• iPad 2 Speed Test shows it’s 4x Faster than Original iPad


    CNET.co.uk did some Javascript benchmarks on the new iPad running iOS 4.3 and compared them with other iOS devices and a few Androids.

    The results are pretty impressive.  Where the iPhone 4 and iPad lagged behind both Android devices using iOS 4.2, popping iOS 4.3 with the new WebKit 2 browser engine in the devices dropped more than half of their rendering time.

    As you can see, the iPad 2, with its more powerful processor, and perhaps helped by some additional RAM, is over 50% faster than the previous iPad.

  • MacBook Pro 15″ Unibody Early 2011 Teardown


    The iFixit got their hands on Apple’s latest Unibody MacBook Pro 15-inch.  Its not chock full of surprises but here’s what they found:

    • Wireless is Broadcom BCM4331
    • Intel BD82HM65 Platform Controller Hub
    • AMD Radeon HD 6490M GPU (labeled as AMD 216-00809000)
    • Quad-Core Intel i7-2629M Mobile Processor (labeled as 2V041112A0127)
    • Broadcom BCM57765B0KMLG Integrated Gigabit Ethernet and Memory Card Reader Controller
    • Intel L051NB32 EFL (we assume this is the Thunderbolt port controller) – pictured below
    • Parade PS8301 U08FUC
    • TDK 6T213HF 1045 H

    [via: ifixit]

  • Killzone 3 Full Walkthrough / Gameplay in 720p HD


    Youtube User RajmanGamingHD has posted a full walkthrough/gameplay for the upcoming game franchise Killzone 3 in Full 720p HD. You will find below the complete set of gameplays starting from the Opening Scenes through the Game ending.

    Killzone 3 is set to be released on February 22 in the US and three days later in the UK.

  • Killzone 3 Demo Making The Latest Reviews Seem Unreliable


    After playing the single player demo and reading some of the latest reviews, it seems Guerrilla Games latest shooter may have been unfairly nit-picked to the point of ridiculousness by some of the more popular gaming networks. Here is what game-insider had to say:

    From the gameplay of this demo it is truly hard to believe any respectable gaming journalist would actually undercut this experience with negative propaganda based on some self righteous quest to be different. These reviews might be going beyond the point of an opinion. They can appear to become over-exaggerated banter with no respect for the herculean development efforts put forth by Guerrilla Games.

    From complaints that the cut-scenes go black causing too much delay between the action, the dialogue being considered flat and boring with no real need to listen, to being called a ‘miserable experience’, and not offering anything new to the genre which I must add is a complete double-standard, this demo begs to differ in a big way. In fact this demo which more than likely doesn’t scratch the surface of the full experience makes an embarrassing mess of the holes found in some the latest reviews.

    Nevertheless, this is only a demo.

    To our gaming journalist brother and sisters who tirelessly and HONESTLY place the interest and concerns of gamers before their very own, I salute you.