iPad News: Introducing the iPad

Posted by admin under iPhone and iPad News and Rumors on Wednesday Jan 27, 2010

Size and Weight

Height:
9.56 inches (242.8 mm)
Width:
7.47 inches (189.7 mm)
Depth:
0.5 inch (13.4 mm)
Weight:
1.5 pounds (.68 kg) Wi-Fi model;
1.6 pounds (.73 kg) Wi-Fi + 3G mode


External buttons and controls


Display

  • 9.7-inch (diagonal) LED-backlit glossy widescreen Multi-Touch display with IPS technology
  • 1024-by-768-pixel resolution at 132 pixels per inch (ppi)
  • Fingerprint-resistant oleophobic coating
  • Support for display of multiple languages and characters simultaneously

Capacity

  • 16GB, 32GB, or 64GB flash drive

Processor

  • 1GHz Apple A4 custom-designed, high-performance, low-power system-on-a-chip

Sensors

  • Accelerometer
  • Ambient light sensor

Wireless and Cellular

Wi-Fi model
  • Wi-Fi (802.11 a/b/g/n)
  • Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR technology
Wi-Fi + 3G model
  • UMTS/HSDPA (850, 1900, 2100 MHz)
  • GSM/EDGE (850, 900,1800, 1900 MHz)
  • Data only2
  • Wi-Fi (802.11 a/b/g/n)
  • Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR technology

Location

  • Wi-Fi
  • Digital compass
  • Assisted GPS (Wi-Fi + 3G model)
  • Cellular (Wi-Fi + 3G model)

Input and Output

  • Dock connector
  • 3.5-mm stereo headphone jack
  • Built-in speakers
  • Microphone
  • SIM card tray (Wi-Fi + 3G model only)

Audio Playback

  • Frequency response: 20Hz to 20,000Hz
  • Audio formats supported: AAC (16 to 320 Kbps), Protected AAC (from iTunes Store), MP3 (16 to 320 Kbps), MP3 VBR, Audible (formats 2, 3, and 4), Apple Lossless, AIFF, and WAV
  • User-configurable maximum volume limit

TV and Video

  • Support for 1024 x 768 with Dock Connector to VGA adapter; 576p and 480p with Apple Component A/V Cable, 576i and 480i with Apple Composite Cable
  • H.264 video up to 720p, 30 frames per second, Main Profile level 3.1 with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats; MPEG-4 video, up to 2.5 Mbps, 640 by 480 pixels, 30 frames per second, Simple Profile with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats

Battery and Power

  • Built-in 25Whr rechargeable lithium-polymer battery
  • Up to 10 hours of surfing the web on Wi-Fi, watching video, or listening to music
  • Charging via power adapter or USB to computer system

Mail attachment support

  • Viewable document types: .jpg, .tiff, .gif (images); .doc and .docx (Microsoft Word); .htm and .html (web pages); .key (Keynote); .numbers (Numbers); .pages (Pages); .pdf (Preview and Adobe Acrobat); .ppt and .pptx (Microsoft PowerPoint); .txt (text); .rtf (rich text format); .vcf (contact information); .xls and .xlsx (Microsoft Excel)
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Apple’s 1st quarter Fiscal Blowout

On Monday, Apple revealed the results of its fiscal 2010 first quarter, which ended Dec. 26, 2009. The company posted revenue of $15.68 billion and a net quarterly profit of $3.38 billion.

Apple Americas garnered $6.092 billion in total from the U.S., including sales of 1.187 million Macs. In all, 3.362 million Macs were sold in the quarter. Asia Pacific accounted for $1.183 billion, including sales of 313,000 Macs. And Japan was $783 million, selling 105,000 computers. (Mac sales were broken down into 2.128 million portables, and 1.234 million desktops. Desktop sales were up 70 percent year-over-year, and saw a 60 percent increase in revenue. They also spiked 57 percent in sales from the previous quarter)

iPhone Sales

Record 8.7 million iPhones sold Revenue for iPhone handset sales, accessories, and carrier payments was $5.58 billion. (Beat that CrapBerry!) Over 70 percent of the Fortune 100 deploying iPhone. Penetration doubled since the iPhone 3GS first shipped this last summer.



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Vodafone sold 100,000 iPhones in just 8 days. Now that’s a total dominatrix compared to the ‘other superphone’ that sold only 20,000 in a week. “The demand from both consumer and business customers has been phenomenal. They want an outstanding phone on an outstanding network and we’re delivering that,” claimed Vodafone UKCEO Guy Laurence. It’s only a matter of time that we will see RIM (supported by their small clueless IQ users in SEA) take the dive in the market share. It was said best by one of the reporters on MacBreak Weekly – ‘RIM still has the inertia but no longer has the momentum.’

Finally, redsn0w 0.9 Beta is out. It will allow iPhone and iPod Touch (except G3 Touches) users to jailbreak, unlock and customize their devices with iPhone OS 3.0 and iPhone OS 3.1.2. Great work Dev Team!

One small final note.

After receiving hundreds of millions of dollars in global donation for the Phuket tsunami relief – Thailand has officially donated $10,000 for the relief effort in Haiti – oops news flash – this just came in… after taking much heat for their ‘generous’ amount the Thai government has now increased their donation to $100,000. Does it take a genius to compare these numbers?

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Need we say more?

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See for yourself how these two smartphone camera battle it off:

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This is it guys – Jan 27th. Apple sent invites in the media for their special event announcement. We will finally see the ‘new creation” from Apple. Besides this ‘new creation’, we will be seeing the new iPhone 4.0 OS and a Mac software that will integrate with the tablet. So mark that date – Jan 27th 10am PST. Here’s sneak preview or review of GTA: Chinatown Wars.

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Looks like the N1 is a bit behind in their expectation.

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Poddio Audio Recorder and Editor iPhone App

Posted by admin under App Reviews on Saturday Jan 9, 2010

Record and Edit audio right on your iPhone and send it to your computer.

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