For quite some time, Apple has sourced components for their products in lower-cost Asian countries. That's not entirely the case any more, according to a Reuters article today. Samsung Electronics, responsible for manufacturing Apple's A5 chip used in the current generation iPhone 4S and iPad 2, is … [Read more...]
I enjoy taking photos, but what I enjoy more is the ability to view my pictures with friends and family. Sure I’ve migrated my dot mac to iCloud and have been enjoying Photostream. That works great and allows for immediate viewing of photos taken on my iPhone. That doesn’t help out with my … [Read more...]
If you missed the Black Friday sales, but still in the market for an iPad 2, then you'll want to hit up eBay today. Thanks in part to a CyberMonday promotion, they are listing the iPad 2 as part of their Daily Deal. You can pick up the 16GB iPad 2 WiFi model for $449 with free shipping and no tax. … [Read more...]
The Dev-Team's MuscleNerd has released some great jailbreak news over his Twitter account: they have a preliminary jailbreak for the iPad 2 and iPhone 4S over iOS 5. He said: VERY preliminary 4S JB:http://twitpic.com/76vcp4http://twitpic.com/76vct2 (Huge missing pieces prevent public release. … [Read more...]
We haven't really had the time to cover it, but over the last week there has been a substantial amount of chatter about the planned iPad 2 3G launch in China which happened yesterday. With China being actively targeted by Apple as a major market, not to mention the huge sales of the iPhone 4 and … [Read more...]
Apple has overhauled the way you choose which iPad 2 you want on their webstore, introducing a new and elegant way of deciding the particulars of your device. For each step of the process you're now offered a series of buttons, and can select whichever options you want. First color, then model (size … [Read more...]
On September 15th, just days/weeks/whatever before the iPhone 5 is pegged to launch, Radio Shack will finally get the Verizon iPhone 4. After all this time, they'll finally get the 16GB and 32GB Verizon iPhone 4, and some will even get the Verizon iPad 2. This mid-September launch date only makes … [Read more...]
iCade is an incredibly cool iPad arcade controller sold by ThinkGeek, with one horrible drawback — it's only available for a single app. While the Atari's Greatest Hits app is doubtless cool, the arcade cabinet has no other applications. Well, now there's finally one, but you have to jailbreak to … [Read more...]
According to industry rumor mongers Digitimes, it might soon get even harder to get your grubby paws on an iPad 2. Their component sources are saying that Foxconn is having trouble getting all the parts for the iPad 2 and iPhone 4 as well as meeting labor requirements, meaning there could be … [Read more...]
If Digitimes is to be believed, then the reason for iPad 2s being so damned hard to come by is the light leaks that have plagued the tablet since it was launched. According to the industry news site: LGD was forced to reduce its shipments in the first quarter due to light leakage problem for panels … [Read more...]
