Today a patent has been published by the US Patent and Trademark office which gives details of a stylus designed by Apple. The aptly named iPen has at least two prototypes in the works, with two different technologies built in side of them. One of the iPen prototypes is said to feature an optical sensor at the tip to track movement on the touch screen. The other iPen prototype features more technology, such as a haptic actuator, as well as a wireless receiver and transmitter and again a sensor of some sort. It pretty much does the same thing as the optical sensor, by determining the iPen’s movement in relation to the display which should mean an extremely precise stylus.

Whether or not we will actually see the iPen from Apple will remain to be seen for now as a lot of patents that go through the US Patent and Trademark Office never make it into the market.

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When Apple announced the third generation iPad, they announced that there would not only be the standard Wi-Fi only model but, also a Wi-Fi and 4G. However as the UK doesn’t have a 4G infrastructure yet, there were complaints over the use of the term 4G. Apple also fell foul in Australia with the 4G reference.

In light of this, Apple have quietly changed the 4G references on their website and instead it’s been replaced with “Wi-Fi + Cellular”. This is true for the UK and Australia, as well as New Zealand and South East Asia. It’s also been changed to “Wi-Fi + Cellular on Apple.com which serves the US and Canada. In America, 4G is already available but, presumably it’s been changed on the US site and world wide for that matter so that all of Apple’s stores provide the same information and naming system to stop any confusion.

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When Apple announced the third generation iPad known simply as the “new iPad”, their second generation iPad models saw a price reduction with the price point now starting at £329 compared to £399. What Apple neglected to mention however, is that the iPad 2 has had a small hardware upgrade.

The original iPad 2 had a 45nm A5 processor, while newer iPad 2 models are shipping with a 32nm processor. These are more power efficient and give and estimated 16% improvement in battery life for browsing and is estimated to offer 30% more battery life while gaming.

Of course there will be some of the old model’s floating around and unfortunately the only way to tell if you have the improved iPad 2 is by using an app such as Linpack or Geekbench to identify the model number. The iPad 2s with the newer processors have the model number iPad2,4 while older models will be iPad2,1, iPad2,2 and iPad2,3. It’s also likely that the iPad 2s with the older 45mn processor will have 5.0.1 or older running while newer iPad 2s should have 5.1 out the box.

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In the world of ultra-thin laptop computers, Apple is currently enjoying a healthy lead in terms of sales. But Intel, along with its posse of Ultrabook makers, is trying to make sure that it’s the PC camp that has the last laugh. By the third quarter of 2012, it is widely expected that the second-generation Ultrabooks from the likes of Acer, Dell, Toshiba, and Asus are going to come out, and the likely outcome is that current ultra-thin models such as Apple’s MacBook Air are going to get no attention from consumers whatsoever.

Is Apple concerned about this kind of thing happening at all? Does it have a plan for when the next-generation Ultrabooks do come out and knock it off the top spot of the ultra-thin notebook market? Well, if a report on the Chinese DigiTimes is to be believed, then Apple does know its sales of the MacBook Air will be affected by second-gen Ultrabooks, and it does indeed have a plan for when that happens. Apple’s plan? Issue a MacBook Air price cut that will bring it down to only $799.

This information is taken by DigiTimes from unnamed sources “from the upstream supply chain.” If you think about it, this kind of move by Apple actually makes sense, since $799 is about the same price as most Ultrabooks that are available nowadays. Unless Intel gets the price down for the second-generation models in time, a MacBook Air at that price point is going to kill Ultrabook sales. For a while, at least. It’s not known whether there is even any truth to this information or not, but if it really is true, it’s a certainly workable strategy for Apple, albeit only a temporary one.

Intel is really making its money (over $300 million of it so far) work hard to make the Ultrabook category rise to the top of the notebook market, and adoption can only speed up once Windows 8 comes out during the later part of the year. Apple needs to think of other ways to woo consumers beginning in the 3rd quarter of this year if it wants to maintain its level of MacBook Air sales.

