What we need is – someone who can manage battery usage efficiently not keeping the performance for a toss. So this article is for all those who need a solution to their iPhone or even iPad battery problems, I am sharing with you some of the best apps that will enhance your experience from the day 1.

Battery HD+

This is the perfect battery monitor for your iPhone, iPod or iPad. Please notice that it is a battery monitor app so don’t expect this app to enhance your battery, for that we have some other apps down here. Because of its elegant design and simplicity this app has been downloaded over 10+ MILLION times so far. It can even alert you when the battery is fully charged and you can fine-tune your battery health level to get more accurate estimates.

Battery Boost Magic App

Battery Boost Magic lite provides the fullest set of battery performance stats available, the largest & easiest to use display, and an award winning graphical user interface.

Using the app, you will always know exactly where you stand on each activity and how much usage time you have left for anything that you use your iPhone/iPod/iPad for: from 2G & 3G talk time, WiFi & 3G internet browsing, Video & Audio Playback, Video & Youtube watching, Video recording, snapping pictures, GPS navigation, 3D & 2D gaming, and standby time.

Battery Amplifier

Battery Amplifier is a modern proffesional app, that can solve your device battery problems in no time.
Includes full cycle charging,screen maintenance utility, and usefull tips that will help you to save your battery power. A very user-friendly interface makes this app easy to work with even for a small kid!

+ Battery – Ultra Power

Battery Ultra is the only application that allows your battery to maintain a full cycle charge. Are you having trouble with the batteries of your iPhone, iPod and iPad? Have you ever considered a battery application that is fully equipped to deal with such problems? The Battery Ultra application can do just that and so much more; it evens increases your battery’s life! It tells you all you need to know about your battery.

Battery Life Pro

Battery Life Pro is a feature-rich battery extending application you should not miss in your iPhone, iPod Touch. Battery Life Pro helps you monitor and maintain your battery better by supplying you a fruitful amount of information related to your battery status. Battery Life Pro not only provides you with SEVEN visually appealing layouts to choose from, but also lets you set an alarm that notifies you when you start charging your device. Battery Life Pro is your ideal solution for battery management.

Battery Doctor +

This is again one of the amazing app which has been downloaded by more than 6 million users worldwide. Kingsoft Battery Doctor is essential for your iPhone, which is more professional and useful than those paid. Download it right now to best protect and maintain your battery. Protect your battery the most professionally and effectively. View running processes and system information, easy to understand system operation status.

Choose one app that fits all your requirements to the most and go for it. Do share with us if you know any such app.

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Recently launched iCloud services are also expected to be included with the new iPad. iCloud stores your music, photos, documents, and more and wirelessly pushes them to all your devices. Automatic, effortless, and seamless. works. Some reports also suggest that soon iCloud will also allow users to download and watch movies on the go.

Looking at the other rivalry products, iPad 3 may come with 8MP camera with LED Flash and other advancements to effects and sharing. iPad 3 may also allow users to watch 3D movies and videos on it. All you will be needed is to get a 3D glass and enjoy the real fun of amazing action. If you are lucky Apple may include 3D glasses as an accessory with iPad 3.

Advancement in the glass, Retina Display, Fingerprint-proof technology also also expected to be included with iPad 3 that makes it one of the best gadget of 2012. Retina Display makes what you read, see, watch, and play hundreds of pixels better. Fingerprint-proof Technology that makes iPad 3 screen more resistant to oil, smudges and fingerprints, that will definitely gonna give an edge to Apple over other rivals.

To sum-up here are the most likely features of iPad 3

• Processor : A6 (with Quad Core features)
• Resolution : 2048 x 1536
• Display : 3D Display
• Camera : 8Mp (1080p HD Video with LED Flash)
• Fingerprint-proof Technology
• HDMI Port
• Featured with Retina Display
• Advancement in the glass
• iCloud

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So just click on the “Update” button on iTunes to force it to look for a software update if it doesn’t popup the update alert automatically. Then all you need to do is follow simple steps

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As you can see 13-inch MBP now starts off at a speed of 2.4GHz and packs 500GB of storage, and on the higher end 2.8GHz with 750GB of storage; while the 15-inch model tops out at a 2.4GHz Core i7 CPU and sees graphics upgrades across the board. The 17-inch MacBook Pro also makes the jump from AMD’s Radeon HD 6750M to the HD 6770M, while its base processor changes from a 2.2GHz to a 2.4GHz Core i7 chip.

