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New iPad’s battery continue charging after it reaches 100%





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Since the release of iPad 3, President of DisplayMate Raymond Soneira has been testing all aspects of its Retina display. He published a lengthy report providing comparison of the new iPad’s Retina display with iPhone 4 and iPad 2’s displays.


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New iPad 3 Launches in 25 More Countries Tomorrow



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Apple is launching the new iPad in 25 more countries tomorrow.

The company's third generation tablet will be available starting at 8:00 a.m. local time on Friday, March 23 through the Apple Online Store (www.apple.com), Apple's retail stores and select Apple Authorized Resellers, in Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Macau, Mexico, The Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain and Sweden.


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Friday, March 23rd, 2012. 3:12

Air Display App To Let You Use iPad 3 As A Retina Display For Your Mac



The maker of the popular Air Display iOS app Avatron, revealed today that it will update the app to fully support the new iPad. Air Display allows using your iPad, iPod touch or iPhone as an extra screen for your Windows or Mac computer. The video above shows how it works. The iPad acts a wireless additional monitor and OS X can work with it in the same manner as with any other display.


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Thermal test of iPad's A5X chip shows operating temperature of 97 degrees



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Yesterday we reported that the new iPad is running warmer that its predecessor. Repair Labs has conducted their own analysis and found that the A5X chip in the new device runs as much as 16 degrees Fahrenheit (about 9.5 degrees Celsius) warmer than the A5 chip in the iPad 2.

According to a series of tests conducted by Repair Labs, the A5X chip registered temperatures up to 36 degrees celsius (96.8 degrees Fahrenheit), compared to A5 readings of 27 degrees C (80.6 degrees F). The experiment involved opening up the tablets in order to directly measure the temperatures of the chips.


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Written by Svetlana Osipova

Wednesday, March 21st, 2012. 11:36

iPad 3 Uses Retina Graphics From iPhone Apps



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When the original iPad was released, there weren’t many apps available for the device. So Apple allowed apps developed for the iPhone’s smaller display to run on the iPad by using emulation. The apps could use only a fraction of the iPad’s display. Alternatively, iPhone-specific apps could be run in a 2x mode, utilizing pixel doubling technique to fill the iPad’s display. However, in 2x mode text and artwork look pixilated and blocky.


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New Graphics and Processors Benchmarks Compare New IPad to iPad 2 and Tegra 3



With the iPad 3 now available on the mass market, we are starting to see more benchmark tests comparing the iPad 3 to the iPad 2 and other handsets.

Insanely Great Mac published nice video (showed above) comparing processor and graphics benchmarks between the original iPad, iPad 2 and new iPad.


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Tuesday, March 20th, 2012. 15:03

Sharp to Begin Retina Display Shipments for New iPad



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Left to Right: iPad 3, iPad 3 (Yellow), iPad 2

According to The Wall Street Journal, Sharp Corporation is still doing its best to start ramp up production of Retina displays for the new iPad. The company is expected to start shipments in the nearest feature.

The panels are to be used in Apple Inc.'s new iPad, according to people familiar the matter. The first batch of the U.S. company's newest tablet, released Friday, were not equipped with Sharp's LCD panels after the Japanese company faced difficulty in customizing the screens according to Apple's requirements, one of the people said last week.


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Tuesday, March 20th, 2012. 10:51

iPad 3 was jailbroken three times using three different methods



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Chpwn (Grant Paul) and Phoenixdev (Paul Griffin) have posted photos of an iPad 3 that was jailbroken using a third method!

Jailbroken iPad (3), using a different method by myself and @phoenixdev: http://db.tt/mqIZmw96 http://db.tt/g2UlawxV http://db.tt/V9a3YZRJ

This has truly been an amazing day for jailbreaks. First iPhone Dev-Team posted photos of jailbroken iPad 3, later i0n1c posted a video using unique method. Now it seems that there is a third methid. Wow!!


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iPad 1 vs. iPad 2 vs. iPad 3: Network Speed Test [Video]



Check out this video showing a network speed test of the iPad 1 vs. iPad 2 vs. iPad 3.

The original iPad featured EDGE + Triband HSPA connectivity. The second generation iPad was then released with Edge + Quadband HSPA. Now the new iPad 3 features 4G LTE; UMTS/HSPA/HSPA+/DC-HSDPA; GSM/EDGE.

Take a look at the video below to see their network speeds compared.




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Saturday, March 17th, 2012. 12:38

I0n1c Performs Untethered Jailbreak of the iPad 3 [Video]



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Stefan Esser, better known as i0n1c, just announced that he has successfully performed an untethered jailbreak of the iPad 3.

Okay my iPad3,3 is now untethered jailbroken...

Although the iPhone Dev-Team already announced their own jailbreak of the device earlier today, they did not specify whether their jailbreak was tethered or untethered.

I0n1c's jailbreak will likely work on all iOS 5.1 devices including the iPhone 4S if its released. Earlier this week he posted images of a jailbroken iPad 2 on iOS 5.1.

UPDATE: I0n1c posted a YouTube video to show the jailbreak:


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iPad 3 Utilizing Same Camera Sensor Found In Older Apple’s Devices



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Following the iFixit’s dismantiling of an iPad 3, Chipworks has started sharing the results of its own new iPad teardown. The most interesting discovery is that Apple has seemingly reused cameras from its prior devices for both the rear and front cameras of the iPad 3. The rear camera that is shown above seems to be the 5 MP CMOS Image Sensor the company used in the iPhone 4.


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iPad 3 Retina Display Under a Microscope



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Lukas Mathis posted several images of the new iPad 3 Retina Display under a microscope. The photos were taken at approximately 80x magnification.

Below are the photos of iPad 2 display and iPad 3 vs iPhone 4S display:


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The New iPad 3 Has Been Jailbroken!



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The iPhone Dev-Team has successfully jailbroken the new iPad 3:

jailbroken iPad3: http://twitpic.com/8x48rt http://twitpic.com/8x48xg (Just a first step, still lots of work to do! No ETA!)

As usual it is unclear when public version will be available. Still great news!


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Friday, March 16th, 2012. 22:41

I0n1c Successfully Jailbreaks iPad 2 with iOS 5.1



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Famous hacker I0n1c has just announced the successful jailbreak of iOS 5.1 on the iPad 2. He posted several prove pictures on Twitter.

No details yet, no dates for utilities and etc. No info whether this is jailbreak is untethered or not.


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iTunes 1080p Content Is Close To Quality Of Blu-ray Format



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Color and detail handling Blu-ray (right) and iTunes 1080p (left)

Last week Ars Technica reported on the compression technology being utilized by Apple with the new 1080p video content available on the iTunes Store. This technology has allowed the company to increase file sizes by 15-25% in comparison to 720p while more than doubling the number of pixels. Now Ars Technica published a new analysis comparing relative quality of 1080p iTunes content with Blu-ray format.


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Wednesday, March 14th, 2012. 23:09