Killian Bell:
Although this isn’t going to deter jailbreaking one slight little bit, it’s still rather funny.
Great write-up by John Carey, the photographer behind fiftyfootshadows.net, check out his photography as well.
Good news for Apple, and the world. Anyone remember Steve Jobs’ open letter from 2007, “A Greener Apple”?
Hilarious, true or untrue.
Do they know there is a national shortage? Go home and order online!
David Kravets:
Respected for his iPhone hacks and now the PlayStation 3 jailbreak, the 21-year-old New Jersey man is accused of breaching the Digital Millennium Copyright Act and other laws after his website published an encryption key and software tools that allow PlayStation owners to gain complete control of their consoles from the firmware on up. Hotz has complied with a court order and removed the hack.
I hope Apple doesn’t do the same thing. George isn’t doing much wrong and Sony is just making an example of him.
But no matter how many giant stages Pepsi builds, or parties Facebook or Digg throw, no matter how many giant buses CNN has here or group texting apps are the thing everyone’s discovering, when all is said and done, there’s no question that the one launch everyone will remember from SXSW this year will be the pop-up Apple Store and the iPad 2 going on sale.
Reports of a yellow tint coming from the edges of the screen in iPad 2 models have been posted all over the web, accompanied by pictures and video. 9to5Mac has a round up.
The biggest flaw of iPad 2 is how much thicker, slower, and less compelling it is compared to iPad 3.
— Neven Mrgan
Notably, that SD card slot and higher resolution display won’t make it into the new model (the latter we’d been hearing rumblings about for a little while). What’s the cause of the switch? Well our sources weren’t crystal clear on the exact reasons, but the gist of what was explained to us centered around vague “engineering issues” which may have forced some changes at the eleventh hour.
It’s almost been a foregone conclusion at this point with reports from the WSJ and others that there would be no Retina Display on the March iPad.
My thinking is that the version Engadget first reported on could still be the rumored September iPad. If Gruber is right about this addition to the iPad line, features like a Retina Display and a possible SD slot would seem very “Pro”. I still don’t think Apple will be able to sell a Retina iPad for under $499, which lends credence to the fact that this model would be an enhancement to the line.
Let’s say the March iPad comes in at $499, or even $399. Same great battery life, thinner and now with FaceTime. September rolls around and Apple announces an iPad Pro with Retina and also an SD slot. Perhaps even Thunderbolt. Would that iPad be able to boast a 12 hour battery life? I doubt it. But who cares at that point? a Retina iPad with just a 7 hour battery life? For shame, Apple! I would think that model would need to be priced around $599 or higher to start, too.
I don’t think Engadget’s source was wrong. I just think those specs are still possible for the September iPad.
Slim and I were talking over Twitter about this. Apple could easily crush the (small) competition by putting out two models, one retina with an SD in April, and introducing a smaller tablet at this event. It could also be that they are simply updating the internals and have some iOS features to show off.
So like, iPad 1.5?
(Source: ballsmoke)
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