Apple`s New iPad sales surpassing original iPad model. Taking 61,4% tablet market share in 2012.

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Apple`s New iPad sales surpassing original iPad model. Taking 61,4% tablet market share in 2012.

The full potential of Apple’s  new iPad had not been realized in the company’s second quarter earnings report because of its late launch date.

However, in a little over two months since its early-March release, the company’s latest tablet has already become more widely used than the first-generation iPad.

According to a new report from app analytics company Localytics, the new iPad now accounts for over 20 percent of all U.S.-based iPads, up nearly 50 percent from its launch-week share. The device had sold over 3 million units and taken 14 percent of the U.S. iPad market in the first four days of its availability.

According to Localytics, the iPad 2 remains the most used of all three generations of iPads by a wide margin, holding a 60 percent share against approximately 20 percent for each of the other two.

The new iPad’s has a high-definition retina display and fast LTE network connectivity offered by AT&T and Verizon Wireless, features that the first two versions of the tablet lack.

According to a separate research by Gartner, Apple’s iOS remains the dominant tablet operating system and is likely to account for 61.4 percent of worldwide media tablet sales this year, ahead of Google Android-based 


Localytics

Is the iPad hinting FaceTime on 3G.?

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Is the iPad  hinting FaceTime on 3G.?

A warning message that pops up on current iOS devices when a user shuts off 3G during a FaceTime call. The message: "Disabling 3G may end FaceTime. Are you sure you want to disable 3G?" 

And that has prompted some to believe that FaceTime over 3G may be coming to the next version of iOS. The message was first discovered by Romanian Web site iDevice, and picked up by Gizmodo.

AppleInsider also discovered that an additional message popped up when trying to enable 3G: "Enabling 3G will end your phone call. Are you sure you want to enable 3G?" The site noted that changing the 3G settings didn't interrupt the call. 

 The service has always been restricted to Wi-Fi at the request of the wireless carriers. 

Linkedin 5.0 arrives for the iPad.

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Linkedin 5.0 arrives for the iPad.

Description

Get on-the-go access to your professional network with LinkedIn for iPhone & iPad. Find and connect with more than 150M members worldwide, read the latest industry news, keep up-to-date with your groups, and share content with your network from anywhere.

What's New in Version 5.0

★ LinkedIn is now available on the iPad
★ Optimized for Retina display on the new iPad
★ New calendar feature lets you see LinkedIn profile information for people you're meeting  with
★ Redesigned updates view lets you easily stay up-to-date with connections, industry news, groups, and mo

 The LinkedIn app is divided into three sections: "You," "All Updates," and "Inbox." "You" allows you to easily view your profile, post updates, see who's viewed your profile, and add contacts. "All Updates" is the real meat of the app.

Allows you to see all your contact's updates, see what they're sharing, and read headlines and articles from LinkedIn Today's news feed. Finally, "Inbox" is, of course, your LinkedIn mail which allows you to read your messages and accept new invites.

This app is designed for both iPhone and iPad

• Free
• Category: Social Networking
• Updated: Apr 26, 2012
• Version: 5.0
• Size: 15.6 MB
• Languages: English, Chinese, French, German, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Malay, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish
• Seller: LinkedIn Corporation
• © 2012 LinkedIn Corporation

Rated 4+

Requirements: Compatible with iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad.Requires iOS 4.0 or later.

Source: itunes store

For 2012: Gartner says: 119 million tablets sales, Apple iPad 61%, Google Androids 32% and Microsoft Windows 8 a distant N° 3.

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For 2012: Gartner says: 119 million tablets sales, Apple iPad 61%, Google Androids 32% and Microsoft Windows 8 a distant N° 3.

Microsoft software maker  will remain a distant No. 3 behind Apple and Google, research firm Gartner said on Tuesday.

Gartner said it saw Microsoft winning 4 percent of the market in 2012, with its upcoming Windows 8 platform, while market leader Apple would control 61 percent of the market and Google's Android platform 32 percent.

The research firm said it expected Microsoft's market share to rise gradually, helped by enterprise purchases, but to reach just 11.8 percent in 2016 as it lacks consumer appeal.

"Many vendors will wait for Windows 8 to be ready and will try to enter the market with a dual-platform approach, hoping that the Microsoft brand could help them in both the business and consumer markets," Milanesi said.

