Several complaints about Wi-Fi issues on the iPad are popping up in Apple support forums. A typical complaint is that the iPad shows no wifi signal, or a very weak signal, where other devices pick it up just fine, reports “TechCrunch” (http://techcrunch.com/2010/04/05/trouble-in-paradise-ipad-users-complain-of-wifi-issues/).
I’ve experienced no Wi-Fi problems with my iPad. Have you?
— Dennis Sellers
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Two more analyst firms have upped their outlook on price targets for Apple.
Analysts at J.P. Morgan have lifted their price target for Apple to US$305 a share from $240, citing better-than-expected anticipated sales of the company’s Mac, iPhone and iPad products, reports “MarketWatch” (http://www.marketwatch.com/story/jp-morgan-lifts-apple-price-target-to-305-2010-04-05).
Read MoreAfter flying to Richmond, Virginia and waiting in line all night to buy an iPad, the iFixit gang rushed to an impromptu studio — and took it apart. Here’s what they found:
° The iPad’s design is a melding of the iPhone’s circuitry and the MacBook Pro Unibody’s svelte machined aluminum casing.
° The iPad’s battery has 5.5x the capacity of the battery in the iPhone. The iPad actually has two batteries wired in parallel, for a total of 24.8 Watt-hours.
On average, the iPad sips just 2.5 Watts. That’s one-fifth the power of a compact fluorescent bulb.
Read MoreCypress Semiconductor Corp. has introduced a new development platform for iPhone and iPod accessories based on its new PSoC 3 architecture. Designers can use Cypress’s new CY8CKIT-023 PSoC Expansion Board Kit For iPhone & iPod Accessories — a plug-in board to Cypress’s CY8CKIT-001 PSoC Platform Development Kit — to streamline design of mobile accessories using the PSoC programmable system-on-chip architecture.
Read MoreArtman21 has released an update (version 1.0.3) of the system preference pane, JeditAnywhere (http://www.artman21.com/en/jeditanywhere/), that lets you edit the selected text in mailers, word processors or other applications with the Jedit X text editor. The new version improves compatibility with VMware Fusion, Eudora and Google Chrome.
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