Apple adding second manufacturer to meet demand for iPad 3 this fall?

Randomly accurate rumor site Digitimes claims that Apple is adding a second contractor to meet iPad 3 (or iPad 2 HD/Pro/Plus) demand this fall. That’s right, they’re also throwing their hat into the “Apple launching a second iPad in 2011″ ring.

The latest market rumors also indicated that the new iPad may be named iPad 2 plus and will be thinner than its predecessors yet with upgraded display.

The new iPads will be launched at the end of the third quarter or early in the fourth quarter, noted the sources. Total shipments of iPad tablet PCs are expected to top 13 million units in the third quarter, estimated the sources.

They’re pegging Petagron, which makes the Verizon iPhone and might get iPhone 5 business, as being the additional manufacturer. Despite being far and away the market leader, Apple has struggled to meet demand for both iPhone and iPad, and it makes sense they’d like to address this one chink in their otherwise adamantine mobile armor.

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Poll: How would you feel if Apple released a second new iPad this year?

Can you not wait for Apple to release a second, Retina Display equipped iPad 3 (or iPad 2 HD/Pro/Plus) this year, or does the mere thought of it fill you with unbridled geek rage? The rumors keep getting stronger, and TiPb and many others have heard that Apple is seriously considering adding a new iPad to the already chock-a-block fall lineup.

If you just paid $500-$900 for an iPad 2, it’s understandable that that would set you off. You wanted top of the line for 2011 and you expected your investment to be top of the line until at least next spring. How could Apple try and obsolete your beautiful new iPad 2 just 6 months out of the gate?

Some of you might look at your iPad 2 and really be annoyed by the lack of Retina Display, and want Apple to address that asap, damn the costs. Or maybe you skipped iPad 2 because it wasn’t a big enough bump and have been waiting to go Retina for a while already, and the sooner the better. Hey, maybe you haven’t even gotten on the iPad train yet and this is the model you’ve been holding out for, and now is not a problem.

Apple has already sold over 20 million plus iPads and while that’s a good chunk of potential upgrades, they likely have their eyes set on a much bigger prize — the over 100 million iPhone uses who don’t have iPads yet, and beyond them, the hundreds of millions of consumers who don’t have any iOS devices at all yet.

Apple has us, understands we’ll upgrade when and if we can, but it wants them. Would a more expensive iPad be the way to increase their already market leading share of the tablet market? Maybe a little. The bigger share will be, of course, at the lower end of the market — a place Apple has eschewed in the past for everything but iPods. But an iPad Pro to fit the MacBook Pro square in the product matrix is interesting… if the standard iPad 2 gets a price drop to better address the lower end at the same time…

Either way, how do you feel about Apple potentially releasing a second iPad this year?

iMAME4all gets experimental support for iCade [Jailbreak]

iMAME4all is a Jailbreak app for iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch that emulates arcade games supported by the original MAME (Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator) version 0.37b5. In simple terms, it allows you to play over 2000 retro arcade games on your iOS device, as long as you can find the ROM’s of the games.

As of today, you can download version 1.7 of iMAME4all that will enable iMAME4all to work with the iCade cabinet. That’s right, you can now use that expensive iCade cabinet you bought for some real old school retro arcade fun! The best way to use the two is in full screen portrait mode.

This is an awesome way to enjoy MAME and if you are a real old school arcade lover, it’s simply a superb combination. The latest version has not filtered through to the Cydia store as of yet. If you can’t wait, there is a DEB file which you can manually install. I just wish I could get my hands on an iCade in the UK for a reasonable price!

[iMAME4all via Engadget]

Mobile Nations: Monday Brief for July 11, 2011

Apple Adds Extra Contracter For iPad HD

Industry rag DigiTimes has come out saying that Apple is going to add another manufacturer to help production numbers for another iPad to be released this Autumn:

Apple reportedly plans to add a second manufacturer for iPad 3 tablet PCs in addition to Foxconn Electronics with Taiwan-based Quanta Computer and Petagron Technology being indicated as the potential contenders for the possible orders, according to industry sources in Taiwan.

The current crop of rumors pegs that this September will see an iPad HD or something similar, a pro-level version of the iPad as distinct from the current lineup.

If DigiTimes’ sources are correct, this might help cut down the incredible shortage of iPad 2s that has plagued Apple, to the point where the delay in getting an iPad has only now dropped to a week.

ZENandTECH 07: Mental beach-ball

Like the spinning hourglass or beachball on a computer, our heads can get stuck stuck thinking the same negative thoughts over and over again. This week on ZENandTECH, Georgia and Rene discuss ways to figure out why you’re perseverating and how you can deal with it.

Read on for the show notes!

If it was a detriment to us in the long run it probably wouldn’t have stayed with us. So there is probably a evolutionary benefit to this type of mental clutter occurrence.

Strength of feeling (%)	What happened	Why do I feel this?	Solution	Outcomes	Updated feeling (%)

If you don’t feel better, repeat the process and try a different solution, even if that solution is acceptance that there is no ideal solution.

These are usually our “wounds” things that we have not dealt with or have been hurt from when we were younger.

If it’s too hard to write in a journal, try voice-to-text software!

You also could try a convenient place to work

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Music is Peace on Earth by wellman.

Apple releases new iPhone commercials for AirPlay, FaceTime

Continuing their new “if you don’t have an iPhone” campaign, Apple began showing two new iPhone 4 commercials tonight — FaceTime and AirPlay. FaceTime demos iPhone-to-iPhone video calling, which has been a staple for Apple since iPhone 4 was released. It also demos iPhone-to-Mac and iPhone to iPad FaceTime, however, which is new. AirPlay highlights playing music from the iPod app on your home stereo and watching photos or movies on your Apple TV. (Of course, iOS 5 AirPlay mirroring will make a future commercial like that much, much more exciting…)

I’m still not a huge fan of the “if you don’t have an iPhone” preamble, but at least these get back to more customer facing features, unlike the 3 store ads we had recently. (But hey, at least they’re not trying to sell your wife a Tegra 2 processor…!)

Check them out after the break.