Consumer Reports: iPad 2 the best tablet available

Apple’s uber-successful iPad 2 now has a Consumer Electronics stamp of approval, with the consumer magazine proclaiming the WiFi+3G version of the iconic device the best tablet available on the market. iPad 2 has beaten Motorola Xoom to the tablet punch, in addition to a bunch of would-be iPad killers from Archos, Dell, Motorola, Samsung and ViewSonic.

Consumer Reports put out a press release quoting their electronics editor Paul Reynolds:

So far, Apple is leading the tablet market in both quality and price, which is unusual for a company whose products are usually premium priced. However, it’s likely we’ll see more competitive pricing in tablets as other models begin to hit the market.

iPad 2 emerged on top despite Consumer Reports calling the Xoom “the iPad 2′s chief rival.”

What gave me a pause is the fact that a pricey iPad model topped the charts, not the entry-level $499 model. The $730 32GB WiFi+3G model scored Excellent in nearly every category, leaving the $800 Xoom in the dust.

They evaluated the tablets on seventeen different criteria. Apple’s slate does have legendary battery life, the results show.

Consumer Reports measured 12.2 hours of non-stop video playback on iPad 2 versus its rated ten-hour battery life. The Archos 70 Internet Tablet has the poorest battery that lasts just 3.8 hours.


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Apple uses stronger glass in iPad 2

If you were wondering just how strong the screen components are in the iPad 2, we now know thanks to some tests that the iPhone repair experts over at iFixYouri have done comparing the flexibility of the glass screen parts from both devices.

As has already been reported, the iPad's 2 screen (that includes the LCD) is thinner than the one found in the original iPad, which helped Apple make the iPad 2 lighter. Some wondered whether the thinner glass might be more fragile, but from this video, anyway, it appears the opposite is true.

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Geohot Vs Sony: “making Sony mad” 3 minutes Video

AOTS (Attack of the Show) today hosts exclusively (live) Geohot to talked about the lawsuit which Sony recently filed against him for jailbreaking the PS3.
He made it very clear that his jailbreak (geohot.com) doesn’t enable piracy. All what he does is to allow anyone to run unsigned homebrew apps for the first time on their systems such as PlayStation 3.
The Important Question and Answer was:

Q: “what exactly the issue is, what are you being sued for here?”. 
A: “making Sony mad”. 

Check out the whole (five-minute) interview in the video embedded below. It’s worth a watch!

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iOS 4.2.5 on Verizon iPhone 4 Hands On (Video)

Couple of hours ago, Verizon iPhone 4 appeared in the New York City event and we'll get it in our hands starting early February 2011 but some high profile bloggers on Engadget got Verizon iPhone 4 before it's being in others hands.

However, Verizon iPhone 4 is running iOS 4.2.5. Engadget has spotted the “Personal Hotspot” feature in iOS 4.2.5, running on the said handset. The feature is built in the Settings app, as can be seen in the screenshot above and hands on video below:

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iPhone 4 VS Nexus S in Smartphones Smackdown [VIDEO]

Google Nexus S is available today for purchase in US at BestBuy stores. Google Nexus S is a major smartphone designed by the folks (Google) in Mountain View, California, and manufactured by Samsung, Nexus S is the first phone powered by the recently released Android 2.3 Gingerbread. It is also the first Android phone with built-in support for NFC. So how about comparing it with Apple's iPhone 4 in a video comparison?

Both devices are put head to head in a 5 round smackdown, with 1 clear winner. The categories through the tests are, Speed, Text Entry, Screen, Browser, and Extras. Watch the video embedded below and tell us your thoughts in the comment section below:

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Gravity Comes to iPhone and iPad with GraviBoard [VIDEO]

That's awesome but it's not released yet. GraviBoard is a brand new Tweak in the works right now by conradev that will be available in Cydia soon, once activated it will make the icons lose gravity ! The developer has no word on release date yet and they says that it is still a little buggy and is getting worked on. Below is a video of it in action.

This tweak will be really awesome and I will be one of the first users who get this tweak. If you really had a jailbroken iOS device, this would be such an awesome prank! More updates as they come. Stay tuned ! [via 9to5mac]

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Why Apple is Called Apple?

Did you ask yourself, why Apple is called Apple? , you can know the answer in the below video, Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak explains origins of the name which all traces back to Steve Jobs’ days at the orchards in Oregon and even connects to Dancing with the Stars, as 9to5mac describes.

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New Google Goggles Searching the Images [VIDEO]

The next generation search is in our hands, the new "Google Goggles" app which is a great creation by google and this may also boosts the google searches to an extent. What is this new Google Googles do is to recognize the pictures we take around us starting from monuments, books, buildings to cars and more! it can also scan that picture and give you the web results of that one you have taken.

Another good thing about Google Goggles that it also recognizes voice search. This great Goggle search is very interesting and useful, if you are not aware of anything just take the picture of that thing and it will show you the relevant search result for that object.

Google experimented “Google Goggles” and here is the video of that Experiment:

You can download this App for Android or iPhone from the link given below directly:

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RIM Attacks Apple -- Puts PlayBook VS. iPad in Browser Test [VIDEO]

Today RIM (Research in Motion) posted a side-by-side video of their PlayBook vs. Apple’s iPad to show the browsing ability and speeds the PlayBook has to offer. There were three different tests, they tested both of them in raw web-site rendering, Acid3, and Java. The results are very exciting and unbelievable.

RIM's Playbook loads pages faster than the iPad and has full flash capabilities considerig you don't have Flash on iPad.

So, Apple, let's hope we see iPad 2nd generation versus this RIM's Playbook as the two devices will be in the same level of technician.

