Apple launched its latest iOS app, iBook 2, at the Education Event held in New York Yesterday. With a brand new app come new speculations about the next generation iPad (rumored to be loaded with highly improved display). iPad retina images have been found in iBooks 2 files and these point towards Apple planning to release an iPad that has retina-like display quality.   Have a look:     The above image shows “@2X.png”, which signifies (not with absolute certainty)…

Sticking to their trait again, case manufacturers have started making cases for yet another product awaiting its launch. After missing the spot on iPhone 5, which was assumed to be thinner, wider and tear-drop shaped, case makers are betting on iPad 3 this time. Case producers are making iPad 3 cases that have the same form factor as the current generation iPad, except that they are 1mm thicker. A China-based case maker called Chinee has started selling cases for a…

A report from Digitimes says that the volume of high resolution panels produced for iPad 3 is going to exceed that of iPad 2 in the second quarter of this year. Reportedly, Sharp, LG Display and Samsung have been contracted to manufacture 9.7 inch QXGA displays for iPad 3 . It is being said that the next generation iPad will come loaded with a display that has double the resolution of iPad 2. According to Digitimes, lesser than 1 million…

A Japanese Apple blog, named Makotakara, reports that Apple is planning an early February introduction of iPad 3 ahead of its launch scheduled in March. The website also adds that iOS 5.1, which is currently under the developer testing phase, will be tagged along with iPad 3’s introduction. In words of Makotakara – “According to Asian supplier and a source in United States, Apple seems to prepare to hold Special Event in early February. Because Chinese factory will be in…

Apple seeded Beta 3 of iOS 5.1 to developers on 9th January. This latest beta points towards system wide integration of iPad and iPhone with the social networking site Facebook. At present, it is already integrated with Twitter, as a result of which, the number of people signing up for it has increased by twenty five percent. iMore has found clues that which suggest that Apple may add Facebook integration to the future update of the operating system.   The…

How about an iPhone 4S incapable of capturing images? Certainly, you won’t go for it! Well, for people employed in military, this can win the “best news of the day” award! Because of security issues in military camps, army personnel are not allowed to bring mobile phones with cameras incorporated in it. Because of this very reason, RIM has been offering camera-free BlackBerry handsets for a very long time now. So, follwing the trail, wireless carriers in Singapore are also…

Contradictory to the earlier reports, where Sharp was touted as the leading supplier of high res. LCD panels and whose displays were going to be utilized in the making of 3rd gen iPad, current reports portray a completely different picture. The highlighted statement from a Korean website (ETNews) reveals that Samsung Electronics and LG Display may provide screen for iPad 3, instead of Sharp. As uncovered by Electronic Times Internet News, Sharp was unable to pass congregate with Apple regarding…

According to a report from Bloomberg, iPad 3 is to come loaded with a quad-core processor, sharper high resolution display, LTE support, and most striking of all is that the next generation iPad is seeking launch in March. Bloomberg says that “according to people familiar with the product”, the Asian manufacturing partners (like Foxconn Technology Group) of Apple have started producing iPad 3 units this month, and that it will turn to a full-fledged mode by next month. One of…

A Japanese website named Macotakara reports that Foxconn and Pegatron have started assembling the next generation iPad and will be shipping the units in early March of this year. According to the report, 85% of the production is on the shoulders of Foxconn, and 15 % of the iPad 3 units are to be produced by Pegatron. This report collaborates with the previous report of Digitimes which says that Pegatron will be receiving a very small share of the iPad…

OMG! Wasn’t iPad 3 enough already? I guess not! According to “dependable” sources of Digitimes, iPad 3 is seeking launch in March and like iPhone and like iPod Touch, would come adorned with a high resolution Retina Display. Well, the tale does not end here! Digitimes’ sources also report that the next generation iPad will be followed by next-to-next generation iPad (iPad 4) in October! Hard to digest… Isn’t it? The iPad 4 is being claimed to come loaded with…