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Apple introduces Lightning to Micro USB adapter to North American customers

You can’t knock a useful adapter. Per AppleInsider, alongside the iPad mini, Apple on Friday introduced the Lightning to micro USB adapter, a tiny dongle first available in Europe, to the U.S. market. Initially built and released in tandem with the iPhone 5 in Europe to fulfill the European Commission’s regulation that all smartphones sold […]

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Hardware iPad mini News

iFixit completes iPad mini teardown, finds Samsung LCD, similar design elements found in iPhone 5

There’s some cool stuff inside the iPad mini and the coolest-of-cats over at iFixit performed their usual teardown magic to find what said cool stuff was. Per the teardown, iFixit found the device has a large metal plate behind its screen held in place by 16 screws. Similar plates were found in the iPhone 5, […]

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iPad News retail

Apple sells out of all iPad mini models in 35 hours

It doesn’t matter that Amazon took the time to insult the iPad mini’s US$329 price tag, Apple still sold out of its launch inventory on all models of the new tablet. Per AppleInsider, while it’s unknown how many iPad mini pre-order units were available, Apple seems to have sold through its entire inventory. All iPad […]

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iPad News retail

White and silver iPad minis sell out within hours of pre-order availability

Well, that was fast. Per AppleInsider, just hours after the iPad mini became available to preorder at Apple’s online store, the white and silver model sold out is now advertised to ship in two weeks. While the white model in all capacities is now sold out, as of Friday morning the black and slate version […]

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Hardware iPad News

iPad 2 left without Siri support after iPad mini launch

As nifty as the iPad 2 is, it’s getting left behind where some features are concerned. Per AppleInsider, while it was announced on Tuesday that the new iPad mini is compatible with Apple’s Siri voice recognizing assistant, however owners of the now long-in-the-tooth iPad 2 still won’t be able to access the feature. With the […]