I've watched the new iPad event twice now and while they hit most of the notes most of us expected -- including the Retina display, LTE 4G networking, and iPhoto for iOS, the way in which they hit them, and some of the things they didn't hit were just as interesting. And they revealed as much about the new iPad as they did the new Apple.
In the tradition and spirit of any new product launch, pre-orders are failing spectacularly for most. The pre-order page went up shortly after Apple's iPad event and many users haven't been able to get past the first few pages before a time out occurred or the Apple Store app crashed.
Apple has increased the 20 MB app download limit to 50 MB when connected to a cellular network. This comes as a surprise, as it was not announced during today's event alongside the new iPad.
iOS 5.1 for iPhone and iPad is now available over-the-air (OTA) and in iTunes! While we haven't tested it yet, it looks like we will need to put 5.1 on our iPads before we can see the updates to the iWork and iLife apps mentioned today. To download OTA, launch settings, tap General, then Software Update, and the update should pop up with an option to Download and install. To...
As expected, with the announcement of the new iPad Apple has gone head and dropped the prices for the iPad 2.
iPhoto will be coming to iPad along with updates to iMovie and GarageBand to complete the rest of the iLife suite for iOS. It will come with many new features including new gestures, effects, multi-touch editing, the ability to send images wirelessly between devices.
If you're an iMovie fan, you'll be pleased to know that a new update will soon be rolling out to the masses. As highlighted by Phil Schiller on stage, iMovie now has support for the New iPad and 1080p recording, along with outlining and storyboarding options from within the app. Overall, this is a nice update and we'll certainly be checking out the new additions - especially when we...
Following what has seemingly become the norm for Apple announcements, Epic Games has introduced a new saga in their Infinity Blade series.
iWork for iOS has just been updated with many new features including brand new 3D charts, animations and various other features. Each iWork app will be available for the same $9.99 price point and as a free update for existing owners. The update will be available starting today and is a universal binary for both iPhone and iPad. We are assuming the new features in the update will be...
Apple has announced availability and pricing for the new iPad during their iPad keynote, which won't be changing whatsoever from the previous lineup. The pricing structure will follow their typical $499/$599/$699 depending on storage space, which also carries over the to 4G LTE models at $629/$729/$829. The new iPad will be available to consumers on March 16th.