Nearly 12 months after the original iPad went on sale, Apple announced its successor, the iPad 2, yesterday in an event held at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco.
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Oliver Haslam has written about technology for over a decade. His work has been published in print at Macworld and online pretty much everywhere else. If it plugs in or has a battery, it's fair game.
It's finally here. Apple today announced the much-anticipated 2nd-generation iPad. With Google's Android, RIM’s BlackBerry powered PlayBook, and HP's webOS getting fancy new tablets either recently or in the future, buyers are going to be spoilt for choice when it comes to selecting a new slate device.
The announcement of the iPad 2 might have been the big news to come out of today's Apple event, but they also showed off three new apps - Photo Booth, iMovie and GarageBand - all for the iPad 2. Video demo in a official video after the break.
Filed firmly in the 'cool but probably pointless' category, AndroidSpin brings us news that one clever XDA-Developer member has managed to find a way to turn your Android device into a wireless mouse for your PlayStation 3.
An interesting little tidbit coming out of the The Telegraph today, with the newspaper claiming that Steve Jobs was once in line for an honorary knighthood, only for then Prime Minister Gordon Brown to block the award.
We hope you have a pinch of salt handy, but today AllThingsD is reporting that Apple CEO Steve Jobs is 'considering' putting in a surprise appearance at tomorrow's iPad 2 event.
During an interview with Bernstein analyst Toni Sacconaghi, Apple's Chief Operating Officer Tim Cook hinted at a new, cheaper iPhone on the horizon, writes Business Insider.
With many owners of the Samsung Galaxy S still not rocking Google's Froyo version of Android, it's surprising to hear the company has been hard at work on a Gingerbread version of the OS. It's even more surprising that it's managed to leak said software on the web. Ooops.
Some interesting news coming out of Sony, with TheNextWeb reporting that the Japanese giant could be forced to stop selling its PlayStation 3 console in Europe - if Korean technology manufacturer LG gets its way.
With iOS 5.0 expected to be previewed at Wednesday's Apple event in San Francisco, iOS users the world over will be hoping that the much-maligned notification system will get a long overdue overhaul. With the current modal system being what many would consider the operating system's main weak-point, fans and pundits alike can agree something needs to change. If Apple is looking at altering its notification system it need look no further than Peter Hajas' MobileNotifier, now in its 3rd beta.
