New iPad heat complaints latest attack against Apple

After the launch of the new iPad, several reports began to crop up that Apple’s new tablet was running hot. On March 20, Consumer Reports said it found that the new iPad reached temperatures that were about 13 degrees warmer than the iPad 2. Here’s a look at some of the other controversies Apple has faced over the years.

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"Antenna-gate"

Apple's iPhone 4 and a rubberized protective case called a bumper are held for a photo on July 16, 2010. Apple's then-CEO Steve Jobs said the company knew that the iPhone 4 can lose reception when held a certain way and didn't think it would be a big issue. However, he ended up offering customers a case to fix the antenna flaw.

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"Heat-gate"?

Apple's new iPad reaches temperatures of 116 degrees Fahrenheit after 45 minutes of running an intense action game, according to a Consumer Reports test results. This is up to 13 degrees hotter than the previous iPad under similar conditions.

Thomas Peter / Reuters

Foxconn

Local and mainland Chinese university students, dressed as Foxconn workers, hold mock iPads outside an Apple Premium Reseller shop in Hong Kong on May 7, 2011. They denounced Apple and its Chinese supplier for the alleged dire working conditions of Foxconn workers. Apple has said it is working to bring factory conditions in line with company standards.

Kin Cheung / AP

Apple's dislike of Adobe Flash

Adobe Systems filed a document with the Securities and Exchange Commission early in 2010 that explained how the exclusion of Adobe Flash from the iPad and iPhone could hurt business, Bloomberg reported. After the filing, Steve Jobs posted an open letter on Apple's Web site that gave his extended critique of the Adobe software, saying that Flash was proprietary, was not secure and was a drain on battery life.

David Paul Morris / Bloomberg News

Apple-Samsung patent battle

An employee of a South Korean mobile carrier holds a Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet and an Apple iPad. In April 2011, Apple started a legal battle with Samsung when it filed a lawsuit in the United States against the South Korean company for allegedly copying the "look and feel" of the iPad and iPhone for its devices. Since then, Samsung has answered Apple's lawsuit by filing its own suits against the iPad maker. Since then, the legal woes between the two tech giants have been escalating as the companies carried their patent war to many countries, including Australia, South Korea and the United States.

Jo Yong-Hak / Reuters

New iPad's Wi-Fi connection problems

A customer looks at the new iPad in San Francisco on March 16, 2012. Since the launch of the new iPad, some customers have been complaining about Wi-Fi connectivity on Apple's new tablet, Gizmodo reports.

David Paul Morris / Bloomberg News

"Location-gate"

In March 2011, Apple broke its silence over accusations that the iPhone tracks users with an unencrypted file, saying the file is part of a crowd-sourced database of WiFi hotspots and cell towers. Apple said the file stores so much information — up to a year of location data — because of a bug in its latest version of iOS. The company said it saw no reason to store data for more than seven days. Apple later released an update to the iPhone's operating system to fix the location bug.

David Paul Morris / Bloomberg News

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Johnathon’s journey

Johnathon Carrington graduated Friday as the valedictorian of his neighborhood school, Dunbar High, and is headed to Georgetown University. But Carrington, 17, is nervous, and so are...

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The Grand Medieval Joust

The Grand Medieval Joust at Eltham Palace, an English Heritage property that was the childhood home of King Henry VIII, aims to lend insight through reenactment into life at the palace...

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Eye on entertainment

Solange, Rod Stewart, Jon Bon Jovi, Demi Lovato, Samuel L. Jackson and more.

In this June 8, 2013 photo, youth compete in the Sao Carlos slum local soccer tournament in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The pitch is just dirt and the incandescent lights aren't so bright. But when the boys' feet strike the football in the Sao Carlos slum as night falls every Saturday, big league dreams glow, inflated by the hope of escaping the shantytown with sporting skills. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

Brazil’s other soccer fields

With the Confederations Cup opening this week and the World Cup one year away, all eyes are on Brazil, where soccer is arguably played with more passion and art than anywhere else....

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Father’s Day picnic in Northeast D.C.

A decades-old backyard barbecue in Northeast Washington draws hundreds in honor of dads everywhere. “It’s off-the-chain fun,” says Butch McNair, who has worked one...

JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA - JUNE 14: A man cycles past murals of Nelson Mandel near to Regina Mundi Church in the Soweto township on June 14, 2013 in Soweto,South Africa. The former South African President and leader of the anti-apartheid movement is spending a seventh day in hospital and is reported to be responding better to treatment for a recurring lung infection. (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Mandela remains in a hospital

For a week, South Africa’s first black president has been undergoing treatment for a lung infection. Schoolchildren at Nelson Mandela’s childhood school in Qunu sang in...

LAS VEGAS, NV - JUNE 16: Miss Connecticut USA Erin Brady reacts after being crowned Miss USA during the 2013 Miss USA pageant at PH Live at Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino on June 16, 2013 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)

Miss USA 2013

Miss Connecticut USA Erin Brady is crowned Miss USA 2013 in Las Vegas.

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