• Apple Responds to the new iPad Battery Overcharging Issue

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    Apple Responds to the new iPad Battery Overcharging Issue

    Apple Responds to the new iPad Battery Overcharging Issue

    The issue concerning Apple‘s new iPad’s battery and its ability to charge beyond 100% was on hot water over the previous days when NBC’s John Fortt reports that Apple said charging beyond 100 percent could “harm the longevity of the battery.”

    Apple is saying when it reads 100% the battery indicator reads 100%. It’s actually full enough to give you the kind of performance that they promise in their marketing. That’s ten hours of all-day battery life. They say if you charge it more than that, you could harm the longevity of the battery. So they say this isn’t just an issue with the new iPad. It was an issue with the previous ones well but this battery is 70% bigger so you’re more likely to notice it.

    Now, however, AllThingsD seems to have a word from Apple VP Michael Tchao that put the issue in rest:

    Apple does in fact display the iPad (and iPhone and iPod Touch) as 100 percent charged just before a device reaches a completely charged state. At that point, it will continue charging to 100 percent, then discharge a bit and charge back up to 100 percent, repeating that process until the device is unplugged.

    Doing so allows devices to maintain an optimum charge, Apple VP Michael Tchao told AllThingsD today.

    “That circuitry is designed so you can keep your device plugged in as long as you would like,” Tchao said. “It’s a great feature that’s always been in iOS.”

  • iPad’s A5X Benchmarked Against Nvidia’s Tegra 3

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    iPad’s A5X Against Nvidia’s Tegra 3

    iPad’s A5X Against Nvidia’s Tegra 3

    During the new iPad announcement Apple’s VP Phil Schiller made it clear that Apple’s new A5X chip was much faster than the latest Nvidia’s Tegra 3 chipset. which believed to be the cutting edge of mobile technology.

    Australian tech blogger Ritchie has put the claim to the test by doing a side-by-side video comparison of the new iPad and the Tegra 3-powered ASUS Transformer Prime.

    The results, while not as dramatic as Apple’s claims of 4 times the graphics processing power of the Tegra 3, do show conclusively that the A5X chip that sports dual-core CPU and quad-core GPU trounces the quad-core, 12-core graphics Tegra 3. Apple once again showing that raw specifications don’t necessarily make for a better experience.

    Watch the results for yourself below:

    [via TUAW]

  • Watch Apple “new iPad” Event Video Stream

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    Watch Apple "new iPad” Event Video Stream

    Watch Apple "new iPad” Event Video Stream

    Apple has posted a video for its new iPad event that took place in San Francisco today. The new iPad has been announced by Apple! As rumored, many of specs were expected, check them below:

    The new iPad Features & Specs:
    • Retina display, with a resolution of 2048×1536, 3.1 million pixels at 264ppi
    • A5X Processor, quad-core graphics
    • 5 megapixel iSight camera
    • 1080p video recording
    • Voice dictation, similar to Siri without the questions
    • 3G & 4G LTE connectivity
    • 10 hour battery life, 9 hour battery on 4G
    • 9.4mm thick, weighs 1.4lbs
    • Pre-orders start TODAY, available on March 16
    • iOS 5.1

    The video can be streamed here: Apple Events

  • iPad 3 to Feature Senseg’s E-Sense Touch Technology?

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    iPad 3 to Feature Senseg’s E-Sense Touch Technology?

    iPad 3 to Feature Senseg’s E-Sense Touch Technology?

    When we first get the next-gen iPad (iPad 3 or iPad HD) event invitation, every body’s attention went to “We have something you really have to see.” which was translated instantly as the company might have attached a Retina Display to their new iPad which is a big possibility. But the invitation text goes with another words that – “And touch.”? Which in turn could be a reference to a new technology adopted by Apple.

    According to reports by The Guardian, unlike Apple’s existing iPad display, next-gen iPad screen may be textured and actually you may feel rough, smooth, curved, flat, sticky, and slippery sensations by just touching the screen surface.

    “Apple never uses words in its invitations without them meaning something,” said Carolina Milanesi, smartphones and tablets analyst for the research company Gartner. As she pointed out, the invitation for Apple’s previous event in October had a picture of some app icons, a “1″ against the iPhone, and the phrase “Let’s talk iPhone” – in retrospect, a pun on the planned introduction of the single iPhone 4S, with the Siri voice-driven “assistant” software.

    Milanesi thinks similar analysis will pay dividends: “Saying you have to ‘see’ it obviously refers to the retina display. As for ‘touch’, my first thought was that they have done something to the back of the iPad.”

    But the Guardian believes that the “touch” refers to a technology from Senseg, a Finnish startup which has developed a system called E-Sense which appears to give texture to a touchscreen.

    The technology comes from a Finnish company called Senseg and it uses things called “tixels,” generated by electric fields from elements embedded around the screen, to provide a texture on the display that can change just like its pixels.

    [via cultofmac]