News from category ‘Hardware’

AppleInsider has acquired some portion of information about rumored white iPhone 4. Concord Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo claims that Apple will start production of the white iPhone 4 this month and ship it no later than early April. Apple managed to solve problems with light leaking onto the camera sensor through the back glass plate of the white iPhone 4 by making changes to the film material used to coat it. Although, after release of the iPad 2, it seems that the only reason for Apple to launch the white iPhone 4 is a tradition and, may be, pride; moreover, Apple plan to replace glass back plates with the aluminum ones.

MIC Gadget got some hands-on time with rumored 64GB iPhone. They've obtained it from the grey market in Hong Kong.

Perhaps most interesting is that we’ve been hearing that Apple does limited runs of these things (and had done them in the past as well) but the guy who got them from Foxconn said:

According to the owner, he believes that the next iPhone will bring 64GB storage capacity to users.

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CNET.co.uk did some SunSpider Javascript benchmarks on the new iPad running iOS 4.3 and compared them with other iOS devices and a few Androids. The results are pretty impressive.

iPhone 4 and iPad with iOS 4.2 are behind both Android devices, but significantly faster with iOS 4.3 that features new WebKit 2 browser engine.

As for iPad 2, it is more powerful, it is over 50% faster than the previous iPad.

GadgetsDNA reports that a radical new design is in the works for iPhone 5. According to a Chinese source, Apple will be moving back to an aluminum casing, just like old iPhone 2G.

The antenna will also be redesigned which means Apple will also be abandoning the current external iPhone 4 antenna design.

Here's some machine translated quote:

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Apple has posted their iPad 2 keynote video. It is 72 minutes long. Let's watch:

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Engadget posted several videos, that show Apple iPad 2 in action. It is really fast. Take a look:

Here's another video of iPad design:

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Here's more iPad 2 photos - 22 close-ups:

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Here is a nice gallery of 38 Apple iPad 2 photos:

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Since Apple today announced iPad 2, it is a good time to compare it with other devices on the market. Let's see the spec diffs of Apple iPad 2, Motorola Xoom, HP TouchPad and BlackBerry PlayBook:

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Apple has just made its second-generation iPad official! It features a 1GHz dual-core A5 chip. The new CPU is said to be up to twice as fast, with graphics performance up to nine times better than on the original iPad, while power requirements have been kept the same. Battery life is expected to be the same - Apple is promising 10 hours. Pricing has been left unchanged, starting at $499.

The new tablet will come with an HDMI output capable of 1080p, but it requires $39 adapter. There's an enlarged speaker grille on the back though resolution remained the same as the original iPad's 1024 x 768.

iPad 2, finally, has two cameras, both front and rear! 720p video recording at 30fps will be available from the rear-facing camera, which can also do a 5x digital zoom. The front-facing camera will record at VGA resolution 30fps. FaceTime is supported on the iPad 2.

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Apple found plenty of things to tweak and update on it's iPad. We didn't get new ports, there is no Thunderbolt, the screen and resolution is the same, however the iPad 2 is thinner and lighter somehow even more powerful, it's faster with 1GHz dual-core Apple A5. Here's first look breakdown of the key spec differences:

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Here's first Apple iPad 2 promo video from Apple official site:

Apple just published a video that shows iPad 2 Smart Cover in action. Take a look:

Models
Size and Weight1	Height: 9.50 inches (241.2 mm) Width: 7.31 inches (185.7 mm) Depth: 0.34 inch (8.8 mm) Weight: 1.33 pounds (601 g)			Height: 9.50 inches (241.2 mm) Width: 7.31 inches (185.7 mm) Depth: 0.34 inch (8.8 mm) Weight: 1.35 pounds (613 g) Weight: 1.34 pounds (607 g) (Verizon)
Storage2	16GB 32GB 64GB			16GB 32GB 64GB

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