Apple’s decision to rebrand the new iPad as the “iPad WiFi + Cellular” and drop the allegedly confusing 4G reference will not save it from a court appearance with the Australian consumer rights watchdog. “Any move by Apple to cease using the descriptor of ’4G’ will mitigate against the ACCC’s concerns but will not deal
Tag Archives: iPad
Apple still faces Aussie iPad trial despite 4G rebrand
Posted by Gsurface
on May 15, 2012
No comments
Apple forced to change name of iPad Wi-Fi + 4G
Posted by Gsurface
on May 13, 2012
No comments
It seems that international pressure sometimes works, as criticism of the iPad Wi-Fi + 4G name — which in many countries isn’t actually 4G, has finally caused a name change to iPad Wi-Fi + Cellular.
[Read more]
CNET News
Best games for the iPad (and Android tablets, too)
Posted by Gsurface
on May 13, 2012
No comments
Apple Gives In, Drops iPad ’4G’ Tag To Avoid Lawsuits
Posted by Gsurface
on May 13, 2012
No comments
Back in March, Apple was sued in Australia and criticized in Europe over its marketing of the iPad as supporting 4G speeds when it only did so in the U.S. and Canada. Now, reader TheGift73 writes with news that Apple has given in and changed the ‘Wi-Fi + 4G’ label to ‘Wi-Fi + Cellular.’ From the article:
“In the U.K., a number of complaints by customers pushed the ASA into acting against Apple for its misleading advertisements. The regulator had received ‘dozens of complaints’ from customers, and had pushed for Apple to remove any mentions of ’4G’ from its websites. It should come as little surprise considering Britain has yet to see its mobile networks divide up its 4G spectrum without bickering furiously about it. Some networks had even opted to avoid litigation directed at them by including stickers to inform potential buyers that the new iPad will not work on existing 4G networks, or even 4G networks that don’t even exist yet. This should come as bittersweet news for consumers. Apple has already sold millions of iPads across the U.K., Europe and Australia, while the vast majority are unaware that they will not be able to connect to high-speed mobile broadband networks.”
Read more of this story at Slashdot.
Apple’s iPad WiFi + 4G renamed ‘iPad WiFi + Cellular’ across many of its stores
Posted by Gsurface
on May 12, 2012
No comments
Remember Apple’s new iPad WiFi + 4G? Well, forget that moniker, as this variant of the company’s latest slate has been quietly re-dubbed as the iPad WiFi + Cellular. As noticed by 9to5Mac, the change occurred within the last “24-48 hours” across many of Apple’s region-specific webstores (update: and retail locations), including (but not limited to) those for the US, UK, Australia, Canada and various countries in Asia. If you’ll recall, in many regions the best you’ll get out of the slate is HSPA-connectivity, even though it’s also equipped for LTE — something that Apple itself had considered good enough to market it as 4G despite offering refunds to customers in Australia who (like many others) couldn’t officially partake in its LTE. Interestingly, 9to5Mac also notes that a similar change hasn’t made its way over to the iPad 2, which still has its cellular-equipped variant named, iPad 2 WiFi + 3G. We’ve reached out to Apple for comment, but the meantime, feel free to hit up the source links below for more insight.
Apple’s iPad WiFi + 4G renamed ‘iPad WiFi + Cellular’ across many of its stores originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 12 May 2012 17:25:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Permalink 
9to5Mac, Twitter (@markgurman) | 
Apple | Email this | Comments
Engadget
iOS 6 “Sundance” Siri API and iPad support tipped
Posted by Gsurface
on May 12, 2012
No comments
Apple’s upcoming iOS 6 won’t just mark a shift to a homegrown mapping system but finally see Siri, the company’s personal virtual assistant technology, show up on the iPad, according to the latest rumors. iOS 6 is currently being referred to as “Sundance”, so TechCrunch‘s sources claim, with the codenamed platform update marking a significant shake-up in
2013 Cadillac XTS iPad comes standard
Posted by Gsurface
on May 12, 2012
No comments
Apple’s new iPad arrives in 30 more countries this weekend
Posted by Gsurface
on May 9, 2012
No comments
Soon, people in 30 more countries around the world — including Argentina, Brazil, and the United Arab Emirates — will be able to get an iPad, bringing to nearly 90 the total number of countries that sell the tablet.
