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Best Buy Preparing for Apple iPad Launch

March 26, 2010 by Leave a Comment

The US store Best Buy is gearing up for the April 3 Apple iPad launch date by training staff and providing details of events leading up to the launch date.

On April 3 the iPad will only be available to purchase either at an Apple Store or Best Buy (referring to physical locations and not ordering online via the Apple site). The process will see Best Buy set up a store-in-store where a section will be created for Apple products to be purchased. This will happen at 675 of the 1000 or so US locations. Bestbuy.com and the other 325 locations will not carry the iPad.

In preparation for the launch it is believed that Best Buy stores will start receiving display materials early next week which will also contain information that an iMac and a couple of notebooks will not be on display for the iPad launch to make extra space for the event. [Read more…]

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Apple iPhone 3G S Untethered Jailbreak in Progress

March 26, 2010 by 2 Comments

Earlier this year Blackra1n was released that allowed you to jailbreak your Apple iPhone 3G or 3G S. The problem with the phones running the latest boot rom was that a reboot of your phone required that you tether your iPhone to a PC or Mac and reapply the Blackra1n jailbreak. This was related to something with Apple [AAPL] using NAND flash for storing certain files.

Although a tethered jailbreak works fine in that it takes seconds to click the Blackra1n button when booting up your phone, it can be a problem if you are out and about and need to boot your device for some reason.

After a few months of waiting, George Hotz has managed to do it again by creating an untethered jailbreak for the Apple iPhone 3G and 3G S as well as it “probably” working on the iPad too. [Read more…]

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Apple iPad InvisibileSHIELD from ZAGG Announced

March 25, 2010 by Leave a Comment

When buying a touchscreen device it’s often the case that people want to protect the shiny screen and casing of the device. With the launch of the Apple iPad just around the corner, ZAGG have created the Apple iPad invisibleSHIELD.

InvisibleSHIELDs are protectors that you attach to your portable devices. They are completely transparent and help protect the iPad and other devices from minor scratches that occur from day to day usage. Each invisibleSHIELD is made from military grade patented material making it both durable and strong.

Since invisibleSHIELDs launched over 7 million of them have been sold showing that they are welcome accessory to any mobile device for those wanting to protect their investment. [Read more…]

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Apple and Samsung Deal Signed – $240M

March 25, 2010 by Leave a Comment

Apple [AAPL] have signed a contract with Samsung believed to be worth $240 Million. The contract will see Samsung provide 3 million iPad displays to Apple. The deal is also believed to add more stability to iPad production in case of problems with the primary supplied.

The new deal will see Samsung become the second major supplied of 9.7 inch sized screens for the Apple iPad. The 3 million screens will be used over an unspecified amount of time. This is all according to a high-ranking industry representative who spoke to the Korea Times.

The Apple iPad screen is the most expensive part of the device and costs $80 regardless of which model it is put in. It’s twice the size of the iPhone screen but costs five times more due to the complexities required in building a larger capacitive touch screen as well as it having four times the amount of surface. [Read more…]

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Apple iPad Teardown Confirmed

March 25, 2010 by Leave a Comment

We just posted about iFixit and the iPhone vs Nexus One infographic. Along with the email we received from iFixit, they also confirmed that they will be doing an Apple iPad Teardown on April 3 when the Apple [AAPL] device is launched. At the end of the email from Kyle he said…

P.S. Yes, we will be taking apart the iPad on April 3.
How could you doubt us?! (Props to you if you’re one of the few with faith in us who *have not* emailed me asking whether we’ll disassemble it). I’ll be running my technicians through screwdriver calisthenics all next week to prepare.

[Read more…]

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Apple iPhone vs Google Nexus One Infographic

March 25, 2010 by Leave a Comment

iFixit have created an interesting infographic that shows the Apple iPhone vs Google Nexus One to see overall how they compare side by side in terms of screen resolution, battery life, screen quality and many other things.

The information is quite interesting as in some respects the iPhone beats the Nexus One and in other ways the Nexus One beats the iPhone such as the processor speed although the iPhone has a quicker GPU it seems.

iFixit believe the Google [GOOG] phone needs more attention due to the lack of people buying it when compared to the Apple [AAPL] device (if only they’d just let the carriers sell it rather than the whole silly google.com/phone malarkey) [Read more…]

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Apple iPhone Hacked – SMS Database can get Hijacked

March 25, 2010 by Leave a Comment

Hackers (or researchers as they like to be known) have successfully hacked a fully patched Apple iPhone and created a way to copy the entire SMS database that includes previously deleted text messages.

