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iPad 2 accessories: Smart Covers, HDMI adapter, new dock
Mar 2nd
Posted by admin in Techno Updates
Apple with the launch of the iPad 2 unveiled a handful of new accessories that take advantage of features specific to the new tablet. Smart Covers are designed explicitly for the iPad and are designed to protect the front while adding new features: they have magnetically aligned covers that not only attach quickly but will wake or sleep the device when they’re taken off or put back on.
The cases are segmented and designed to fold into a prism shape that will prop it up either when laying near flat or standing upright.
Users have the choice of either a polyurethane More >
iLuv unveils dedicated iPad speaker dock
Oct 4th
iLuv today shipped one of the first speaker docks designed primarily for the iPad. The iMM747 is wide enough to cradle Apple’s tablet in portrait view and has a flexible dock connector to more safely guide the larger iOS hardware into its spot. It can sync an iPad to a nearby computer through a USB pass-through and yet has enough power to charge as though it were a pure AC adapter.
The dock doesn’t have a clock, FM radio or other features of its own without apps, but it does have an aux-in jack to take audio from any other 3.5mm More >
Two mystery webOS phones, Touchstone dock certified
Sep 28th
Posted by admin in Techno Updates
HP’s next round of webOS phones edged closer to launch today with a certification for Canada and the US. The P102UNA and P102EWW have both shown at the third-party tester TÜV Rheinland and don’t correspond to existing models, such as the original Pre (P100) or Pre Plus (P101). Both may be variants of the Roadrunner HD flagged last month, which would get a 960×640 screen as its centerpiece feature.
Also on show is a listing for a new inductive battery charger. The move hints that the Touchstone will carry on past the current webOS line and will get a redesign, More >
Second HP Slate video shows HDMI dock, more tests
Sep 27th
Posted by admin in Techno Updates
The same source that leaked a video of the prototype of the HP Slate has posted a second video (below) of the enterprise edition in action. The full specs of the 8.9-inch tablet are detailed and show the componentary from a typical netbook, including a single core Intel Atom Z540, clocked at 1.86GHz, 2GB of DDR2 RAM and a 64GB solid-state drive. The integrated GMA 500 graphic chip is, however, enhanced by a Broadcom Crystal HD accelerator. It also includes a 3 megapixel rear-facing camera, in addition to a front facing camera, much like the Android-based Samsung Galaxy Tab.
The More >
iPad patents show possible second dock port, smart corner
Sep 27th
A pair of Apple patents for the iPad have surfaced in China that point to designs the company has at least considered for the iPad. One discovered by Patently Apple shows a second Dock Connector port on the left side in addition to the usual at the bottom. The design would presumably be to let the iPad dock in landscape mode and could also keep a peripheral such as the Camera Connector attached while the iPad is docked.
The second patent appears to show a stock iPad but suggests that the bottom-left corner would have some form of special feature. It’s More >