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iFixit completes iPad 2 teardown, finds 512 MB of RAM, larger battery, new controller chips and gyroscope

The iPad 2 is out. And so is the iFixit teardown in all its goodness, the cool cats over there having discovered some nifty components inside Apple’s new tablet. Immediately after Apple’s release of the iPad 2 on Friday, iFixit began a teardown of Apple’s iPad 2, discovering a slight increase in battery capacity compared […]

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Samsung may supply advanced display for iPad 2 tablet

The iPad 2, it could smack of the niftiness. Per the Korea Times, the second-generation ipad could trade its “In-Plane Switching” (IPS) display for a new “Super Plane to Line Switching” (PLS) display for improved viewing angles. Citing industry sources, the report from The Korea Times claims that Samsung Mobile Display will supply LCD panels […]

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MacBook Air News

TechRestore offering matte screen replacement service for 2010 MacBook Air notebook

Within days of Apple launching its new MacBook Air notebook, third-party outfitter launched a matte finish screen replacement for the stock glossy screen. Per the Apple Core, CEO Shannon Jean stated that the company is now using the same panel that Apple does (apparently there’s only one panel like it being made right now) and […]

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Rumor: Apple to incorporate OLED displays into future iPad models

It’s the rumors that make the technology business interesting and in spite of the high cost of OLED displays and Apple’s continued support of LCD screens with IPS technology, whispers of a next-generation iPad with an OLED screen continue to resurface. Per DigiTimes, sources close to the story have indicated that Apple plans to launch […]

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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 […]