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US Patent & Trademark Office has published a patent application from Apple today which shows that the iPad will soon be able to deliver "original message alerts" that are available today on the iPhone, with the help of a vibrating motor (via Patently Apple). The filing reveals a dual channel audio codec chip that has two...

Have you been considering an iPad or iPad mini lately? Here's your chance to save some money, as Staples Canada currently has a $50 off coupon on all tablets over $299, which ends today. We confirmed with the company this also applies to the iPad and iPad mini, so that means the Wi-Fi 16GB iPad...

With Apple still seeing sky rocketing sales for its first generation iPad mini, it is quite unlikely that the company will feel the need to introduce a Retina iPad mini this spring, reports CultOfMac. Even though Apple pushed an update to the full-sized Retina iPad merely eight months after introducing the third-gen iPad, it seems that...

The likelihood of an upgrade for the iPad mini display with the second generation is high, DisplaySearch informed CNET. But the iPad mini 2 release date is a mystery at this point: Analysts and even DisplaySearch forecast a third quarter or fourth quarter launch. (more…)

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,...