[Read more]
CNET News
Apple e-mail hints at multi-user account feature for iPad
Posted by Gsurface
on May 8, 2012
No comments
Apple’s iPad has always been a one user device, but that might not last forever. A reply to an Apple developer hints that the company’s cooking up a solution for multiple users using the same tablet.
[Read more]
CNET News
FCC CEO spectrum keynote comes from an iPad
Posted by Gsurface
on May 8, 2012
No comments
This week FCC CEO Julius Genachowski spoke on the expansion of spectrum across the board to carriers and how “we need to see improvements in efficiency in networks and devices” across the board. This speech had many of the same talking points coming up that the FCC had spoken on several times before, with items
New iPad online delay halved in Europe
Posted by Gsurface
on May 7, 2012
No comments
Availability for the new iPad continues to improve, with delivery estimates for online sales in Europe halved and buyers now left with merely a week’s wait before they get their new iOS toy. Listed with a 1-2 week delivery delay in the UK, France, Germany and other European locations for the past few months, the
Pelican i1075 iPad 3 Case Review
Posted by Gsurface
on May 7, 2012
No comments
Today we take a look at a case from Pelican, a group known for their excellence in protecting electronics of all types, here taking on the iPad with model i1075. What you’ll see here is the Pelican brand once again representing itself with top-notch construction and finely tuned compartmentalization inside this case for everything you
Kindle vs. Nook vs. iPad: Which e-book reader should you buy?
Posted by Gsurface
on May 6, 2012
No comments
With ultra-affordable e-ink readers, mid-priced color tablets like the Kindle Fire and Nook Tablet, and even the more expensive iPads all vying for your e-book dollar, what’s the best choice for you? It depends.
[Read more]
CNET News
Apple Quietly Updates iPad 2′s Processor
Posted by Gsurface
on May 5, 2012
No comments
bonch writes “Apple has quietly replaced the iPad 2′s A5 with a smaller 32nm die that increases battery life by 15 to 30%. It’s theorized that Apple is using the iPad 2 as a test bed for the new hardware platform, which shrinks the surface area of the A5 to 57% of the previous size.”
Read more of this story at Slashdot.
The $399 iPad 2 boasts better battery life, says report
Posted by Gsurface
on May 4, 2012
No comments
Some variants of Apple’s lower-priced iPad 2 can deliver improved battery life — but they’re not easy to find.
[Read more]
CNET News
iPad share of tablet market jumps as Kindle Fire slumps
Posted by Gsurface
on May 3, 2012
No comments
Apple’s iPad reclaimed a larger share of the global tablet market last month, in part because of a more-serious-than-expected slump in sales of the hot Kindle Fire in the first quarter, IDC analysts said today.
Computerworld News
iPad hits 68% share
Posted by Gsurface
on May 3, 2012
No comments
There’s no denying that Apple’s version of what everyone else in the world calls a tablet has been one of the greatest successes in gadget history, the iPad today being shown by IDC as having a 68% share in the market for tablets and tablet-like devices. The IDC group shows the Apple worldwide tablet market
Judge again orders Apple, Samsung to streamline claims in iPad patent case
Posted by Gsurface
on May 3, 2012
No comments
Apple and Samsung Electronics have until Monday to further boil down the number of claims to be considered in the sweeping intellectual-property lawsuit concerning their smartphone and tablet products, which is now scheduled to go to trial July 30.
Computerworld News
Spotify for iPad Review
Posted by Gsurface
on May 2, 2012
No comments
New iPad Ship Time Improves To 3-5 Days At Apple.com
Posted by Gsurface
on May 2, 2012
No comments
The new iPad is nearly two months old and it’s still not available for immediate shipping from Apple. However, the wait time just improved to less than a week. Apple.com now lists all the new iPad variations with just a 3-5 wait time. Happy days.
