Apple designs hint towards iPad USB connectivity options
Apple’s market dominating tablets the iPad and iPad 2 were originally designed to boast two USB 2.0 ports, an unused patent filed buy the Cupertino company has revealed.
The patent, which covers both Wi-Fi and 3G connectivity options, also granted Apple coverage to incorporate a second, landscape docking connection, a feature that would allow users to port their Apple tablets on landscape specific docks for improved movie viewing possibilities. Read More
Tags: design, iPad, patent
The Apple iPad 2 is now in the past. All speculations are now being made about the iPad 3, and according to some rumors, the third iPad generation will have 3D screen and content from all major Hollywood movie studios.
Apple is perfectly aware of the fact that their biggest advantage is to provide content matching their hardware platform.
Without music companies the iPod wouldn’t have had such a big success.
Without application developers, the iPad would not have had such a big presence on the market. This is also valid for 3D devices.
Without 3D content, 3D devices do not stand a chance. This is one of the main reasons why 3D TV’s do not manage to attract a lot of customers.
Most likely, the 3D display of the iPad 3 will not need special glasses. At least this is what we are hoping for, because otherwise, users might remain faithful to the traditional 2D display.
Tags: 3D, display, iPad
The iPhone uses a lot of power. Whether the battery is too small or we just feel compelled to play with it more than with other devices doesn’t matter. What matters is that half way through the day, you can find yourself with a dead phone. Tjeerd Veenhoven decided to do something about it and, instead of just, you know, plugging the thing in, he made the iFan. Read More
Tags: environment, iPhone, travel
purpleplanet note: The following article is reprinted from Mac Predictions.
As much as I love my iPad, and indeed all things Apple, I can’t help thinking that this is crazy-talk.
Sure, iPad is a great device for reading the odd e-mail and browsing the web, but when I hear people claiming it’s all they need on their business trips, it makes me wonder how much work they really do when they’re clocking up those frequent flyer miles.
iPad’s lack of a physical keyboard and Flash support are the two shortcomings most commonly cited as differentiating it from a laptop, but these are just the most superficial and obvious shortcomings (although I accept that for some, the absence of Flash is an advantage rather than a shortcoming). Read More
Tags: iPad, iTunes, OS, safari
Last week it was revealed that Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp was working on a new subscription-based, iPad-centric, daily newspaper app called ‘The Daily’.
Murdoch told Fox Business:
News Corp. has spent the last three months assembling a newsroom that will soon be about 100 staffers strong. ‘The Daily’ will launch in beta mode sometime around Christmas, and will be introduced to the public on the iPad and other tablet devices in early 2011.
It is expected to cost 99 cents a week, or about $4.25 a month. It will come out — as the name suggests — seven days a week. The operation is currently working out of the 26th floor of the News Corp. Building on Sixth Avenue in a space that looks like a veritable construction zone. The staff’s permanent home will be on the ninth floor, and they’ll move down once it’s ready.
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Tags: app, internet, iPad, news, social, web
