Archive for May 24th, 2011

It seems that the explosion at the Chengdu Foxconn plant may in fact lead to a loss in production of 500,000 iPads, despite contrary reports from yesterday. The figures come from IHS iSuppli, which did note the exact figure will depend on how long the plant remains closed.

The Chengdu plant is said to produce 30% of all iPad 2s and some, including Mike Abramsky of RBC Capital Markets last week speculated that the impact could even be as large as a loss of production between 1.8 million and 2.8 million iPads. Whilst others such as Shaw Wu of Sterne Agee doesn’t believe the Chengdu shut down will have much of an impact at all on iPad 2 production, with other plants picking up the slack.

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Using this tutorial you will be able to untether jailbreak iOS 4.3 running on Apple TV 2G. This tutorial uses  Seas0nPass for Mac OS X or Windows.

UPDATE: Please, consider reading our Jailbreak & Unlock FAQ, especially if you have questions or troubles.

Step one

1. Make sure you're running the latest version of iTunes.
2. Download Seas0nPass: Mac [10.6 or later] | Windows [XP or later]
3. A micro USB cable will be required to connect  Apple TV 2G to computer.
4. Disconnect all iPods, iPhones, and iPads from the computer before running Seas0nPass.

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Using this tutorial you will be able to create custom firmware and untether jailbreak iOS 4.3 running on Apple TV 2G. This tutorial uses PwnageTool 4.3.3.1 for Mac OS X.

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iPad 2 glass is quite strong, but could be broken easily. SquareTrade performed several iPad 2 drop tests:

We bought two brand-new iPads and equipped one with Apple's smart cover and one without. We did some drop tests from waist and shoulder height to see if Apple's smart cover can protect your iPad.

Take a look at the video below: