iPad 2 As Good as It Gets

Engadget?s Joshua Topolsky writes that because the original iPad ?soared far above most of its competitors,? the ?thinner, sleeker, faster? iPad 2 is ?already at the front of the pack.? Noting that the ?unbelievably thin? iPad 2 design has ?just seriously raised the bar on sleek, sexy computer hardware,? he praises its ?noticeably faster? all-around performance, ?astonishing? battery life, convenient Smart Cover, and ?groundbreaking? GarageBand app. For potential tablet customers, Topolsky advises that ?the iPad 2 is as good as it gets right now. And it?s really quite good.?

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2011/03/09/ipad-2-review/

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Epic game developer calls iPad 2 graphics leap "astonishing," doubts Android can compete

The blistering pace of graphics performance improvements on Apple's iPad 2 will enable a new class of handheld gaming titles, but Android devices aren't likely to get the same kind of attention due to platform fragmentation, says Epic Games's Tim Sweeney.

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AMD launches Radeon HD 6790 without fanfare

AMD in an uncharacteristically unannounced launch officially released the Radeon HD 6790. The chipset tackles the low- to mid-range segment at $150 and is the spiritual successor to the 5770. It uses the same 800 stream processors and 40 texture units but upgrades to a twice as wide 256-bit memory bus in return for slightly slower core clock (840MHz) and memory (1.05GHz) speeds....

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iPad 2 Is Here

iPad 2, the next generation of the magical device, went on sale today at all 236 Apple Retail Stores in the US and through the Apple Online Store. Every customer who buys an iPad 2 at an Apple Retail Store will be offered free Personal Setup service, helping them customize their iPad 2 by setting up email, loading new apps from the App Store, and more, so they?ll be up and running with their new iPad 2 before they leave the store. iPad 2 is also available starting today at AT&T, Best Buy, Target, Verizon Wireless, Walmart, and select Apple Authorized Resellers.

Source: http://www.apple.com/ipad/?sr=hotnews.rss

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New York Yankees object to Cablevision iPad app

New York Yankees and New Jersey Nets broadcaster YES Network in a remark disputed the presence of its shows on the Cablevision iPad app. Despite Cablevision tapping directly into its existing cable network, YES told the TV provider it "does not have the right" to stream the live games. It didn't say in comments to Multichannel whether it had threatened a lawsuit....

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Toyota puts up theme, ads on ModMyi jailbreak repository

This is kind of a weird story, but definitely an interesting one. Word is going around that Toyota, of all brands, might be advertising on the ModMyi repository. Supposedly there's an official Scion interface theme on sale in the jailbreak store, and there are ads for the car manufacturer running throughout. That's fascinating -- traditionally, the jailbreak scene has been extremely independent, sitting as it does in a relatively gray legal area, but Toyota is a serious client to have when it comes to advertising.

In fact, it's exactly the kind of client that Apple would like for its iAd program, which has been suffering a bit lately. Of course, it's probably way cheaper to put up some ads on ModMyi and even create a free theme than it would be to buy into iAds, but that's still ad revenue on an Apple device that the company isn't getting, so we can't see why it would be happy about that one. If this is a trend that continues to grow, it could have a serious effect on jailbreak or unofficial app marketplaces.

Note that the original reporting on this story said that it was the Cydia store that was getting the sponsorship, which Cydia founder Jay Freeman pointed out was incorrect.

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