The next iPad might use a 7 - in screen , but it might not . It might get release on Steve Jobs ’s birthday , but it might not . One thing we can be sure of , though : iPhones are used more for gaming than Android phones — or else they ’re not . The remainders for Friday , December 23 , 2011 , ca n’t make up their mind .
Apple reckon as unbelievable to launch 7 - inch iPad in 2012(AppleInsider )
One Wall Street analyst says that , despite the rumors , Applewon’trelease a 7 - in iPad nano . Or a 7 - column inch iPod jot Pro . or else , this psychoanalyst predicts that Apple will drop the price of the iPad 2 to the mid-$300 stove when the troupe issue the iPad 3 . What this analyst wo n’t say , but I ’m boldly predicting here , is that the iPad 3 will move from a 10 - column inch display to a 10 - foot one . You see it here first .
Apple may be speed to launch the iPad 3 on Jobs ’s birthday(BGR )
Speaking of rumors about unreleased Apple products , Boy Genius Reports … er….reportsthat Apple may well be train to get the next iPad on storage shelves by February 24 , Steve Jobs ’s natal day . Of of course , perhaps the even cracking tribute to Jobs would require Apple wait one more twenty-four hours , so that the iPad 3 can set up on George Harrison ’s natal day — make it thesecondApple - shop day we ’ll never block .
survey finds ‘ iPhone is for game , Android is for apps’(Appolicious )
A novel sketch from app search site Xyologic claims that iPhone proprietor use their gadget more for gaming , while Android gadget are used more for other apps . Writes mobile app discovery service Appolicious , “ This is because of the top 150 apps in the iTunes App Store , Xyologic found that 100 of them were game . Meanwhile , in the Android Market , only 85 of the top 150 apps were games . ” In a related to story , a recentMacworldstudy has concluded that the researchers at Xyologic use silly statistical analysis come near 100 percentage of the time .
Peek Into Apple Store ’s Wi - Fi connection Finds 335 Devices(ifoAppleStore.com )
A Hawaiian tech writer , Todd Ogasawara , find more than 300 devices were connected to the free Wi - Fi at the Honolulu Apple Store . ( Note that , in Hawaii , they call itWi’Fi’alai’akai’ano . ) Ogasawara also claimed that Apple Stores employ Cisco enterprise wireless base station , but I wo n’t believe that composition until he can supply the Cisco router ’s longform nascency security .
Product News :
Air Dictate – In what ’s speedily becoming a burgeoning marketplace , Avataron software released Air Dictate , an app for using your iPhone 4S to prescribe to your Mac . You need a free Mac utility app for the arranging to work . ( $ 1 )
WritePad – PhatWare released WritePad 6.0 , an update to its note - taking and handwriting - recognition software for iOS devices . With the app , substance abuser can create and redact text text file using the hand or text introduction ; e-mail , tweet , print , or post Facebook updates directly from WritePad ; sync papers with Dropbox , Evernote , and iTunes ; translate documents to 13 supported nomenclature ; and more . $ 4 .
Quickoffice – Quickoffice has released an update to its Office suite for the iPad . The latest interlingual rendition of the Quickoffice Pro HD iPad app includes additional font options , word - counting capabilities , and the ability to make and redact merged cells in Excel . The app is now also iOS 5 compatible . $ 20 .
Geo Walk – Vito Technology has released Geo Walk 2.4 , an iOS app characteristic pick out content and articles on an interactional Earth . user can range through the app to larn more about places , animate being , and plants . The latest update include a new Search feature , a redesigned interface , and links to Wikipedia . $ 1 until December 29 , $ 3 after .
