The new iPad is a hot product, in more ways than one. After enjoying a record-breaking launch weekend, some owners are now saying that the device is literally too hot to handle. Consumer Reports put the new iPad to the test on Tuesday, finding that the device can reach temperatures up to 116ºF, specifically when playing the game Infinity Blade II over a Wi-Fi connection.
An influential consumer watchdog is investigating online reports that Apple Inc's new iPad throws off an unusually large amount of heat and will publish its findings later on Tuesday.
Apple continues to dominate tablet market with its new iPad. Windows tablets are a few months away. At the moment when looking for some serious competition against the new iPad, Asus Transformer Prime is the first name that comes to mind.
Best Buy is offering the Acer Iconia Tab A100 for $260 and free shipping while the Nook Color price has dropped to $170. Could one of these be the best under $300 tablets? Obviously, we're leaving out the Nook Tablet and Amazon Kindle Fire, but the Acer A100 and Nook Color are on opposite sides of those devices, price-wise. So, looking at these two seven-inch tablets could give a bit more perspective on what's the right choice for tablets in this price range.
According to a new Bloomberg report citing anonymous sources familiar with the matter, Microsoft plans to wrap up its Windows 8 this summer, just in time for PCs and tablets with the new OS to go on sale around October. The sources wished to remain unnamed due to confidentiality issues.
Apple reported 3 million iPads sold since the new-generation tablet went on sale on March 16, marking the strongest launch yet for an iPad. During a conference call on March 19, Apple CEO Tim Cook announced the new iPad has sold in record numbers.
Apple discussion forums are now up to 17 pages of complaints from users of the new iPad about an overheating problem, but the company says the device is well within thermal specifications.
An influential U.S. consumer watchdog is investigating online reports that Apple Inc's new iPad throws off an unusually large amount of heat and will publish its findings later on Tuesday.
The market clearly liked the news – Apple shares jumped 2.65 percent on Monday to close above $600 per share for the first time.
We’re sure you have heard of the rumored Google Nexus Tablet being built by Asus. This little wonder tablet is expected to come with a 7-inch display, similar to that of the Amazon Kindle Fire, which is the most successful Android tablet, but it isn’t recognized by Google, as Amazon is using Google’s own OS to compete with it. If the Google Nexus 7-inch tablet is real, would it compete with the new iPad, or the Amazon Kindle Fire? We think it’s the latter of the two.
Overheating isn’t new to the Apple iPad, previous versions always seem to have the problem but it wasn’t much of a factor to consider much, well, until now. No doubt the new iPad is hot - it’s so hot that the Apple sold 3 million of these little beauties during the debut weekend worldwide. How exciting. However, the new iPad is now heating up in more ways than one and Apple fans aren’t too happy about it.
To power all of these new features of the new iPad and maintain a 10-hour battery life, Apple had to upgrade the iPad 2's rechargeable lithium-ion battery and make it substantially bigger. But at what cost?
When you go out to buy the new iPad, one thing you would realize is the fact that it is not cheap to purchase, especially the 64GB version. But what if you knew the amount Apple actually spends to produce each new iPad? You would be surprised by the price difference, and you may feel that Apple is fleecing you when you get to know how much profit Apple is actually making from each new iPad sold.
Even though the app is only five weeks old, the turn-based Pictionary-style game called Draw Something, created and developed by New York-based gaming company OMGPOP, has risen to the top of the iOS and Android App Stores. The addictive drawing and guessing game boasts 25 million registered users, 10 million active daily users, and almost 1 billion paid ad impressions per day.
Renowned gadget geeks from the iFixit tech blog have completed another Apple gear teardown with their un-building of the new iPad 3. Using the most exacting tools and an eye for gadget guts, iFixit try to give readers a chance to peek inside the iPad and see just what all the fuss is about.
Apple iPhone 5 rumor mills have been in action since last year. However, despite being widely expected, Apple unveiled iPhone 4S instead, which turned out to be Apple's most profitable phone ever. The tech giant is now expected to launch iPhone 5 later this year and, not surprisingly, the rumor mills are spinning faster than ever.
Believe it or not, a guy simply took one of the New iPad models and shot it multiple times with not one but two deadly guns. Yes, here's a man who likes to shoot new technology items, and this time the new iPad was his target.
iPhone 5 is one of the most-anticipated devices of the year.
More than a dozen of EA's games will lose any kind of online support as the company has announced that it will be shutting down the servers of as many as 15 console games and their iOS counterparts March 31, it has been reported.
The Standard & Poor’s 500 Index continued to rise to touch the highest since May 2008 following the announcement from Apple that it has decided to pay a dividend as well as launch a stock buy backs program.
It seems the honeymoon for owners of the new iPad is coming to an end, with users reporting more problems to Apple forums by the day. The latest: incompatible smart covers
Apple Inc CEO Tim Cook, moving swiftly after taking over from late Silicon Valley icon Steve Jobs, fulfilled a longstanding desire of investors by initiating a quarterly dividend and share buyback that will pay out $45 billion over three years.
