[Full New iPad Review] The third and latest generation of Apple's popular iOS tablet, the new iPad was announced on May 7th and will be made available in some retail stores by March 16th. One of the largest features of the new iPad is its Retina display with a 2048 x 1536 resolution, containing 1 million more pixels than the standard 1080p HDTV on a 9.7-inch display. Other new features of the latest iPad include, 4g LTE connectivity, a new five-megapixel rear facing camera and the new A5X processor with quad core graphics. Read on for the latest Apple iPad news, reviews and videos:
-
by Anton D. Nagy | April 17, 2012 2:32 AMRead On
While Spotify on the iPhone was recently updated with 320kbps streaming option and some other improvements in the fresh 0.4.24 version, users on Android are eagerly waiting for a "major" update -- or any update, really -- and so do iPad users. Of course you can run the iPhone app on your iPad but that's half the experience and if you're a music enthusiast and have an iPad, this should be something to get you through the (already long) waiting. A Swedish engineer posted the above image to Instagram, claiming that it is a beta version of Spotify's official iPad app. The description was "It's ...
-
by Michael Fisher | April 13, 2012 3:57 PMRead On
One is a tablet version of Apple's hallmark photo-manipulation software. The other is a mobile version of Adobe's category-defining Photoshop, the program so ubiquitous its name became a verb. They're both recent additions to the App Store, and I wondered what it was like to use both. So I installed them both to a 2012-edition iPad and gave them a quick test run. Magical virtual brushes, fun with layers, and ridiculous mistakes that only great tutorials can fix. It's all there. Also included: me in a pirate hat. Join me as I put these apps through their paces and get a general impression ...
-
by Anton D. Nagy | April 7, 2012 2:31 AMRead On
There are some recent reports regarding the 4G variant of the latest Apple tablet and its inability to connect or maintain a 3G connection without a restart. It seems that some users of the New iPad 4G + WiFi are only experiencing this issue when connected to 3G networks (that is international users) and that 4G LTE is not affected. These reports come hot on the heels of other alleged and/or problems with the Apple tablet; first there were reports of the New iPad getting warm/hot -- later denied by Apple -- and then followed problems with WiFi connectivity -- with Apple this time ...
-
by Anton D. Nagy | April 2, 2012 3:30 AMRead On
Those who are Apple fans, or simply follow the tech industry, need no introduction when it comes to John Sculley, Apple's former CEO who decided to come on-board as CEO and help the late Steve Jobs "change the world" instead of selling "sugar water" for the rest of his life while at PepsiCo. In an interview with The Economic Times, the ex-CEO, now 73, said that "Apple has an extraordinary executive team" and he sees "many good years ahead" for the Cupertino-based company. With regards to the tablet market, Sculley, an iPad user himself, said that "the only serious tablet competitor in ...
-
by Jaime Rivera | April 1, 2012 1:14 PMRead On
Watch this week's iReview as we talk about all that's cool and not so cool inside the world of Apple's iOS devices. In today's show we begin by talking about our coverage, which includes our full review of Apple's New iPad, our recent comparison video between it and the iPad 2 and even Apple's first iPad, and Michael Fisher's editorials surrounding this new tablet. We later have a look at IGN's recent benchmarks where they show that Apple's A5X and even their old A5 beats NVIDIA's Tegra 3 in graphics. We then go through all the rumors surrounding a 5-inch Retina Display that Apple is ...
-
by Stephen Schenck | March 31, 2012 12:35 AMRead On
Owners of the new 2012 iPad barely had time to get their new tablets out of the box before we got news of the first jailbreak working on the model. We've seen some evidence from devs showing that such feats are within reach, but we haven't had a public release just yet. Notable iOS guru pod2g took to Twitter earlier today to update anxious users on his own work towards such a goal, and why we might not be seeing any release in the immediate future. The Chronic Dev Team has reportedly made some progress towards coming up with a userland jailbreak, but its work is incomplete. Just finding ...
-
by Jaime Rivera | March 31, 2012 12:24 AMRead On
If you've never owned a tablet, there's no device that we could recommend more than Apple's New iPad. We rarely give any product we review a full score of 5 stars out of 5, so there's no mistaking that this is simply one of the best tablets you can purchase at the moment. No product is perfect though, and Apple's past versions of the iPad are also good choices to pick from. With Apple's recent decision to sell their New iPad along with last year's iPad 2, and with the ease that you can find the First-Gen iPad on eBay for a good price, choices can become complicated for any first-time ...