The team comprised of VIncenzo Iozzo and Ralf Philipp Weinmann who created a website that was rigged with some code. Once an Apple iPhone [AAPL] (fully patched) user browses to the site the website is able to copy the contents of the SMS database within about 20 seconds of the person viewing the website.

Right now, if you visited their special website it would crash your browser, but the team say with a few more weeks they could run the attack without causing the browser to crash.

‘Basically, every page that the user visits on our [rigged] site will grab the SMS database and upload it to a server we control, Weinmann explained. Iozzo, who had flight problems, was not on hand to enjoy the glory of being the first to hijack an iPhone at the Pwn2Own challenge.

[Read more…]

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WSJ on Apple iPad could cost $17.99/Month for Subscription

March 25, 2010 by Leave a Comment

An article over at WSJ indicated that the subscription price for receiving WSJ content on the Apple iPad [AAPL] device will cost $17.99/month. The information came from a fairly long article that speaks of the advertising and subscription models that different high profile magazines and papers are using.

The article also mentions that a four-month ad package will cost $400,000 although Coke and FedEx who are believed to have signed up would not comment on it.

The Apple iPad is certainly a new interesting way to read news daily. With it’s larger screen and full colour display it can showcase some very good interactive content. The Wired application (not specifically for the iPad, as it includes other tablets too), is one example of how the tablet devices are changing the way we see adverts and interact with content. [Read more…]

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CBS.com Getting Ready for HTML5 Video on the Apple iPad

March 25, 2010 by Leave a Comment

The Apple iPad is landing in just over a week on April 3. We hear that CBS.com are currently working on bringing their video content to the iPad in the form of HTML5. This would mean that the normal flash videos that can be viewed on the CBS site through a regular browser will actually be converted to the HTML5 format allowing content to still be played on the Apple [AAPL] device.

The information arrives after the CBS site was spotted to include a couple of “iPad – test” video links. MacRumors decided to run a test to see if they functioned as the name suggested and found that they were just redirected to the normal flash videos. They did however note that when either using the iPad SDK simulator, or by spoofing the browser agent on a PC/Mac to make it look like you were viewing the content on an iPad, that a different version of the video was displayed (image smaller above and larger below). [Read more…]

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Opera Mini now Awaiting Approval for the Apple App Store

March 23, 2010 by Leave a Comment

After what seems like a long wait, Opera Mini has now been submitted to the Apple App store for approval. If approved it will bring a very fast mobile browsing experience to the Apple [AAPL] iPhone. Speed tests indicate that pages load up to five times faster than the current standard Safari browser that comes supplied with every iPhone.

The mobile phone browser achieves the high speed by doing server side compression before the page is downloaded. The Opera Mini servers are capable of compressing down images and HTML by up to 90% before the data is transmitted to the phone. This saves both the time it takes to download the page as well as using far less amounts of data saving money in some situations. [Read more…]

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Apple MacBook Pro getting an Update? – Lack of Supplies Could Indicate it

March 23, 2010 by Leave a Comment

A number of people are waiting for Apple [AAPL] to update the Apple MacBook Pro. Last week it was reported that Intel had a lack of chips which could be a contributing factor to the delays of the much anticipated update.

Reports have also said recently that MacBook Pro supplies have suddenly become constrained which could also indicate a huge lack of chips problem, or perhaps that they are selling off the last bits of stock they have to launch the next iteration of the MacBook Pro. We obviously hope for the latter as will many other readers.

One reader of MacRumors decided to email Steve Jobs about his concerns… [Read more…]

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Apple iPhone now Available Contract free in US

March 23, 2010 by 1 Comment

The Apple iPhone 3G and 3G S is now available in the US contract free costing $499 (8GB 3G) and $599/$699 for the 3G S 16GB/32GB respectively.

The Apple [AAPL] device can be purchased without a contract and without having an AT&T account although the phones are still locked to AT&T’s network. If you want to put another SIM in from another network then you’ll need to Jailbreak your iPhone with a tool such as Blackra1n and then apply an unlock.

There is a limit of 1 iPhone per day that you can purchase with a maximum of 10 phones in a life time. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Cell Phones