Squaretrade is a US based product insurance company which demonstrates what happens to your devices if you drop them and don’t have insurance. Take a look at the new iPad being dropped from various heights and then compared to the iPad 2 going through the same torture. A minimum of 4 iPads were damaged in the process, oh the humanity!
Tag: iPad
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People : “the New iPad is overheating” , Apple : ” Don’t worry about it”!
New iPad owners on the MacRumors forums and Apple’s own support community complain that the iPad’s lower left corner is getting warm during extended use. As usual with all new Apple products things tend to go out of hand. So without wasting any time on the matter Apple has issued a statement on the matter.
The new iPad delivers a stunning Retina display, A5X chip, support for 4G LTE plus 10 hours of battery life, all while operating well within our thermal specifications. If customers have any concerns they should contact AppleCare.”
-Apple
Seems fair enough!
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The “New iPad” gets Geek Benched : 1GB RAM confirmed
The “new iPad” has been delivered to some lucky owners before hand and they are really enjoying the exploits. The first thing you do when you get a new gadget? benchmark!
The iPad is now confirmed to have 1 GB of RAM and an unchanged speed processor at 1GHz with now Quad Core Graphics.
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Apple updates iMovie, iWork and Garage Band on iOS with advanced editing and planning tools (PR)
Apple announced significant updates to iWork, iMovie and Garage Band. The new updates in iWork utilize the new iPad’s Retina display and offers 3D charts, and each of Keynote 1.6, Numbers 1.6 and Pages 1.6 all of which are available for US $ 9.99 a pop or a free upgrade to previous owners.
iMovie, available for $4.99, now offers the ability to turn your HD movies into trailers and adds a few more advanced editing tools. Garage Band introduces a new feature called Jam Session, which lets you and three of your friends connect iOS devices together wirelessly and play together in real-time. An interesting feature for music produces on a Jam.
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Apple Completes iLife for iOS With Introduction of iPhoto & Major
Updates to iMovie & GarageBandSAN FRANCISCO-March 7, 2012-Apple today introduced iPhoto for iPad and
iPhone and major updates to iMovie and GarageBand, completing its
suite of iLife apps for iOS. iPhoto includes breakthrough Multi-Touch
features so you can use simple gestures to sort through hundreds of
photos and find your best shots, enhance and retouch your images using
fingertip brushes and share stunning photo journals with iCloud.
iMovie now gives you the ability to create amazing Hollywood-style
trailers as you record HD video on your iPad and iPhone. GarageBand
introduces Jam Session, an innovative and fun feature that allows a
group of friends to wirelessly connect their iOS devices to play
instruments and record live music together. Each app takes full
advantage of the stunning Retina display on the new iPad for
incredibly sharp and realistic images and video. The new iPad also
features a 5 megapixel iSight camera so you can record, edit and watch
1080p HD video all on the device.“With the introduction of iPhoto, we’ve brought the entire suite of
iLife apps to iOS and users are going to love it,” said Philip
Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of Worldwide Marketing.
“Whether brushing an effect onto a photo, shooting a movie trailer or
jamming with friends to record a song, iPhoto, iMovie and GarageBand
let you make amazing creations on iPad and iPhone.”iPhoto, Apple’s popular photography app, has been completely
reimagined for iOS to take full advantage of the Retina display and
intuitive Multi-Touch gestures on iPad and iPhone. Simple gestures can
be used to select and compare photos side by side and flag your best
shots. iPhoto gives you full control over colour, exposure and
contrast, and you simply touch the parts of the image you want to
change. You can enhance pictures by adding beautiful Apple-designed
effects with just a tap, or apply adjustments exactly where you want
them with fingertip brushes. In addition to posting photos to
Facebook, Flickr and Twitter, you can beam photos between your iPhone
and iPad; stream photos and slideshows to your Apple TV with AirPlay;
and use iCloud to publish photo journals to the web and share your
stories with friends and family in a whole new way.iMovie now allows you to turn the HD video on your iPad and iPhone
into beautiful Hollywood-style trailers, even as you’re recording. The
new Theater view lets you preview and choose from nine templates in a
range of genres including Fairy Tale, Superhero and Romance. Trailers
feature gorgeous, customisable graphics with soundtracks written by
legendary composers such as Academy Award-winner Hans Zimmer and
performed by world class musicians like the London Symphony Orchestra.