“[We're] selling as fast as we can make them,” said Apple CFO Peter Oppenheimer said on last week’s earnings call. The iPad is clearly a hit and up until now, buyers had to wait more one or two weeks when purchasing from Apple’s online store. Unfortunately buyers in overseas markets will still have to wait more than a week.
TechCrunch
Choose Your Own Adventure books coming to iPad
Posted by Gsurface
on April 28, 2012
No comments
With the explosion of e-books lately, there is increasing dialogue about the emergence of books that users can interact with. There’s an entire new class of digital books that contain links to websites, have embedded videos and dynamic content, and all sorts of other things that take advantage of the fact that these books are
Does the iPad cannibalize Apple’s laptops?
Posted by Gsurface
on April 28, 2012
No comments
Is Apple cutting the MacBook’s throat with the iPad? Apple CEO Tim Cook seems to think so, and analysts agree.
Computerworld News
New iPad owners pay big ‘halo’ dividends for Apple
Posted by Gsurface
on April 28, 2012
No comments
The iPad is giving Apple entree to millions of customers who have never purchased one of company’s products before, a research firm said today.
Computerworld News
IRL: gfxCardStatus, Nyko Charge Base 3 for PS3 and the OG iPad
Posted by Gsurface
on April 27, 2012
No comments
Welcome to IRL, an ongoing feature where we talk about the gadgets, apps and toys we’re using in real life and take a second look at products that already got the formal review treatment.
Different strokes for different folks. While Darren may have long since sworn off tablets as productivity machines, our very own Billy Steele (a designer by trade, don’tcha know) has been using one to workshop projects with clients. For Darren, anyway, productivity means having a laptop with a discrete GPU at the ready — except for when the GPU drains his battery life, which is where an app called gfxCardStatus comes in. Rounding things out, we’ve got Jason Hidalgo talking up the different ways he’s attempted to charge his needy PS3 controllers. All that and more after the break.
Continue reading IRL: gfxCardStatus, Nyko Charge Base 3 for PS3 and the OG iPad
IRL: gfxCardStatus, Nyko Charge Base 3 for PS3 and the OG iPad originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 27 Apr 2012 13:10:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Permalink | | Email this | Comments
Engadget
Apple secures 25 patents, including iMac, iPad Smart Cover
Posted by Gsurface
on April 26, 2012
No comments
The tech giant wins big with more than two dozen new patents for some of its major products, such as iTunes, iMac, Time Machine, iPad Smart Covers, and even Apple Store displays.
[Read more]
CNET News
Better than the iPad Retina Display?
Posted by Gsurface
on April 25, 2012
No comments
Stage set for Windows 8 hybrid, iPad showdown
Posted by Gsurface
on April 25, 2012
No comments
So, will that be a Windows 8 hybrid or iPad? That may be one of the bigger choices facing consumers in the next 12 months.
[Read more]
CNET News
Apple could lose iPad trademark, Chinese official warns
Posted by Gsurface
on April 25, 2012
No comments
Pixel Qi Says Next-Gen Displays Meet or Beat iPad 3 Screen Quality
Posted by Gsurface
on April 22, 2012
No comments
New submitter seb42 writes “Pixel Qi announces new screens that can match or exceed the image quality of the screen in the iPad3, with a very low power mode that runs at a full 100X power reduction from the peak power consumed by the iPad3 screen. Hope the Google tablet has this tech.” The claims are pretty bold, and specific: “We have a new architecture that matches the resolution of the ipad3 screen, and its full image quality including matching or exceeding contrast, color saturation, the viewing angle and so forth with massive power savings.”
Read more of this story at Slashdot.
Rumors swirl of smaller iPad, which Jobs detested
Posted by Gsurface
on April 21, 2012
No comments
Apple in talks with iPad trademark challenger to try and settle dispute
Posted by Gsurface
on April 20, 2012
No comments
Apple and a Chinese company have started talks to try and resolve an ongoing legal dispute over the iPad trademark, according to a lawyer involved in the case.
