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Let’s Not Get Too Excited About Those New iPad Sales Numbers (Updated)

Did you hear? This past weekend set all kinds of iPad sales records. Tim Cook said it! AT&T said it! And while I’m sure the new iPad was a huge part of that, let’s temper our applause. There are two generations of iPad on shelves, and AT&T has confirmed that its “record numbers” from Friday…

Tech News Brian Barrett Mar 19

Destroying the New iPad With an Automatic Assault Rifle Is Harder Than You Think

What happens when you fire an HK53 assault rifle against the new iPad? I know, the answer is obvious, but you may be surprised. Watch this video and see. Obviously, the HK53—and the Benelli shotgun he uses later—is going to make a lot of holes on the iPad’s surface But I was surprised to see…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Mar 19

The Best Tablet Display: Guess Who?

Dr. Raymond Soneira of DisplayMate Technologies separates the best smartphone, tablet, HDTV, and multimedia displays from the worst with his Display Technology Shoot-Out series. So there’s no one more qualified to tell you if that new iPad retina lives up to the hype: Introduction The iPad has been a phenomenal runaway success – to a…

Tech News Raymond Soneira - DisplayMate Mar 19

The Case for Buying iPads for Your Kids

My wife and I made the decision last year to equip our kids with iPads, something that might have sounded excessive only the year before. Now it only makes sense. When you do the math, an iPad (or tablet of choice) for a child makes sense; when you have more than one child, the upfront…

Tech News Brad Moon-Wired Mar 19

Is Your New iPad Overheating?

If you got a new iPad last week, you may not have set foot outside your home all weekend. You may also, as some users are reporting, have experienced an overheating issue following that extensive use. A bunch of forum postings seem to suggest that the new iPad has an overheating problem. We’re not just…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe Mar 19

The FAA May Soon Allow Electronic Device Use During Takeoff

Everybody hates having to stop reading ebooks, listening to music and playing Angry Birds during take-off. But it’s not a fact of life; the FAA is rethinking its policy on using electronic devices during takeoff and landing. About. Bloody. Time. According to a report by the New York Times, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe Mar 19

We Gave People an iPad 2, Told Them It Was the New iPad, and They Loved It

Apple’s advertising onslaught is already battering down doors and TVs around the nation—you’re gonna upgrade to a new iPad whether you like it or not. But based on our little test, most people can’t tell the difference anyway. We figured that if we—enormous nerds who fixate on pixel density—were underwhelmed by the screen, then what…

Tech News Sam Biddle Mar 16

iPad Test Notes: Which LTE iPad Is Faster?

In addition to our crowd-sourced National Speed Test, we thought we’d do a little testing of our own. We love LTE, but which iPad (and network) gives the best LTE? Let’s have a look see. https://gizmodo.com/the-great-new-ipad-national-network-speed-test-5892382 Methodology We headed up to the roof of Gizmodo with new iPads from Verizon and AT&T, plus a Galaxy…

Tech News Brent Rose Mar 16

Hackers Jailbreak New iPad Just a Few Hours After Release

Yes! The hackers from the Chronic Dev Team—with a special intervention by German developer Stefan Esser—have liberated the shiny new iPad from the tyranny of the app store already using a modification of the Absinthe jailbreaking tool. They haven’t released this version yet, but they have showed proof. [iPod2g via Green Poison via Redmond Pie]

Tech News Jesus Diaz Mar 16

The iPad Model You Should Buy

We’ve spent all day today poring over iPads, and we’ve decided that the best choice for most folks is the 32GB Verizon LTE. Here’s why: While 32GB won’t be right for everyone, it’s a nice balance of enough space for some movies, music, and giant retina apps without being unnecessarily massive (and expensive). As for…

Tech News Kyle Wagner Mar 16

Here Is Your New iPad Porn

We know you want it, we know you need it. We are bringing you the luscious gravy of New iPad beauty shots. Wipe off those spectacles and come a little closer. Do not speak. Just look. Music: “For the Poor” by Dan Brasco, via Free Music Archive

Tech News Michael Hession Mar 16

iPad Test Notes: Camera Performance

When Apple unveiled the latest iPad, it promised the five megapixel camera would be a substantive improvement over its predecessor. But that’s not saying much, since a five-year-old BlackBerry is capable of better shots. So in addition to the iPad 2, we compared the new iPad camera to the iPhone 4S (the high watermark of…