In addition to traditional PC makers, Nokia, the world's largest cellphone maker by volume, is set to unveil its first tablet using Windows 8 software later this year.

Gartner said it expected the market to roughly double this year, with all vendors in total selling 119 million tablets.

Is Apple testing iOS 6.0 ?

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Server log entries identified as coming from Apple’s Cupertino campus in California indicate that iOS 6.0 testing is underway using iPad tablet computers and an unreleased version of WebKit, the layout engine designed to allow iTunes and Apple’s Safari web browser to render web pages.

While looking at iPad user agents coming from Apple's corporate IP block in Cupertino, California, Ars Technica recently discovered that Apple was accessing the Internet from iPads running iOS 6.0. Or so say the web logs highlighted in yellow in the screenshot to the left (click to enlarge).

Looking at the bigger picture, we can see that Apple is testing how the web displays on iPads running iOS 5, iOS 5.0.1 (the current version available to the general population), iOS 5.1 (the beta OS currently being tested by Apple developers worldwide), and, finally, iOS 6.

The iOS 6 test machines also appear to be using a newer version of WebKit - build 535.8.

With the iPad 3 on its way next week, and Apple putting the finishing touches on iOS 5.1 GM builds, we can safely assume that the iOS 6 unveiling will be reserved for the iPhone 5 launch later on this year.

There has been much debate as to whether the next iPhone will be confirmed at the next annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC 12) this summer, or later, in fall - just like the iPhone 4S.

Sources quoted by Japanese blog Macotakara, whose reporting on Apple rumors has been somewhat accurate lately, said “the next iPhone will be released in September or October.” Moreover, the sources said in February, Apple plans to keep this cycle “for years.”

Apple was already believed to have shifted the iPhone refresh cycle to fall, due to its delayed iPhone refresh last year.

iPad pricing to change tablet game.

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Market watchers have mostly expected Apple to follow its traditional pricing strategy for its next-generation tablet device, which is likely to start from US$499 with the present iPad 2 to drop to US$399. But if Apple releases two versions of the new iPad, as reported by Digitimes, the vendor's pricing strategy may change.

Sources from Apple's supply chain have claimed that there will be two versions of the new iPad, one targeting the high-end segment and the other the mid-range. Digitimes Research believe the two new iPad models will both be equipped the A6 processor with high-end model coming with a high resolution panel (2048x1536) and the mid-tier model featuring the same grade of panel as iPad 2 (1024x768).

With the existing iPad 2, the Apple tablet series may cover all price segments - from entry-level to high-end. 

Apple's pricing strategy for its iPad series is crucial to the tablet market. It remains to be seen at what price level Apple will set its entry-level iPad. For Wi-Fi only models, US$299, US$349 or US$399 may all be possible.

Currently, the non-Apple camp is maneuvering in the US$199-399 range. If Apple drops its iPad price to US$299, it could seriously affect the non-Apple camp's pricing strategy and even Amazon's Kindle could also be affected.

However we don´t think Apple will drop the 9.7-inch (diagonal) price to $299.-although a 7 inch iPad might reach that price.

Superman: iPad app give you X-Ray style vision.

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Superman: iPad app give you X-Ray style vision.

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to have X-ray vision? Well a new iPad app offers positive answer ‘yes ’to this question.

From complex engines and sports bikes to the humble desk lamp and kitchen toaster, the 'X is for X-Ray' app has 26 objects that only Superman's X-ray vision could expect to reveal.

Using new X-ray technologies Hugh Turvey, Artist in Residence at the Royal Institute for Radiology, mapped objects in three dimensions in both X-ray and solid form.

The 40-year-old from London said: ‘X is for X-Ray' is an interactive educational e-book that offers a magical view into 26 everyday objects, one for each letter of the alphabet.

‘Swipe your finger left and right and the objects rotate. A swipe up and down reveals their amazing x-ray 3D interiors.

‘Additional pages allow children and parents to explore the objects and ideas more deeply.’ 

Hugh's amazing app allows the user to explore these objects while they are actually moving.

‘It is one of the first photographic imaging techniques ever used.

Hugh has produced incredible imagery - and the iPad offered him the opportunity to share this passion with others.

He said: ‘The iPad offered immense functionality, interactivity with the images and the potential to change the face of publishing.

‘I think our educational ebook will change people's understanding of the world they live in by encouraging them to see further with a deeper understanding of objects.

‘But it will also change people's expectations of what an educational book can be.’