Prices remain unchanged. Yippee!!

If you want to compare the configuration with the old ones here the chart for you-

Share with us How do you find these changes. Good or Bad? and Why?

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Here are the new features-

• iMessage
• Send and receive unlimited text, photo, and video messages with other iOS 5 users
• Track messages with delivery and read receipts
• Group messaging and secure encryption
• Works over cellular network and Wi-Fi
• Notifications
• Swipe from the top of any screen to view notifications in one place with Notification Center
• New notifications appear briefly at the top of the screen
• View notifications from lock screen
• Slide the notification app icon to the right on the lock screen to go directly to the app
• iCloud support
• iTunes in the Cloud
• Photo Stream
• Documents in the Cloud
• Apps and Books automatic download and purchase history
• Backup
• Contacts, Calendar, and Mail
• Find My iPhone
• Newsstand
• Automatically organizes magazine and newspaper subscriptions on Home Screen
• Displays the cover of the latest issue
• Background downloads of new issues
• Reminders for managing to do lists
• Syncs with iCloud, iCal and Outlook
• Location-based reminders when you leave or arrive at a location for iPhone 4S and iPhone 4
• Camera improvements for devices with cameras
• Double click the home button when device is asleep to bring up a camera shortcut on iPhone 4S, iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS and iPod touch (4th generation)
• Volume Up button to take a picture
• Optional grid lines to line up shots
• Pinch to zoom in the preview screen
• Swipe to camera roll from preview screen
• Tap and hold to lock focus and exposure, iPad 2 and iPod touch (4th generation) only support exposure lock
• Built-in support for Twitter
• Sign-in once in Settings and tweet directly from Camera, Photos, Maps, Safari and YouTube
• Add location to any tweet
• View twitter profile pictures and username in Contacts
• Photo improvements for devices with cameras
• Crop and rotate
• Red eye removal
• One tap enhance
• Organize photos into albums
• Mail improvements
• Format text using bold, italic, or underlined fonts
• Indentation control
• Drag to rearrange names in address fields
• Flag messages
• Mass mark messages as flagged, read or unread
• Customize mail alert sounds
• Calendar improvements
• Year view on iPad and new Week view for iPhone and iPod touch
• Tap to create an event
• View and add event attachments
• Game Center improvements
• Use personal photos for your Game Center account
• Compare your overall achievement scores with your friends
• Find new Game Center friends with friend recommendations and friends of friends
• Discover new games with custom game recommendations
• Multitasking Gestures for iPad
• Use four or five fingers to pinch to the Home Screen
• Swipe up to reveal the multitasking bar
• Swipe left or right to switch between apps
• Keyboard improvements
• Split keyboard for iPad
• Improved autocorrection accuracy
• Improved Chinese and Japanese input
• New Emoji keyboard
• Personal dictionary for autocorrection
• Optionally create keyboard short cuts for frequently used words
• On-device setup, activation and configuration with Setup Assistant
• AirPlay Mirroring for iPad 2 and iPhone 4S
• Software updates available over the air without tethering
• Redesigned Music app for iPad
• Hourly weather forecast
• Real-time stock quotes
• Wireless sync to iTunes
• Accessibility improvements
• Option to light LED flash on incoming calls and alerts for iPhone 4S and iPhone 4
• Custom vibration patterns for incoming calls on iPhone
• New interface for using iOS with mobility-impairment input devices
• Option to speak a selection of text
• Custom element labeling for VoiceOver
• Exchange ActiveSync improvements
• Wirelessly sync tasks
• Mark messages as flagged, read or unread
• Improved offline support
• Save a new contact from a GAL service
• More than 1,500 new developer APIs

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All of us expected that Apple will announce iPhone 5 and what they finally came up with is new iPhone 4S. What you really want to know is How is it different from iPhone 4? Right? So have a look at the below image. And I really appreciate the efforts that Harsh has given way back in May 2011, revealing that the next iPhone will be called iPhone 4S not iPhone 5.

Here is iPhone 4S vs iPhone 4

For more details to these specification, see this.

Stay tuned for more updates on iPhone 5 err!! iPhone 4S.

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Apple just revealed brand new iPhone 4S, it looks much like the old iPhone 4.  Apple also said it will be released in December 2011. Here are most of the features Apple unveiled on Apple Press Conference on 4th October 2011.

