iPad mini & iPad 4th Gen Now in Malaysia

Finally, the iPad mini and the iPad 4th generation have landed in Malaysia. It is available in all Apple Retailers nationwide as well as the Apple Online Store starting today.

Prices of iPad mini

Prices of new iPad 4th Gen

Source: iPad mini, iPad

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Apple Sends Out Media Event for October 23rd

With a tagline "We've got a little more to show you.", Apple has sent out the invitation for the Media Event happening on October 23 10am PT timezone, San Jose, California.

Widely expected from this event is the launching of the iPad Mini, with a screen size of approximately 7.85-inch.  The other rumored released would be the Macbook Pro 13" Retina Display.

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iPad Mini Screen Protector - Zagg

The guys that brought you Invisible Shield has now the selling price of $24.99 for the iPad Mini screen protector.
Now, judge for yourself if the iPad Mini is true or not..

Source: Zagg

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[Rumor] Is This The New iPad Mini?

Is this the new iPad Mini? Is this the final collection of the Apple iOS family? 

It definitely looks like a mockup unit. Take note that it has also the new Lightning connector as well.

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[Rumor] iPad Mini? 7.85-inch, $249 ~ $299

Back in October 2011, there was already a rumor that Apple will be releasing a smaller version of the iPad series with the rumored screen size of 7.85-inch Retina Display with possibly 330dpi. Now it's back with more information and with a new naming call iPad Mini.
It was also rumored to be priced within $249 to $299 and could be available as early as September 2012, probably the same time when the iPhone 5 will be announced as well.

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Apple Pays $60 million for iPad Trademark to Proview Technology

Apple had finally concluded the iPad trademark issues with the Chinese company Proview Technology. It was reported earlier back in mid February 2012 that the Chinese company is filing an infringement of the trademark iPad in China. It was also noted that Proview had earlier sought for as much as $400 million. It was concluded by Guangdong High People's Court for a final payment of $60 million.

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[Celcom] New iPad Plans

Similar to Maxis, Celcom launches its new iPad plans as well. Celcom made available the choices of 12 months and 24 months. It comes in 2 packages only which is the iPad Basic (RM70/month) and iPad Advance (RM100/month). Similar to Maxis, there is also an advance payment required and would also be rebated within the next 12 months of the contract.

For comparison purposes (to Maxis), I will take the 24 months contract with the cheapest monthly commitment package. That would give me a total payment after 24 months of RM1429 + (RM70 x 24) = RM3109. With that you get to enjoy a quota of 4.5GB.

As for Maxis, taking 24 months with similar data quota of 4GB, the total payment after 24 months would be RM1349 + (RM68 x 24) = 2981. It gives a different of RM128 cheaper when compared with Celcom but a short of 500MB/month of usage.

Source: Celcom New iPad

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[Celcom] New new iPad Data Plan - 22nd June

Celcom too has the new iPad package launching on the 22nd of June and the event is happening in Subang Parade 11am onwards. Head on to the link below for the pre-registration. Maxis too have similar announcement today.

First 80 customers dressed in blue during the event will get a special surprise. So what kind of surprise would that be?

Source: Celcom

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Untethered Jailbreak for your iOS 5.1.1

The iOS 5.1.1 untethered jailbreak is finally available by Absinthe 2.0. Supported iOS devices are as below:

• iPad, iPad 2 and the New iPad
• iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4 and iPhone 4S
• iPod Touch 3G and iPod Touch 4G

Head on to the link from iClarified for the tutorial on how to jailbreak your iOS devices.

Source: iClarified

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Jailbreak iPad 3 (new iPad) on iOS 5.1.1 Coming Soon

Very interesting picture indeed showing the iPad 3 (new iPad) running on iOS 5.1.1 with Cydia 1.1.6.
So, has the jailbreaking team found the right exploit for jailbreaking the A5X chip?
Image above was taken from the famous jailbreaker i0n1c.

Source: i0n1c

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[Maxis] New iPad Data Plan

Maxis's new iPad data plans consists of plans for postpaid and prepaid users. Take note that both postpaid and prepaid iPad data plan does not require user to have a yearly commitment - in other words, contractless.

As for the postpaid data plan, data quota ranges from 3.5GB, 6GB and 15GB in which the 15GB Premium data plan would require an advance payment of RM50. If you are currently an iValue plan user (which means you somehow owned an iPhone from Maxis), you will be entitled to RM10 rebate per month. That would give an entry data plan of RM60/month. Maxis did something different this time around. Upon exceeding the allocated data, Maxis will not be charging you extra but instead speed throttling will be activated.

If you would still like to enjoy the normal speed even after exceeding your monthly quota, you may opt for the quota upgrades as stated in the above table.

