This is a new way to type but I do find it quite easy to do!!
The only problem I have so far is the ‘smart cover’ which whilst looking good as a cover when the iPad is dormant, it’s a bugger to try and hold!
It’s still gonna take some getting used to but it’s a LOT lighter than I remember the iPad 1 being.
More to come later!
Apparently, Apple are going to make an announcement about something in a couple of hours… The rumour is, a new iPad is going to be announced. The third iPad, an iPad which is 1080p HD… The iPad3 or the iPadHD.
I had an iPad. I queued up at 5am and waited patiently to be one of the first in the UK to own an iPad. Snapping up the 64GB WiFi version, with a LOT of accessories I wanted to make sure I had full use of the iPad and put it through it’s paces and at first I loved it.
The more I used it, the more I realised I couldn’t quite get a comfy grip. I couldn’t hold it in just that right way and I started being very aware of how heavy it was. Then the iPhone 4 came and as always, I queued up in the morning and I was one of the first to get my hands on it. Then it started happening, I was reaching over the iPad to get my iPhone. The retina display was stunning and when sat side by side the iPad, you could really notice the difference.
When I realised I wasn’t using it as much as I’d hoped, after six months, I decided to sell. It funded most of my MacBook Air purchase so it all worked out well in the end. When the iPad2 came soon after my loss, Apple had corrected most of what I had disliked about the iPad. It was lighter, easier to hold and with the Smart Cover you could balance it stood up in various ways.
Since then, I’ve always said, the only thing that would tempt me back to iPad is a better display and a faster performance… Well I think that time has come.
Here are my thoughts and predictions:
I have it on good authority that there will be an iPad 3 announcement on March 7.
(Read as: A website has reported about another website and someone has ‘heard from a friend’ so I’ll post that too!)
There have been the usual trickle of photos from within Apple’s supply chain of various parts and pieces. Some have even gone as far as playing Lego with the pieces and fitting together to try to see what it will look like… It will look the same.
Apparantly a millimetre thicker to add a slither of battery life but essentially, it will look the same as the iPad 2. The suggested A6 processor could stay as a dual-core but rumours suggest this could be increased (along with some added RAM) to a quad-core BEAST!
That is what will turn me. Nevermind the possibility of a ‘Retina Display’ with a Higher-than-High-Def resolution. Who knows? Well, Tim Cook probably does… As will the rest of the world within three weeks!
Through various recent changes, both in iOS for iPhones and the such but also in the iTunes Music Store, you are now able to re-download your past purchases in iTunes!
You can also download straight from your iOS device but today I’ll be concentrating on using iTunes.
You’ll notice some new items on your iTunes home page. iTunes Match isn’t available in the UK just yet, so that’ll be covered at a later date.
For now, just select ‘Purchased’ and this will take you to a new section of iTunes where you can re-download everything you’ve ever purchased.
You can select to look at all your previous purchases, or just what isn’t currently on your computer. This is great if you’ve had to delete media or lost music over the years, I’ve lost plenty of tracks here and there and iTunes will filter out what you’ve already got and show you what isn’t there!
Once you’ve gone through your Music, you can also re-download any apps you may have purchased. Or indeed Books from the iBook Store. If you’re lucky enough to have a US iTunes Store, you can also download TV shows!
10am, One Infinite Loop, tomorrow morning. Apple would like to talk about iPhone. Specifically, news of the imminent release of iOS 5.0 for iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch.
So before we talk about the iPhone, let’s talk about iOS. Tomorrow, Tim Cook will take the pleasure to announce that the iOS 5.0 GM will be available to developers. Apple stick to a familiar pattern when releasing beta releases to developers and last week, Apple skipped a release and that can only mean one thing. It’s ready.
The GM will be available to download immediately on Tuesday allowing for updates to be rushed through before it’s released to the public some time the following week. I expect this to be on Friday 14th October.
So iPhone. What’s going to be announced? There has been more noise on the internet surrounding an unreleased, unannounced product than ever before. Every rumour has been touted for what will most likely be called iPhone 4S.
In reality, the only time we’re going to find out what Apple has up it’s sleeve, is tomorrow. When they want to announce it. I’ll try to cut my way through the shrubbery and get right to the good stuff for you. Here is what I’m pretty sure will be announced tomorrow:
A photo of what looks to be a 64GB model of an iPhone 4-Shaped device.
