@comex has revealed a photo showing the new iPad 2 running Cydia. In other words, he’s managed to jailbreak the iPad 2. It isn’t clear when the jailbreak will be made public, but as we can see it is working and Cydia is happily running on the new device.

What we don’t know at the moment is if the jailbreak is iPad 2 only, or if comex has managed to make it compatible with all iOS 4.3 devices. We also are unsure at the moment if the jailbreak is tethered or untethered. [Read more…]

The iPad 2 went on sale yesterday in the US and as usual, iFixit was able to grab one and take it apart to see what the inside of it looks like. There are a number of notable differences in the internal design such as the way the glass is held on and how the insides are organized.

Due to the tapered edges, the iPad 2 screen is held on with plenty of glue. The previous model was held on by tabs. Removing the screen is made quite difficult on the new model due to the amounts of glue used. [Read more…]

Today is iPad 2 day in the US and with that, a handful of apps have been updated in preparation for its launch. One such app is Infinity Blade that when run on the original iPad and iPhone 4, had amazing graphics. Thanks to the enhanced CPU and graphics capabilities of the iPad 2, the updated version that launched today, brings with it high resolution graphics along with enhanced visual capabilities.

The new version is 1.21 and requires iOS 4.0 to function. As well as having optimised graphics for the iPad 2, the game has a number of new features for those that play it on other iOS devices. The list is as follows: [Read more…]

In preparation for tomorrows launch of the iPad 2, Apple [AAPL] has posted 14 guided tour videos for potential buyers to have a look at. Subjects include a FaceTime demo, Mail, Safari, iBooks, Videos, Photos, Find my iPad, iPod, iTunes, App Store, Maps, Air Play, GarageBand and iMovie.

Each of the guided tours are relatively short and give a brief glimpse of what’s available to buyers when it goes on sale tomorrow. [Read more…]

Apple [AAPL] has finally released details about the launch of the iPad 2 including times and where you’ll be able to pick one up tomorrow.

The iPad 2 will go on sale at 5pm in the US tomorrow (local time) and will allow buyers to pick one up in one of 236 Apple stores found in the US. For those ordering online, Apple is making them available at 1am PT for those who want one to pre-order. It seems if you want to get one by tomorrow, you’ll need to queue. [Read more…]

Everything Everywhere, AKA Orange and T-Mobile in the UK, has announced on Twitter that they will be selling the iPad 2 when it launches later this month. If the company follows along with the official release date, we should see subsidized versions landing on March 25 in the UK.

No details of pricing have been revealed yet, partly because Apple [AAPL] hasn’t released UK pricing just yet. We expect that the new tablet will be priced similarly to what the original iPad was which was £199 with a two year contract. [Read more…]

If you didn’t realise a new iPad was coming out and went ahead and purchased a first gen iPad in the last few days, you will soon be eligible for a refund of $100, £100 or 100 depending on what region you purchased it in.

The refund period is believed to cover the last 2 weeks up till yesterday when the priced dropped by £100 on each model in the UK. To get the refund you need to contact the store where you purchased the iPad from. If you ordered online, you need to call Apple to claim the refund. [Read more…]

The BBC will be launching iPlayer internationally for the iPad in the coming months. Due to the content being used abroad, a charge will be made to use the service. It has been announced that the price per month will be less than $10.

At the FT Digital Media & Broadcasting conference held in London, Mark Thompson said that “The greatest month-on-month growth now is not on PCs or cable TVs but on iPads, iPhones, other smartphones and games consoles.” [Read more…]

When Apple announces a new iPad or any other iOS, it comes as no surprise that a HDMI port is not built in. We originally put this down to Apple wanting to control the way we connect to our iPad or iPhone in that we use the standard 30 pin dock connector. We also believed it to be that Apple doesn’t want to mess with a design by having a side full of ports. On all iOS devices (not inc Apple TV), Apple keeps a clean look around the edges by having a small amount of buttons and a single port to connect to a computer. The only other slot available is the discretely positioned microSIM slot that hides behind an almost invisible cover.

Chris Alexander has another take on this though in that he says the HDMI port is actually related to costs and licensing. [Read more…]

Apple has dropped the price of the original iPad in the UK which now gives you the option to pick up the tablet with a price starting at £329.

Each model looks to have dropped £100 in price from the original which sees the original iPad priced as follows:

WiFi Only
£329 – 16GB
£399 – 32GB
£479 – 64GB

WiFi and 3G
£429 – 16GB
£499 – 32GB
£579 – 64GB [Read more…]

The iPad 2 launched yesterday and we now see that the Apple Special Event has been posted online over on the Apple website.

To successfully view the video, you need to use the following list below, although it kind of works on Firefox as well.

Streaming video requires Safari 4 or 5 on Mac OS X Snow Leopard or Safari on iOS 3 or later.

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