Monday, October 29, 2012

Wednesday, October 24, 2012

iPad Mini AD Hits YouTube

The iPad Mini AD has finally hit YouTube. The ad features an iPad and an iPad Mini. If you watched the live stream of Apple's special event you saw the ad.

Unofficial Lightning cables shipping November 3

Need a new Lightning cable but don't want to pay the price? Starting on November 3 unofficial cables will be shipping for half the price. The USB cable is $9.90 versus Apple's $19.90. The adapter for lightning to 30-pin is $19.90 versus Apple's $39.00! For $39.90 they have a box set with one wire, one lightning to 30-pin and one dock. The accesories fully support iTunes sync and all other features. Using these unofficial accesories will void your one year warranty, as well as any other warranty on your device. Will you use an unofficial Lightning accesorie?

iPad Mini may kill iPod Touch

According to several analysts Apple will most likely discontinue their line of iPod Touches due to the iPad Mini.

Skype 6.0

Just days before Skype's new app hits the Windows 8 App Store they announced a new version of their current version. They called it Skype 6.0.

iPad Mini VS Nexus 7 + iPad Mini VS Kindle Fire HD

Gizmodo recently did two comparisons.

The first being iPad Mini vs Nexus 7,
And the second being iPad Mini vs Kindle Fire HD.

Which device will you be getting, if any?

An app that tells you when to pee in a movie theatre

Sometimes it can be hard to determine when you will have to dart to the restroom. You never want to miss a key scene, or make the people around you mad, but you have to go. There's an app for that!

Sunday, October 21, 2012

Nexus 10 to compete with iPad, Android 4.2, and much more

There will be a lot going on this week in the technology week! Google has an event coming up 6 days after Apple's iPad Mini event.

Sprint has best iPhone 5 call quality

The iPhone 5 has much better call quality than past iPhones because of it's new wide band audio technology. The down side? No US carrier supports the feature yet. CNET ran some experiments to determine who has the best audio call quality.

What kind of Windows 8 computer?

Looking to buy a Windows 8 laptop but not sure what to get? C-NET recently made a comparison of the various kinds of tablets and PCs you will probably hear a lot in the new world of Windows 8. Here is the article. 


Wednesday, October 17, 2012

Apple NFC alternative in iPhone 6?

For the past several years people expected NFC to be added to the iPhone.

Angry Birds Star Wars *UPDATED*

Yes, you saw the title correctly, Rovio will be releasing another game on November 8.
The new ad does not reveal many details but it's still cool! Rovio and Hasbro have agreed to release board games, costumes, plush and more based on Angry Birds and Star Wars. Rovio said that it will land on the App Store in "less than 12 parsecs". After watching the trailer do you think you will play, and like, Angry Birds Star Wars?

 
More information is available at the official page!

iPad 4 rumors set 1

The rumor mill for the iPad 4 has already begun.

Microsoft Surface screen better than iPad 3!

Apple's big thing about the new iPad is it has the most pixels in a mobile device EVER! Well, Microsoft stole that record.

Tuesday, October 16, 2012

Lack of iPod Touch ambient light sensor explained

A reader of iDownload Blog claims to have emailed Apple's Senior Vice President of Worldwide Marketing Phil Schiller. He claims to have gotten a response from Schiller!

iPad Mini invitations sent out

Next week on Tuesday, October 23, it is highly expected they will announce a mini iPad too compete with the Kindle Fire and Nexus 7.

Monday, October 15, 2012

iPod Touch 5G lacks ambient light sensor

"What is an ambient light sensor?" you may ask yourself. It is a barely noticeable sensor on the front of Apple devices allowing the brightness of the screen to auto-adjust. It pulls in the light from your surroundings. It then uses that to determine what the brightness of your screen should be. The iPod Touch 5G noticeably dropped the sensor. Nobody is sure why Apple made that decision. Jeff from iDownloadBlog was the first to comment on this. Why do you think they dropped it? Let me know what you guys think in the comments section!

Sunday, October 14, 2012

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