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Complaints from users of Apple’s latest iPad are now being closely monitored by the UK’s Advertising Standards Authority, who are in charge of handling complaints relating to the same issue that is also affecting customers in other parts of the world. This issue concerns the Apple iPad’s 4G capabilities that apparently do not work unless within range of a compatible 4G LTE network. Of course, users of the iPad are unable to actually experience the advertised faster speeds, since for instance in the UK there is no widespread 4G network coverage yet. And according to a report from the UK’s BBC, even when next-generation 4G LTE networks are fully deployed, the Apple iPad as it is currently configured will not be fully compatible with them. So it seems that iPad 4G-related complaints will just keep pouring in, unless Apple decides to change something about its advertising strategy, at least as far as the 4G capabilities are concerned.

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It’s not the first time we’ve heard rumours surrounding an “iPad Mini” from Apple but, more rumours have come about citing Q3 release for a smaller iPad. Previous rumours suggested that Apple would launch a mini iPad along side the third generation iPad announced April 7th. No such announcement was made at Apple’s press conference however.

NetEase however claim that Apple will launch a smaller iPad in the third quarter of this year to fight off competition from the Amazon Kindle Fire. The iPad Mini is rumoured to feature a 7 inch display, the same size as found on the Kindle Fire and will also have a similar price tag of around $200.

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There is no doubt in most people’s minds that the Apple iPad is a good device. However, there are some who think that even the new Apple iPad is simply not good enough, despite what most reviewers say. That is when it comes to content creation and providing overall value for money. This is the opinion held by Intel product manager Anand Kajshmanan and Intel media relations representative Alison Wesley, who recently shared their thoughts with PCWorld on how the current and oncoming wave of Ultrabooks can best the iPad and even the Apple MacBook Air. Basically, it all boils down to the consumers’ want of choice and the ability to use a built-in keyboard, which are the primary drivers for Ultrabook sales nowadays.

If you look at an Ultrabook like the Asus UX31 Zenbook which is pictured above, you’ll see that it’s pretty much a complete MacBook Air alternatives with the added bonus of being able to run Windows and all of your legacy apps excellently. And the best thing about Ultrabooks is that they are still a work in progress–expect to see a lot of improvements with the iterations that are going to become available in the coming months. These include the addition of touchscreen displays, the use of other novel form factors, and the inclusion of sensors like accelerometers and other such things. Hit the link below for more from Intel’s interview with PCWorld.

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By now, reviewers have had more than enough time to test out Apple’s new iPad in comparion with not only the old one but also the many other tablet devices that are available in the market today. And if you’re looking to find out what Consumer Reports has to say about the new iPad on their own review for it, we have it here right now.

Based on the tests that Consumer Reports did over the course of the iPad 3′s availability in the market, it was found that not only does the new iPad outperform its predecessor–the iPad 2–but it also trumps pretty much every other tablet that’s available today overall. That’s quite an achievement for something that supposedly has slight problems with overheating and charging during usage.

The thing that helps the iPad take the cake, unsurprisingly, is its built-in high-res Retina display, which even the best OLED screen from Samsung’s Galaxy Tab 7.7 just can’t compete with. In terms of battery life, it seems that the iPad is also the one that offers the best value for money. The new iPad’s strengths should give other manufacturers something new to aspire to.

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It may have only been released today but, the New iPad that was announced by Apple on March 7th has been jailbroken already.

The jailbreak was found by Dev Team’s MuscleNerd. The jailbreak isn’t available to download yet but, for those interested it shouldn’t be too long until it’s released and available to download. MuscleNerd tweeted earlier “jailbroken iPad3: http://twitpic.com/8x48xg (Just a first step, still lots of work to do! No ETA!)”

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There are rumors going around that when Apple announce the latest Apple iPad on March 7th, they will also release an 8GB variant of the iPad 2. According to reports, an 8GB version would make iPads more affordable to more people and compete with the fast selling Amazon Kindle Fire which currently retails for only $199 in the US and is due to be released in Europe shortly.

Specifications of the cheaper iPad 2 are thing on the ground, other than the 8GB internal memory instead of 16GB or more. It’s likely however to feature the same specifications as last year’s iPad 2, just with less memory. While the iPad 3 will utilize this years technology such as high density retina display.

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