Tag Archives: iPad 2

“Galaxy Tab preceded iPad unveiling” claims Samsung designer

It wouldn’t be right to go a day without mentioning Apple and Samsung’s ongoing legal battle, even though I’m sure most of you are sick of it. Yesterday, Samsung designer Jin Soo Kim testified that the development of the Galaxy Tab 10.1 began in October of 2009. This claim is a direct defence against Apple’s accusation of “slavish copying” of its…

Jailbreak Tuesday: MonoBar, Infopage, ClockWind

Unfortunately this week there isn’t much in the way of jailbreak news. However, that doesn’t mean there aren’t a bunch of awesome tweaks wroth checking out. So without wasting anymore of your time, lets get to it! 1st Tweak: MonoBar Monobar is a pretty straight forward tweak, the goal of which is to stop the intrusive Apple status bar. As you can…

Facebook updates SDK to support iOS 6

At WWDC, Tim Cook & Co. revealed that Facebook had finally accepted Apple’s friend request and the world’s largest social network was going to be making an appearance in iOS 6. Apple and Facebook have had a turbulent relationship. it started  and ended with Ping. However, it looks like Facebook is going to help out the iOS platform a lot by…

Google Nexus 7, iPad 3 and iPad 2 specs compared

Although I’m not the biggest fan on using specs as a pre-determination on how good a product will be in day-to-day use, I’d be ignorant to say they didn’t matter somewhat. It’s not necessarily the individual specifications that make the difference. It’s how they’re married together, and utilized. A big part when comparing smartphones and tablets is…

Apple wins lawsuit, Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 banned from US sale

Apple and Samsung have been at each others throat for a while now. It’s been more than a year since Samsung was sued over identity issues with the Galaxy Tab 10.1. The claim was that it was nearly indistinguishable from the Apple iPad, which side by side it’s hard to tell the two apart. It felt like it was just this horrible back and forth between the two…

BookBook case for iPad gets slim redesign

Twelve South’s line of BookBook Apple accessories is very striking and different because instead of designing a case to highlight the futuristic tech within, Twelve South strives to make our devices look like antiques. As the name suggests, the BooBook cases make our iPhones, iPads, and MacBooks look like books. Leather-bound, vintage books to be exact….

Tim Cook’s D10 highlights: “Stay tuned”

For the past few years, Steve Jobs attended one public, full length interview. It was held with his good friend, Walt Mossberg, at the All Things Digital Conference. With Steve gone, Cook decided to fill in, and was the first speaker for the D10 conference. Tim talked a lot about pretty much everything Apple does; from China manufacturing, to the Apple…