-
by Michael Fisher | March 30, 2012 1:58 PMRead On
One of my first camera-phones was also one of the first devices on Sprint to offer true SMS, as Sprint was a latecomer to the standard. In fact, when I bought the phone -a Sanyo SCP-5500, if you're wondering- SMS hadn't yet been launched in my market. I had a device capable of something awesome and convenient which the network didn't yet support. The same thing happened when I bought my first "4G" device, the original HTC Evo; while WiMAX was indeed built-in, it took a while for Sprint to bring coverage to my neighborhood. Once again, my fully-capable device was hobbled by a network that ...
-
by Anton D. Nagy | March 30, 2012 9:10 AMRead On
With the New iPad, more and more developers are pushing out updates for their applications in order to support the higher resolution on the new Apple tablet. Initially, the catalogue only listed 24 applications but the number is growing every day. If you take a look at the screenshot above you'll see that there is a teaser for an upcoming "Retina"-ready Facebook application. Facebook is one of the most popular social networking apps but its functionality and looks are far from its iPhone variant. With the addition of "Retina"-support we'll probably have better graphics but what we really ...
-
by Anton D. Nagy | March 29, 2012 2:57 AMRead On
Regardless if you are using a PC or a Mac, if you have an iPhone or an iPad, you occasionally need to use Apple's iTunes application to sync and update software (if you manage your libraries with something else). A new version of iTunes has been released and, as usual, it is always good to have the latest one installed. It "fixes several issues that may cause iTunes to unexpectedly quit while playing videos, changing artwork size in Grid view, and syncing photos to devices". Additionally, it "addresses an issue where some iTunes interface elements are incorrectly described by VoiceOver and ...
-
by Anton D. Nagy | March 28, 2012 8:43 AMRead On
The ACCC was claiming yesterday that Apple was falsely advertising the iPad in Australia, using the "4G" moniker in its name despite the fact that Australians will not be able to get 4G because of spectrum incompatibilities with the carriers. Apple has reportedly reached an agreement with the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission according to which the Cupertino-based company will refund early adopters if they feel they were misled by the claimed "false advertisement". Furthermore, when the case returns to court in May, Apple will fight to defend the New iPad's name. "Ultimately ...
-
by Stephen Schenck | March 27, 2012 9:52 PMRead On
Ever since Apple released the 2012 edition of its iPad, we've been hearing about little issues with it. First there were the complaints that the tablet was getting too hot during operation, and then we looked at reports of WiFi connectivity problems. The latest finger to be pointed at the iPad claims that the device doesn't charge properly, and it reports having a 100% full charge before reaching its actual capacity. Today, Apple has finally commented on the issue, hoping to explain away any concerns. Apple admits that the new iPad falsely reports a 100% charge, but this is apparently a ...
-
by Brandon Miniman | March 27, 2012 1:34 PMRead On
The iPad has earned its reputation. While there is strong competition from the likes of Samsung and Asus, neither of these companies have (yet) been able to rival the iPad in terms of screen resolution and software experience. Granted, 2012 will be the year where we see an all-out arms race between tablet purveyors to bring screen resolution, battery life, speed, and form factor to unseen levels, but as of today, in many areas, the iPad still has a tremendous shadow cast on the tablet sector. BOX CONTENTS After taking the new iPad out of the box, its added weight and thickness didn't seem ...
-
by Anton D. Nagy | March 27, 2012 8:48 AMRead On
ACCC -- the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission -- considers that Apple is allegedly contravening the Australian Consumer Law with its New iPad (the one described by the "4G" moniker). "The ACCC alleges that Apple's recent promotion of the new "iPad with WiFi + 4G" is misleading because it represents to Australian consumers that the product "iPad with WiFi + 4G" can, with a SIM card, connect to a 4G mobile data network in Australia, when this is not the case". Turns out that, despite the fact that Apple's New iPad is 4G capable, carriers in Australia use a different spectrum ...
-
by Jaime Rivera | March 26, 2012 4:56 AMRead On
Watch this week's iReview as we go through all the cool and the not so cool inside the world of Apple's iOS devices. In today's show we go through the New iPad's sales results after just a couple of days of being launched. We later talk about some of the great apps that already support it's new Retina Display. We then go through all our week's coverage on the New iPad, including the reasons why we recommend the Verizon iPad over the AT&T model. We talk about your possibility to jailbreak it, since we know many of you are already waiting. We end our Cool section talking about the Apple's ...