Computerworld News
Apple’s Down Under logic: Here’s how 3G = 4G for the iPad
Posted by Gsurface
on April 19, 2012
No comments
Regulators in Australia say the iPad’s 4G billing doesn’t hold water. Apple now counters: sure it does — you just aren’t looking at 3G the right way.
[Read more]
CNET News
iPad Mini orders received in China
Posted by Gsurface
on April 18, 2012
No comments
It would appear that sources have confirmed orders coming in from Apple to one Taiwan-based manufacturer for the next generation in iOS device known as the iPad Mini. This of course is not the first we’ve heard of such a product, and though it’s been common knowledge for some time now that Steve Jobs himself
What’s In A Name? Australia Wants Apple To ‘Change The Name’ Of The iPad Over 4G Incompatibility
Posted by Gsurface
on April 16, 2012
No comments
Looks like we may see another development today in Apple’s ongoing iPad/4G controversy in Australia. The country’s Competition and Consumer Commission is meeting with Apple in court again today to try to get Apple to officially change the name of the device when it is sold in Australia.
Although many people know it as “the new iPad” since launching the product in March, Apple has also been marketing the product as the new iPad with ‘Wi-Fi +4G’ in the country. But Apple quickly ran into trouble when the ACCC said Apple was misleading consumers: in fact, the tablet is not actually compatible with Australia’s 4G network.
Since then, Apple has agreed to refund consumers who bought the device thinking they were getting 4G; and the company has also been putting up notices wherever the iPad is sold warning them that it didn’t work with Australia’s 4G. But the ACCC, it seems, does not think that this goes far enough.
TechCrunch
AT&T or Verizon: Which offers the best deal on 4G iPad data?
Posted by Gsurface
on April 13, 2012
No comments
In this Ask Maggie, I help a reader determine which LTE-enabled iPad to buy. I also offer some guidance to a Sprint customer wondering about the future of Sprint’s WiMax network.
[Read more]
CNET News
Despite iPad production issues, analyst sees Apple soaring
Posted by Gsurface
on April 11, 2012
No comments
Sterne Agee analyst Shaw Wu says that Apple is facing some iPad production problems, but they should be quickly addressed and help the company’s shares soar.
[Read more]
CNET News
Expert: iPad Wi-Fi issues may be linked to power management
Posted by Gsurface
on April 9, 2012
No comments
The Wi-Fi reliability problems reported by iPad owners can probably be solved with a software update, a hardware expert at Rapid Repair said.
Computerworld News
If an iPad and a Moleskine Had a Child…
Posted by Gsurface
on April 6, 2012
No comments
Apple iPhone, iPad sales higher than expected, says analyst
Posted by Gsurface
on April 3, 2012
No comments
Looking for sales to beat expectations, J.P. Morgan has increased its forecast for both the iPhone and iPad for the first quarter of the year.
[Read more]
CNET News
Nielsen Teams With Disney/ABC To Measure Consumers’ iPad Usage Behavior
Posted by Gsurface
on April 2, 2012
No comments
A little bit of news from Nielsen that flew under the radar a few days ago hints at big things ahead for the measurement firm and its goals of understanding user behavior across all platforms. The company said it was teaming up with Disney/ABC Television Group to measure video consumption trends on the iPad.
In the study, participants will download a special “metering” app to their devices, which will analyze the reach, duration frequency and pageviews associated with both their apps and web usage in an effort to provide better insight into actual trends associated with user behavior, as opposed to self-reported data.
TechCrunch
Third-gen iPad raises a few red flags
Posted by Gsurface
on April 1, 2012
No comments
The latest iPad is a good effort by any standard, but it begins to stray from the Jobsian design philosophy.
[Read more]
CNET News
iPad buyers: Your tablet is at the store (maybe)
Posted by Gsurface
on March 31, 2012
No comments
The wait for a new iPad ordered online from Apple stretches one to two weeks, but customers can walk into a company store now and buy a tablet, according to a stock sampling on Friday.
