Apple’s upcoming 12-inch iPad pro will be a iPad / hybrid computer.

As per the latest news coming from the supply chains and as per speculations from various analysts, Apple is all set to marry the MacBook Air and the iPad. The rumours are pointing to a 12 – inch iPad with advanced software and hardware features which is supposed to give much higher level of performance than the current generation of iPads.

Apple has already released 64 Bit A6 processors for mobile devices which has a much higher processing power than the previous generation of chipsets. Along with the newly added M7 co-processor, the stakes has been raised to an all new level. 

But now as per Evercore Partners analyst Patrick Wang, Apple is all set to launch iPad Pro this fall. This device is supposed to blur the line between traditional notebooks and tablets. As per the report at Barrons, Wang has predicted that Apple will launch an iPad with bigger screen size, targeting enterprise customers. As per Wang this device will be very much like the Microsoft's Surface tab, which have a Intel processor. He thinks that this iPad pro will be a notebook plus tablet hybrid, targeting the enterprise customers. 

Wang comments were mostly centered around treat on Intel. Along with this upcoming device, Apple will also launch it's new quad core A8 processor, which as per Wang will open the floodgates against Intels chip buisness. He pointed out that Intel's CPU represents a significant portion of the cost of laptop. He supplemented his analysis with the bill of materials of Macbook Air with iPad Air, which clearly showed that Intel's chipset consists of 22 percent of the cost of Macbook Air while Apple's own A series processor for iPad Air only amounts to a meagre 4 percent of the total cost.

All this speculation and analysis may not be entirely true and I would ask my readers to take it with a pinch of salt and as a food for thought.

How to download Torrents in iPhone and iPad without Jailbreak

Torrents have become a convenient and popular way to share large files among groups of people. All media content can be easily downloaded at a single place by using a torrent client. There are lots of websites which provides links to free torrents which can be downloaded easily using a free torrent client. These torrent clients are available for Mac, Windows and Android platforms. But sadly there are very few options available to download torrents in iPhone or iPads. Apple has a staunch policy of not allowing any torrent clients in its official App store because torrents are used mainly to illegally download copyrighted media content, which have a negative impact on Apple’s business, namely the iTunes store.

But an iOS user needs not to worry as I am going to show the easiest ways to download any torrent on an iPhone and iPad and best thing is all these tricks are absolutely free. There are two ways to download torrent in iOS devices without even jail breaking the device and I am going to share the step by step method of doing so.

Note: It is recommended that Wi-Fi only mode should be used whenever possible as it saves battery and also mobile data charges.

Method 1

This method involves downloading via an online torrent downloader. There are many online torrent downloader sites but www.zbigz.com is the best as it supports torrent downloading even without creating accounts. In this tutorial we will focus on downloading torrents using www.zbigz.com.

• Go to any torrent search site like Piratebay or Yify-torrents and search for the required torrent.
• Copy the Magnet Link of the torrent file.

  

• Now go to zbigz.com and paste the magnet link of the torrent file and then click on GO.

• The site will compile the torrent into a single file and then it can be downloaded as any other regular zip file.

                                 

Note: zbigz.com throttle the download speed of a  FREE user to 150 kbps and the maximum size of a file which can be downloaded is 1 Gb. This limitations are not applicable for a Premium user.

Method 2

The second method involves downloading torrents using iTransmission.

• Set the date of the device to 2012. (This is very IMPORTANT, dont skip this step).
• Go to http://www.iosemulatorspot.com/downloads.html , scroll down to the iTransmission app and install it.

• After the app is installed, set the device’s date back to present date ( This is IMPORTANT step, dont skip this).
• Search the torrent you want to download from torrent search engines like piratebay and copy the magnet url.
• Now open the iTransmission app and click the + button and then paste the url and click OK.

