My freebie success with FreebieJeebies says that you can!

Everybody says that there's no such thing as a free lunch, but I have to tell you, I've had a heck of a lot more for free than a lunch. Thanks to FreebieJeebies I can afford a house for the first time, and I'm still a medical student. I won't lie, I've put loads and loads of work into this, it's not an easy ride, but it is free!


Have a look at my free iPad (the original iPad) that I got as soon as it was released in the UK last year. Although I'm grateful and everything, I like to have the latest model of everything (don't we all) so I'll be getting a free iPad 2 as soon as it is announced in the UK (I'm thinking that it will be Q1 of 2011)
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Apple iPad 2 news and rumours

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Apple iPad 2 to support FaceTime calling.

Rumours from Apple's Asian component supplier suggest that the main addition to the iPad 2 is going to be FaceTime, whilst all of the components that are being manufactured are still 9.7 inch, we think that this can't be the only addition to the iPad 2.

 Although with the addition of FaceTime to the iPhone 4 and the latest generation iPods, it seems like a logical step to add this to t he iPad 2, I wasn't that impressed with FaceTime full stop, and I certainly won't be buying an iPad 2, or getting a free iPad 2 simply based on the addition of FaceTime, as I don't really see why/when I would use it.

See the full story at T3 - FaceTime - Apple iPad 2 to launch in Spring?

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Apple iPad 2 to have a carbon fibre shell?

Well, Apple have been at it again, and this time it's with carbon fibre. Apple have recently filed a patent for a carbon fibre outer shell, that the gadget forward magazine T3 have apparently seen.

So what's so special about a carbon fibre shell? One of the problems with the ipad, (and therefore the ipad 2) is that as soon as your hands get even a little bit warm, the weight of the iPad means that it starts to slip out of your hands, and the leather cases never really fit so the you can get all the way to the edge of the screen.

Also, if your situation is anything like mine, even when I'm sat by the router my wifi signal intermittantly drops out, and a carbon fibre shell could improve the connectivity - the previous shell was made of aluminium and therefore a little bit signal blocking (antennagate has nothing on this baby!).

Of course there is also the ever present status aspect of everything that Apple does. These are aspirational objects, owning these things means that we are doing pretty well in life, and that's the same with anything that is made of carbon fibre. The panel on your Audi R8? Carbon fibre, the shell of your favourite F1 car? - Carbon fibre, the shell of your iPad 2? - You get the idea. Carbon fibre is expensive, and therefore owning something that is made of carbon fibre, even if it's just the shell of your iPad 2 - Well, this makes you the man! Doesn't it? Or does it make you someone who pays far too much for things that, let's face it, you don't really need? Yeah, that's more like it. How about getting a free iPad 2 like me? That makes you the man, or woman, or whatever. Hey, you've got a free iPad 2. Who cares?

See the full story at T3 - iPad 2 carbon fibre design revealed?

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