia have been embroiled in a battle over the design of the new industry standard for SIM cards – the nano-SIM – for which there are currently two designs, authored by rival companies.
Nokia, Motorola, and RIM have teamed up with one proposal for a simple nano-SIM design, while Apple has another proposal, with a more complicated design that requires a card tray. As in Highlander, there can be only one. Who will win?
When the iPad 2 came out, I stood in line for three-and-a-half hours at my local Apple retail store. I was one of the last people in line to receive a voucher to enter the store. I ended up having to buy a different model than I had planned because the store was already sold out of the one I wanted. I cursed under my breath at the greedy buyers ahead of me that I knew were purchasing multiple units in order to sell them overseas to countries that had not yet had an official launch. “Not fair,” I thought. Why should someone else get to buy two iPads when they are just going to turn around and sell them for a profit. I want to use mine.
Streaming movies and television shows instead of buying DVD and Blu-Ray discs has become the new black in the United States. According to a recent report by research firm IHS Screen Digest, digital viewing is on course to outpace the physical medium within the year.
What better way to watch the upcoming post-theatrical release of Hunger Games than on your iPad?
After the first few days with the new iPad, details about the best (and worst) features are starting to creep out. We’ve all heard (or experienced) that it can get a little hot while you are using it (particularly under high graphics load), but it’s not extreme and kind of to be expected when you start adding multi-core processing on the GPU, more LEDs to light up the Retina display, a larger 42.5-kWh battery and then adding apps on top that push the full potential. It is also a little annoying that despite having a Retina-quality display, Safari limits the quality of images such that you really can’t enjoy the full potential (see picture above).
Of more concern are the inconsistant charging results, even when using the supplied 10W charger.
It’s been confirmed from several sources that the new iPad is running quite a bit hotter than its older predecessors (up to 116 degrees, as Consumer Reports discovered yesterday), and there’s a good reason for it – the A5X chip inside the third generation iPad is huge.
Making Apple’s newest iPad 4G LTE compatible is a curse and a blessing. While it helps allows for supercharged Web surfing when there is no Wi-Fi around, it also gobbles up precious gigabytes like a data succubus, luring unsuspecting iPad users into its enticing trap with high-definition movies and speedy Internet connectivity. We all know what limited means, but who can resist Retina display college basketball at this time of year?
In an alleged email from Microsoft’s Sales, Marketing, Services, IT, and Operations Group (SMSG), CFO Alain Crozier tells employees that corporate funds are no longer allowed to be used to purchase Apple products, specifically Macs and iPads.
ZDNet writer Mary Jo Foley received the supposed internal email from an unnamed source. If it is real, the new policy would affect approximately 46,000 sales and marketing employees across Microsoft worldwide.
Battleheart, that ultra fun RPG/RTS blend that’s become popular on iOS and Android will soon be iOS only, as Battleheart developer, Mika Mobile, has decided to drop Android support. According to the company, it spend 20 percent of its time supporting the Android version, which ended up making only 5 percent of the company’s revenue.
New data from Appcelerator reveals that Mika Mobile’s abandonment of the Android platform might not be an isolated case. In the survey, which went out to 2,160 developers, 83 percent of developers were interested in developing for Android phones, while 68 percent for Android tablets. In contrast, 91 percent of developers were interested in developing for the iPhone, and 88 percent were interested in the iPad.
There are no shortage of amazing photo editing apps available in the App Store, so it can be tough for a newcomer to compete. After all, the editing tools in Snapseed are unbeatable, as are the filters in Photogene and the manipulation tools in Adobe Photoshop Touch.
Even Apple’s own iPhoto does some pretty impressive image touch ups, and there are hundreds of apps that provide various photo effects and filters. So Photo Nova HD, which was released in February, has a lot to live up to.
Now that the new iPads are available, one of the most frequent questions we are asked by readers is which model they should buy to take advantage of the best 4G LTE coverage and speeds. To help you out with your decision making, we decided to do a little informal testing of our own around the Dallas area. Using the new iPad, on both networks and across a variety of locations, we checked to see which network provided the best in terms of coverage, speed and pricing.
Recently, there has been a bit of clamor around the Internet regarding the new iPad’s tendency to warm up while in use. While Apple has not come forward with an official comment on the issue, many are wondering if the device’s new battery, or processor chip may be to blame.
Will it ever get so hot that we have to worry about meltdowns or skin damage? Probably not, but don’t be surprised if your new iPad gives you an overheating warning.
Apple’s first and second-generation iPads also experienced issues with warming up too much for their delicate senses. Both model iPad owners experienced overheating when exposed to direct sunlight. However, it appears that the new iPad’s overheating issue is unrelated to external temperatures.
Internet service provider NetZero has just launched a new 4G mobile broadband service for as low as $9.95 per month.
Now, owners of an iPad can take advantage of the company’s contract-free Internet service in more than 80 cities in eight different states across the U.S. by using a mobile Broadband hotspot device without even needing a 4G-enabled iPad model.
Mere hours after today’s iPad launch, jailbreaker Musclenerd posted screenshots on Twitter of a jailbroken third generation iPad. This is great news for those of you who prefer to jailbreak your iDevices, because it means that soon, you’ll be able to jailbreak your brand new iPad too.
Unfortunately, Musclenerd also mentioned that there’s quite a bit of work left to do before the jailbreak can be released to the general public, and he wasn’t able to give a timeframe for its release.
Now that the new iPads are slowly making their way into the world, we can finally find out just what’s inside and what they’re capable of. Yesterday we learned that the iPad has the same CPU as the iPad 2 and an upgraded 1GB of RAM.
In Hong Kong, PCM Online got its hands on one of the new iPads, and released several photos and benchmarks comparing the performance of the iPad to an iPad 2.
According to research performed by SquareTrade, an independent warranty provider, iPad 2 owners are 3.5 times more likely to break or damage their iPads than those who own first generation iPads.
Out of 50,000 iPad customers, 10.1 percent of those reported a failure or an accident within the first year of iPad ownership, and 9.8 percent of those reports were due to accidental damage. As for original iPad owners? Only 2.8 percent of them reported accidental damage during the first year.
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