You don't have to feel left out if you're a hotlink user (prepaid) as Maxis had that covered through the iPad data plan prepaid. The table above shows the single iPad data plan of 3.5GB for RM70 which is valid for 30 days upon activations.

Source: Maxis iPad Postpaid, Maxis iPad Prepaid

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Angry Birds Space

The next sequel of the Angry Birds is here. It's called Angry Birds Space.

After a giant claw kidnaps their eggs, the Angry Birds chase it into a wormhole and find themselves floating in a strange new galaxy – surrounded by space pigs! Luckily the Angry Birds have super powers of their own...

It is now available in iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch, Mac, Windows and Android.

Source: Angry Birds Space

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New iPad Sold 3 million since Launching

“The new iPad is a blockbuster with three million sold―the strongest iPad launch yet,” said Philip Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of Worldwide Marketing. 

Apple iPad sold 3 million units since the day it was launched. According to Philip Schiller, its the strongest iPad launch yet. The New iPad is currently available in US, Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Japan, Puerto Rico, Singapore, Switzerland and UK. Next in the list on 23rd March are Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Macau, Mexico, The Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain and Sweden.

So, Malaysia is not in the next list..

Source: Apple

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Apple to Lose iPad Trademark in China and Risk Paying 2.4 Billion in Compensation?

Is Apple getting into trouble in China? It all began when Apple file a lawsuit against a China company named Proview Technology of the name iPad. Sometime back in Dec 2011, the result were out and Apple surprisingly lost the lawsuit. Subsequently, Apple filed for an appeal to the Higher People's Court. In the event if the appeal is also rejected, sources are saying that Apple may risk paying 2.4 billion Yuan as a compensation.

Thanks to weibo, the picture above shows the legitimate document that Proview Technology holds the rights to the name IPAD since year 2000. Spokesperson from Proview is quoted to be saying that Proview is asking for a court order to stop the sales and marketing of the iPad products in China and also demanded an apology from Apple.

So, what happens now to the current sales of iPad in China? Amazon China has reported to remove the sales of iPad and iPad 2 from their website.

A quick check on Amazon China webpage on iPad or iPad 2 brings the result of only accessories. Up to date, there is no official statement from Apple regarding the halt of sales of iPad in China.

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iFong = iPhone, iYou = iPad ? Deliciously Taiwan

Taiwan bakery has stepped up the game by creating the packaging of their famous cake products in the form of Apple iPhone and iPad packaging. iFong is the packaging material for the pineapple cake whereas the iYou is the packaging material for the grape cake.

iFong 

iYou

Apparently in such iPhone/iPad packaging style, it attracts more customers during occasional period.

Source: MIC Gadget

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[Tips] iOS Devices Home Button Calibration

Sources are circulating that there is a way to calibrate the home button of your iOS devices.

The steps are as below:

1. Launch any iOS stock app (stock, weather, etc.)
2. Once the app launches, press and hold the Power ON button until the "slide to power off" prompt
3. Press and hold the Home button until the earlier open stock app closes. You're done!

Give it a try and share with us if it really does help.

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New iOS 5.1 Wallpapers Now Available

New sets of wallpapers are expected to be in the new iOS 5.1 due to to be launching soon. Instead of waiting for it, guys at 9to5mac.com has already got it for the iPad and iPhone as well. It resembles the Mac OSX Lion wallpapers as well. Download from the link below.

iPad: 1, 2, 3, 4
iPhone: 1, 2, 3, 4

Source: 9to5mac.com

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Guinness World Record for Fastest Typing Speed on iPad

Very interesting article I stumbled upon while browsing through Gizmodo website. They were initially having fun trying to outdo each other in terms of typing speed on the iPad. Now, it became a Guinness world record.
The challenge was to type in one hand on the iPad the alphabet from a to z.
Woody Jang of Gizmodo US managed it in 3.93sec. The earlier record was 4.7sec.

Source: Guinness World Record

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iPhone 4-inch Display and iPad 7.35-inch Display Rumoured

Next generation iPhone and iPad rumors continue this time with the speculation of a 4-inch display on the next generation iPhone. LG display is saying that Apple is planning on a 7.35-inch tablet. There are also several other rumors saying that the next generation iPad would have a retina display. Several months ago, there was already similar rumors regarding the screen size of the next generation iPad.

Sourece: 9to5mac

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7" iPad Coming Soon?

Now with Steve gone, will 7" iPad or smaller than the current 9.7" iPad comes into Apple's roadmap?
According to sources, Apple's LCD display manufacturer LG Display and AU Optronics have both submitted samples of smaller iPad display for approval. It was said that the approval was given by Apple and shipment could start as early as next year.

Source: unwiredview

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