Computerworld News
Want a roll-up iPad? LG says flexible displays are real
Posted by Gsurface
on March 30, 2012
No comments
Paper: the iPad sketchbook app from the brains of Courier (video)
Posted by Gsurface
on March 30, 2012
No comments
Go figure — Microsoft’s Courier project lives again… as an exclusive app on Apple’s iPad. FiftyThree, a company that features folks who previously worked on the aforesaid Courier initiative, has just put forth a monumental effort dubbed Paper. The app, which is available for free in the App Store, is a sophisticated sketchbook with a highly unique user interface that’s seemingly designed with the budding artist in mind. Put simply, the company feels that this app is “where ideas begin,” enabling users to capture mental light bulbs as sketches, diagrams, illustrations, notes or drawings before sharing them across the web.
Of course, “free” only gets you in the door; in-app purchases ($ 2 per brush, for example) keeps the creators in business, but it’s unclear at this point if a paid edition will be offered for those who aren’t much on cherry-picking what they do and don’t want to pony up for. Not surprisingly, the app ships with native support for the new iPad’s Retina display, and while fingers are welcome, a capacitive stylus is recommended. Eager to see more? Peek the video just after the break, and get your download on in the source link.
Continue reading Paper: the iPad sketchbook app from the brains of Courier (video)
Paper: the iPad sketchbook app from the brains of Courier (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 30 Mar 2012 02:11:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Permalink BGR | App Store, FiftyThree | Email this | Comments
Engadget
How to get leftover spaghetti to power your iPad
Posted by Gsurface
on March 30, 2012
No comments
Some Brits were in the Bay Area this week trying to persuade the progressive locals to invest in MuckBusters, which allegedly turn your leftovers into energy.
[Read more]
CNET News
Interactive Game of Thrones content comes to HBO Go iPad app
Posted by Gsurface
on March 30, 2012
No comments
Home Box Office has been pushing its “interactive viewing experience” for Game of Thrones over at the HBO Go site, but if you weren’t sitting in front of a computer there was no way to take part in the fantasy world fun. Now the premium channel is bringing the commentary tracks, interviews, maps and loads of other extra features to the Go iPad app. But, having that content available for season one isn’t particularly exciting. What has our little nerd hearts aflutter is that all of the same features will be available for season two, starting immediately with the April 1st premier. As you watch, if the seemingly bottomless well of characters and their rival houses trip you up, you’ll be able to pull up a guide to help you separate your Arryns from your Tullys and Redwynes. For a quick preview check out the video and PR after the break.
Continue reading Interactive Game of Thrones content comes to HBO Go iPad app
Interactive Game of Thrones content comes to HBO Go iPad app originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 29 Mar 2012 19:38:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Permalink | | Email this | Comments
Engadget
Apple offers refund to new iPad customers in Australia over 4G capabilities
Posted by Gsurface
on March 29, 2012
No comments
Box OneCloud Makes Box a Must-Have iPad App
Posted by Gsurface
on March 28, 2012
No comments
Box.com unveiled OneCloud today–a new service designed to unite the data from various mobile apps. Box OneCloud promises to make it easier to manage data on mobile devices and be productive from virtually anywhere. OneCloud resolves a fundamental limitation of the Apple iPad, and makes Box a must-have app.
Computerworld News
Apple iPad 4G stubbornness blamed for Australian legal woes
Posted by Gsurface
on March 28, 2012
No comments
Australia’s consumer rights watchdog has detailed exactly what it expects of Apple to temporarily rectify the 4G confusion, though reports suggest the new iPad maker could have escaped legal intervention completely had it not argued over the exact wording of the LTE clarification. The Cupertino company faces the possibility of one or more penalty charges of up to
Apple to offer refund over Australian 4G iPad claims
Posted by Gsurface
on March 28, 2012
No comments
Apple will offer refunds to people who bought its latest iPad following a claim by Australia's competition regulator that it ran misleading advertisements over the device's 4G connectivity, according to reports.
Computerworld News
Recent Comments