iPad

Last year’s Nexus 7 kicked off the small-tablet movement and predated the iPad Mini, with an aggressive price and comfortable design, but a set of features that were slightly bare-bones (no rear camera). The iPad Mini offered a deeper feature set, but the new Nexus 7 has taken the lead — at least, on paper Continue Reading →

Apple released its Q3 2013 earnings report, announcing 31 million iPhones sold in the three-month period ending June, along with 14.6 million iPad units sold. Both the iPhone and iPad sales are down from the previous quarter, but this marks the first time the iPad has seen a yearly decline in sales, a 14 percent Continue Reading →

Apple and its Asian suppliers are testing larger screens for iPhones and tablets, people at the company’s suppliers said. Apple in recent months has asked for prototype smartphone screens larger than 4 inches and has asked for screen designs for a new tablet measuring slightly less than 13 inches diagonally, they said. The current iPhone Continue Reading →

There’s an emerging view among iOS developers that both the amount of work involved and value created by app development merit higher prices for apps. But a new study shows that developers test pricing tend to lower the price of their apps — or even charge nothing at all. New research published Thursday from mobile Continue Reading →

Poor Apple Maps. While we see very minor improvement from Apple’s year-old Maps application, Google continues to improve its world-class offering pretty rapidly. Why, Wednesday, in fact, Google launched an update to the Google Maps for iOS app, adding support for the iPad, indoor maps, and a slew of other features that were released with Continue Reading →

Apple is expected to announce its fifth-generation 9.7-inch iPad in September as scheduled, while its next-generation iPad mini reportedly may receive further upgrades in specifications, according to sources from the upstream supply chain. Since upstream suppliers have mostly finished preparing for the production of the new 9.7-inch iPad, there is unlikely to be any changes Continue Reading →

A host of highly regarded apps for iPhone and iPad have gone free on Monday in what could be a major celebration to mark five years since Apple launched the App Store. So far, games such as Infinity Blade II, Superbrothers: Sword and Sworcery EP, Where’s My Water?, Badland and Tiny Wings (iPhone / iPad) Continue Reading →

Apple has launched its annual Back to School promotion, offering discounts and awarding App Store credit for products bought by people in education. Like last year, students buying a new Mac will receive a $100 App Store gift card which can also be used for other iTunes Store content, while iPad buyers will take home Continue Reading →

Apple won a $30-million contract Tuesday from the L.A. Unified School District, paving the way for the company to provide every student with an iPad in the nation’s second-largest school system. The Board of Education voted 6 to 0 on Tuesday to approve the contract after hearing senior staff laud Apple’s product as both the Continue Reading →

Over the last three years, the number of adults owning a tablet computer has jumped sharply. Now, for the first time, a third of American adults own tablet computers, according to a new report released today by the Pew Research Center. While nearly every demographic group showed an increase in tablet ownership over the last Continue Reading →