Apple Updates MacBook Pro With Retina, Cuts Prices

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Apple has introduced a mid-cycle upgrade to their MacBook Pro with Retina display line of laptops. The 13-inch MacBook Pro with Retina display now starts at $1,499 for 128GB of flash, and $1,699 for a new 2.6 GHz processor and 256GB of flash. The 15-inch MacBook Pro with Retina display now features … [Read more...]

New LG Screen Knocks The Socks Off Retina Display

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Ever since Apple announced the Retina Display on the iPhone 4, the world of cellphones has gotten ppi obsessed. Now, LG Display has announced a 5-inch screen that has a pixel density that is unheard off, significantly passing the Retina Display. This screen packs 440ppi into its 16:9 form factor … [Read more...]

Facebook App Gets Retina Display Update

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Confirming last week's rumor, the official iPad Facebook app has been bumped to version 4.1.1, bringing with it Retina Display compatibility and some small tweaks: In this release, we added some features and fixed some bugs so now: - You can go offline in chat - The right profile picture appears … [Read more...]

Retina Display Facebook App On The Way?

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Over at MacRumors, a reader submitted this screenshot from the UK app store. The important bit? An ad for a Facebook app marked "enhanced for the new iPad." Does this mean a retina display tweaked version of the app is on the way? The reason that would make so much sense, is not just that the app … [Read more...]

New iPad Uses Retina Display For iPhone Games, Too

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When the iPhone 4 debuted with the original Retina Display, iPhone apps immediately started being released with better assets to take advantage of the new screen. However, the iPad couldn't take advantage of these assets without a jailbreak tweak, meaning that even though better quality versions … [Read more...]

DisplayMate Gives New iPad Screen Thumbs Up

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Dr. Raymond M. Soneira of DisplayMate has reviewed the display of the new iPad, and as you would expect, he seems pretty impressed by its quality. Using DisplayMate's advanced battery of tests, he put it through its paces against the iPad 2 and iPhone, and it did remarkably well. … [Read more...]

the show: 52 – “iPad New, New iPad 3 HD” iPad and iPhone Podcast

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Join your hosts Marianne Schultz and myself for The Show: 51 - "Faster Horse". You can subscribe to our show on iTunes, grab our RSS feed, listen now or download directly. We broadcast our iPad and iPhone podcast live each week. If you missed the live show, we hope you'll join us next week … [Read more...]

Apple Highlights Retina Display Apps For New iPad

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With the new iPad out today, Apple has added a section to the iTunes App Store, highlighting apps that are ready for the new iPad, all 24 of which have graphics updated or designed for its Retina Display. … [Read more...]

Kindle, Evernote Apps Get Retina Display Support

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With the early reviews of the new iPad waxing lyrical about text rendering, it seemed bizarre that the Kindle app didn't have Retina Support — well that's now been remedied. Today Amazon released an update to their iOS Kindle app featuring: … [Read more...]

How the iPad 3 release will negatively impact iPad 2 owners

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Apple’s new iPad (third generation) comes out on Friday and will bring with it support for retina display graphics. Early reviews are in and they all seem to agree that the screen is simply amazing. Gorgeous, stunning and other adjectives of this sort are commonplace for these reviews. For those … [Read more...]