{"id":33414,"date":"2011-09-07T10:29:56","date_gmt":"2011-09-07T08:29:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=33414"},"modified":"2011-09-07T10:32:04","modified_gmt":"2011-09-07T08:32:04","slug":"ipad-3-could-feature-thinner-lighter-battery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/technology\/33414-ipad-3-could-feature-thinner-lighter-battery.html","title":{"rendered":"iPad 3 could feature thinner, lighter battery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>According to the report, the new battery packs supplied by Simplo Technology Co and Dynapack International will be thinner and lighter than the current battery used in the iPad 2.<\/p>\n<p>The cost of these new low profile batteries is reportedly 20 to 30 percent higher than the cost of the iPad 2 battery, though the new battery boasts a longer service life than its predecessors.<\/p>\n<p>Reducing the size of the battery might mean more space for an improved version of the retina display to make its appearance in the iPad 3, though <a title=\"Apple\" href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/vb\/showthread.php\/342717-Apple-inc\">Apple<\/a> could just be considering reduced side profile size for the next iteration of its highly successful tablet PC range.<\/p>\n<p>Read the full story over at: <a title=\"Boy Genius Report news site\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bgr.com\/2011\/09\/06\/details-on-new-battery-suggest-thinner-lighter-ipad-3-design\/\" target=\"_blank\">Boy Genius Report<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to a report by Taiwan Economic News, Apple has struck a deal with Simplo Technology Co and Dynapack International to supply batteries for the upcoming iPad 3<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":56,"featured_media":29938,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_facebook_post_id":"","_sma_instagram_post_id":"","_sma_threads_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[605,4522,229,2438,4520],"class_list":["post-33414","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-technology","tag-apple","tag-dynapack-international","tag-ipad-2","tag-ipad-3","tag-simplo-technology-co"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33414"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/56"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33414"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33414\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33416,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33414\/revisions\/33416"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29938"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33414"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33414"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33414"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}