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16 photos of iPad Mini
Apple introduced iPad mini: 7.9-inch, 7.2mm thick, 10-hour battery life, starting at $329
Today Apple Senior Vice President Philip Schiller announced the new iPad mini.
iPad Mini is 23 percent thinner and 53 percent lighter than iPad 3. It is just 7.2mm thin, and weights 0.68 pounds. The new iPad mini features a 7.9-inch Multi-Touch display, A5 CPU, FaceTime HD and 5MP iSight cameras, 10 hours of battery life, fast 802.11n 150 Mbps Wifi and worldwide LTE. iPad mini features the same number of pixels (1024 x 768) as the original iPad and iPad 2, so it is possible to run and use all 270000 apps designed specifically for iPad. The best part is that you can hold in one hand.
The iPad Mini price starts from $329 for 16GB Wifi model up tp $659 for 64Gb WiFi+3G/4G:
Live iPad Mini Launch Coverage
Sorry, only in Russian here.
Apple will host a media event scheduled for October 23rd. Apple is expected to show us the new 7.85-inch iPad Mini, new iMac, new 13-inch Retina MacBook and new Mac Mini.
October 23 at 10:00 am PT Apple will introduce new devices. We expect the new 7.85-inch iPad Mini, new iMac, new 13-inch Retina MacBook and new Mac Mini.
Live coverage begins Tuesday, October 23 at 9:30 am PT.
Apple to Live Stream October 23rd Special Event
Apple officially has revealed that it will be live streaming its October 23rd special event.
Watch a live video stream of the special event online or via Apple TV starting at 10:00 a.m. PDT.
You can watch the stream at the link below!
New Mac mini specs revealed
9to5Mac reports that it has received information that Apple has refreshed Mac mini models that will likely launch today alongside the iPad mini. The website discovered before that Apple was planning two new standard configurations, as well as a third model running OS X Server. Moreover, the high-end models now move to quad-core processors. The new Mac mini models should retain the current pricing.
- 2.5 GHz dual-core, 4GB RAM, 500GB Hard drive
- 2.3 GHz quad-core, 4GB RAM, 1TB Hard drive
- Server: 2.3 GHz quad-core 4GB of RAM, 2TB Hard drive
Apple live streaming today’s iPad mini event on the Apple TV
It looks like Apple witl be livestreaming today’s media event for at least Apple TV users. A new “Apple Event” icon was added to the home screen of Apple TVs.
New Full-Sized iPad To Include Improved FaceTime Camera?
BGR photos of a new display assembly for the updated iPad. But it is unkown whether this part is from the updated iPad 3 expected to be announced on Tuesday or from the iPad model that will launch at a later date.
Apple Preps California Theatre Ahead of Special Event
Apple has begun prepping the California Theatre for the upcoming media event where they are expected to reveal the iPad mini.
Along with the iPad mini, Apple Apple is expected to launch new iMacs, Mac minis and the 13" Retina MacBook Pro. Remember to join us during our live blog tomorrow.
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Photos show iPad and iPad mini Lightning connectors
A pair of images published by Apple.pro on Sunday reportedly demonstrates two Lightning dock connectors, one for Apple's much-rumored iPad mini and another bound for the fourth-generation 9.7-inch iPad. The connector is more compact than the current third-generation iPad's 30-pin flex cable. Unfortunately, the image's poor quality doesn’t allow assessing the connectors in detail.
Tutorials for iOS 6 jailbreak
UPDATE: tutorials for iOS 6.0.1 jailbreak are available here.
Here are our step-by-step tutorials that will guide you through all the process of tether jailbreaking iOS 6 with redsn0w:
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Tethered jailbreak iOS 6
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Samsung To Stop Supplying LCD Displays To Apple Next Year
According to The Korea Times , Samsung and Apple relationship continues to deteriorate with Samsung wanting to terminate its deal with Apple and cease supplying liquid crystal display (LCD) to the company next year. Senior Samsung source said:
'iPad Mini' Pricing to Begin at Approximately $329
9to5Mac offered their suggestions related to the entry price point for Apple’s upcoming smaller iPad set to be released October 23rd. The entry price will be reportedly between the base model of the new, fifth-generation iPod touch ($299) and the currently shipping WiFi-only 16GB iPad 2 ($399). So, the base model of the smaller iPad will likely be priced at a minimum of $329 in the United States. A starting price of $329 makes sense. The new iPod touch will continue to be cheaper than Apple’s new tablet, while the smaller iPad’s pricing will also be nicely spaced under and between the new full-sized iPads.
Pricing of 13-inch Retina MacBook Pro Will Start At Roughly $1699
9to5Mac that it received pricing information on the forthcoming 13-inch Retina MacBook Pro. According to its sources, the entry-level MacBook Pro will cost approximately $1699, $500 more than the corresponding model without Retina display. The report said:
Step-by-step Tutorial: How to Tether Jailbreak iPod Touch 4G Using RedSn0w 0.9.15 (Windows) [iOS 6.0]
UPDATE: Apple released iOS 6.0.1, so you can NOT restore to earlier firmware (both original and custom), unless you have saved your SHSH keys. If you are on iOS 6.0 right now you can use this tutorial.
This is step-by-step instructions on how to perform tethered jailbreak of your iPod Touch 4G on iOS 6 firmware using RedSn0w 0.9.15 for Windows.
Tethered jailbreak means that each time you restart your device you will need to connect it to a computer and run redsn0w.
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New Mac Mini And iMac Will Retain Same Pricing, Apple To Offer 8 GB RAM Modules
According to 9to5Mac's , Apple’s new Mac mini and iMac that will launch next week will retain the pricing of the current models, which almost certainly confirms that forthcoming iMac models will not include more expensive Retina displays.