Dev team has released a new version of Redsn0w (0.9.11b1) that allows iPhone 4S and iPad 2 users to downgrade their iOS device to iOS 5.0.1 so that they can use the Absinthe jailbreak to jailbreak their device.
This is a step-by-step guide for users to downgrade their iPad 2 on iOS 5.1 or iOS 5.1.1 to iOS 5.0.1.
The teardown of the $399 iPad 2 had revealed that it is powered by a tweaked A5 (SoC) chip, which is manufactured using 32-nm process instead of the older A5 chip’s 45-nm process.
The 32-nm chip technology make chips more efficient, which in turn is supposed to improve battery life.
Logitech has just announced a new case for Apple’s new iPad and iPad 2 called Solar Keyboard Folio.
As the name suggests, the Solar Keyboard Folio case converts light energy into energy usable by its integrated QWERTY keyboard. While Logitech claims the battery will last up to two years with a full charge, the case will use either indoor or outdoor light to keep the Bluetooth keyboard up and running at all times.
Apple’s expected to reveal iPhone and iPad sales figures for the past quarter this Tuesday at their quarterly earnings call. If you remember, Apple posted record iPhone sales of 37 million units for the quarter ending December, thanks to the momentum created by the launch of iPhone 4S in October.
Chipworks’ teardown of the new Apple TV and the new iPad 2 (that’s now available for $399) revealed that both these devices now have a tweaked A5 chip, which is manufactured using 32-nm process as compared to the older A5 chip’s 45 nm process.
Marketplace Shanghai Bureau Chief Rob Schmitz got the rare opportunity to visit Foxconn’s factory – Apple’s manufacturing partner in China.
He is only the second reporter after ABC’s Nightline host Bill Weir, to gain access to the factory where Apple’s iPhone, iPad and other products are made.
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Apple’s new iPad comes with dual-core A5X chip with quad-core graphics.
So does the new A5X chip boost performance of the new iPad? Benchmark results have shown that it is as fast as iPad 2, which is powered by the A5 chip.
During the iPad media event, senior VP of worldwide marketing Phil Schiller claimed that the Apple’s new A5X chip with quad-core graphics, which powers the new iPad offers 4 times the graphics performance of NVIDIA’s 12-graphic-core Tegra 3 – the benchmark processor for Android-based tablets.
When Apple launched the iPad in 2010, it allowed users to install iPhone apps (due to the limited iPad apps available at that time), which could be used in 2x mode, using the pixel doubling technique.
Ever since the new iPad has been launched, several users have been complaining on Apple support forums and MacRumors forums that their iPad feels a lot warmer than iPad 2 after extended usage.
