Apple launches iBook for iPad, a new kind of textbooks
Apple just took another giant step into the future. This time, the relentlessly innovative fruit company from Cupertino, California is introducing iBooks textbooks to the world. This is a whole new world for education, which helps students and teachers alike to get best available and most updated textbooks from anywhere, at any time. And this is not all: besides other obvious advantages of price, mobility, adaptability, textbooks upgrading options, you can also note your textbooks, bookmark important pages and use it like never before!
OnLive app adds Microsoft’s Windows 7 on your iPad
OnLine is a service mostly known in the gaming community, but it has now launched a really interesting app and service which offers Windows 7 for iPad owners. With OnLive Desktop app you can try out Microsoft’s best Windows OS nowadays, directly on your iOS tablet device. This app works only within the cloud without any intermediary Vnc apps necessary.
New book “Inside Apple”, coming soon
“Inside Apple” is a new book authored by Adam Lashinsky which should hit the market end of this month. This book will delve in into Apple’s business culture and the secret of today’s most successful company in the world. It will also mention Apple University and the secretive retreat for Apple’s upper management which takes place every year. According to the book promotional material,the book will cover Apple’s way of innovative leadership and continual product and services improvement.
Apple to held Media event in New York later this month
Sources inside Apple have leaked plans about some small scale media event which should be held in New York at the end of this month. Could this mean that iPad 3 tablet announcement is near? Or will Tim Cook and his crew use this opportunity to announce some other mayor step like a new iOS version or perhaps the rumored Apple TV set? Nobody knows for sure, although Apple has never missed the opportunity to point the public attention to some new interesting developments whenever possible. So while it is certain that this event will be media oriented, it could also become an opportunity projecting new trends for upcoming Apple products and services.
iPhone alarms works if you have updated your iPhone iOS version
Many iOS users have voiced their concern and dissatisfaction with the fact that iPhone alarm didn’t sound off after the New Years eve. This bug rosed its ugly head first time last year, but it was later supposedly fixed with iOS 5 upgrade. One reason for so many people criticizing Apple about this issue could be that a number of users actually did not upgrade their iOS firmware.
Apple working on iPad 3 tablet with much larger battery capacity
According to Digi Times, which is a well known Taiwanese Apple blog with good inside sources, Apple is working on a new battery for the next iPad 3 model. According to this rumor, new iPad 3 will have battery capacity twice larger than what is now possible. The same blog is also a source of the speculations about Apple releasing as much as three new tablet models, which would supposedly cater to different market segments: low, middle and high end tablets. The most expensive and best tablet could have this new battery, with significantly increased capacity.
Apple working on two new different iPad tablets?
After different rumors on a possible new 7.85” iPad tablet, we now heard another rumor mentioning at least two new models, coming with larger screens of 9.7” which will have QXGA graphic resolution and a unique light bar design. According to this rumor, which isn’t convincing in our opinion, these iPad models could be announced on 26 January already, at Apple’s annual iWorld event. Some analysts claim Apple’s strategy is based on forking out their tablet products to cover wide range of users. Essentially, Apple wants to announce different tablets which should cover entry, middle and high end market segments.
Merry Christmas to iPhone jailbreakers!
Once more, its the time of the year when you are bound to spend some quality time with your families and friends and as always, we want to wish you a Merry Christmas. Or if you do not celebrate Christmas we wish you simply happy holidays! Do not spend your time, or too much of your time anyway grieving for small time problems which after all are an essential part of life. If you are a reader of our blog on iPhones and jailbreaking we want to thank you. We certainly appreciate all the attention and comments coming from our readers. The reason we write this blog, is to provide our users with as many relevant and on spot information’s on iOS devices and jailbreaks as possible, but at the same time not becoming boring and remaining focused.
Apple probably unsuccessful in getting sales ban for Samsung’s modified Galaxy Tab tablet
Apple has slim chances to win injunction against Samsung’s Galaxy tablet in Germany, according to a statement made by a judge in Dusseldorf. The same court has earlier this year blocked Samsung from selling the tablet on the German market. The reason for this decision was the alleged similarity between Galaxy Tab and Apple’s iPad tablet. Later on, Samsung complied with the judge and slightly tweaked their tablet. These small changes helped Samsung to avoid the troublesome ban.
Amazon prevents jailbreaking of Kindle Fire with their latest firmware upgrade
It is not only Apple that is not really happy because of users daring to jailbreak their devices. While it is completely legal and safe, if you know what you are doing, Apple, Amazon and other tablet and smartphone makers think they ought to control whatever is going on on your own device. Majority of jailbreak developers and users beg to disagree. It is the same case with the latest newcomer in tablet world: Amazon with their Android tablet, Kindle Fire. Amazon has previously announced that they wont encourage, nor prevent rooting of Kindle Fire, but it seems that they have changed their mind. The latest firmware update released by Amazon is apparently going against users who have already jailbroken their new tablets.
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