New Apple Lust Objects for 2010 and onward

listed as one of the selling points on store.apple.com/uk

good work apple

we get "MLB" and "NHL" games on the .au store

I kind of find it hilarious that they don't bother to remove seemingly-irrelevant entries on there in countries where those sports aren't relevant. idk guys, if it takes off they'll internationalize this thing.

The main draw for it in the US is, in order: browse and play music from iTunes libraries (which you can do anywhere), Netflix, followed closely by a tie between youtube and ability to rent/buy video from the online store. I'm guessing the video selection sucks elsewhere so it's mainly streaming iTunes and youtube? Sorry.

you should just try baseball, it's pretty good

I like baseball

whats the deal with the 4G data plans? is there an acceptably priced on for the US?

oh also i thought i heard about some new thing (may have even been ipad3) that would kind of make apple tv obsolete. Is this true?? i was thinking of hinting at one for my birthday from the moms. do any of you have one? what do you mostly use it for?

also why the hell cant i use my iphone as a hotspot? or can i? (w/o jailbreak i mean)

"whats the deal with the 4G data plans? is there an acceptably priced on for the US?"

what ATT calls 4G now is the same as what they called 3G three months ago

iphone have hotspot plans, they just costs extra. different on verizon versus at&t I think

My wife just told me she ordered me a new iPad. This should be fun.

oh akm. I guess im asking are there any decent data plans for ipads or should i just do the iphone hotspot

At least for now, if you use an iPhone for a hotspot you'll be limited to 3G speeds not the faster 4G the new iPads offer (where available).

Pay-by-the-month data plans:
$14.99/mo. 250mb (AT&T)
$20.00/mo. 1gb (Verizon)
$30.00/mo. 3gb (AT&T) or 2gb (Verizon)
$50.00/mo. 5gb (either AT&T or Verizon)

There's a footnote that says "Includes Wi-Fi browsing; refer to carrier website for terms and conditions." That I don't get at all - how can the carriers charge you for using a wi-fi hotspot that doesn't even use their cellular service?

They don't but I think AT&T throw in unlimited data access through their hotspots.

http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/lifestyle/london-life/sir-jonathan-ive-the-iman-cometh-7562170.html

thanks dudes. my brain hurts when i try to work money shit out.

BUT

My iphone said it was on 4G today! Am I the only one who didnt know about this. I did a speed test (directly outside my work building so not the best reception) and registered download speed 7.75mbps

The new update makes 4GS (and maybe 4G) phones say 4G instead of 3G, even though nothing really changed. Apple just decided that they were willing to call their download speeds 4G now.

It's only on the 4S -- its chipset can do HSPA+, which T-Mobile has been calling 4G for a long time.

That is, HSPA+ is about twice as fast as HSPA (fastest GSM 3G network available to older iPhone 4 on AT&T) or CDMA (fastest current 3G service from Verizon or Sprint, even on iPhone 4S).

can someone on 3g do a speed test pls

you'd have to do a test on both in the same location, though

iPhone 4S: AT&T vs. Sprint vs. Verizon

Extensive test of all three US iPhone carriers conducted throughout California in several urban and rural locations. AT&T's pseudo-4G HSPA+ is indeed the fastest, averaging more than twice as fast as Verizon and almost three times faster than Sprint.

Fastest... on an iPhone. It'd be interesting to see the same tests with an iPad/LTE.

https://twitter.com/#!/HHShkMohd/status/178794688910860291

xp That's because the last dozen or so posts are about using an iPhone as a hotspot, along with a wifi-only iPad. We'll have to wait a few more days (16 March) for the new iPad to ship, and probably a few more days after that for tech sites to compare the two carriers' speed. Both AT&T and Verizon's 4G should be blazingly fast, but neither has 4G coverage outside of some cities. And here, Verizon is far ahead of AT&T in building out their 4G LTE network:

http://www.verizonwireless.com/images_b2c/ipad/overlays/MapOverlay_VZW.jpg
http://www.verizonwireless.com/images_b2c/ipad/overlays/MapOverlay_att.jpg

However, if you're in one of the many areas where there's no 4G coverage, you fall back on 3G where AT&T is sometimes twice as fast as Verizon's 3G (but not always, since AT&T doesn't have HSPA+ everywhere). Both carriers are continuing to add more 4G coverage.

and by 4G we mean LTE which still isn't true 4G

There's no true 4G yet (as you no doubt know), but LTE as it now exists is vastly faster than any of the 3G technologies. How are they going to distinguish real 4G when it becomes available?

4RealG

good luck usa

G4Real

they'll just call it 5G and the rest of the world will have to do the same to keep up

4OG

The new G

lol Alaska

ain't nuthin' but a 4G thang

http://media.tinhte.vn/photo/var/albums/Anh-Bai-/Album-cuhiep/IMG_0023.PNG <-- HUGE (4 MB), don't click if on dial-up

(new ipad's home screen at full res)

http://www.fastcompany.com/1824166/ipad-celebrities-denied-shaq-channing-frye-william-gibson-bradley-frank

verge comment:

Chefgon says:
Shaq should have gone to Gizmodo instead of Jobs.
Posted on Mar 14, 2012 | 11:25 AM EDT

ba-zing

I do like Apple's equality on these things, though.

"I've always wanted to be the one that's on the edge of technological curve. I always wanted to be ahead of everybody else. The great Steve Jobs, rest in peace, when the iPhone was first coming out, I used to call him every other day. Can I please get one first? Can I please get one first? He never gave me one. He said, 'Shaq, I can't, I can't, I can't.' He was a great guy."

(new ipad's home screen at full res)

― Autumn Almanac, Wednesday, March 14, 2012 5:54 AM (7 hours ago)

fruit ninja HD, now with bonus pixelation

Sparrow for iPhone has been released, seems pretty cool so far. A lot like the desktop version only with the slide left/right navigation that apps seem to find hip these days

iPad came. All I can guarantee right now is that it comes in a box.

what does it sound like if you bounce it off a wall?

does it actually BOUNCE off the wall?

Shit, it's a good 9 hours until FedEx starts delivery here

I'm always on the last truck of the day, so I expect to see mine about 7 o'clock tomorrow.

screen is fucking amazing