iPads using iOS 6, high-res displays showing up in Ars server logs

[hasanahmad]

http://arstechnica.com/apple/news/2...es-displays-showing-up-in-ars-server-logs.ars

Are employees at Apple already using the so-called iPad 3—possibly running iOS 6—to surf the Web ahead of its expected announcement on March 7? We're not sure, but the Ars magic 8-ball says "signs point to yes."

While digging through our logs in preparation for our monthly browser stat report, we found 346 visits from a device with a screen resolution of 2048x1536—the exact resolution rumored for the "retina" display in the next-generation iPad. Although a screen resolution by itself isn't much to go on, a quick search around the Web indicates that there are very few devices in current use that have this same resolution. (There is a $5,000 NEC display for medical use with that resolution.)

But to add to this discovery, we began looking at iPad user agents coming from Apple's corporate IP block in Cupertino and discovered that Apple appears to surfing the Web using iPads running what looks like iOS 6.0. The whole listing shows iPads running iOS 5, iOS 5.0.1 (the current public release), iOS 5.1 (the upcoming release currently available to developers), and iOS 6. The iPads that appear to be running iOS 6 are also using a slightly newer build of WebKit—the older OSes all show WebKit 534.46, while the ones claiming to be iOS 6 show WebKit build 535.8.

hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

 

[borgqueenx]

so stupid that the people who trick browser's settings make those site actually believe they were visitted by an ipad 3.

 

[AnthonySmith]

Betty betty intadesting

 

[troop231]

so stupid that the people who trick browser's settings make those site actually believe they were visitted by an ipad 3.

Apple's corporate IP was detected if you read the article..

 

[Yumunum]

If this is real, that's awesome... The iPad 3 will be a lame upgrade with iOS 5. iOS 5 isn't as good as it should be.

 

[pmau]

Faking browser settings is not even needed, just grab a few log entries using your own iOS 5 device.

Change the version, bump up the browser build number a little.

Then, do a whois query for apple.com IP address, take one IP of that subnet and there you go.

A perfect rumor with zero substance to it.

 

[Kyotoma]

This made the Front Page News.

 

[borgqueenx]

Faking browser settings is not even needed, just grab a few log entries using your own iOS 5 device.

Change the version, bump up the browser build number a little.

Then, do a whois query for apple.com IP address, take one IP of that subnet and there you go.

A perfect rumor with zero substance to it.

yep although you probaly make it sound a bit easier then it is.

 

[maflynn]

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