Believe it or not, and we still choose not to, but one young man has taken a more, helpless iPad and had at it with a couple of guns. The result? Utter devastation and, unsurprisingly, a devastated iPad.
Earlier today, Tim Cook revealed that sales of the third installment of his company's iPad tablet were the fastest to date, although refused to disclose exactly how many of the Retina-toting devices had been sold.
Apple's flagship tablet has dominated a market to which it is credited with creating when the first iPad back in 2010, and with Tim Cook revealing "record" sales - at the company’s uncalled for conference call - for last weekend's launch, that dominance isn't showing any sign of petering out.
Even though the specs of the new iPad had been documented by Apple upon the launch on March 7th, it's almost impossible to gauge the true performance of the new hardware until it's unboxed, charged-up, and pitched against other, similar products on the market.
Considering we run a number of posts which are dedicated to tutorials on how to jailbreak iOS devices, as well as featuring new and impressive tweaks and enhancements which find their way onto Cydia, the chances are, that a good portion of those reading this have enjoyed the benefits which a liberated Apple device can bring. What started out as an exercise of technical ability has turned into a thriving and talented community which features security researchers, developers, device interface artists, and a loyal user base who support and drive the innovation forward.
Devices such as the iPhone, iPad and iPod touch have an almost unlimited array of features, and with every next-generation release, that feature set is expanding through the use of more advanced hardware and more intuitive and intelligent software. You only need to look at the original iPhone to see the progress through the years, with the addition of new hardware sensors and faster processors along with serious advancements made within iOS.
User interface designer Lukas Mathis decided he wanted to know what the new iPad's Retina display looked like up close and personal so he did what any self respecting geek would do. He went out, got an iPad and then shoved it under the nearest microscope he could find. The result is some handy comparison shots between Apple's new tablet and the one it has replaced, the iPad 2.
Those of us partial to a jailbreak - moreover, an untethered jailbreak - have been well and truly spoiled for choice today. Although i0n1c demonstrated his method only a few hours ago, it can now be confirmed that there are three - yes, three - total methods of jailbreaking iOS 5.1 on 3rd-gen iPad, with the third jailbreak method coming from Grant Paul and Paul Griffin.
Yes, you read that right! Stefan Esser - better known by his online pseudonym i0n1c - has demonstrated an untethered jailbreak on his iPad 3rd-gen running iOS 5.1 on video.
Now that the new iPad is finding its way into the hands of those who were either willing to stand outside their local Apple Store or to hit refresh on the online equivalent, everyone is asking the same question: just how much better than the iPad 2 is this new, third generation version?