You can also share your movie trailers to YouTube, Vimeo and Facebook,
and use AirPlay to stream them to Apple TV in high definition
resolutions up to 1080p.With the new Jam Session feature in GarageBand, you can invite up to
three of your friends to get together and wirelessly connect your iOS
devices to play and record as a group. Jam Session automatically
synchronises the tempo, key and chords of your Touch Instruments so
everyone sounds great. After jamming, everyone’s tracks are
automatically collected on your iOS device for you to edit and mix.
GarageBand also introduces Smart Strings, a new Touch Instrument that
allows you to play an entire string orchestra with just one finger,
and the new Note Editor allows you to fine tune a Touch Instrument
recording instead of replaying it from scratch. Integration with
iCloud keeps your GarageBand songs up to date across your iOS devices,
and you can share your finished songs directly to Facebook, YouTube
and SoundCloud.Apple today also updated its iWork for iOS apps to take advantage of
the stunning Retina display of iPad and to offer 3D charts so you can
create and view impressive 3D bar, line, area and pie charts. Pages
now includes support for landscape orientation on iPhone and iPod
touch, and Keynote gains new builds and transitions including Iris,
Shimmer, Wipe, Flame, Swing and Fade Through Color.Pricing & Availability
iPhoto, iMovie 1.3 and GarageBand 1.2 are available today for $4.99 (US) each from the App Store (www.itunes.com/appstore). Keynote 1.6, Pages 1.6 and Numbers 1.6 are available today for $9.99 (US) each from the App Store. Updates are available for free to existing customers.
iPhoto is a universal app that runs on iPad 2 or later and iPhone 4 or later. iMovie is a universal app that runs on iPad 2 or later, iPhone 4 or later and iPod touch (4th generation). GarageBand, Pages®, Keynote and Numbers® are universal apps that run on iPad (all models), iPhone 3GS or later, and iPod touch (3rd generation) or later. Some features require an iCloud account. Some features may not be available on all products. For more information please visit www.apple.com/ipad/from-the-app-store/apps-by-apple.
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The iPad 2 now only 16GB, US $ 399, WiFi + 3G for US $ 529
The iPad 2 will now be available in a price dropped version of US $ 399 for WiFi only along with US $ 529 for WiFi + 3G. Bear in mind that now only the 16 GB version will be available and the rest of the sizes will be discontinued.
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Apple Announces iPhoto for iOS, available today, US $ 4.99
Apple today at the next gen iPad launch, announced a new app for the iOS software. iPhoto now comes to the iOS to allow better photo management for you pictures. The app uses a shelves-style look for managing your photos, and lets you add effects to your photos, do some retouching, and even beam pictures from device to device. It’s largely swipe-based, letting you edit and manipulate images up to 19 megapixels.
The iPhoto app also allows you to share your images to a number of photo sharing sites including iCloud and Flickr, Twitter and Facebook among others.
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The new iPad overview, 5 mp camera, 4G, LTE, A5X Quad Core and Retina Display, US $ 499 with March 16th availability
Apple CEO Tim Cook, along with several executives including Phil Schiller, Today announced the next generation iPad, with a lot of advanced features including new processor, better cameras and resolution retina display.
A5x
Apple has updated the processor chipset in the new gen iPad to the A5X processor and quad-core graphics chip. Apple even claims its newest sliver of silicon can deliver four times the performance of a Tegra 3 chipset.
Retina Display
Apple has updated the iPad Display to a brand new Retina display, a 9.7-inch screen with 3.1 million pixels in a 2048 x 1536px setup delivering 264ppi.
LTE
The new iPad is has 21Mbps HSPA+ along with LTE radio capable of 73Mbps downrate.
Siri
Well not full Siri, but Siri Dictation comes to the new iPad.
Battery
Apple Claims a 10 hour battery with the new iPad aswell, 9 hours with LTE usage.
5 MP camera
The new iPad also has a 5 MP Camera at the back with backside-illuminated sensor, five-element autofocus lens with IR filter and captures video at 1080p with image stabilization. The ISP (Image Signal Processor) has been built right into the new A5X chip for better performance.
Price
The price remains same at $499 for the 16GB WiFi model and scaling up to $829 for the 64GB version with 4G. Expect a difference of atleast least 100$ when it finally comes to India.
Availability
The new iPad will go on sale March 16th 2012.
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The next iPad also has 4G LTE networks, with Siri Voice Dictation and personal hotspot sharing.