Tech News Adrian Covert Mar 16

Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About the New iPad

https://gizmodo.com/unedited-the-new-ipad-seems-like-a-pass-5893967 Unedited: The New iPad Seems Like a Pass We’re all playing with iPads today: new iPads and old iPads, iPad 1s, iPad 2s, and iPad News. As we write, we’re reflecting out loud. A lot. Here’s a look at our thoughts, unedited, straight from our Campfire group chat. More » https://gizmodo.com/here-is-your-new-ipad-porn-5893933/ Here Is Your New…

Tech News Kyle Wagner Mar 16

iPad Test Notes: Retina Apps Do Make a Difference

The thing about the iPad’s new retina screen and processor is that yes, they’re nice, but it’s up to developers to take full advantage of it. Here’s how some of the better retina iPad apps compare to their iPad 2 equivalents. Games We played Infinity Blade 2 and RealRacing2HD, both of which were updated for…

Tech News Kyle Wagner Mar 16

iPad Test Notes: Speed (Versus Tegra 3) – UPDATED

Apple made some bold claims about its new A5X chip, claiming it would give a 4x graphical boost over Nvidia’s Tegra 3. At the same time, the Tegra 3 is a powerhouse of computational processing. So lets put ’em to the test. First, the usual caveat: benchmarks only mean so much. There are a lot…

Tech News Brent Rose Mar 16

Unedited: The New iPad Seems Like a Pass

We’re all playing with iPads today: new iPads and old iPads, iPad 1s, iPad 2s, and iPad News. As we write, we’re reflecting out loud. A lot. Here’s a look at our thoughts, unedited, straight from our Campfire group chat. This is not a review. These are our gut feelings. It’s the stuff that every…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Mar 16

The Great New iPad National Network Speed Test

High five: You got your shiny new iPad. Look at that display! Switch some browser tabs and feel the power of that extra RAM. Yeeeeah. Oh, did you get a 4G LTE model? So fast! But how fast? Was it worth the upgrade? Is your home speed better than your office speed? Is your speed…

Tech News Gizmodo Deals Mar 16

Don’t Expect a Ton of Retina-Level iPad Apps Today

It’s iPad Day! Hurray! All your favorite iPad apps, made retina-displayable! Hurr—not so fast. If what Instapaper godfather and iOS dev guru Marco Arment says is true, we might be waiting just a bit longer before we see many retina-caliber apps making their way onto the new iPad. Arment has been sending Instapaper data to…

Tech News Kyle Wagner Mar 16

Everything Your New iPad Needs Right Now

FedEx came through, or you survived an ungodly Apple Store line, or you mugged someone who just did. However you got your hands on a new iPad, congrats! Here’s everything you need to get started off right. Step One I’ll assume you’ve successfully removed the iPad from its box, yes? Good. You’re a natural! Now…

Tech News Gizmodo Mar 16

Here’s Woz, Waiting in Line for His New iPad

There’s a fine tradition of Steve Wozniak waiting with normal folk to pick up new Apple products, and today is no different. This time, Woz is second in line at the Westfield Mall in Century City, CA—beaten to the front by his wife. “My wife was the first, I was the second. We came at…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe Mar 16

Let’s Not Get Too Excited About Those New iPad Sales Numbers (Updated)

Destroying the New iPad With an Automatic Assault Rifle Is Harder Than You Think

The Best Tablet Display: Guess Who?

The Case for Buying iPads for Your Kids

Is Your New iPad Overheating?

The FAA May Soon Allow Electronic Device Use During Takeoff

We Gave People an iPad 2, Told Them It Was the New iPad, and They Loved It

iPad Test Notes: Which LTE iPad Is Faster?

Hackers Jailbreak New iPad Just a Few Hours After Release

The iPad Model You Should Buy

Here Is Your New iPad Porn

iPad Test Notes: Camera Performance

Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About the New iPad

iPad Test Notes: Retina Apps Do Make a Difference

iPad Test Notes: Speed (Versus Tegra 3) – UPDATED

Unedited: The New iPad Seems Like a Pass

The Great New iPad National Network Speed Test

Don’t Expect a Ton of Retina-Level iPad Apps Today

Everything Your New iPad Needs Right Now

Here’s Woz, Waiting in Line for His New iPad

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