Features of new iPhone 4S

• New chip A5 (see the image below)
• 1GB RAM
• Dual core processor
• Dynamic light rays
• Dual-core graphics, up to “7x faster than the previous iPhone”
• 14 hours of talk time on 2G
• 8 hours of talk time on 3G
• 6 hours browsing time
• 9 hours Wifi
• Can download data 2x faster than previous one
• iPhone 4S up to 14.4 mbps down (see the image below)
• GSM and CDMA
• 8 megapixel camera (Photo resolution: 3264 x 2448). The camera also takes advantage of image processing on the A5 chip, enabling stuff like Face detection and 26% more accurate white balance.60% more pixels than in iPhone 4 sensor
• 1/3 faster at capturing pics (1.1 seconds to first picture. Second photo: 5 seconds)
• Backside illuminated sensor. Captures 73% more light
• Hybrid IR filter for better colors
• New Image processor in A5 chip
• F2.4 Lens aperature
• 1080p real-time video image stabilization

Also check Best apps for your iPad 2

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Recent Apple Stats

• Over 6 million copies of Lion has been downloaded so far – 80% more than snow Leopard
• Macbook pro and iMac are the # 1 best selling noteboook and desktop in the U.S
• Mac has been outpacing PC market since 5 years
• 60 million Mac users around the world
• Sold over 300 million iPods
• iTunes has 200K songs
• Over 16 billion songs downloaded
• iPhone 4 accounts for more than half of all iPhones ever sold
• 93% of fortune 500 companies testing iPhone
• People love their iPhones. 70% are very satisfied.
• iPhone has 5% of the Worldwide Mobile Phone market.
• 92% of Fortune 500 companies have ‘em
• 3 out of 4 tablets sold in US are iPads
• The customer satisfaction ratings show a 95% score in a recent survey
• iOS has 43% of the mobile market
• 500,000 apps in appstore – 140K made just for ipad
• 18 billion apps downloaded in 3 years
• $3 billion paid to devs by Apple
• iMessage: iPhone, iPad and iPod touch. Photos, videos. Pushed to all devices
• Better camera control via iOS 5. One tap access to camera

Apple also revealed two new apps-

Apple also revealed new iPhone 4S and iPod Nano, iPod Nano would be available in 7 colors, and it would be costing $129 for the 8GB, and $149 for the 16GB version.

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If you have been waiting to get MAC OS X Lion USB installer, here is a good news for you. Apple just released OS X Lion (10.7) on its online store. This makes installing OS X Lion more portable. And this also proves what we have said about Apple minimizing the use of optical drive is very right.  You can simply get Mac OS X USB installer from the link provided below for $69.00 only

Get your Mac OS X Lion USB installer from apple store.

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You must be installing iLife on your Mac before launch of Mac OS X Lion. iLife is a suite of software applications developed by Apple for organizing, editing, and publishing photos, movies, and music. The suite comprises five applications: iPhoto, iMovie, iDVD, GarageBand, and iWeb, all of which run on the Mac OS X operating system.

But the newest Apple MacBook Air and Mac mini have no optical drive. It seems like Apple is gradually removing the need of optical discs. So the question comes to my mind “How to install iLife suite on Mac OS X Lion“.

Here is how you can do that.

After successful installation of Lion on your Mac, restart and follow the steps below

• Double-click ‘App Store‘ in the Dock or navigate to Apple Menu -> App Store.
• Authenticate with your Apple ID and password.
• Select the ‘Purchases’ tab.
• You will see the iLife suite appear in the ‘Accept’ section.
• Download it free of charge.

Hope that was helpful

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We’ve now been able to confirm that Apple Retail stores have begun receiving final copies of OS X Lion today. The installations have come on hard drive and are meant for the Apple Retail demo computers on the store floor. This, of course, doesn’t guarantee a specific launch date, but brings Apple one step closer to launch.

They also said-

Apple has said that OS X Lion will be launching in July but has not publicly committed to a launch date. Apple seeded the Golden Master version of OS X Lion to developers on July 1st. The Golden Master version is typically the final shipping version of the operating system. Apple is also widely expected to refresh the MacBook Air and Mac Mini computers around the same time as Lion’s launch.

