Archive for March, 2012

25
Mar

New iPad’s Retina Display Requires 30% More Power Than Previous Models

Written by ereyes. Posted in iDevice


It’s so blue… New iPad on the right.

The new iPad has an enormous clown-car sized battery. Many have speculated the new display is to blame (not too big a leap of faith), but a new study pins down the exact reason for the display’s increased power draw.

Display blog dot color conducted a series of tests and concluded the new iPad’s Retina Display uses a series of advanced filters to improve color reproduction of the new display, which forced Apple to increase the output of the backlight LED’s to maintain a level of brightness on par with previous iPads.

25
Mar

More iPhone Display Rumors: Apple Will Stick With 3.5-Inch Display

Written by ereyes. Posted in Rumor Mill

Another day another rumor from an industry insider saying the exact opposite of a rumor from another industry insider the day before.

Today, the rumor from iMore’s source claims Apple is scheduled to release a new 3.5” LTE iPhone in October. This contrary to reports yesterday that Apple was planning to release a larger screened iPhone with a display somewhere in the 4” category as early as this summer. This new rumor differs not only in the release window, and screen size, but also claims Apple is changing the dock connector. The new connections will be a “micro dock.”

22
Mar

WSJ: iPad 4G LTE is a ‘Speed Trap’

Written by ereyes. Posted in iDevice

If you haven’t yet personally tinkered with a new iPad and its 4G LTE connectivity, you are probably unaware of just how blazing fast the third-generation tablet streams video and performs in general when connected. When Apple said the tablet delivers speeds 10x faster than what we experienced on 3G, the tech giant wasn’t fibbing.

And that’s all fine and good… except for how quickly users are now capable of blowing past their data caps. According to the Wall Street Journal today, the new iPad is nothing short of a veritable “speed trap.” Just look at the example of Brandon Wells, a young man who acquired his new iPad last Friday and by Saturday night, streaming March Madness games “had burned through his monthly wireless data allotment of two gigabytes.”

22
Mar

How to watch Flash videos on your new iPad

Written by ereyes. Posted in Intermidiate

 

How to watch Flash videos on your new iPad

Trying to figure out how to watch Flash videos on your new iPad? Unfortunately, Apple has never supported the Adobe Flash Player plugin (or any web browser plugin) for a number of stability, security, and other reasons, and Adobe has recently discontinued their attempts to get Flash to work properly on mobile devices in general. (It was designed for big, powerful computers, not highly portable, low power phones and tablets.)

But all hope is not lost! There are still a variety of ways to watch Flash videos on your iPad. (Some of these also work for Microsoft Silverlight content, like Netflix.com!)

22
Mar

Yelp app now integrated into Siri restaurant searches on iPhone 4S

Written by ereyes. Posted in iDevice

 

iOS 5.1 landed earlier this month without much fanfare, but there’s one nice little nugget that we hadn’t noticed before; when searching for restaurants through Siri, tapping on listings will launch right into Yelp. Of course, the voice-activated assistant was already pulling results from Siri’s database, but didn’t do much beyond that. Now when you type on business results, you go into the Yelp page, where you can see detailed reviews, pictures of the restaurant, hours, contact information, and get directions. There’s even a quick link to reserve a spot through OpenTable.

It’s a small upgrade, but a pretty helpful one. iOS 5.1 has quite a few other tweaks – be sure to check out our walkthrough for the full tour.

22
Mar

How to print from your new iPad using AirPrint

Written by ereyes. Posted in Begginer

 

How to AirPrint from your new iPad

Whether you just happen to be surfing the web, reading a news article, or viewing a document on your new iPad and you want to print out, or you’re doing actual work, for work, and need a hard copy, AirPrint makes is easy to print just about anything right from your iPad — as long as your printer is compatible.

How to see if your printer is AirPrint compatible

To be able to print from your iPad you’ll need a Wi-Fi enabled printer that supports AirPrint. To see if your wireless printer is supported, you can view the following list on Apple’s website –

Apple adds new printers to this list regularly. If your printer shows it’s compatible but your iPad doesn’t find it, make sure your printer is running the newest firmware version. In order to upgrade your printer, you’ll need to check your manufacturer’s specifications. Most of the time it’s as easy as checking for an update straight from settings and letting it update.

22
Mar

We unbox and set up the new iPad

Written by ereyes. Posted in iDevice

 

In this video we unboxing apples new iPad and also run it through the set up more to come stay tuned to iPN.

22
Mar

Could apple be placing orders for a 4.6-inch iPhone Retina Display?

Written by ereyes. Posted in iDevice

 

Apple has decided on the bigger 4.6-inch display for its next iPhone and started placing orders to its suppliers, the Maeil Business Newspaper said, quoting an unnamed industry source.

Samsung’s Galaxy Nexus and HTC’s upcoming HTC One both have 4.6-7 inch 720P displays. The Galaxy Nexus has a 316 PPI which is in Apple’s “Retina Threshold” but is a whole other 16:9 ratio.

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21
Mar

Windows 8 Tablets May Challenge New iPad in Early Fall

Written by ereyes. Posted in General News

Less than one week after Apple launched its third-generation tablet to some three million opening weekend sales, it can’t possibly seem like an inviting time to be a competitor in the tablet marketplace. Fortunately for Microsoft, plenty of time remains for the new iPad to cool off before the software giant unleashes its forthcoming tablets this fall.

According to the rumor mill Wednesday, Microsoft will release its new Windows 8 tablets in September or October. Digitimes says today that Samsung Electronics, Sony, Toshiba, Lenovo, Acer and Asustek will all launch Windows 8 on ARM (WoA) tablet PCs within the next twelve months, with some of those offerings likely to turn up much sooner.

21
Mar

Apple’s New iPad Shipping Times Improve to 1-2 Weeks

Written by ereyes. Posted in iDevice

All models of the new iPad are now advertised to ship in one to two weeks from Apple’s U.S. store – an improvement from before when shipping times were listed as two to three weeks.

The shipping times originally slipped to two to three weeks a week ago, five days before the new iPad was set to go on sale. Preorders of the launch-day supply sold out less than two days after the new iPad was announced. The availability of the previous-generation 16 GB iPad 2 remains with an estimated shipping time of one to three business days with the exception of the Verizon 3G model, which seems to be advertised as “in-stock” for more immediate shipment.