iPad 2 teardown shows slightly better battery [U]

(Update: done) iFixit on Friday conducted a teardown of the Wi-Fi iPad 2 providing hard details of the tablet. The look revealed that the battery is slightly higher capacity than on the old model, at 25Wh versus 24.8Wh, despite the new frame being much thinner. Its design is dominated almost entirely by the pack where it used to be just the largest part....

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10.6: Set Help Viewer window to non-floating mode.

Snow Leopard only hintThis is an update to an old 2008 hint for Leopard. Basically the hint explained how to have an icon in the Dock for Help Viewer and how to set its windows to non-floating mode. Of course it didn't work anymore in Snow Leopard, since some of the terminology changed.

To activate Help Viewer DevMode type this in a terminal window:

defaults write com.apple.helpviewer DevMode -bool true

and to deactivate it type this:

defaults delete com.apple.helpviewer DevMode

In DevMode Help Viewer has an icon in the Dock and its windows are non-floating windows. Note that the original hint modified a key in the app's Info.plist for the icon in the Dock part of the hint which would break Help Viewer's code signing on Snow Leopard. ...

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Alleged iPhone 5 engineering diagrams surface

iDealsChina has posted what it says are engineering diagrams representing the forthcoming iPhone 5. As you can see from the image above, the purported iPhone 5 features much the same form factor as the iPhone 4, with the exception of an edge-to-edge screen.

Though iDealsChina doesn't say how it came across the engineering diagrams, it does state that these types of diagrams are mold drawings used by case designers to produce sleeves and cases for the upcoming iPhone. It's important to note that now that the iPad 2 has been announced, you can expect an increasing flurry of rumors around the upcoming iPhone. While some rumors and leaks may be legitimate, it's wise to maintain a healthy skepticism regarding most.

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Alleged iPhone 5 engineering diagrams surface originally appeared on TUAW on Fri, 11 Mar 2011 03:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Apple releases GarageBand for iOS

Apple releases GarageBand for iOS Apple has released GarageBand for iPad, a full-featured music playing, recording, and editing suite. Seasoned musicians can plug in their own instruments or play virtual Touch Instruments, but even budding stars can get creative with Smart Instruments that make music accessible to all skill levels.

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IDC: Apple's iPad took 83% share of tablets shipped in 2010

Contrasting Apple's recent claims that it controls more than 90 percent of the tablet market, research firm IDC revealed on Thursday that the iPad represented 73 percent of shipments in the fourth quarter of 2010, and 83 percent for the entire year.

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Instapaper 3.0 gets social, deeper search

Instapaper 3.0 gets social, deeper search A major upgrade to the popular app for reading content offline brings a slew of new features. You can now follow friends to find more articles to read, share your favorite articles to a larger number of services, and search the contents of the articles on your device.

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