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Apple said it will be delaying the launch of the iPad 2 in Japan as the country deals with recovering from the massive earthquake and subsequent disasters related to it. The Apple iPad 2 was launched March 11 and you can check out our unboxing on the streets of SXSW 2011 here. The second-generation tablet…
So the new iPad 2 was launched and you were one of the first in line to grab one. You got home, unboxed that baby and started syncing it with iTunes. As your songs, photos and apps started making their way to your thin, new tablet, however, there was your old one – sitting alone…
The folks over at Blendtec are up to their old tricks again. This time around, they’ve decided to toss the iPad 2 into one of their uber-powerful blenders to answer to the question: Will it blend? I got an extra-special kick out of this one. Hit up the video above and you’ll see what I…
Apple might be giving users less incentive to use web apps saved to the home screen in favor of dedicated iOS apps downloaded from the iTunes store. A recent report says that web apps that are opened from the iPhone’s home screen perform significantly slower when compared to opening apps in the Safari browser. The…
For as long as we can remember there’s always been a rumor floating around that the iPhone 5 would get near field communication (NFC) support. Just like Apple practically invented the tablet industry overnight, many were hoping that the iPhone 5 would make 2011 the year that NFC finally took off. News coming from The…
The earthquake and Tsunami that hit Japan last week has captivated the world. The bulk of the news has focused on the destruction and loss of life, but often missed are encouraging stories of people banding together to help one another through this crisis. An email from the manager of an Apple Store in Tokyo…
Back in January when we saw a glut of Android 3.0 powered tablets announced at the Consumer Electronics Show, one thing that made all of them seem magical was the hardware inside. Thanks to NVIDIA and their Tegra 2, dual core processors and ultra quick graphic performance became something we knew we wanted. Immediately. What…
Remember Bust-a-Move? The classic bubble-shooting puzzler has long been one of my favorites. Shoot the bubbles to match 3 or more of the same color to make them disappear… and continue on until all bubbles are popped. Remember it? If you do, there’s a new game in the App Store that will surely float your…
We’ve got to hand it to the hackers who work tirelessly on new versions of platforms so that we eager jailbreakers can get our goodies. The iPad 2, having just been released, is already jailbroken and the Cydia store can now be loaded onto the Apple tablet. It’s crazy to think that iOS had just…
As soon as the iPad 2 was confirmed to have dual cameras, you knew there would be a deluge of applications using these cameras in an entertaining way. The first such application to hit the App Store is AR Magic Mirror, a facial augmented reality application for the iPad 2. The application uses the front and…