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Apple has announced plans to bring its personal assistant on board for the new iPad happened, well, sort of. Sir, Apple’s voice command service that works as a personal assistant is not featured on the new iPad, but instead, there’s an Android-like voice dictation that’ll support US English, British, Australian, French, German, and Japanese. This new…
Apple debuted its new Apple TV at the iPad 3 event today in San Francisco after rumors of stock shortages in retail stores nationwide. The new Apple TV will be available on March 16th for $99. It finally has 1080p output, which was a given. It was previously limited to 720p and that, quite frankly, sucked…
The just-announced iPad HD will be making its way to both Verizon Wireless and AT&T next week, with full 4G LTE connectivity set on each carrier. This marks the first iOS device to have LTE functionality, and allows customers on the go to take advantage of these super-fast networks. Verizon obviously has the larger of…
Apple announced its plans to provide insurance for all iPad’s going forward, with the debut of AppleCare+ for the iPad . This new coverage will cost $99, and it gives users a $49 deductible for those who need a replacement iPad starting today. The catch is, you must purchase this coverage once you buy your…
Apple has unveiled iOS 5.1 with support for Siri in Japan. iCloud is also getting a refesh and will support syncing of TV shows and movies. It will be available as a free download for iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad users today and will roll-out to Japan over the next few weeks. Update: It’s live with the full…
Apple has officially taken the wrappings off the hotly-anticipated next generation iPad at its press event in San Francisco. While there weren’t too many surprises on the iPad’s spec sheet, the new iPad marks huge technological leaps beyond that in the currently available iPads, including the first true HD 1080p display. The specs: A5x dual-core…
A report out of the Wall Street Journal this morning all but confirms that the next generation iPad, the iPad 3 or HD, will feature LTE connectivity. The inclusion of LTE in the iPad could tilt sales towards Verizon Wireless, which is both the nation’s largest LTE network and currently has significant capacity due to the…
Over the weekend, Democratic Senator Charles Schumer asked the Federal Trade Commission to investigate reports that applications that run Apple’s iOS and Google’s Android operating system have access to users private contacts and photos stored on the device. Concerns were initially brought to light when it was discovered that social networking application Path had access…
With iPad 3 announcement just hours away, we talk about its impact on corporate network traffic, and whether companies that have formal Bring-Your-Own-Device (BYOD) programs will be able to handle the increased demand for bandwidth. Brocade surveyed some 120 IT decision-makers and will soon release the full report. In the meantime, here’s what they share:…
If you would listen to Huawei, you don’t need the iPad 3. Their recently announced MediaPad 10FHD is the perfect Pad already, though unfortunately it’s still not available. Anyway, their PR agency sent us a neat infographic to highlight the key features of Huawei’s powerful tablet, which we had a chance to play with at…