Tag: iPad Mini

Apple Announces iOS8 Release Date

As part of the iPhone6 announcement, Apple Inc. also announced that iOS8, the next version of their mobile operating system, will be released on September 17th. Apple also announced that they will be continuing support of the older iPad 2 with this release as well as the iPhone 4’s, 5’s and 6’s.

iPad Mini 2 Goes On Sale

Apple, Inc. quietly shutdown their Apple Store and then added the Mac Mini 2.  Long delayed by a number of issues, the Mac Mini 2 comes in 2 models and 2 colors.  Silver and Space Grey are the colors currently available in the Apple Store. While the US store has made both the Wi-Fi model and the Cellular model available, the Japan store is only listing the Cellular model.  4 memory configurations are available: 16, 32, 64, and 128 gb….

Artemis Starship Bridge Simulator Updated to 1.701

Thom Robertson, the guru behind the popular multi-player game Artemis and owner of Incandescent Workshop, has released an update to the iOS version of Artemis to match his PC version of the game.  Incandescent Workshop released version 1.701 includes a number of fixes, new features, and changes including: All references to USFP have been changed to TSN. Engineering damcon systems have been adjusted, so they (hopefully) don’t fall out of sync with the server. Collisions have changed, from a soft…

Apple makes event video available for all browsers

The event video from the 23 October launch of the iPad mini is now available on the Apple event website.  Initially, the video was only viewable in safari but it is now available for all browsers. The october 23rd event saw the introduction of a slew of new products including: new iMac new Mac Mini with 16gb Ram new Mac book pro 13 inch with retina display iPad 4 iPad mini Also introduced in the event was iBooks 3 with…

iPad Mini Announcement Invites Sent Out by Apple, Inc.

Apple, Inc. sent out invitations to an October 23rd announcement event.  The event, scheduled to be held at the 1122 seat California Theatre in San Jose, has long been expected to be the introduction of the rumored iPad Mini.  Another rumor floating around is that Apple will introduce a smaller MacBook Pro at the event as well.

The 7.85 Inch iPad is Coming — According to Samsumg Official

An unnamed official of Samsung, the Korean electronics manufacturer and Apple’s biggest parts supplier, gave an interview in The Koream Times saying “The contract is expected to rise to $11 billion by the end of this year as Apple is planning to release a smaller iPad, probably with a 7.85-inch screen, and to sell more of its MacBook Air PCs using Samsung’s faster solid state drive (SSD) storage” While Apple itself would never mention any information about products that are…

iPad Mini – A Possible Reality or Just A Dream.

Rumors of a mid sized Apple iPad are once again flairing up on the internet.   The latest in a posting from DigiTimes Systems mentions the possibility of Apple launching a 7.85 inch iPad  late 2012.  The site goes on to compare the Apple iPad and the Kindle Fire, obviously in an effort to give the iPad some competition. While the mini iPad would make some people happy with the fact that the iPad would then be able to fit into…