Check out what’s new in Mac OS X Lion

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Jailbreaking iOS devices is very popular, but using a genuine tool to do this is the most important thing one should look for. Jailbreaking a iOS device gives access to its root filesystem, allowing modification and installing Third-party software components. This gives the user more control over the device and may enable features that were previously unavailable. In many cases, jailbreaking also voids the device’s warranty.

JailbreakMe is the easiest way to free your device. Experience iOS as it could be, fully customizable, themeable, and with every tweak you could possibly imagine.

Safe and completely reversible (just restore in iTunes), jailbreaking gives you control over the device you own. It only takes a minute or two, and as always, it’s completely free.

Is JailbreakMe reversible?

Yes! If you ever decide that you want to undo your jailbreak, connect your device to your computer, sync to make a full backup, press Restore in iTunes to wipe the device, and load your backup when prompted. All your App Store apps and the information in them will be preserved as usual.

This jailbreak is brought to you by comex

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It is very much predicted that Apple iOS 5 will be released in April 2012 first week; as if you remember, the iOS 4 was announced last April 8th, and as we all know Apple typically hold a media event in every first or second week of April to preview their next generation iOS and releases it to general public in June.

With every new iOS, we get to see lots of new feature; features which are user-friendly, useful and stylish. With the release of iOS 4, Apple has brought so much fun to all the apple lovers. Now its time to get upgraded with more and more features with this iOS 5 release.

iOS 5 comes with innovative new features that make it easier for people with mobility, hearing, vision, and cognitive disabilities to get the most from their iOS devices. iOS 5 works with specialized hardware accessories. The LED flash and custom vibration settings let you see and feel when someone’s calling. And improvements to VoiceOver include custom element labeling.

Here are some great features you will see in iOS 5.

Notification Center

You get all kinds of notifications on your iOS device: new email, texts, friend requests, and more. With Notification Center, you can keep track of them all in one convenient location. Just swipe down from the top of any screen to enter Notification Center. Choose which notifications you want to see. Even see a stock ticker and the current weather. New notifications appear briefly at the top of your screen, without interrupting what you’re doing. And the Lock screen displays notifications so you can act on them with just a swipe. Notification Center is the best way to stay on top of your life’s breaking news.

iMessage

A killer for Blackberry Messenger. With iMessage, we’ve created a new messaging service for all iOS 5 users. You can send unlimited text messages via Wi-Fi or 3G from your iPad, iPhone, or iPod touch to anyone with one of those devices. iMessage is built into the Messages app, so you can send text, photos, videos, locations, and contacts. Keep everyone in the loop with group messaging. Track your messages with delivery receipts and optional read receipts, see when someone’s typing, and enjoy secure encryption for text messages. Even start a conversation on one of your iOS devices and pick up where you left off on another.

Newsstand

iOS 5 organizes your magazine and newspaper app subscriptions in Newsstand: a folder that lets you access your favorite publications quickly and easily. There’s also a new place on the App Store just for newspaper and magazine subscriptions. And you can get to it straight from Newsstand. New purchases go directly to your Newsstand folder. Then, as new issues become available, Newsstand automatically updates them in the background — complete with the latest covers. It’s kind of like having the paper delivered to your front door. Only better.

Reminders

Best alternative for TO DOs. Next time you think to yourself, “Don’t forget to…,” just pull out your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch and jot it down. Reminders lets you organize your life in to-do lists — complete with due dates and locations. Say you need to remember to pick up milk during your next grocery trip. Since Reminders can be location based, you’ll get an alert as soon as you pull into the supermarket parking lot. Reminders also works with iCal, Outlook, and iCloud, so changes you make update automatically on all your devices and calendars.

Twitter

iOS 5 makes it even easier to tweet from your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch. Sign in once in Settings, and suddenly you can tweet directly from Safari, Photos, Camera, YouTube, or Maps. Want to mention or @reply to a friend? Contacts applies your friends’ Twitter usernames and profile pictures. So you can start typing a name and iOS 5 does the rest. You can even add a location to any tweet, no matter which app you’re tweeting from.

Camera

In iOS 5 you will get panoramic camera capability. Since your iPhone is always with you, it’s often the best way to capture those unexpected moments. That’s why you’ll love the new camera features in iOS 5. You can open the Camera app right from the Lock screen. Use grid lines, pinch-to-zoom gestures, and single-tap focus and exposure locks to compose a picture on the fly. Then press the volume-up button to snap your photo in the nick of time. If you have Photo Stream enabled in iCloud, your photos automatically download to all your other devices.