 

Note: iTransmission doesnot allow the downloaded files to be directly opened in an iOS device. It needs iFile which costs $2 in the app store to open the files. But the files can be transferred to a PC or Laptop using iTunes and then again transferred back to the iOS device using VLC or any other media player for media contents or other apps for non media contents.  

Disclaimer : This article is for educational purposes only. I do not support downloading of copyrighted materials.

1 and Only thing I hate about my iPad

Over the years Apple products has become a sign of stability and user friendliness. This phenomenon has made Apple an iconic brand whose products gets sold out even before they hit the shelves. Apple with the introduction of iPhone and iPad has literary changed the way people uses personal gadgets. There are millions of extremely satisfied Apple customers worldwide.

But this article is not to exemplify the virtues of Apple products, but to point out 1 nagging disadvantage of iOS devices for which many Apple users are not completely satisfied with their iPhones or iPads.

First of all let me clarify that I mostly do some light office work from my iPad. And by 'light' I mean, checking mails, doing minor changes to spreadsheets, and monitoring telecom towers so that they don't face outages. I don't like to use Laptop for these jobs as they are bulky and not at all easy to carry around. My iPad is a very much suitable and user friendly replacement to a conventional laptop for this type of light work.

But the moment I try to send mails, I start missing my Laptop. The other day I was trying to forward a mail with an attached spreadsheet, also I needed to attach a pdf to the same mail. But how much I tried I could not send those two documents on a single mail. The only option I got was to send two different mails. It is very frustrating when someone realize that his smartest gadget cant do a simple task of sending a mail with two documents in it.

Many people will say that I could have uploaded both the files in a cloud storage and then share the links of the files in a same mail. I would have readily done it, if my corporate policy has not banned cloud storage for data security reasons. I even tried to zip both the files in a single folder but it seemed that the applications did not  have the support to zip two or more files in a single folder.

It is my earnest request to iOS developers to integrate better document management in the coming versions of iOS. It would help may Apple device users if documents with common extensions like .xlsx or .pdf can be universally accessed like the pictures and videos. It will immensely help to directly insert the documents as attachments from the native mailing apps. It will also help when someone ones to upload any document to a website directly, like a job seeker trying to upload his resume to a job portal.

Many people would have many other suggestions and feedback to Apple on ways to improve their products, but for me a better document management is the one and only issue which Apple needs to rectify and update.

How to download iWorks and iLife Apps for free in old iOS devices.

Today I am going to teach you how to get iWorks and iLife suites for free in old Apple devices. When Apple first announced that iWorks and iLife will be made free, people thought that it will be available to all iDevices which has been updated to iOS7. But after updating the old devices most Apple users realized that these premium apps are free to only new buyers of iOS devices. Many old iDevice users, including me were left disappointed due to these terms and conditions from Apple.

But I did not gave up hope of getting these apps for free. After searching through numerous blogs and forums I found a way to get theses premium app suites from Apple for free in my iPad 4. This trick does not even require the iDevices to be jail broken. In fact when I first heard of this trick I was amazed by the simplicity of the trick.

Before going into the details of the trick one needs to understand the conditions set by Apple. As per the terms, these premium Apps are free for download on any iOS device activated after 1^st September. Also we have to keep in mind that if an application is purchased in 1 device then it becomes available for download to 5 other Apple devices associated with the same Apple id. This trick is a combination of both this terms.

So in order to get the iWorks and iLife App suites for free, one needs to login to the App store with his existing Apple Id from any new iOS device .After login in, all the premium suites will be shown as free and then a download needs to be initiated. That is, a full download is also not necessary, just purchasing it for free using the old Apple Id will do. As soon as the purchase is done (for free) in the new device, the apps will be shown as ‘Purchased’ in the old device and can be downloaded for free in the old device.

Now many people will ask how they will get hold of a new iOS device without purchasing them. The answer is either ask a friend to lend their new iOS device or go to a Departmental store where iOS devices are placed on a display and use them. Just make sure to log out of the App store after the initial purchase is done.

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Enjoy :)