Netflix for the iPad has been updated to suit the new tablet's Retina Display, with crisper menus, higher-resolution thumbnails and more. The refreshed app also fixes VoiceOver support, Apple's text-to-speech screen access technology, along with improving playback for external displays and various other bugfixes and tweaks. However, while the UI may be HD, so far content itself isn't.
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Netflix iPad app gets Retina Display upgrade
Angry Birds Space released
Angry Birds Space has been released, arriving in the App Store for iPhone and iPad. The new game is the latest in the ever-popular series of bird-flinging smartphone and tablet games, and perhaps the most ambitious, with developers Rovio Mobile hooking up with NASA to announce the title in space.
Conde Nast magazines on new iPad called out for poor quality
With the incredible resolution that is the Retina Display, a lot of critics are taking a closer microscopic look into the various apps and content that have been around since before the improved technology. One of the companies that has been given such a critical eye is Conde Nast for its digital publications. Obviously, digital magazines and newspapers are a huge industry for tablets, especially the iPad, since publishers see it as their big chance to remain relevant. But Conde Nast might not be doing such a good job of that.
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iPhoto for iOS hits 1 million users in 10 days
Apple’s new iPhoto app for iOS, first announced at the iPad event earlier this month, has reached over 1 million users in less than 10 days of being on the market. This is almost certainly one of the fastest selling apps in Apple’s mobile app portfolio’s history and certainly says a lot about the quality of the app itself. We’ve got a full review of iPhoto for iOS if you’d like to take a look, and do indeed suggest you try it out for yourself if you’ve not done so already.
New iPad owners complain WiFi too slow and LTE too fast
Apple can't seem to catch a break among new iPad owners, with heat complaints being joined by feedback that the WiFi is too slow (or indeed non-existent) while the 4G is too fast. Several early-adopters have taken to Apple's support communities to voice concerns about the range of the tablet's WiFi, suggesting that it is underwhelming in comparison to where the first- and second-gen iPads could receive a signal. Meanwhile, others are discovering that an HD-capable display and fast throughput of LTE means a couple of gigabytes of 4G data allowance is easily consumed.
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iPad Retina Display backlight key heat culprit claims expert
Apple's new iPad heat issues are likely a side-effect of the increased backlighting for the Retina Display, according to one screen expert, though Apple itself maintains the toasty tablet is still within operating limits. The nature of the 2048 x 1536 panel and the 2.5x stronger backlighting needed to illuminate it are probably the key cause of heat, DisplayMate's Raymond Soniera told CNET, with both the LEDs themselves and the extra strain on the battery contributing to the warmth.
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SlashGear Evening Wrap-Up: March 20, 2012
Happy Tuesday, everyone. Are you ready to get a full dose of tech news in just a few short paragraphs? Here we go. For starters, it's been revealed that Apple's new iPad is already account for 5% of all US iPad traffic after just a few days on the market. But in less favorable iPad news, Consumer Reports has found that the new tablet gets as hot as 116 degrees when it's running intensive applications. That's hot. You know what else is hot? The news that HTC and Beats Audio have acquired music service MOG.
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New iPad already 5 percent of US iPad traffic
Apple's new iPad was released less than a week ago and sold more than 3 million units in just the first weekend. It's also already accounting for over 5 percent of all web traffic from iPads in the US. The data comes from online ad agency Chitika, which has setup a web page that will continue to monitor the traffic breakdown between the new iPad versus its predecessors.
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Over 200,000 new iPads already smuggled into China
According to Chinese media reports, cited by Tech in Asia, more than 200,000 new iPads have already been smuggled into China. Many of these gray market iPads come from the US where online pre-orders and the abundance of retail stores selling the device has made it much easier to obtain. They are reportedly being imported from the US to Shenzhen, a city just outside of Hong Kong, for a profit of $20 per iPad.
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Consumer Reports says new iPad hits 116 degrees running games
Consumer Reports has run some tests on Apple's new iPad using a thermal imaging camera following numerous claims online that the tablet gets uncomfortably hot after heavy usage. The popular review magazine has found that the third-gen iPad does indeed run much hotter than its predecessor, reaching temperatures as high as 116 degrees Fahrenheit while running processor-intensive games.
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SHADOWGUN for iPad Review
While this certainly isn’t the first time we’ve had a look at SHADOWGUN – as it does sit pretty on more than one platform, it’s definitely time we got down to business with a full fledged review for the iPad. This game is a third-person shooter game in which you control John Slade, an infamous bounty hunter hired to take out a hoard of devilish mutants and robots under the high-class title of SHADOWGUN. In this version of the game, you’re working through a planet full of enemies with any weapon you can find, your best bet being a machine gun or your trusty shotgun for good luck – and with the new iPad with Retina quality display on your side, (reviewed in full here), you’ve got nothing holding you back.
SlashGear Morning Wrap-Up: March 20, 2012
This morning we've got some lovely news from Qualcomm Atheros as they join the Internet of Things with a cool tiny comms chip. There's a brand new Porsche 918 Spyder prototype out there on the race track this week, and Windows 8 eReaders may be coming soon. The Samsung Galaxy S III may be coming with wireless charging, Windows Phone is finally outselling Symbian in the UK.
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