Apple's New A5X Chip May Be for iPad Only, Analysts Say

Apple delivered a performance breakthrough Wednesday with its new A5X processor for the iPad,but it's possible that this chip won't make its way into the next iPhone, analysts said.

The chips used in the first two iPads, the A4 and A5, both made their way into a new iPhone soon after. But the A5X, with its heavy focus on graphics, may not be ideal for smartphone use, and Apple may wait for a more power-efficient chip built with a new manufacturing process.

Apple iPad: How It Stacks Up Against the Android Tablets

Scores of new tablets have appeared in the past few months, and now that we know what the third-generation Apple iPad will offer when it ships March 16, here’s the verdict: Android tablet vendors, get busy. Apple’s specs blow past most rivals, whether shipping, announced, or on deck. Expect competing tablet makers to rush back to the drawing board and get a plan B in order to compete.

Apple's New iPad Stays Comfortably Ahead of the Tablet Pack

Apple takes the tablet lead over the Android masses with its third-generation iPad announced today. Thanks to an impressive hi-def Retinal display coupled with a bounty of iPad-optimized apps, Apple once again has the tablet to beat.

Apple Unveils its Next iPad

Apple on Wednesday announced the next version of its popular iPad tablet, which will be faster than its predecessor and have a higher resolution screen.

The new tablet will be able to display images at a resolution of 2048 by 1536 pixels, which is around 3.1 million pixels, the company said at an event in San Francisco. That should enable the device to play sharper video.

iPad 3 'Frankenslate' Assembled Ahead of Apple Media Event

Apple's media event, during which the company is expected to unveil the iPad 3, is only a few days away but some people just can't wait to add to the feverish speculation of what the device will look like.

The website M.I.C. Gadget has gotten its hands on what it says is a pile of iPad 3 components and put them together in what SlashGear is calling "Frankenslate."

iPad Sales Forecast to Hit 55 Million in 2012

Apple will sell 55 million iPads this year, with sales driven by a "significant" upgrade in the shape of the iPad 3, an analyst has predicted.

Shaw Wu of Sterne Agee issued a note to investors, picked up by Apple Insider, saying that the third-generation iPad -- which is expected to be unveiled next week -- will have a Retina display, Siri voice recognition, and 4G capabilities.

Apple "will unveil 8GB iPad 2 as well as iPad 3 next week"

Wu believes that the 4G connectivity -- based on the LTE (long-term evolution) standard -- will be the most significant of the new features, differentiating it from many Android-based tablets and the Kindle Fire.

Beefier iPad 2 May Accompany iPad 3 Next Week

Reports from Apple's supply chain suggest that the company will introduce an 8GB iPad 2 next Wednesday as well as a third-generation iPad.

Apple sent out official invitations to a press event in San Francisco that will take place next Wednesday, March 7. But the possibility that Apple might launch something else other than the iPad 3 has been considered, with some suggesting that a new Apple TV or even a smart TV set could be

Apple iPad 3 Shipments Heading to the United States?

Foxconn is preparing to ship the first iPad 3 units to the United States, reports say.

The Apple Pro blog has published a picture of what it says is official documentation showing a shipping schedule, with several shipments from Foxconn heading to the U.S. and due to arrive no later than 9 March.

Adobe Photoshop Touch App Arrives For iPad 2

Adobe's Photoshop Touch app for iPad 2 that launched Monday not only allows you to grab images from your camera roll, but you also can paint special effects onto images and add your own text.

The $9.99 app has core features found in the desktop version of the software, as well as tablet-specific capabilities such as Facebook and Google Image Search integration and cloud image storage.

iPad 3 Display: A Possible Peek

The screen in Apple’s next-generation iPad is said to be a standout feature of the tablet, and an analysis of what is purportedly one of those new screens supports the growing expectations.

Repairs website iFixit analyzed a screen obtained obtained earlier this month byMacRumors, which says the screen is that of an iPad 3, and confirms the unit has double the resolution of the iPad 2 screen.

iPads Snatched by Chinese Authorities, Trademark Dispute Turns Tactical

Will Apple's iPad be able to keep its name in China? Will the iPad 3 end up being called the something-else-Pad when it debuts? The bigger question today: Will Apple be able to keep selling its tablet at all if, as it seems, doing so violates Chinese law?

iPad 3 Expected First Week of March

The latest we're hearing is that Apple will announce the third-generation iPad in the first week of March. This comes from AllThingsD's John Paczkowski, who wrote today that sources were telling him that the announcement was likely to take place in San Francisco.

