Daring Fireball’s John Gruber, known for his reliable sources when it comes to Apple rumours, has revealed that the Cupertino company is “noodling with” a smaller, 7.85-inch version of its iPad, which is expected to compete with smaller tablets like the Amazon Kindle Fire and the Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.0.
If like me, you’re the proud owner of a new iPad, you’ll want to show off that gorgeous Retina display with some high resolution wallpapers. My favourite site to find such wallpapers is interfacelift, and I’ve spent this afternoon picking out twenty of the best.
There’s been a lot of talk surrounding the way in which Apple’s new iPad calculates its battery life since the tablet launched on March 16. It has been revealed that the device tells you its battery is at “100%” over an hour before it’s actually finished charging, and if you unplug it straight away, you could lose nearly 10% of its charge time.
Steve Jobs managed to revolutionise a number of industries during his time as Apple CEO, including computers, mobile phones, tablets, and personal media players. But he had another on his list that, unfortunately, he didn’t quite get around to dealing with.
While reaction to the new iPad has been overwhelmingly positive, a number of owners have taken to Apple’s Support forums to express concerns about their device feeling warm after prolonged use, especially in the lower right corner.
In a press release issued by the company, Apple has announced that sales of the new iPad have topped three million since its launch last Friday the 16th of March, making it the “strongest iPad launch yet”.
Apple’s new iPad launches in the U.K. and nine other countries today, finally bringing a high-resolution Retina display to the hugely popular tablet. It’s also packing a 5-megapixel iSight camera and quad-core graphics, but is it worth your hard-earned cash? We went hands-on with the new device to find out.
With that new high-resolution Retina display, a 5-megapixel iSight camera that takes great photos, quad-core graphics, and speedy 4G LTE connectivity, Apple’s new iPad never looked like it would disappoint. But just in case you needed confirmation, here’s a snippet of the first reviews from some of the tech world’s biggest pundits:
When I upgraded to the iPad 2 from the original iPad, one of the features I was most looking forward to was its camera. You can imagine my disappointment when I took my first photo with it and found that it really wasn’t worth Apple’s efforts.