Oh, forgot to tell you that Jim Balsillie, Co-CEO of Research In Motion said in an interview at the Web 2 Summit in San Francisco that unlike Apple, “you don’t have to go through a closed platform of an SDK. You don’t need an app for the web.” What do you think? [via TiPB]

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Windows Phone 7 Jailbreak First Step [Video]

Yesterday we reported about the Australian developer, Chris Walshie who is working hard to develop a way to jailbreak WP7 as well as he was successfully able to prove a method to run "native unmanaged code" on a retail Windows Phone 7 device. Let's check out this in action.

I’ll be posting the code in a couple of days, need to clean it all up. And yes, it’s a managed app running unmanaged code :)

You’ve got FULL access, create, delete, browse files etc. Just can’t delete system ROM files, IE coredll.dll (obviously).

I would imagine that we'll see the new third-party jailbreak store apps very soon, as the developers won't find the complexities such as those on iOS Jailbreak. What do you think? [via Walshie]

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Windows Phone 7, iPhone 4 and Android in a Grilling Contest [VIDEO]

You might have surmised from the title, Grilling Contest. WP7, iPhone 4 and Google's Android G2 device in a grilling contest. EZGrill made a quick grilling contest using a hot grill between Android G2 (for $599), Windows Phone 7 (for $549), and iPhone 4 ($731). So, which one will win? Le's face it.

The Windows Phone 7 showed the most endurance, although it was crashed int he end too. Le's take a look at the video below and thanks Engadget for spotting this. And of course, the OS had a lot to do with this...

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Table Connect for iPhone in a Game Test [VIDEO]

Remember Table Connect for iPhone? This real 58-inch table which was demonstrated before in a video that makes us want it. The guys behind this project has made a new video but this time, it's more interesting!

We are currently testing Table Connect for iPhone with various games and are testing how far we can go :-)

Warning: Try only if you're fit, sore muscles guaranteed! (Still hurts ...)

Labyrinth 2 by Illusion Labs is great fun and available on the App Store!

The video is showing Labyrinth 2 game in action. Of course it's not comfortable to carry a huge table and play a game but anyway, it'll be attractive for reactionary uses! [TableConnect, via iPhoneItalia]

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Download Your Facebook Photos and Videos to Your Computer [Video Guide]

The latest Facebook features allow you to make a backup of your Facebook photos and videos directly to your computer, so that you can browse your photos and videos offline, the new feature will download all your information in one zip package. Let's see how it works in video after the jump.

As you see in the above video how you now can download everything you've ever posted on Facebook and all your correspondences with friends, in a few easy steps. Give it a try now and don't forget to feed us back in the comment section.

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Verizon Launches it's First iPad Commercial

Verizon has just released their new iPad Commercial. Verizon has at least showed off their iPad telling everyone they also have something like iPad. The unique thing they have shown in this ad is that the iPad is shown as working with a mobile Hotspot & the ability to use it outside. This is true! the network can be used anywhere. This is only possible with the Verizon Mifi device which will let you use Wi-Fi Nationwide.

The ad shows that a Person is sitting in his house using his iPad and then he put out his Verizon's Mifi device to connect to internet, then his home turn into a Mountainous area where he can also use that same wifi. It come with the tagline:

“All the magic of iPad. All the nationwide power and reliability of Verizon.”

It wasn't too easy using internet before, the Verizon's iPad and Mifi has made it possible. The good thing about Verizon is now with iPad you can use more data than AT&T plans,also with reasonable price. What do you think? [The Next Web via MacStories]

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Flash Coming to iPhone Next Thursday

Apple has just approved a new iOS application from Skyfire which converts Flash-based video to HTML5, according to CNNMoney. The App scheduled to hit the App Store by the next Thursday. The app technicality based on activating a function that allows Flash video content in the browser to be sent to Skyfire's servers to be converted to HTML5 then sent back to your iOS device for display.

The app won't translate games or other non-video content that runs in Flash, however. Still, Glueck estimates that the number of websites and videos that Skyfire will open up to iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch users is in the "millions."

This app will be prices $2.99, really it worth try, as usual we will keep you informed about any updates for this. [via MacRumors]

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Apple Launches New iPad Commercial “iPad is Electric” [Video]

Earlier today, Apple has launched a new iPad commercial called “iPad is Electric” to show the features of videos, educational apps, the official eBay client and Amplitude which indicates to a guitar remix of the commercial theme.

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Really it was an amazing marriage, so what you intend to do with your girlfriend after you saw this? [via RazorianFly & TUAW]

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The Banned White iPhone 4 Promo Video [Humor]

We all knew that Apple has delayed white iPhone 4 for three times, first when it announced it in July, then in August till later this year and from about two days until spring 2011. We also got some reports that it was canceled by Apple. So, while waiting for a 'white iPhone 5', let's have some fun with a banned white iPhone 4 promo video.

If you waited for the white iPhone, you’re an idiot. You’re a stupid human being who has waited 5 months for a phone that’s a different color. That you’re just gonna put a cover on anyway. So you’re a fool. In fact, why don’t you go get an EVO or something? Or a Droid. 2. They apparently does.

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2 Guys Blowing Up MacBook Air with Dynamite [Video]

In this video, two guys with too much money and free time, blow the 1st generation MacBook Air up with dynamite.  I wondering why someone get rid of such an amazing gadget which is being sold with $1500+.

Those people are really crazy! Can you think about it, they just blown up US $1500+. What do you think? [via RazorianFly]

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Apple's “Back to the Mac” Event in 3 Minutes [VIDEO]

Back to the Mac media event was a great event for Mac lovers. Apple held this media event last Wednesday on 20th October. New MacBook airs were introduced in the event, Mac OS X Lion, iLife 11 and more! The full event event video is more than 90 minutes and available on Apple's site. But would you prefer abridged 3 minutes one?

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