Amazon Attacks Apple: You Get Three Kindle Products for Price of iPad 2

Amazon has released a new advertisement that takes a shot at the price of Apple's iPad, emphasizing the lower cost of the Kindle e-reader and Android-based Kindle Fire tablet.

In the ad, seen below, a woman tells a man that her Kindle reader, which works well in sunlight, along with her kids' two Kindle Fire tablets, which offer access to games, videos and more, cost less combined than his iPad.

New Rumors Tip Early March Launch for iPad 3

A couple of clues are making the rounds this week that point to a March release for Apple's new iPad.Citing unnamed sources, AllThingsD reported today that Apple will hold an event in the first week of March to announce the next-gen tablet. The event will be hosted in San Francisco at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, Apple's location of choice for big announcements, AllThingsD said.

IPad 3: Predictions and Challenges From iFixit

Kyle Wiens of iFixit, a Web site that provides free repair manuals and advice forums, has been a reliable prognosticator of everything Apple. With the next iPad expected to come out in March, Wiens recently gazed into his crystal ball.

On the eve of other major Apple unveilings, Wiens rightly predicted that the iPhone 4S would not run on 4G networks because the 4G chipsets were woefully power-inefficient. He predicted that the iPad 2 would have more RAM and a dual-core chip, but not higher resolution.

Phony iPads, iPhones Put Apple Engineers' Trustworthiness to Test

One way Apple keeps details of anticipated products such as the iPad 3 or the iPhone 5 under wraps is reportedly by ensuring that its engineers are super trustworthy.

APPLE IPHONYS: The iPhone 5 edition

Such is the hypothesis according to both Adam Lashinsky's new book, Inside Apple, and the words of a former Apple employee who spoke during a Q&A session with Lashinsky during an interview orchestrated by LinkedIn (video below).

How to Hack an iPad

Most iPad and iPhone owners rely on their Apple ID password to prevent access to their account details. This won't stop a hacker gaining access to your personal account and log in details. Here's how to hack an iPad. Whenever you want to change a setting on an iPad or iPhone, aside from non-critical items such as the alarm clock time or the volume, Apple prompts you to enter your Apple ID. Ideally, there will be a four-digit PIN code preventing anyone who isn't you being able to get as far as the settings menu, but not all of us are that careful.

Here's why you really should pay much more heed to controlling access.

Go to the App Store and click on an item to download. Assuming it costs anything at all to purchase, you'll be prompted to enter the password for your Apple account. Do so, and then wait for the app to

Two Years of Apple's iPad: Happy Second Birthday, Innovative Tablet!

Two years ago Friday, Apple's late co-founder and CEO Steve Jobs unveiled the original iPad, one of the most anticipated Apple products in history."There hasn't been this much hype about a tablet since Moses came down from the mountain," Jobs said quoting an earlier New York Times article. Speculation over Apple's touch tablet had been circulating for months, and the as-yet-unseen product was predicted to be the saviour of all things print--including books, newspapers, and magazines.

When the Apple slate finally went on sale in the U.S. in April 2010, it quickly won over fans nationwide selling 300,000 units within the first 24 hours. Competitors followed with competing tablets including the Android-based Motorola Xoom and Samsung Galaxy Tab, HP's TouchPad, and the BlackBerry PlayBook.

Notebook App Adds iPad, Dropbox Capabilities

Appigo has relaunched its Notebook iOS app, expanding the note-taking tool from an iPhone-only offering into one that also works on the iPad. The updated app can also sync its documents among multiple other devices. Notebook 2.0 arrived this week in the App Store. In addition to its new status as universal app that works on all of Apple's mobile devices, the note-taking app also now offers Dropbox syncing--allowing users to recover their notes as .txt files from their personal computer.

Notebook is otherwise a basic affair--as its own developers have observed, the app doesn't offer text-editing layout, or formatting capabilities. But it does have a "data detection" feature that creates phone numbers, websites, email addresses, and calendar events.

iPhone 4S and iPad 2 Receive First Untethered Jailbreak

Good news for wannabe iPhone jailbreakers: The Chronic Dev Team and pod2g have finally released the first untethered jailbreak for the iPhone 4S and iPad 2.

"But wait," you ask. "Haven't we been able to jailbreak these devices for months now?"

No. Don't confuse iPhone 4S and iPad 2 jailbreaking with iOS 5 jailbreaking – apples and oranges, thanks to the inclusion of Apple's new dual-core A5 processor in these two devices. Prior to yesterday's release of the "Absinthe A5" jailbreak, there has been no