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Review: iPad

By Michael DeWalt Arrival and Unpacking: At about 10 AM Saturday morning, Santa, otherwise known as the UPS guy, rang the doorbell. The anticipation was intense, but it’s here — the iPad has landed. To be more specific, an iPad Wi-Fi 64GB is now in hand. It took willpower not to just rip into the […]

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iPhone iPod News

Apple Consuming Lion’s Share of NAND Memory, Hesitant to Negotiate with Suppliers This Quarter

Even as time goes by, tech parts don’t always get cheaper. Per DigiTimes, Apple, which already consumes the lion’s share of the global NAND flash memory supply, is apparently reluctant to negotiate with suppliers in 2010 due to high prices. Although the demand for NAND memory in devices such as memory cards and flash drives […]

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iPhone Rumor

Rumor: Apple Considering Samsung AMOLED Screens for Fourth-Gen iPhone

Apple’s fourth generation iPhone may switch to Samsung’s Super AMOLED screen technology per oled-display.net and rumors in the display business. Although Apple has purportedly been hesitant to use OLEDs due to their high power draw on bright backgrounds for e-mail and web browsing, the new screens used in the Wave and Beam could potentially overcome […]

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iPhone iPod Touch Software

Apple Releases iPhone OS 3.1.3 Update for iPhone, iPod Touch

Late Tuesday, Apple released version 3.1.3 of its iPhone OS firmware. The update, which weighs in at over 200 megabytes and can be downloaded by attaching your iPhone or iPod touch to your Mac or PC, clicking the device in iTunes, then clicking the “Check for Update” button, adds the following fixes and changes: – […]

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Apple Files Patent for Touch-Surface Keyboard with Tactile Feedback

Ok, this could be really interesting. Recently, Apple filed for a patent on a touch-surface keyboard with tactile feedback. Per AppleInsider, a problem with typing on touchscreens is that users must typically look at the keys to know what is being pressed; by contrast, most physical keyboards allow people to gauge where their fingers are […]