Consumer Reports made itself the center of the tech world's attention this week by claiming that Apple's new iPad reached temperatures of 116 degrees Fahrenheit while playing games. But the group also made another claim that received less attention — that even when the iPad is plugged in to a power source, its battery depletes during power-intensive gaming.
The new iPad’s just a paperweight without apps. Here are 30 of our favorites, from cheapest to priciest.
Inevitably, some people were disappointed by Apple’s new iPad, which comes out this Friday, and that’s partly because we’ve reached a turning point in the life of smartphones and tablets: Hardware improvements just aren’t that impressive anymore
Apple today announced its newest iPad, with a 2048-by-1536-pixel “Retina” display as the featured attraction. And it’s simply called the new “iPad,” not the iPad 3 or iPad HD as rumored.
Personally, I don’t like watching long videos on the iPad. There’s too much other stuff to do, and I can’t sit still through an entire movie or TV show without succumbing to the tablet’s many other distractions. So TouchTV, a new free app for the iPad, is ideal.
iPad 3 rumors? Old and boring. The rumor mill is already moving on to talk of the iPad 4, which is apparently coming this October, six months after the supposed launch of its predecessor.
Apple and Samsung are preparing tablets for early next year with double the screen resolution of the current iPad and Galaxy Tab, according to a pair of rumors.
Another day, another “look who’s using the iPad now!” story.
Opera’s littlest web browser, Opera Mini, just got a big update for iOS, with optimization for the iPad. This free browser underdog provides a great experience on Apple’s tablet, but it has too many frustrations to fully replace the iPad’s default Safari browser.
Someone didn’t tell the folks at Bloom Studio that music players are supposed to be boring, because Planetary for iPad is something entirely different.
I thought I could write a serious blog post about Asymco’s first quarter PC forecast, but no.
