A lot of people were upset with the announcement of the iPad 4th generation alongside the iPad mini launch, including myself. The iPad 3rd generation had launched just early that year, and there wasn’t even that big of a change, no change externally other than the Lightning port. Internally, only slightly boosted specs. So why be upset?…
Apple has just received two design patents from he U.S. Patent and Trademark Office; one for the nearly two year old Newsstand icon, and the other for the long-gone 4th generation iPod. The design patent for the 4th-gen iPod comes around nine years after the device’s first introduction, in 2004. Apple’s range of iPods is one of the biggest reasons for…
Earlier today we reported that Apple has started shipping the iPad mini “Wifi + Cellular” version, and now it seems that many buyers of the “Wifi + Cellular” 4th-gen iPad are receiving shipping confirmation emails as well. Derek, a reader of AppleInsider was sent an email today from Apple which states that his 32GB Verizon iPad…
Repair Labs has recently put the iPad mini under the microscope, and compared it to the 4th generation iPad with Retina Display. Unsurprisingly, the iPad with Retina Display’s screen has pixels that are physically only 2/3rds the size of the iPad mini’s pixels. Compared to the iPad 2, however, the iPad mini doesn’t look so bad. As you can see in…
If you remember, when Apple went with the A5X chip in the iPad 3rd generation the only change was really the graphics. Well, from the A6 to the A6X, the same applies. With the iPad 4th generation, the same occurred, with Apple only upgrading the graphics: The A6X retains the 128-bit wide memory interface of the A5X (and it keeps the memory controller…
Google was supposed to have a big Android event today, however due to a hurricane set to hit the area it was going to be held, the event was cancelled. That didn’t stop it from announcing some new products via Press Release, however. One of those new products includes a Nexus 10 tablet, which brings the “Pure Google” experience into the world of 10-inch…
Many people following the iPad 4th generation and iPad mini announcement yesterday immediately took to attempting to sell their now older 3rd generation iPads. Both Gazelle and NextWorth saw noticeable jumps in resale attempts as of late, with numbers reaching as high as a 1000% increase. According to the folks over at Market Watch, over 140,000 devices…
As we are all well aware of by this point, Apple decided in the 3rd generation iPad to drop the numbering of the generation. Instead, the labeled it the “new iPad.” Well, the time has come for the 4th generation iPad, and many of us wondered what Apple could possibly name it. The “new new iPad” wouldn’t work. It couldn’t just go back to “iPad 4.” So,…
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