Archive | April 5th, 2010
Developer compares iPhone games to Tiger handhelds of late 80’s, his app subsequently removed
iPhone game developer Tommy Refenes recently had his app pulled from the app store after making disparaging comments about Apple’s iTunes App Store. Or that’s the story he’s throwing out there, at least. Here’s what we know. Tommy Refenes had an app called “Zits and Giggles” that up until recently was available on iTunes. A […]
Continue reading...Taiwanese Apple Paper claims Apple to refresh entire MacBook line in April
5. April 2010
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A fresh report coming out of the Chinese Language Taiwan Apple Daily reports that Apple will soon be refreshing the MacBook, MacBook Pro, and the MacBook Air sometime later this month. Refreshes of Apple’s notebook line have reportedly taken longer than expected due to unforeseen shortages of Intel’s newest processors. A rough translation of the […]
Continue reading...Mangling an iPad with a baseball bat
5. April 2010
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Ah, to be young again. Some enterprising youths decided to stress test an iPad by dropping it on the ground and smashing it with a baseball bat. The poor iPad was just 1 day old. The iPad purchaser didn’t think smashing one to bits was that big of a deal because he apparently bought 3 […]
Continue reading...Apple to preview iPhone OS 4 this Thursday at Apple HQ
5. April 2010
And the news keeps on rolling in. Apple announced today plans for a special invitation-only iPhone OS event to be held on April 8, 2010 at its headquarters in Cupertino. Damn, Apple sure isn’t giving people a lot of time to get their travel plans in order. Nevertheless, the event promises to give developers and […]
Continue reading...Will the iPad blend? [Video]
5. April 2010
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Let’s say you put a spankin’ new iPad into a blender. Will it blend? Why yes, yes it will.
Continue reading...Some iPad owners experience Wi-Fi connectivity issues
5. April 2010
AppleInsider reports that a number of support threads have been opened up on Apple’s website to address problems some iPad users have had in connecting to and maintaining strong Wi-Fi connections. “I have also noticed very weak wifi signal in my 16GB iPad,” user tdbc wrote. “Even when standing in front of the wlan router […]
Continue reading...Apple sells over 300,000 iPads on Saturday alone
5. April 2010
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Apple announced today that as of Midnight on Saturday April 3rd, they had sold over 300,000 iPads – a figure that includes pre-orders as well. “It feels great to have the iPad launched into the world—it’s going to be a game changer,” Steve Jobs said in a press release, “iPad users, on average, downloaded more […]
Continue reading...Jonathan Ive has to purchase his own iPad?
5. April 2010
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Apple design mastermind Johnny Ive was spotted walking out of an Apple Store with what appears to be a few iPads. What gives? Does the design maestro behind some of Apple’s more legendary products actually have to fork over part of his Apple salary in order to get an iPad? Doubtful. We imagine he’s simply […]
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5. April 2010
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