Browsing March, 2011 archives.

iPad 2 speed tests

Monday, March 28th, 2011

Visit MacWorld to read some iPad 2 speed test comparisons, against both iPad and iPhone … … iPad 2 took 45 seconds to import 20 raw images from an SD card, much faster than the original iPad, which took 63 seconds … … iMovie imported a 76-second clip from my iPhoto library, applied transitions, added [...]

40 million, or 5 million?

Wednesday, March 23rd, 2011

From IT Pro Portal: While Apple is expected to sell more than 40 million iPads in 2011, Motorola is expected to sell between three and five million units in 2011 Read the rest of the article here.

iPad 2 negatives

Monday, March 21st, 2011

All over the web are positive reviews of iPad 2, and I’m sure that they are accurate – but here are a few thoughts from my first few hours with a 64GB 3G (black) iPad 2 … The display appears to be a little crisper than my original iPad; hard to quantify exactly since the [...]

“The ‘Holy Grail’ of computing”?

Sunday, March 13th, 2011

Michael deAgonia’s opinions of the new iPad 2 over on COMPUTER WORLD are interesting, though possibly extreme – who knows what computing will be in another 3-5 years?! … The aluminum at the edge of the screen flows into the flat back, but it’s hard to describe the graceful physical design. There’s no side lip [...]

Inside iPad 2

Friday, March 11th, 2011

IFixit has already opened up an iPad 2! Visit iFixit to see lots more pictures and descriptions.

iOS 4.3 breaks USB charging?

Friday, March 11th, 2011

I always charge my iPad on my 27″ iMac, leaving it connected overnight to sync/backup and charge – it’s always worked perfectly. On Wednesday I left it connected while it was updating to iOS 4.3, and then overnight. But instead of being fully charged Thursday morning, it was only about 55%. Strange … Then last [...]

Rotation lock returns!

Wednesday, March 9th, 2011

Today iOS 4.3 has been released by Apple, and one benefit is the option to restore the original rotation lock function of the side switch, finally!