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Consumers want the iPad over Kindle Fire for the holidays

By Andrew Wray, Monday, Nov 21, 2011 a 2:28 pm

In a new survey conducted by ChangeWave, consumers polled over which tablet they'll be purchasing this holiday season showed heavy demand for the Apple iPad over competing Android tablets and the Amazon Kindle Fire.

Apple continues to show enormous strength in the tablet market, where it’s enjoying the best quarter in its history, according to the survey. But while two-out-of-every-three future buyers plan on purchasing an Apple iPad (65%), for the first time since the launch of the original model, there is a double-digit contender for the number two spot. Better than one-in-five planned purchasers (22%) say they’ll buy a Kindle Fire.

Nook Tablet hands on: iPad competitor or Kindle Fire catch up?

By Rene Ritchie, Monday, Nov 7, 2011 a 4:41 pm

Phil from Android Central is live at the Nook event in New York City and he got his geeky hands on a Nook Tablet already. While the Kindle Fire is getting all the attention -- and iPad 2 competitive chatter -- Nook has been around for a while and as Phil points out, like Apple but unlike Amazon, Barnes and Noble has a retail presence to help push their gear.

Halloween costume uses two iPads to make a huge hole in your stomach [video]

By chrissyboy6969, Monday, Oct 31, 2011 a 12:05 pm

NASA employee Mark Rober has come up with a fantastic Halloween costume that uses two iPads to create an amazing effect. He positioned one iPad 2 under his shirt on his front and one on his back. He then cut out two holes in his shirt around the iPads and added some fake blood around the openings.

Now this is the clever part, he setup a FaceTime call between the two iPads. The iPad 2 on his front shows what the iPad 2 on his back is seeing in its camera. This then creates the illusion that you can see right through his gut and out the other side!

Scooby-Doo arrives on the iPad in The Haunted Halloween [Kids Corner]

By chrissyboy6969, Saturday, Oct 29, 2011 a 4:13 am

Scooby-Doo has eventually infiltrated the iPad and what better timing than just before Halloween. The new app titled “The Haunted Halloween: A Scooby-Doo You Play Too Book is a mixture of interactive book and puzzle games all based around this spooky time of the year.

Apple updates its iPad 2 Smart Covers, kills off the orange one

By chrissyboy6969, Monday, Oct 24, 2011 a 11:15 am

Apple has updated its iPad 2 line of Smart Covers, killing off the orange polyurethane version and replacing it with a much more tasteful dark gray version. It has also improved the other colors in the polyurethane range, which it claims are now more vibrant -- they all now come with a color matched microfiber lining too. The leather versions haven't been changed except with the addition of the color matched microfiber lining.

The Smart Covers are available in the Apple Store and are still priced at $39 for the Polyurethane model and $69 for the Leather version.

Smart Cover security flaw allows limited iPad 2 passcode bypass

By Andrew Wray, Friday, Oct 21, 2011 a 2:31 pm

A potential security flaw involving the iPad 2 on iOS 5 and Apple's Smart Cover's ability to bypass the Passcode Lock is making the rounds this week.

a Smart Cover can essentially unlock an iPad 2. The person who unlocks your iPad 2 will not have complete access to your iPad, but will be able to gain entrance to whatever you locked your iPad 2 on. If your iPad 2 went to sleep in Mail, Safari, Messages, Contacts, or Maps, you can imagine the sorts of personal information that can be viewed on your iPad.

Rumor: Apple working on a 7.85-inch iPad for 2012?

By Andrew Wray, Tuesday, Oct 18, 2011 a 3:13 pm

According to Economic Daily News out of Taiwan, Apple has purportedly paired up with LG Display and AU Optronics for a new 7.85-inch iPad to be released in early 2012. The smaller iPad would supposedly carry the same 1024x768 resolution of the current iPad 2, making a higher DPI level and helping Apple compete with the recently-announced 7-inch Kindle Fire.

Daily Tip: How to turn on AirPlay Mirroring

By chrissyboy6969, Monday, Oct 17, 2011 a 2:04 pm

Wondering how to turn use AirPlay Mirroring on your new iPhone 4S or iPad 2? Air Play Mirroring is one of the great features of iOS 5 and enables you to mirror your screen on your second generation Apple TV. Here's how to get it started.

First off we need to make sure AirPlay is enabled on the Apple TV

Go into Settings
AirPlay
Turn on AirPlay

Now we have done that, grab your iPhone 4S or iPad 2

Elgato EyeTV Mobile now available for the iPad 2 [video]

By chrissyboy6969, Monday, Oct 17, 2011 a 8:52 am

Elgato has announced that its EyeTV Mobile DVB-T tuner is now available for the iPad 2. The EyeTV Mobile was announced back in August and is now beginning to ship. The tuner clips into the 30 pin dock connector on the iPad 2 and comes complete with a telescopic aerial. The tuner is a DVB-T freeview tuner which is geared towards the European market.

Grand Theft Auto III coming to iPhone 4S and iPad 2

By chrissyboy6969, Friday, Oct 14, 2011 a 4:09 am

Rockstar Games has announced that it is bringing the hugely popular console game Grand Theft Auto III to the iPhone 4S and iPad 2. The game which is celebrating its 10^th anniversary this month will be demoed for the first time at New York Comic Con which runs from 13-16 October.