Apple has very high expectations for the new iPad. The company has sold millions of these tablets already and will sell a ton more in the upcoming months. So it is not a surprise that Apple has released a statement to get ahead of the talks of the new iPad overheating. An Apple representative had this to say about the new iPad and its heating issue:

The new iPad delivers a stunning Retina display, A5X chip, support for 4G LTE plus 10 hours of battery life, all while operating well within our thermal specifications … If customers have any concerns, they should contact AppleCare.

Of course, thanks to the test by the site Tweakers.net, we know that the new iPad does get hotter than the iPad 2. During the test, the iPad 3′s hottest point was 92.5 degrees Fahrenheit. While it sounds quite hot, it is well withing the Apple’s limits. Apple has had the tendency to ignore problems of this type in the past. It has gotten ahead of it with the above statement. Not everyone will be concerned with their tablets getting a bit warm. Those who do will have a chance to figure the issue out with Apple’s customer support team. Read the rest of this entry »

Who needs TV these days when there are so many places we can get our news from. Devices such as iPad have given news publishers more reasons to turn their focus to the digital side of things. No matter what kind of news you are looking for, there is an iPad app for you in iTunes. Here are 10 news apps for iPad that can keep you informed of all the things happening in your world:

News360: a superb looking news application for iPad that grabs updates from over a thousand sources. It is geo-location based and provides you with everything you need to further research the news on your own.

The Early Edition: one of the most flexible news apps around. It turns your RSS feeds into a virtual newspaper. You are the editor, so choose your feeds wisely. Read the rest of this entry »

Apple iPhone may be one of the most popular smart-phones on the market. It may give its owners access to thousands of apps available in iTunes. But it’s certainly not a perfect device, nor is the company that has turned it into what it is today. Apple is known for being controlling and obsessed with its image. Who can blame it? After all, the company has made a fortune by leveraging its premium brand. When a company owns a premium brand, it does everything it can to protect it. Sometimes, it may even go overboard just to cover its behind. That seems to be the case with Apple these days. We knew from the past that Apple doesn’t hesitate to strike down dubious iPhone apps as well as those that were being promoted by its competitors (e.g. Google). But Apple now seems to have gone overboard by removing sexually explicit apps from iTunes.

Many sex apps have been removed from iTunes in the past few days, and while the company has allowed some back on, there are many developers who have been devastated by this move. It’s one thing to monitor apps for bad taste and hateful content. It’s another thing to shut down a major category of apps. Let’s face it. Sexual content are all over the place on the Internet. You don’t see your ISP filtering them out. Of course, Apple is trying to protect its brand and reduce its liabilities. It’s true that many kids own an iPhone today. If you are a parent, it’s your job to make sure your kids don’t access to sexy apps on your or their own phones. That doesn’t mean Apple should get rid of all these apps. Read the rest of this entry »

It has been an extremely busy week for Apple and Apple fans. As we get closer to iPhone 4′s release date, we are going to hear about more leaks, more lawsuits, and sensational claims that have no base in reality. This weeks is not going to be different. Apple and Nokia ended last week by playing the cat and mouse game between themselves. Nokia is planning to get a chunk of Apple’s profits from its top products. Apple is planning to ban Nokia imports to the U.S. I guess it’s an eye for an eye. Nokia may be right about its patents being infringed by other companies, but Apple has the best punch-line:

Other companies must compete with us by inventing their own technologies, not just by stealing ours

Not too many experts believe that this battle will end anytime soon. Apple is not going to give up its profits to Nokia easily, and Nokia is quite honestly a bit desperate here. Besides, Apple is not going to let a lawsuit ruin its iPhone 4 pre-launch party. After all, now’s the time for anyone who’s good at making up rumors to come out of the woodwork. And it’s now being done in an international level. As expected, there has been a leak in Korea that reveals iPhone 4.0 may be on target for June/July 2010. What will the new iPhone offer? Apparently, it’ll support video chats, come with a touch sensitive housing and two camera modules. Let’s not forget about the addition of an OLED iPhone screen either.

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We all know it’s about time Apple started working towards releasing iPhone 4G next year. We have seen enough iPhone and iPod launches that it’s become easy to predict how Apple works. But if you need some confirmation, Eldar Murtazin seems to have given it on Twitter. The editor in chief of Mobile Review had this to tweet yesterday:

So what will we get with iPhone 4 Gen anyway? Verizon may have given us some ideas with its attack ads on iPhone. It’s not too hard to predict that Apple will be addressing some of those issues. I suspect that Apple will be working hard to integrate its own map application into iPhone, so you can dream less about Google Maps Navigation (not sure if that’s possible). Read the rest of this entry »