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WSJ confirms iPad 3 with Retina Display with early 2012 launch
The Wall Street Journal, which Apple has in the past used as an unofficial mouthpiece, reports this morning that the iPad 3 remains in the product pipeline and that Apple plans to release it in early 2012 as it attempts to stay ahead of the growing field of Android-based tablet competitors. Earlier this week reports […]
Continue reading...Delta deploying iPads to pilots as electronic flight bag replacements
Wednesday, August 17, 2011
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Delta Airlines has begun testing Apple’s iPad as electronic flight bags (EFB). EFBs help reduce paper by digitizing on-board flight information that has typically been printed out. This includes reference material such as operating manuals and navigational charts. Moreover, EFBs also enable pilots to automate calculations that would typically be done by hand and access […]
Continue reading...Fall release of iPad 3 delayed due to Retina Display issues
Tuesday, August 16, 2011
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DigiTimes reports that Apple is delaying the release of a new iPad model this Fall due to retina display issues. The sources believe that the yield rate of the 9.7-inch panel that feature resolution of 2,048 by 1,536 may be the major reason of the supply delay since such panels are mainly supplied by Japan-based […]
Continue reading...Samsung responds to EU Galaxy Tab 10.1 injunction
Thursday, August 11, 2011
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Samsung suffered a huge setback earlier this week when a German district court enacted an injunction barring Samsung from selling its Galaxy Tab 10.1 anywhere in Europe. The lone exception is the Netherlands where Apple is currently trying to achieve a similar result. In short, and effective immediately, Samsung cannot sell any tablets and must […]
Continue reading...After winning injunction against Samsung’s Galaxy Tab 10.1, Apple files suit in Germany against Motorola over Xoom tablet
Wednesday, August 10, 2011
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Apple yesterday was on the receiving end of a favorable judgement from the district court of Dusseldorf, Germany when it ruled that Samsung was barred from selling its Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet anywhere in Europe, save for the Netherlands. Further, for each discovered violation, Samsung will have to either pony up $350,000 or have its […]
Continue reading...Quality issues with LG’s iPad displays prompt Apple to turn to Samsung
Wednesday, August 10, 2011
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Tech companies certainly make strange bedfellows. In the midst of Apple’s heated litigation against Samsung and their lineup of Android-based tablets and smartphones, it appears that Apple will be turning to its favorite “copyist” for LCD displays after displays from LG failed to meet Apple’s quality control requirements. Digitimes is reporting that LG’s 9.7-inch displays […]
Continue reading...Acer founder thinks devices like the iPad and MacBook Air are passing fads
Tuesday, August 9, 2011
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Despite innovative success that has spanned decades, Apple is still pigeonholed by pundits as being nothing more than a company that got lucky. According to these pundits, Apple uses a clever blend of marketing and trickery to get people into their stores and snatch up iOS devices and Macs in record numbers. This warped logic, […]
Continue reading...Apple’s iPad enjoys design efficiencies competitors simply can’t match
Monday, August 8, 2011
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Having learned the pitfalls of exorbitantly high product pricing , Apple shocked everybody when they released the original iPad for only $499. While that now seems to be the going rate for any base model tablet these days, remember that in the weeks preceding the iPad launch, many were anticipating Apple’s tablet to fall in […]
Continue reading...HP TouchPad can’t compete with the iPad, knocks $100 off purchase price Aug. 5-7
Friday, August 5, 2011
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Out for just about a month, it seems that the HP TouchPad isn’t quite the iPad killer that some folks at HP thought it’d be. Remember that back in May, HP’s Matt Cador anticipated that the TouchPad would become the top selling tablet. Umm yeah, good luck with that. Despite the benefits of the WebOS […]
Continue reading...The iPad has no competition, especially not from the Motorola Xoom
Wednesday, August 3, 2011
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Companies looking to take on Apple’s iPad are quickly finding out that it’s more of an uphill battle than they bargained for. Whereas Android was able to quickly catch up to the iPhone in terms of marketshare, the same cann’t be said for Android-based tablets. This past quarter, Apple recorded record revenue thanks in part […]
Continue reading...Apple taps Pegatron to manufacture the iPad 3 and the iPhone 5
Saturday, July 30, 2011
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So long Foxconn. Pegatron Corp., based out of Taiwan, has reportedly underbid Hon Hai (which owns Foxconn) for the right to manufacture the iPad 3 along with 15 million iPhone 4 units, according to a report in the Taiwan Economic News. Exclusively handling assembly of iPhone and iPad and production of related parts, Hon Hai, […]
Continue reading...Watch out consoles, the iPad is EA’s fastest growing platform
Friday, July 29, 2011
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For a company with a history of being anti-gaming at worst and indifferent at best, Apple has certainly embraced gaming on its line of iOS devices with gusto. Gaming is undeniably a key selling point for devices like the iPad and iPod Touch and developers are reaping the rewards hand over first. Earlier this Summer, […]
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Friday, August 19, 2011
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