Default Browser – Safari

iOS 5 brings even more web-browsing features to iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. Safari Reader displays web articles sans ads or clutter so you can read without distractions. Reading List lets you save interesting articles to peruse later, while iCloud keeps your list updated across all your devices. On iPad, tabbed browsing helps you keep track of multiple web pages and switch between them with ease. And iOS 5 improves Safari performance on all your iOS devices.

PC Free

With iOS 5, you no longer need a computer to own an iPad, iPhone, or iPod touch. Activate and set up your device wirelessly, right out of the box. Download free iOS software updates directly on your device. Do more with your apps — like editing your photos or adding new email folders — on your device, without the need for a Mac or PC. And back up and restore your device automatically using iCloud.

Other Cool Features are

Mail

Your inbox is about to receive some great new features. Format text using bold, italic, or underlined fonts. Create indents in the text of your message. Drag to rearrange names in address fields. Flag important messages. Even add and delete mailbox folders on the fly. If you’re looking for a specific email, you can now search in the body of messages. And with iCloud, you get a free email account that stays up to date on all your devices.

Calendar

Get more perspective on your schedule with year view on iPad and week view on iPhone and iPod touch. Tap to create an event and drag to adjust the time and duration. Add, rename, and delete calendars directly from your device. And view event attachments without leaving the Calendar app. iCloud lets you share calendars with friends and family, and it keeps your events in sync on all your devices.

Game Center

iOS is the world’s most popular gaming platform. With iOS 5, you can get your game face on with even more Game Center features. Post a profile picture. Meet your match with new friend recommendations based on the games you play and the players you already know. Discover new games without leaving Game Center. And size up an opponent on the spot with new overall achievement scores.

Wi-Fi Sync

Wirelessly sync your iOS device to your Mac or PC over a shared Wi-Fi connection. Every time you connect your iOS device to a power source (say, overnight for charging), it automatically syncs and backs up any new content to iTunes. So you always have your movies, TV shows, home videos, and photo albums everywhere you want them.

Multitasking Gestures for iPad

iOS 5 includes a few new moves and shortcuts to help you get around even quicker on your iPad: Using four or five fingers, swipe up to reveal the multitasking bar, pinch to return to the Home screen, and swipe left or right to switch between apps.

AirPlay Mirroring for iPad 2

Wow your audience in the board room, classroom, or living room. AirPlay now supports video mirroring. Which means you can wirelessly — and securely — stream whatever’s on your iPad 2 to your HDTV via Apple TV. Everyone in the room sees exactly what’s on your iPad display up there on the big screen — even when you rotate iPad from portrait to landscape or zoom in and out on photos.

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Just give them a try and see how useful they are-

Idea Flight

Description : Idea Flight is the only tool you need to share your ideas and direct the experience for your audience easily on the iPad. Just download Idea Flight, access a wireless connection, and you’re ready for takeoff! Your FREE download includes a sample presentation you can use to test-pilot Idea Flight. Idea Flight is like a screen sharing app for iPad. But it’s really smart for business people who often find themselves stuck in meetings.

Must Have iPad apps

Fox News

Description : Download the first and only news application for your iPad from the #1 name in news, the FOX News Channel. View Happening Now for a quick snapshot of all the latest news in politics, entertainment, health and more! Lovers of ‘balanced’ news can now get their Fox News on on their iPad.

Auto Correct

Description : AutoCorrect allows you to prevent your phone from autocorrecting your favorite abbreviations, inside jokes, SMS shorthand, slang, nicknames, usernames, and more. AutoCorrector will modify the un-editable onboard dictionary on your iPhone or iPad. If there are shorthand phrases or words you use frequently that always get changed by your device, this app’s for you.

Would love to hear about some apps from your side too, which you like or want to recommend to others.

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Now you can make calls directly from your iPad 3G, all you need is a ear phone and app called ‘PhoneITiPad‘. This app has been developed by iPhoneIslam, which enables an iPad to make phone calls and send SMS.

The app requires no additional hardware but as I said you should have a jailbroken iPad 3G. That also means if you have jailbroken your iPad 2, you can use this app there too. You don’t believe me? Check out the video down here-

But the bad news is this app is not yet released, sources says Its gonna be released on Cydia Store very soon.

