By Slash Lane
Published: 03:20 PM EST
BlackBerry maker Research in Motion plans to enter the touchscreen tablet market and compete with Apple’s iPad this November, when it will release the “Blackpad.”
Two people familiar with the plans confirmed the product to Bloomberg, and the device will reportedly be called the “Blackpad.” RIM already acquired the blackpad.com domain name this month.
The hardware is said to sport a 9.7-inch screen, identical to the iPad’s dimensions, will also be priced similarly to Apple’s touchscreen tablet, which starts at $499...... Read more
By Daniel Eran Dilger
Published: 05:00 PM EST
The School of Medicine at Stanford University has adopted Apple’s iPad, providing the device to all incoming first year medical students and Master of Medicine students.
The school cited four reasons behind the new program, including student readiness, noting that iPad “creates opportunities for efficient, mobile, and innovative learning.”
Stanford also noted “the flexibility of iPad technology,” noting that “iPad allows students to view and annotate course content electronically, facilitating advance preparatio...... Read more
By Neil Hughes
Published: 09:50 AM EST
Starting with iOS 3.2 for the iPad in April, Apple began relying on its own databases for location-based services, in addition to utilizing Google’s map data for the iPhone, iPad and iPod touch.
As first noted by TechCrunch, Apple revealed the change earlier this month in a letter to two U.S. congressmen, who inquired with the Cupertino, Calif., company about its privacy policy for the iOS mobile operating system. On page 5 of that 13-page letter, Apple General Counsel Bruce Sewell revealed that beginning with iOS 3.2 on the iPad in April, his comp...... Read more
By Daniel Eran Dilger
Published: 10:00 PM EST
Motorola reported a phenomenal 600 percent leap in earnings this quarter, but is still behind Apple in mobile units sold and is far behind in smartphone sales, leaving Apple the top US phone vendor by units for the second quarter in a row.
Motorola has greatly increased is profits due to a its push with Verizon Wireless in selling the Android-based Droid, also marketed as the Motorola Milestone. The latest model, Droid X, is currently the model being held up against iPhone 4.
Motorola’s quarterly sales of 8.3 million phones is still behind A...... Read more
By Daniel Eran Dilger
Published: 09:00 PM EST
Apple’s latest batch of iMacs bring faster processor, memory, and graphics performance and an improved SD Card slot, while retaining the same external design of previous models.
Inside, the new iMacs include faster processors, ranging from 3.06, 3.2 or 3.6GHz Core i3 options on the 21.5 inch model (each with 4MB of L3 cache), or a 3.2GHz Core i3 or 2.6GHz Core i5 (both with 4MB of L3 cache) or Quad Core 2.8GHz i5, or Quad Core 2.93GHz Core i7 (both with 8MB of L3 cache) on the 27 inch model.
All new iMacs also use faster 1333MHz DDR3 SDRAM, ...... Read more
By Neil Hughes
Published: 10:05 AM EST
A future iPhone could take recorded video or photos and use the information to render an object or location in 3D, allowing the user to then navigate a virtual environment.
Two new patent applications from Apple revealed this week by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office describe technology that would generate a three-dimensional model of an object or place based on a recording. Users could then navigate the 3D space “in an order other than that of the recording.”
One application, entitled “Generating a Three-Dimensional Model using a Po...... Read more
By Sam Oliver
Published: 08:35 AM EST
iFixit has completed their teardown of Apple’s new multi-touch Magic Trackpad, finding that the very thin device is bound by copious amounts of glue, making it difficult to disassemble.
Released on Tuesday the $69 Magic Trackpad offers users the ability to use multi-touch gestures on a desktop Mac or PC. The hardware is a very thin profile made up of smooth glass and aluminum.
In its teardown of the Magic Trackpad, solutions provider iFixit found that the new hardware follows a trend of recent Apple products: “thin and pretty = not user servic...... Read more
With its ultra-thin design and single-use functionality, users might think that a teardown of Apple’s new Magic Trackpad would be straightforward and uninteresting. But the experts at iFixit show us in one of their famous teardowns how Apple pulls off the design and puts it all together into a sleek package.
As is becoming increasingly common for Apple’s device, particularly its peripherals, disassembly is not for the faint of heart, with a fair amount of prying required and some adhesive to fight through in order to fully access the internals.
Once inside, iFixit discovered a sm...... Read more
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