So many friends and I are always going back and forth about what phone is better the iPhone or the Android. The debate usually starts up when one of our phones has a major glitch or issue. Well today I get to put another small on the iPhone. Did anyone who had an iPhone have to get up for work on Sunday and happen to use the iPhone as your alarm clock? Well if you did you might have been extremely late to work. You may ask why if you don?t answer yes to that question. Well a glitch in the iPhone caused many of the phones to spring back instead of spring ahead. So if you were looking to get up for let?s say 8AM you got up at 10AM. Oh the wonders of the iPhone! I personally have a Droid X and I woke up and checked my phone and then checked my PC and cable box and wouldn?t you know it, all of the times were correct. Now this was said to happen in US iPhones and isn?t the first time this issues has come up. Also it didn?t matter which carrier you used for the iPhone both AT&T and Verizon had this issue, so if it is not the carrier then it is the phone. This being a known glitch it has happened before outside of the US. In England this happened back in November 2010 the alarms failed to switch from British Summer Time to Greenwich Mean Time and this also happened in Australia during their daylights savings time. So the question begs to be asked, will Apple fix this glitch before the next daylight savings time??? A+ Apple…. A+!
I am trying to add a bit more to my blog by adding funny titles like this. I hope you enjoy it! This blog is really about how many iPad 2?s are going to be shipped in the spring of this year and whether or not that will even be enough to meet the demand.
Apple is said that they will be shipping 12 million iPad 2?s this spring alone. Apple will also be able to get 6.5 million out before April. Most insiders think that around 21.5 million to 24 million will ship in the last half of 2011.
This is something watch to see how fast they actually sell out. It seems that Apple have been deliberately conservative to avoid any type of over stock on the product. In my perspective the iPad 2 will sell out and be difficult to find. With most new tech toys it is usually really hard to get it after the first day usually. Let?s hope Apple steps up to the plate and answers if we have any issues with supply of the iPad 2.
It has been announced that iPad 2 is launching and Apple says 2011 is the year of the iPad 2. This basically squashes rumors that Apple was looking for a 6 month window between the iPad 2 and 3. Here is a breakdown of what Apple released on the iPad 2. It will be 33% thinner and 15% lighter than the first iPad. It will still have a 9.7 inch LED-backlit LCD screen and will have the new dual-core A5 processor for the fastest performance and graphics up to date. It also comes with two cameras! One in the front that will be able to utilize the FaceTime feature and Photo Booth. The rear facing camera can take 720p HD video, bringing the Facetime feature to iPad for the very first time. It also comes with up to 10 hours of battery life and it will be available in black or white this time around and they will be able to run on AT&T and Verizon 3G networks.
This iPad will have the iOS 4.3 which is right now the latest version of the most advanced mobile OS. Comes with a better Safari for mobile browsing, iTunes, enhancements to AirPlay, the choice to use the iPad side switch to either lock the screen rotation or mute audio and personal hotspot to share an iPhone 4 cell data connection over a Wi-Fi connection. Some more features are a built-in gyro for advanced gaming, HSUPA support for enhanced 3G uploading speeds on iPad2 Wi-Fi and 3G on AT&T. Also has HDMI Video Mirroring that lets users mirror their iPad on a HDTV using an optional adaptor.
Finally here is the pricing and availability of the iPad 2:
iPad 2 with Wi-Fi will be available on March 11 for a suggested retail price of $499 (US) for the 16GB model, $599 (US) for the 32GB model, $699 (US) for the 64GB model. iPad 2 Wi-Fi + 3G will be available for a suggested retail price of $629 (US) for the 16GB model, $729 (US) for the 32GB model and $829 (US) for the 64GB model. iPad 2 Wi-Fi + 3G compatible with the Verizon network will be available in the US only for a suggested retail price of $629 (US) for the 16GB model, $729 (US) for the 32GB model and $829 (US) for the 64GB model. iPad 2 will be sold in the US through the Apple Store.
This looks like iPad will once again set a strong standard on the mobile tablet world.
It has been reported that Google pulled 21 free apps from the Android Market. It seems that the apps are malware that are getting root access to the user?s device, gathering a wide range of available data, and also downloading more code to it without the user even knowing of the download.
Google has removed the apps once notified by the Android Police bloggers. The most unfortunate thing is that the applications in question have already been downloaded by at least five hundred thousand Android users.
The major problem is that they are actually basic replicas of popular free apps already out on the Android market. The apps in question however are all pirated versions of the games and utilities. The way it works is that once the item is downloaded it roots your device using a method like rageagainsttthecage, and then what it will do is use an Android executable file to take the users and devices data. The final part is it leaves your phone open for more malware code to be downloaded.
I have found the list of all the apps that have the malicious code that has been created by an entity called Myournet.
? Falling Down
? Super Guitar Solo
? Super History Eraser
? Photo Editor
? Super Ringtone Maker
? Super Sex Positions
? Hot Sexy Videos
? Chess
? ????_Falldown
? Hilton Sex Sound
? Screaming Sexy Japanese Girls
? Falling Ball Dodge
? Scientific Calculator
? Dice Roller
? ????
? Advanced Currency Converter
? APP Uninstaller
? ????_PewPew
? Funny Paint
? Spider Man
? ???
It has been reported that the Apple is holdings it?s always anticipated event on March 2nd of this year. Many sources have stated that the company will be unveiling the first look at the iPad 2. The thoughts on the iPad 2 are simple, it will be thinner than the iPad 1, and it will have an improved display and will also have a front facing camera for face to face video chat. It is also said that the 2 will be running on a Qualcomm multimode chip with GSM and CDMA based network support around the entire world.
This show will be a very big deal for Apple. With competition finally hitting the tablet market we will be seeing Apple trying to show off how great the iPad can really be. Every other tablet is running the Honeycomb version of Google?s Android mobile OS. And with nearly 25 million iPads sold since its inception last spring will the iPad 2 be able to reach the same plateau with all of this new competition? As I always say, time will tell.
Some people have been awaiting the arrival of the Motorola Xoom, a possible alternative to the iPad. Well it looks like those people who wanted the Xoom so bad will have to wait for one little thing. Well maybe it?s actually a big thing. It will ship on February 24th with NO flash support. If you look above at the Verizon sheet for the Xoom in very small print you will see * Adobe Flash expected Spring 2011. So you won?t have to wait very long to get flash support but shouldn?t the Xoom had been prepared for this? This was supposed to slay the iPad and be its first real competition. Yet it won?t have flash at launch. So maybe the only positive thing to come of this is that people using the Xoom won?t have to worry about annoying flash ads popping up while surfing the web.
