Non-surprise! Apple’s set the date for the announcement of what we expect to be the next version of its iPad tablet – 7 March. Question is, will the wonder device’s feature set merit an iPad 3 moniker or should we expect a lowly iPad 2S? Confirmation that an Apple event was in the works came [...]
Digital textbooks head to iDevices…
Not content with reinventing the mobile phone and the portable music player, Apple have set their sites on academia. Those lofty and expensive bits of dead tree known as textbooks could be next to be confined to the (digital) history books. Phil Schiller took to the stage in New York yesterday to talk about Apple’s [...]
Gmail slip leaves Google and Apple with red faces
Apple are renowned for keeping a steely grip over what they allow in the App Store – so why did Google have to pull a Gmail app after a matter of hours? “The iOS app we launched today contained a bug with notifications. We have pulled the app to fix the problem. Sorry we messed [...]
After Antennagate comes Batterygate – iOS 5 problems for iPhone users
Many users who’ve bought a shiny new iPhone 4S (or updated their existing iDevice to version 5 of the iOS software) have experienced problems with battery life but Apple have been pretty quiet about the matter. You simply couldn’t make it up. Less than a month after Phil Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of Worldwide [...]
