STAR TREK When I was in College and needed a break from studying, my friends and I would spend more than a few quarters on the pinball machines in the lounge. The two most popular tables were Stars Wars from Data East, and Star Trek: The Next Generation from Williams. So when I found out...
Digitimes has today published two reports about the fate of the iPad and iPad mini supply. Industry sources say that the Japan-based Nissha Printing, which is Apple's main supplier of thin-film touch sensors for the iPad mini, just can't keep up with the demand due to a lack of production capacity. (more…)
Oxford University's new project “auto drive” is directed at modifying a Nissan Leaf electric car into a self drive "robotic" car controlled by an iPad, iMore reports. The project's target is to enable the car to drive itself for short stretches, which could allow a "stress free school run for parents or a productive work commute for others". The...
Apple has updated their online sales page for the iPad mini to remove the two per customer limit on purchases in both their Canadian and US online stores. Now, during checkout customers can enter in a number between 1-999 iPad minis for purchase, as seen below: This removal looks to signal Apple's ability to keep...
Analyst firm DisplaySearch has published its latest data on Monthly TFT LCD Shipments, indicating that tablet panel shipments shifted dramatically towards smaller screen sizes during January, fuelling expectations that 2013 could be the year of smaller tablets such as the iPad mini. The report suggests that 7-9” tablets would become a larger part of the market than 9.7” or 10.1”...
LG Display's iPad panel shipments dropped drastically to 600,000 units in January 2013, Digitimes reports. This number is barely 10% of the original 6 million units shipped in December, industry sources point out. (more…)
While rumours of a second generation iPad mini to sport a Retina display with a display pixel count of 324 pixels per inch (ppi) have lately been at large, a new report by PatentlyApple is suggesting that the Cupertino giant is looking to push this number past 400ppi with its third generation iPad mini. While AU...
Samsung has announced the launch of its Galaxy Note 8.0 at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, which looks to take straight aim at Apple's iPad mini. This new tablet sports an 8-inch TFT display (running 1280 x 800), will run Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean, a 1.6GHz Eynos 4 Quad processor, 2GB of RAM,...
Purported images of the next generation iPad 5 rear shell were leaked at the end of January, and now it appears the first alleged case leak has made its way onto the web, courtesy of accessory maker minisuit.com, as they have created an iPad 5 case based on information they have received; the company also...
Mobile ad platform Millennial Media has noted a rising percentage of impressions originating from tablets during 2012, with iOS grabbing a 58 percent share of the tablet OS mix, while Androids getting 41 a percent, reports TechCrunch. According to the report, iPad mini is seeing the highest growth for Apple while Kindle Fire is most popular among the...
Leaked photos of purported second generation iPad mini have appeared on a forum thread at Chinese website WeiPhone (via MacRumors), showing the rear shell of the alleged device. While the shell appears very similar to that of the current iPad mini, it does appear a bit thicker from some angles. Since the second generation iPad mini...
The Media Technology Monitor, a research arm of the CBC, reports the iPad is still the dominant tablet in Canada. Their latest report says as of last fall, an estimated 26 per cent of Canadians had a tablet with two thirds owning an iPad, and 15 per cent had either a PlayBook or Android tablet....