Do share if you know any other way to make calls from iPad, sharing is caring!!

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According to OLEDinfo,

Tim Cook (Apple’s COO and acting CEO) has visited South Korea last week, and there are reports that he discussed using Samsung’s AMOLED displays for the iPad 3.

OLEDinfo also said “These are just rumors currently (A SMD spokesperson said “he had not heard of such discussions with Apple”). But this is the first time that it’s at least plausible for Apple to use OLEDs as up until today Samsung’s capacity was simply not enough.”

Sources also indicates that “Samsung produces 24,000 substrates a month. The next stage (line 2) is scheduled for the end of 2011 (and will double the capacity to 48,000 monthly substrates). The third line is planned for the first half of 2012, and this will bring monthly capacity to 100,000 substrates. Total investment for this new fab is around $2.2 billion.”

So you can see that there is a high probability that if Samsung adds the line 2 by somewhere near end of this year, Apple can fulfill the demand of these OLED screens from Samsung.

What change OLED screen will bring to iPad 3?

• First and foremost OLED screens are better than LED screens.
• OLED screens provide more brilliant colors, faster touch recognition with fast responses.
• OLED screens are lighter and thinner than LED too, which will change the overall weight of iPad 3.
• OLED screens are expensive, this can affect the pricing of iPad 3.
• OLEDs consume more power also, So either Apple or Samsung has to look for a way to deal with this fact.

That is all what we have got about iPad 3 so far, will give you an update on its release date, price and other specifications as and when we will get a pinch of it.

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LaundryLocal

Description : Using LaundryLocal to schedule a wash and fold, pick-up and drop-off, or dry cleaning pick-up and drop-off is really easy. Just enter your address and select a service provider who has been prescreened for quality, satisfaction and reliability, then schedule the date and times you would like them to come to your home or office to pick-up and drop-off your laundry and dry cleaning.

SignNow

Description : SignNow is perfect for simple, free signings – use it as much as you’d like! We offer an easy and effective way to e-sign digital files without the need to scan, fax, or mail documents. Upload your document and sign or send it in less than 30 seconds. Start saving paper and trash that old printer, scanner and fax machine.

Lockitron

Description : A great app to Replace your keys with your phone. Let guests into your beach house while you’re traveling abroad, provision temporary access for contractors at the office, or let friends buzz themselves up to your party without the hassle of physical keys. Any internet-enabled smartphone can use Lockitron. Activate our text message feature to allow any mobile phone to use Lockitron through text messaging.

Kaptur

Description : Kaptur (pronounced “capture”) lets you create albums using everyone’s photos, videos and statuses regardless of when and where posted. Kaptur seamlessly imports media from Facebook, Flickr, Youtube, Vimeo, and more!

GoodReader

Description : GoodReader is the super-robust PDF reader for iPad – the #1 selling non-Apple app for iPad in USA in 2010! Mashable describes it as “a Swiss Army knife of awesome!” Reviews worldwide hail it as “essential,” “the best,” “magnificent” and “the killer app”. With GoodReader on your iPad, you can read virtually anything, anywhere.

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Recently launched iPad 2 has changed the tablet war very significantly, most of the people say the new iPad 2 is “the best tablet for average consumer”. They also say “the speed is unmatchable with any other tablet of the era”. All these voices answers our previously asked question Is apple iPad 2 really worth buying? So lets see what all apps you will enjoy in your new iPad 2 apart from those very popular ones (like facetime, photobooth, garageband, imovie, iphoto etc).

