‘Apple iPad’ Category

While initially designed to compete against e-book readers and the like, the iPad proves to be a multi-purpose vehicle that eats away at all kinds of media devices.What CNBC are reporting, in a Fast Money report about the iPad, is that consumers are replacing all kinds of devices with only the one. First, the 10-hour battery is enough for people to use it as an e-book reader. Second, the easy to use touchscreen and the Apple OS means the iPad is perfect as a web-surfing device. That’s repl...

While a lot of rumors hit the web every day about various brands, there's no rumor like an Apple rumor, and the latest sheds some 'unofficial' light on the second generation iPad, probably not called iPad 2. As with any rumor this one also has to be treated with caution, but this doesn't mean we can't dream about it and hope for the better, so let's take a look at what analysts and experts are saying about iPad's second iteration.First, the major change will be the screen, upgraded to Retina...

One of the major concerns for netbook and laptop manufacturers this years was that the iPad is killing their sales, by turning users towards tablets and away from fully capable systems. Of course, no argument was made, but just two separate sheets representing netbook sales and iPad sales, one going down, one growing up like mushrooms after rain.A recent study is trying to set aside any speculation on this matter, by asking the right question to users who bought the iPad alredy: "were you co...

I consider myself some kind of early adopter, as I always want the latest and the greatest when it's announced. I never think that maybe it's best to wait for revision two, for a patch, upgrade of some sort. This makes me I believe a guy satisfied with its gadgets (till a new one is announced and the old one is ditched, of course). A study conducted by NPD reveals that early iPad buyers (first two months from release) are way more satisfied than people who bought Apple's tablet after that point,...

If you have read our article about current and upcoming tablet OS options you sure have seen that we've included the Google Chrome OS, announced approximately one year ago, which has failed to launch ever since. It's not just an OS, but also a new concept about what mobile computing should be about (web apps that is). An alpha version was somehow offered to developers a long time ago, and ever since hackers use it to showcase their capabilities on various devices.The latest achievement is Ch...

We all know that these days the software is as much as important as the hardware inside a gadget. If one fails, the whole product fails, and we have numerous examples in past years. That's why even Apple is trying to get as close as possible with developers, the ones that build those magnificent apps found in the Apple App Store for iPhone, iPad and iPod. The upcoming iOS 4.2 for iPad is in its final stages of development at Apple, who just released today a new beta version of iOS 4.2, for devel...

Even if I'm not a big fan I must admit that the Cupertino company manages to always stay ahead of the competition when it comes to innovation. Statement to this are numerous design patents filed by Apple and the actual products they manage to deliver. The latest rumors are about the next Gen iPad tablet, which will feature who things, one common sense and the other plain intriguing. The landscape docking port is something that will help users when charging their iPad: they can put it in either l...

We've told you about some of the upcoming features of the iOS version 4.2 coming in November for the iPad and other iDevices. It seems that Apple has already shipped a beta version of this firmware upgrade to developers, so here are their first impressions, sent via word of mouth and video previews.First and foremost, the most important change in iOS 4.2 is the presence of multitasking, something that will make your iPad more productive, as now more apps can run in the background (if the 256...

A few days ago, when Steve Jobs announced the availability of the 6th gen iPod Nano and 4th gen iPod Touch he also hinted at the iOS version 4.2 upgrade for iPad, iPod Touch and iPhone that is set to arrive sometime in November this year. It's not the first update to come, as iOS 4.1 is scheduled to hit upgrade servers pretty soon, but it's the upgrade most are waiting for as it will give the iPad new 'powers', allowing it to catch up with the iPhone 4 in terms of functionality, plus adds a few ...

I still remember like it was yesterday the Terminator 2 movie. The T1000 liquid metal robot made me dream of a nearby future where we could mold liquid just like plastic, but in a more peaceful way, not end of the world kind of way. Apparently things moved faster than anticipated, as Liquidmetal Technologies is already producing such a metal with twice the durability of titanium and which is extremely hard and strong, resistant to corrosion, scratching, and staining, and highly conductive to hea...