Gadgets and Tech in the Philippines

Image via Wikipedia News around the internet today are pointing to a February 2011 if the second generation of the iPad.  The iPad 2. Component makers in Taiwan say Foxconn -- Apple's key maker of iPhones and iPads --has been notified that it should be ready to ship 400,000 to 600,000 units of the next version of iPad in the next 100 days, according to a  DigiTimes report  today. The Taiwan-based Foxconn reportedly declined to comment. DigiTimes reported that Apple had originally expected to begin mass production of the unofficially dubbed iPad 2 in January, but Apple postponed that schedule because the device's firmware is still undergoing testing. Apple representatives did not immediately respond to a request for comment . Source The iPad 2 was expected to be released by first quarter of 2011 and a lot of iPad fans are hoping that the latest generation will feature a front facing camera.  The 7 inch version is still being analyzed, after Steve Jobs said that the

Image via Wikipedia Again on the rumor mill, The Apple iOS 4.3 will be released for iOS devices as early as this Thursday, December 9.  The major feature, specially for the iPad will be support for subscription based apps. This latest enhancement takes queue from the increasing migrations of publications such as magazines and newspapers.  But the current limitation is that the publishers don't have a way of selling subscriptions .  iOS 4.3 aims to change that. According to CNET , iOS 4.3 was already in work during the iOS 4.2 release last month. We just have to wait and see if the December 9 release date for iOS 4.3 will push through. Related articles Rumor: iOS 4.3 to arrive Thursday, support subscription-based apps (reviews.cnet.com) "Further iOS Subscription Support Hints from The Guardian" and related posts (iphonefreak.com) Report: iOS 4.3, iTunes Subscriptions and News Corp's iPad Magazine Delayed Until 2011 (cultofmac.com)