The next iPad has faster network capabilities 21Mbps HSPA+ and DC-HSDPA at 42Mbps, with LTE at 73Mbps. Also in the mix is the voice dictation feature from the Siri we saw and love from iPhone 4s.
The iPad can now be a personal hotspot too dependent on the network service provider.
more developing….
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The Next Gen iPad has an A5 X Quad Core Processor, 5 MP Rear illuminated sensor camera on the back, 5-element lens and a iSight HD Front Camera
Apple has added a ton of features to the iPad 3, a retina display and a A5x chipset which is a quad core chip. Comparing to a Tegra 3, Apple says the A5 is “twice as fast” and the A5X offers “four times the? performance.”
In the camera department Apple has added a 5-megapixel backside illuminated sensor on the back, 5-element lens, IR filter, and ISP built into ?the A5X chip along with a new iSight HD camera in the front. The cameras are now capable of Auto-exposure, auto-focus the rear camera has 1080p video recording and video stabilization.
(More Developing)
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Apple iOS 5.1 goes live today
A very convenient time to announce new OS updates, at the next gen iPad launch. Apple CEO Tim Cook has just announced that iOS 5.1 is going live today. It will bring Japanese language support for Siri. The update is available today and will be rolling out in Japan over the next few weeks.
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Tim Cook : 76 percent of Apple Revenue comes from iPhone, iPod and iPad
Al the launch event of the next generation iPad, Apple CEO Tim Cook has just declared that about 76% of Apple 2011 revenues came from the “three post PC products”. The iPhone, the iPod and the iPad made up for most of their income streams. Lets see what the iPad 3 does for the company.
“iPhone, iPad, iPod touch are all based on iOS and we have now sold an astonishing 315 million ?devices through last year, 62 million in Q4 2011.”- Tim Cook
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The next iPad is coming what features do you want?
With just hours from the launch of Apple’s next-gen iPad, what features do you want Apple to include?
We for one would like the following
- Higher Resolution Screen
- Higher Resolution Cameras
- More gestures in iOS
Whats on your list of features you would like to see on the iPad 3, and what do you think the name will be : Apple iPad HD, Apple iPad 3 or Simply iPad 2S
drop in a comment!
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Apple Invitations start rolling out – iPad 3 confirmed for March 7th
Apple has issued invitations for the the release of their next tablet supposedly called the iPad 3 ( or iPad 2s, knowing Apple) . This also confirms earlier rumors that the Apple iPad 3 will launch on the 7th of March. Looking at the invitation it is easy to make out that it is an invite for the iPad 3 as well as the fact that the resolution of the icon in the image is much better than the resolution of icons on the current iPad, which could possibly mean that the rumors of the new high res display may also be true.
It will take place on Wednesday, March 7th at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Theater in San Francisco. And Apple says on the invite : “We have something you really have to see. And touch”.
Expect updates as the event unfolds.
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Hong Kong Court clears Apple in the Name Dispute
The Hong Kong court has sided with Apple in the Proview Technology vs Apple case, the former owns the iPad name in China. Apple claims that a Hong Kong court has sided with it in a similar battle
“Apple bought Proview’s worldwide rights to the iPad trademark in 10 different countries several years ago, Proview refuses to honor their agreement with Apple.”
Proview’s lawyer said that the court ruled that the trademark couldn’t be sold to a third party before hearing ends, meaning that it has no real affect on the dispute in China. Its like one way or another Apple is surrounded by Lawsuits.
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Apple has already reportedly ordered 65 Million iPad 3 264ppi displays
According to ChinaTimes Apple has already ordered over 65 million displays for its next generation of iPad. The upcoming iPad 3 ( name rumored ) is supposedly said to carry a higher resolution 2,048 by 1, 536-pixel Retina display. The over-all design of the tablet is expected to remain the same, but the big new feature here will obviously be the new Retina display. LG and Samsung have been rumored to be manufacturing the display.
To take into consideration Apple had ordered only 40 Million iPad 2 displays prior to launch, thats a whopping 66.6% increase. Also to take into consideration that iPad 2 and the original iPad are the most popular and the number one tablet sold, in sheer numbers. Apple sold over 15 million iPad 2 units in the holiday quarter alone.
If the specs claimed for the iPad 3 are even halfway there the expect the competition to fizzle down for the tablet from cupertino. The only other hope will lie with the rumored Galaxy Tab 3 and Android ICS, but not to anyway scratch the surface of iPad’s loyalty.
