Ever wonder why the iPad costs so much? So have we. That’s why we were interested to find out just how much the individual components cost when you take one apart. Fortunately, a market intelligence company IHS iSupply did most of the work for us. Here’s what we found out about a 32GB iPad with Wi-Fi, 4G and a retail price of £579. Most of the components were purchased in US dollars, so we’ve roughly converted the figures into sterling. Read the rest of this entry »
The Real Cost Of The New iPad
April 10th, 2012 by Kieran BallThings Are Heating Up For Apple
March 29th, 2012 by Kieran Ball
Apple may indeed be making the headlines with record-breaking sales of the new iPad, but many of these new customers are getting hot under the collar about Apple’s latest design fault. It would appear that the new iPad has a serious problem. It’s overheating. Oh dear! Read the rest of this entry »
ZTE Has The X Factor
March 18th, 2012 by Kieran Ball
Not content with shaking up the Smartphone market with their popular Blade handset (you might know it better as the Orange San Francisco), ZTE is back for another assault on the Smartphone market with yet another high spec handset with a ridiculously low price tag. This time it’s the Mimosa X which will be luring the punters away from Apple’s iPhone and those looking at middle price range of the Android Smartphone market. Read the rest of this entry »
The Gadget Panda Agony Column
March 18th, 2012 by Kieran Ball
The Gadget Panda blog might be all about pointing you in the right direction when it comes to the latest gadgets and technology, but sometimes we get questions that are a little more, um, shall we say, relationship-based. Like this one… Read the rest of this entry »
The iPad Is Dead. Long Live The New iPad
March 18th, 2012 by Kieran Ball
Shoppers queuing for The New iPad
So Apple has launched the ‘new’ iPad (we noticed iPad 3 was mentioned nowhere – it’s simply called the new iPad). But, in terms of innovation, we felt a little letdown. There was nothing we didn’t expect. In all, here at Gadget Panda, we thought the announcement was a bit of a damp squib. Read the rest of this entry »
Appy To Meet You
March 7th, 2012 by Kieran Ball
It doesn’t seem so long since Apple was in hot water over nicking personal data from iPhone users by granting marketers access to personal data. It’s clearly a very profitable business, because now it seems that everyone wants to get in on the action. More apps than ever are able to access data and services on your phone and you may not even be aware that they’re doing it. What’s more, you might be surprised by some of the seemingly innocent apps that are, right now, giving out your personal information to advertisers, marketers and developers all over the world. Read the rest of this entry »
Is An Upgrade Always Worth It?
February 27th, 2012 by Kieran Ball
What the iPad 3 might look like
Sometimes it seems no sooner you’ve bought a new gadget than the next version is out and you get an uncontrollable craving to trade up. Which is one of the reasons it’s so handy to have a place like Gadget Panda, where you can secure the most cash for your older model. However, there’s no escaping the fact that you will always pay more for the latest technology. Inevitably, prices do come down, but, in the interim, the itch to own the latest gadget right now doesn’t go away. Read the rest of this entry »
Microsoft And Nokia Have Had A Baby
February 21st, 2012 by Kieran Ball
In our last blog, we looked at the fight to be king of the business Smartphone market, so it’s an apt time to examine Nokia’s latest assault on the market. Can the Lumia 800 reclaim the Smartphone throne for Nokia? Read the rest of this entry »
What’s The Best Platform for Business Smartphones?
February 21st, 2012 by Kieran Ball
Smartphones aren’t just for playing Angry Birds, you know. More companies than ever are realising that Smartphones can make workers more productive and help businesses run better. Read the rest of this entry »
What To Expect From Apple In 2012
February 13th, 2012 by Kieran Ball
In our last blog, we looked at Samsung’s latest threat to the Apple iPhone in the form of the Galaxy S3, so it might an idea to have a look at the rumours concerning Apple and what they might have up their sleeves in this year in the aftermath of Jobs’ passing. Read the rest of this entry »
