Archive | June, 2011
Amazon tablet rumored to launch by August/September
Taiwan-based component makers are relaying that Amazon is about to step into the tablet market and wil go head to head with Apple with new devices scheduled to launch as early as August/September. And in a testament to Amazon’s confidence, or perhaps seriousness, regarding their tablet foray, 2011 global shipments are expected to reach 4 […]
Continue reading...iPhone 5 to come with Dual-LED flash?
23. June 2011
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Digitimes is reporting that that iPhone 5 camera will be coming with a dual-LED flash. Recent market rumors have indicated that Apple’s iPhone 5 is likely to come with a dual-LED flash with Taiwan-based LED packaging firms Everlight Electronics, Edison Opto and Lite-On Technology being pinpointed as potential suppliers. All related companies have denied they […]
Continue reading...OS X Lion install requires Snow Leopard – Upgrade details
23. June 2011
In a significant departure from the past, Apple is making OS X Lion available via paid download from the Mac App Store. Further, Apple will not be offering physical discs of its latest OS for the first time in company history. This has naturally raised a number of interesting questions. For instance, what about computers […]
Continue reading...Survey finds strong interest in iTunes Match amongst iPhone users
23. June 2011
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Yeah yeah, Apple’s new iCloud service doesn’t support streaming, but it’s all about significant, yet incremental, updates right? Besides, it’s not as if iCloud is completely forgettable. On the contrary, what Apple introduced at WWDC a few weeks ago is pretty darn compelling. We can only hope, of course, that the company has learned from […]
Continue reading...Apple discontinues Final Cut Express and Final Cut Server
22. June 2011
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In with the new and out with the old. With Final Cut Pro X hitting the Mac App Store earlier this week for a reasonable $299, Apple has decided to do away with both Final Cut Express and Final Cut Server. For a while, Final Cut Express served as a middle ground in terms of […]
Continue reading...Tim Cook in China with China Mobile – deal imminent?
22. June 2011
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MICGadget today posted this blurry spyshot of Apple COO Tim Cook at China Mobile headquarters earlier this morning. Cook was reportedly traveling with 7-8 other people and, the report relays, seemed happy. The original report stems from the First Financial Daily, a “prosperous financial paper” in the country. The reporter for the First Financial Daily […]
Continue reading...iOS Rumor Mill – iPhone 5 to launch in September; Apple already working on iPad 3 with improved display
22. June 2011
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By Luis Estrada: Contrary to a BGR report yesterday hinting that an iPhone 5 launch could come as soon as late August, Bloomberg enters the fray with a new report claiming that the Cupertino based company will launch their next-gen iPhone in September. This certainly jives more smoothly with a number of other reports we’ve […]
Continue reading...Why Samsung can’t peek at Apple’s unreleased iOS products – in a nutshell
22. June 2011
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Judge Koh explaining why Samsung isn’t entitled to see the iPhone 5 and iPad 3: Ultimately, the essence of Apple’s claims is that Samsung has copied Apple’s products. Common sense suggests that allegations of copying are necessarily directed at Apple’s existing products, to which Samsung has access and could potentially mimic, and not at Apple’s […]
Continue reading...Samsung denied early access to the iPhone 5 and iPad 3
22. June 2011
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After a Judge granted Apple’s motion to see unreleased Samsung devices along with their corresponding packaging materials, Samsung filed a motion of its own requesting to see Apple’s iPhone 5 and iPad 3. Samsung’s clumsy logic was that it needed access to said products in order to compare them to their own product line and […]
Continue reading...Apple branded TV rumors resurface; Can Apple succeed where so many others have failed?
22. June 2011
Rumors of an Apple HDTV have reemerged amidst a report from DailyTech that Apple has inked a deal with a major OEM to manufacture an Apple branded TV set. Citing an anonymous former Apple executive, the report relays that Apple is not only planning on getting into the TV business, but has its eyes on […]
Continue reading...Apple’s iCloud icon and the Golden Ratio
22. June 2011
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An interesting tidbit for all you design nerds out there. Apple’s new iCloud icon apparently makes use of the famed Golden Ratio, a.k.a the divine proportion. What is the Golden Ratio exactly? Technically speaking, it occurs when the ratio of an entire picture (for example) to the larger quantity of that picture is equal to […]
Continue reading...Breaking down Final Cut Pro X; Early reviews, initial impressions
21. June 2011
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With Apple’s Final Cut Pro X officially out of the bag and available for purchase via the Mac App Store, early reviews, walk-throughs, and initial impressions are starting to emerge. For an in-depth look at some of the new features, you might wanna start with Steve Martin’s in-depth writeup over here. His overall take: I […]
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23. June 2011
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