Apple iPad 3 or an $8 million iPad 2 – Which will you buy next?

iPad 2 Gold History Edition

If you know who Stuart Hughes is, then you already know what the $8 million iPad 2 is all about already. If not, here’s the geeky part – Stuart Hughes is a British designer who designs Laptops, Plasma TVs, and iPhones all pimped to heights. Stuffed with diamonds, rubies, other gems, Gold, Platinum and what not, their exclusive pieces of gadgets are sold for multi-million prices to billionaires.
Stuart and his wife Katherine and renowned for these …

We’re Sorry for $69 iPad 2 – Sears

Sears has apologized for a posting of a $69 iPad 2 for sale on its websites saying that the post was only a typographical error.
The retail store chain giant said that the post was a mistake on the part of a third-party vendor, GSM ON Sale.
The deal, which takes hundreds off of the iPad 2 which starts at $499 on Apple’s online stores, quickly went viral through Twitter and other sharing platforms like social networks.
As you may imagine, a lot of costumers jumped at the opportunity to get a …

Apple Recalls a Few Verizon iPads Over Duplicate IDs

Apple has recalled a few Verizon iPad 2 models after finding that the devices were shipped with identical electronic serial numbers, reports CNET.
 
The serial numbers, officially termed as mobile equipment identifiers (MEIDs), should be unique for each individual device. These numbers are used while activating devices that use Verizon’s cellular network.
 
“Duplicate MEID numbers were flashed onto an extremely small number of iPad 2 units for the Verizon 3G network,” said an …

New MacBook Air May Sell by End of June

Following a recent report that Apple has ordered 380,000 units of new models of its MacBook Air to be manufactured this month, a new report from a Taiwanese publication says that these new models of the MacBook Air may be sold late this month.
Taipei-based Economic Daily News reported on Tuesday that these 380,000 units of the new MacBook Air models will hit the market late June.
According to sources of the publication, about 90 percent of the batch of MacBook Air laptops will be assembled by …

Chinese Kid Trades Kidney for iPad 2

People know Apple fans are really devoted but probably no one had ever thought this would happen.
Various reports say that a 17-year-old Chinese kid has sold his kidney because he wanted so much to get his hands on the new iPad 2 despite being unable to afford it.
The news comes via Global Times which says that the kid, still in high school in Anhui province in China, sold one of his kidneys to get money to buy an iPad 2.
The boy named Zheng told a local news paper that he “wanted to buy an …

Apple Investigates After Blast at Foxconn Factory in China Kills At Least 2

Apple is said to be investigating an incident at Foxconn, one of its partners in manufacturing its popular devices which include the hit iPad tablet and iPhone smartphone, after reports say that at least two workers have been killed in a blast at one of the Chinese company’s facilities.
On Friday evening, a large blast reportedly ripped through the Hongfujin Precision Electronics plant in Chengdu in Sichuan province in China killing at least two workers, the official Xinhua News Agency …

4 Injured in Beijing iPad 2 Queue Violence, Scalper Blamed

The saying, “too much of anything is not good,” comes to mind.
A near-riot outside a Beijing store selling Apple’s hot iPad 2 has resulted in four people being injured, local and international news outlets report, as people around the world continue to show their enthusiasm for the latest tablet to come from the Cupertino, California-based iPhone-maker.
According to China’s state-run news agency, a fight broke out at the Beijing Apple Store on Saturday resulting to the injury of four …

LG iPad 2 Display Light Leakage Benefitted Samsung

Light leakage problems of LG Display-manufactured iPad 2 IPS display panels has made Apple go to its South Korean rival Samsung for more purchases, a report from Taiwan’s DigiTimes reveals.
According to the report which cited unnamed sources, Samsung shipped four million iPad 2 displays to Apple for the first three months of the year, essentially making the South Korean consumer electronics giant the primary supplier of iPad 2 displays.
The news comes as Apple has just recently sued Apple …

Online Sales of iPad 2 in Korea Halted by SK Tel, KT Corp

South Korea’s top telecoms companies SK Telecom and KT Corporation have halted their online sales of Apple’s phenomenally popular iPad 2, a report from Reuters says.
According to the report, the two companies have stopped selling the iPad 2 online in South Korea on Tuesday, just a week after they started selling the hot-selling tablet device, because of what may be supply shortages.
SK Telecom posted on its website that its “iPad 2 inventory has been depleted” and the company …

People in 12 more countries get their hands on iPad 2

People across Asia could be seen queuing today in front of stores to grab their long awaited tablet PC as Apple Inc. started selling its flagship tablet iPad 2 in 12 more countries in addition to 26 countries where the gadget was released in March.
Beginning April 28 the tablet is available in stores in Japan, and from today April 29 – iPad 2 is appearing in the shops of Hong Kong, India, Israel, Macau, Malaysia, United Arab Emirates, Singapore, Turkey, Philippines, South Africa, and South …