So here we go -

1	vmware
	Description : VMware View Client for iPad makes it easy to access your Windows virtual desktop from your iPad with the best possible user experience on the Local Area Network (LAN) or across a Wide Area Network (WAN). Its Fast, powerful,stable and easy to use. It’s really a excellent one. best ipad 2 apps for remote connection.
2	pages
	Description : It’s the most beautiful word processor ever designed for a mobile device. Using just your fingers, you’re a writer one minute and a designer the next. And the documents you create — newsletters, reports, brochures, and flyers — are way beyond words. Its one of the best app for ipad 2 users.
3	Cool hunting
	Description : One of the most useful app to watch unlimited videos on your iPad 2 very easily. Its too user-friendly and convenient. Just try it out.
4	1password
	Description : 1Password for iPad securely stores your important information and can automatically log you into websites with a single tap. Securely store your website names and passwords so you never forget them again, Synchronize everything with 1Password for Mac or Windows (sold separately), Automatically log into Web sites to avoid remembering and typing usernames and passwords. best ipad 2 application for security.
5	angrybirds
	Description : The survival of the Angry Birds is at stake. Dish out revenge on the green pigs who stole the Birds’ eggs. Use the unique destructive powers of the Angry Birds to lay waste to the pigs’ fortified castles. Angry Birds features hours of gameplay, challenging physics-based castle demolition, and lots of replay value.
6	amazon kindle
	Description : The Kindle app is optimized for the iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch, giving users the ability to read Kindle books on a beautiful, easy-to-use interface. You’ll have access to over 850,000* books in the Kindle Store, including best sellers and new releases. best ipad 2 apps for book readers.
7	ted
	Description : TED presents talks from some of the world’s most fascinating people: education radicals, tech geniuses, medical mavericks, business gurus and music legends. Find more than 700 TEDTalk videos (with more added each week) on the official TED app.
8	urbanspoon
	Description : Get the lowdown on the best places to eat wherever you go. Explore thousands of restaurants at once, filter selections by price, cuisine, or neighborhood, and get ratings and reviews from newspapers, bloggers, and fellow eaters.
9	cnbc real time
	Description : Get real-time quotes before, during, and after NYSE and NASDAQ market hours. Create unique stock watchlists, and stay up-to-date with exclusive breaking business and news alerts.
10	zite
	Description : Zite is a personalized magazine for your iPad that automatically learns what you like and gets smarter as you use it. Zite gives you personalized news, articles, blogs, videos and other content from a variety of both mainstream and niche publications and sites. Zite can personalize by syncing with your Twitter or Google Reader account or on its own.
11	ibooks
	Description : iBooks is an amazing way to download and read books. iBooks includes the iBookstore, where you can download the latest best-selling books or your favorite classics – day or night. Browse your library on a beautiful bookshelf, tap a book to open it, flip through pages with a swipe or a tap, and bookmark or add notes to your favorite passages.
12	netflix
	Description : Just download this free app and you can instantly watch TV shows & movies streaming from Netflix. It’s part of your Netflix unlimited membership. Not a Netflix member? Start your FREE trial today, Watch as often as you want, Resume watching where you left off on your TV or computer, Browse movies and manage your instant Queue right from your device.
13	cnn
	Description : Watch live and breaking news video and go beyond the news with in-depth feature stories and video.Take part in the conversation by commenting on stories and sharing your favorites via Facebook, Twitter, or email.It has a nice layout. Great scrolling through stories. But too many ads
14	flixster (movies)
	Description : Movies by Flixster is the #1 movie app to watch movie trailers, find showtimes, get critic reviews from Rotten Tomatoes, and share movie ratings with your friends. Its a okay kind of app but good for entertainment.
15	Good Reader
	Description : GoodReader is the super-robust PDF reader for iPad – the #1 selling non-Apple app for iPad in USA in 2010! Mashable describes it as “a Swiss Army knife of awesome!” Reviews worldwide hail it as “essential,” “the best,” “magnificent” and “the killer app”. With GoodReader on your iPad, you can read virtually anything, anywhere: books,
16	real racing HD
	Description : Real Racing HD offers the most realistic racing experience available on iPad. With all the content of the iPhone version plus enhanced features, graphics and gameplay to take full advantage of what iPad and iOS4.2 are capable of, this is hand-held racing like you’ve never seen before. Are you ready for all the excitement, competition and glory that only.
17	newsrack
	Description : NewsRack is a full-featured RSS reader with an intuitive interface. Skim over the latest headlines. Added an option to scroll to the oldest unread article when opening a feed, Fixed Twitter and Delicious authorization, Fixed potential crash when shortening a URL with bit.ly

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After coming back from medical leave in January for an unspecified illness, Jobs was welcomed a standing ovation as he walked on stage at the Yerba Buena Theater to introduce iPad2. Now lets see whether iPad2 also gets a standing ovation from buyers or not?

Lets have a look How apple iPad2 is different.

Features which are unchanged.

