iPad and Windows 8 tablet, comparing features

Which is better? We’ll we all know which company makes the best gadgets including smartphones and tablets. But still it seems that Microsoft is pretty serious with their Windows 8 OS. How good will it work in real life and will it be able to compete with iPad iOS tablets? Honestly thats hard to say at least for now. But Apple should definitely stay focused as what we can see here was quite impressive! While both devices have a number of similar options and features, experienced users will definitely understand the fine difference in UI. The concept behind the interactive user interface comes from a different philosophy and a particular world view, perhaps in the same vein we saw with differences between Mac and Windows PC in earlier times.

Apple working on a small iPad: iPad Mini

Competition and occasional clashes between Samsung and Apple apparently are a never ending process. So far it has led to a number of legal and commercial standoffs in a number of countries around the globe. Now there is another strategy, this time employed by Samsung. According to some sources, Samsung has “leaked” a document which reveals Apple’s planes on a new, smaller screen tablet tablet named iPad Mini. iPad Mini features a 7 inch display and could be launched soon.

Saurik on jailbreaking and legality of it

Recently the tech freedom activists behind Electronic Frontier Foundation asked for help in the fight for keeping jailbreaking a legal act. People from EFF wanted their supporters to leave comments on the website of US Copyright office in support of jailbreaking. The comments section on their website was shut down ten days ago, and following this, Copyright office shared the posted comments online. There were only 700 recorded posts made, but some real big names in the iOS jailbreak world were adding their weight to this fight. One of those important figures from the jailbreak community was the famous Saurik, owner and maintainer of Cydia, the unofficial app store for iOS. Jay Freeman, which is the real name of Saurik, added more than 5 pages of his thoughts and facts on why the jailbreaking is legal and why it needs to stay legal in the future.

iPad 3 image leaked for the first time

We have just seen the image of the next iPad model, which should apparently feature a high quality 8 megapixel camera, among other improvements. This image has been posted on a Chinese Apple portal, even before the device was official announced. This is the first image made available to the public, but according to the image, it is really in line with what was predicted by many analysts in earlier rumors about the device.

Apple to launch iOS upgrade on March 9 already?

Apple has recently released data on new profiles for different network carriers which apparently reveals the date of the new iOS upgrade. The released files include a hint of the date for releasing iOS 5.1.

According to this data some analysts predict that the upgrade will be available for all iOS devices including iPhone iPad and iPod Touch. The above mentioned profiles are supplied for iPhone operators in several countries including those in Greece, Japan, France, Sweden and others. These profiles will enable network connectivity after each device becomes updated to the new iOS version. The release of the next iOS could also be accompanied with the announcement of the iPad 3 which could be showcased next month already. Here is an image of the data which has uncovered the whole story.

Samsung vs Apple: Super Bowl commercial

Samsung is once more targeting Apple with a new commercial. This time they have used the main event of the season: the Super Bowl. The interesting thing with this video, besides its wannabe funny tone, is that it is completely anti Apple oriented. It once again mocks Apple fan culture, with people standing in line in front of an Apple store before the big game starts.

According to the add, Samsung’s new model “did it again”. A new model with a stylus? That sounds, umm, kind of weird.

iOS users can now use Yahoo portal for app search

Another interesting development just appeared online for all iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch users out there. This time it is Yahoo improving things for iOS users worldwide. The famous but lately troubled search engine company, has decided to invest more time into the iOS part of the internet search market segment. This could be deemed as a quite reasonable decision by their management, given the stellar growth of usage of iOS products around the world. If you follow our blog, you will probably know that it was recently announced that Apple is now the biggest computer supplier in the world.

T-Mobile to offer iPhone support

We already know that jailbreaking is legal and perfectly safe, as it was judged to be so by US court decision. And jailbreaking movement is spreading its wings worldwide. The trend is recognized, and followed even by some courageous companies. Now it seems that T-Mobile is exploring the ground in this particular direction too. This was demonstrated by a leaked internal document from T-Mobile which is disclosing the company plan for increased support offered to users with unlocked iOS devices.

Rumors from Foxconn: iPhone 5 production soon to roll out!

Rumors coming from Apples manufacturing partner in China, Foxconn have confirmed: production line for iPhone 5 is almost ready to start. A number of different iPhone 5 models have already began appearing, with models slightly differing from each other, and in small details only.

From what we have seen so far, here are some features common to all seen models:

1. Larger LG made screens.
2. The design is not what it was predicted: eg. no signs of the so called teardrop design. All device have the same thickness.
3. The device looks different than iPhone 4 and iPhone 4S.

Samsung releases new Apple mocking ads

Samsung has lately developing a sort of issue with Cupertino. Surprisingly or not, it seems that Samsung’s marketing department thinks mocking Apple is a good enough strategy. Do you think this is really so? The list of competitors mocking Apple and later falling apart is actually quite long. A cynic could say that latest successes by Apple’s lawyers in the ongoing patent wars had obviously hit some weak spot on the largest South Korean corporation.