News of the next iPad, boldly predicted as the iPad 3, has been spreading like wildfire. The successor to the iPad 2 will undoubtedly be thinner, faster and if the latest rumours are true will come equipped with a retina display. The latest news comes from ‘sources in the know’ who blabbed to the WSJ, they say Apple has already lined up most of the major components for the iPad 3. Most notably the ‘source’ confirmed that it will include an upgraded Retina display, at least 2048 x 1536 pixels. The display will remain 9.7 inches...
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New reports from Korea claim that Apple has begun testing LCD displays from LG and Samsung, two of the world’s biggest manufacturers of LCD panels, to be used in its next generation iPad tablets. According to the report by Korea Times, Apple has already started testing LCDs by LG and Samsung at one of its sites in China. LCD panels by the two companies were required because they produce better picture density and quality. Sources say that the testing process will be done during the third quarter. According to sources close to the...
According to a report from Digitimes, Apple is adding another manufacturer to assemble the new iPad tablet (iPad 2 Plus or iPad HD or the third generation iPad), which could be launched in autumn. Having a second contractor does not indicate that a new version of the tablet is coming in 2011. The company might be taking steps to reduce production risk by adding contractors. Digitimes confirms the claim of another Apple tablet to be released this year by saying: “The latest market rumors also indicated that the new iPad may be named...
Rumors of an iPad 2 Plus launch this year have been talked about everywhere since it came out this week, but the guys from This Is My Next said sources told them that Apple could be scrapping the iPad 2 Plus name and call it the ‘iPad HD.’ The iPad HD would be a variant of the iPad 2, in keeping with Steve Jobs’ “year of the iPad 2” proclamation this year. The device was said to feature a 9.7-inch touch screen with 2048 x 1536 resolution. The report said that the new device is geared toward more detailed and...
Rumours of a retina display for the Apple iPad 3 have been circulating for some time. In fact, many people thought that the iPad 2 would have come equipped with a iPhone 4 matching screen. Last week Apple released the beta version of iOS 5 to developers and since then a few snippets of code has revealed the iPad 3 will come with an uprated display. The iOS 5 SDK has referenced an increased screen resolution of 1536×2048, which is far higher than the iPad and iPad 2. That doesn’t mean that either of these tablets is about to miraculously...
The Apple iPad 2 has yet to go global and attention is already firmly mounted upon the iPad 3. A couple of weeks ago rumours started circulating about the screen that might be used on the iPad 3, today a report by the The Korean Herald has added to the evidence that Samsung could provide a super AMOLED screen. The paper suggests that Apples Tim Cook flew to Korea last week to discuss using the new screens on Apple devices, this would make them the first brand in the world to use AMOLED displays on a tablet computer. Would Samsung sell...
When it comes to high quality resolution on a phone then the LG Retina Display on the iPhone is widely regarded to be a market leader, but what about tablets and other bigger gadgets? Well, it turns out that both Samsung and LG are to present high density screen for tablet devices in the next few days for us to compare, an interesting prospect for the iPad 3 especially if the specs look as good in the flesh as they do on paper. The Samsung entry is going to be a 300 ppi, 10.1 incher of an LCD panel and the resolution which is being talked...
Big crowds and lots of scalpers were the name of the day in China as Apple launched the iPad 2 in the Asian country. An early morning start didn’t do much to dampen the enthusiasm of the queue of patient technology fans. Eye witness reports suggest that there were more purchasers going for a first day shop than on the launch day of the first generation of the iPad last year, although the better weather this year might have had a lot to do with it. Those really keen Apple fans who had decided to forsake their bed for a hard Beijing pavement...
Hollywood is known for creating blockbuster films, incredible stories and it seems wild theories surrounding the Apple iPad 3. A Hollywood insider has been speaking to RCR Wireless saying this about the iPad 3: “The fact that the iPad 3 is 3D is a dead cert”, that’s one bold claim but one they say is backed up by Foxconn employees who manufacture Apple products. The ‘insider’ explained that film studios were “currently running around like blue-arsed flies trying to gear up to release plenty of 3-D content in time for Apple’s...
Today’s iPad 3 rumour comes by way of tech site T3, they say that the third generation tablet will up the processor stakes again by doubling its cores – yes they say it will come with a quad core processor, a spec that is currently reserved for powerful laptops. They were talking with Miles Jacobson, the head man who heads up the Football Manager team. He explained “We have very good relationships with a lot of chipset and hardware manufacturers who’ve given us their roadmaps, and they’re drool-worthy.” He also predicts that...