Archive | February 8th, 2010
Amazon appears ready to upgrade the Kindle in a major way to take on the iPad
Last week, Amazon purchased a company specializing in touchscreen technology called Touchco in an apparent attempt to spruce up the Kindle in light of Apple’s recently announced iPad. Now, it seems that Amazon has its eyes set on revamping the entire Kindle experience from the ground up. The New York Times reports on a slew of […]
Continue reading...Alleged photos of next-gen iPhone front panel reveal larger form factor
8. February 2010
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An iPhone repair site called iResQ has posted purported screenshots of a front panel from the next-gen iPhone. The most interesting, and obvious, feature of the alleged front panel is that its 1/4 of an inch longer than the front panel of previous iPhone models.
Continue reading...Apple open to iPad price cuts if sales disappoint
8. February 2010
Before the iPad was introduced, pundits, as Steve Jobs gleefuly pointed out, anticipated that the device would retail for as much as $999. Instead, Jobs shocked and pleasantly surprised everyone when he announced that the entry level price for the iPad would sell for just $499 – which isn’t all that bad when you consider that […]
Continue reading...A closer look at the iPad’s A4 processor and its incredible battery life
8. February 2010
One of the more impressive specs on the iPad is that Apple managed to get 10 hours of battery life on a device with a sizeable 9.7-inch screen. The processor behind this incredible achievement is the Apple A4, a system on a chip running at 1 Ghz and based on the ARM Cortex A9 CPU. In […]
Continue reading...iPad DRM activists are morons
8. February 2010
Check out this online and lame-ass petition in the form of a letter to Steve Jobs warning users about the dangers of iPad DRM: Mr. Jobs, DRM will give Apple and their corporate partners the power to disable features, block competing products (especially free software) censor news, and even delete books, videos, or news stories […]
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8. February 2010
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