May 12, 2010 :: Posted by - SoSly :: Category - News

Have any of you lain awake at night wondering just how many simultaneous touch events your iPad can handle? Yes, no? Either way, you need worry no more, as these two videos (above, below) show you just how many it can handle.

Instinctive Code developer, Matt “Legend” Gemmell (a man whose personal motto appears to be, ‘Modesty is Lying’) has sat down to make code that seeks the answer to this question.

Gemmell’s made the source code of his software available (requires iPhone SDK 3.2) and plans a few more experiments in the coming weeks.

Oh, and for the short attention span people, the iPad supports 11 simultaneous touches. Just in case you headbutt it in the middle of some complex adventure game, we guess.

[Via 9to5mac.com]

May 12, 2010 :: Posted by - SoSly :: Category - News

That was fast. Apple has updated international websites to note that iPad pre-orders accepted from today on out will ship by June 7th. If you’ve already placed an order, you can still expect to receive your shiny new device on May 28th.

It was just this week that Apple began accepting pre-orders from the U.K., Australia, France, Germany, Japan, Canada, Switzerland, Spain and Italy with a ship date of the 28th. Could it be that they’ve exhausted that initial supply in two days? If so, “selling like hotcakes” is an understatement. Read more…

May 12, 2010 :: Posted by - SoSly :: Category - News

Well, look at that. The newest batch of leaked 4G iPhone photos includes crystal-clear* tear down shots, and one of them reveals what seems to be Apple’s own A4 processor. Engadget notes that “339S0084,” seen just below the Apple logo, identifies what we’re looking at as the A4, according to Chipworks.

The A4 is the Apple-designed system-on-a-chip (SoC) that’s manufactured by Samsung and currently used in the iPad. Nearly everyone who touches an iPad remarks on how snappy and responsive it is. Here’s hoping that the next iPhone offers similar performance — and prolonged battery life — with this thing under the hood. Read more…

May 11, 2010 :: Posted by - SoSly :: Category - News

A look at the different ways to charge your iPad and which is the fastest has been posted by Gizmodo.

The site examined the four most common ways to charge the device: The iPad’s standard 10W charger, Griffin’s PowerBlock iPad charger, the iPhone’s standard power adapter, and a MacBook Pro’s USB port.

They timed how long it took to do a quick charge (80%) since the last 20% goes very slow to preserve battery life.

The Griffin PowerBlock performed fastest, charging the iPad to 80% in 2.5 hours. The iPad charger came in second at 3.18 hours. It was followed by the iPhone charger at 5.5 hours and the MacBook Pro USB charge at 7.63 hours.

[Via iclarified.com]

May 10, 2010 :: Posted by - SoSly :: Category - News

When announcing the iPad, Apple promised that all 3G models would be unlocked. Turns out that is not the case.

The iPad releases to nine additional countries on May 28th. Eight of those countries will get an unlocked iPad. Japan will not.

All Japanese models will be SIM-locked to Softbank Mobile, Apple’s iPhone partner in Japan, Apple said late Monday. The company confirmed the presence of a SIM lock but couldn’t immediately explain why it was enforcing the restriction in Japan. Read more…

May 09, 2010 :: Posted by - SoSly :: Category - News

video demonstrating the use of an Apple Mighty Mouse to control the iPad using BTstack Mouse has been posted by Redmond Pie.

You can download BTstack Mouse from Cydia on your jailbroken iPad.

[Via iclarified.com]

May 07, 2010 :: Posted by - SoSly :: Category - News

Saurik and  Dustin Howett just update Cydia to v0.9.3182. This updated concerns mainly iPad owners and while not 100%, they made great progress on WinterBoard’s iPad support.I guess people can start making 72px icons for their apps, and optimize their themes….

[Via fsm.com]

May 07, 2010 :: Posted by - SoSly :: Category - News

Wireless carrier Orange U.K. gave the first glimpse at international 3G data plans for Apple’s iPad, with four different pricing options, including a pay-as-you-go price plan.

Users can pay monthly for what they use, at a cost of 5 pence (7 cents U.S.) per megabyte through the Orange plan. Daily plans, offering up to 250MB of use, cost £2 ($2.94), while a weekly plan with 1GB of bandwidth runs £7.50 ($11.01 U.S.).

A recurring monthly plan with 3GB of 3G data and unlimited browsing at Wi-Fi hotspots costs £15 ($22.02 U.S.), while a £25 ($36.71 U.S.) plan offers 10GB of monthly bandwidth. Read more…

May 07, 2010 :: Posted by - SoSly :: Category - News

Looks like that iPad Camera Connection Kit isn’t as overpriced as we thought; not only does it have USB headset and keyboard support, but one enterprising user has hooked up an external hard drive using the dongle as well. Max Shay has an exhaustive walkthrough at his personal website, but the gist of the matter is that you’ll need a jailbroken iPad, a split-USB cable to give that drive some extra juice Read more…

May 06, 2010 :: Posted by - SoSly :: Category - News

Apple claims that the iPad 3G isn’t carrier-locked, but it won’t be able to connect to T-Mobile 3G. Why? The short answer is that the iPad 3G does not support the band (1700 MHz) that T-Mobile 3G uses. However, it does support T-Mobile’s EDGE band, GSM/EDGE (850 and 1900 MHz). And it’s been confirmed to work by several users with some handiwork and a T-Mobile SIM card on EDGE data plan. Read more…