• The display is exactly the same as ipad: 9.7-inch LED-backlit IPS LCD with 1024 x 768 pixel resolution.
• Storage options are same as, 16, 32, and 64GB being your options.
• Your Wifi and Bluetooth will still be the same as 802.11 a/b/g/n and 2.1 + EDR respectively,
• Accelerometer stays the same at 3-axis.
• And not to forget RAM in iPad2 is same as iPad 256MB.
• Battery life is also same as iPad.

Features with little changes

• Unlike iPad you will be able to get iPad2 in two colors – black and white.
• Where before your iPad was either 680g or 730g depending on if you wanted 3G or not, the heaviest new iPad2 is 613g, and that’s the AT&T model. Next lightest is 607g with Verizon, and 601g with just Wifi.
• The thickness of iPad2 has been reduced 33% from 13.4mm down to 8.8mm.
• You will get a attached magnetic cover with iPad2

Features with significant changes

• Your iPad 2 processor has been updated from a 1GHz Apple A4 to a 1GHz dual-core Apple A5.
• In the iPad 2 you also get a gyroscope.
• You also get two new cameras. The Front camera is a VGA webcam and the Rear one is capable of recording video at 720p is definitely a step up from having no cameras at all, but as of now commenting on the capabilities of these cameras will not be a justice to them.
• Your cellular radio has been added too, where before you only had EDGE plus triband HSPA, you now have EDGE plus triband HSPA OR CDMA / EV-DO Rev. A.

So now the question is – Is iPad2 really worth buying?

The answer is both ‘Yes’ and ‘No’.

If you don’t own a iPad already then ‘Yes’ iPad2 is really worth buying as just paying an $100 extra as compared to iPad, will be giving you a lot of features and movement in this tablet race.

But if you already have a iPad then my suggestion to you is – Don’t go for iPad2, just wait a little bit. This tablet war has long to go.

Apple iPad2 will be released in the United States on March 11 and on March 25 in 26 other countries including France, Germany and Japan.

Best Apple iPad 2 apps

Apple iPad2 Gallery

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Just to make it more clear just have a look at the following comparison

Apple Ipad vs Motorola Xoom vs HP Touchpad vs Blackberry PlayBook

	Apple iPad	Motorola Xoom	HP TouchPad	BlackBerry PlayBook
Availability	Available	Available	soon	soon
Operating System	iOS 4.0	Android 3.0 Honeycomb	HP WebOS 3.0	QNX
Processor	1 GHz Apple A4	1 GHz dual-core Tegra 2	1.2 GHz dual-core Snapdragon	1 GHz dual-core TI OMAP 4430
RAM	256 MB DDR	1 GB DDR2	1 GB	1 GB
Battery Life	10 hours of video playback	10 hours of video playback	Unknown	Unknown
Wireless (WiFi)	802.11a/b/g/n	802.11b/g/n	802.11b/g/n	802.11a/b/g/n
Bluetooth	2.1 + EDR	2.1 + EDR	2.1 + EDR	2.1 + EDR
GPS	A-GPS (3G only)	GPS/A-GPS	A-GPS	- -
Cellular	3G	3G/4G	3G/4G	4G
Display	9.7″ IPS	10.1″ LCD	9.7″ LCD	7″ LCD
Resolution	1024×768	1200×800	1024×768	1024 x 600
Storage	16GB/32GB/64GB	32GB	16GB/32GB	16GB/32GB/64GB
Expandable Storage	No	SD Card	No	- -
Front-facing camera	- -	2 MP	1.3 MP	3 MP
Rear-facing camera	- -	5 MP	- -	5 MP
Video Calling	- -	Google Talk	Skype	Yes
Video Recording	- -	720p	Unknown	720p
Multitasking	Partial	Yes	Yes (card-based)	Yes (card-based)
Browser	Webkit (Safari)	Webkit (Chrome)	Webkit	Webkit
Mobile Hotspot	No	Yes	Yes	No
Adobe Flash	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
Dimensions	9.53″ x 7.48″ x 0.54″	9.8″ x 6.6″ x 0.5″	9.45″ x 7.48″ x 0.54″	5.1″ x 7.6″ x 0.4″
Weight	1.6 pounds	1.6 pounds	1.6 pounds	0.9 pounds
Accelerometer	3 axis	3 axis	Yes	- -
Gyroscope	No	Yes	Yes	- -
Microphone	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Stereo Speakers	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
Price	$499 onwards	$799 onwards	- -	- -

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