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Apple’s next back-to-school deal may include $200 off an iPad
Apple isn’t a company typically known for its deals. It sets a price and, by and large, it sticks with it through thick and thin. As a matter of fact, Apple has even been known to include provisions in its contracts with retailers that prevent them from selling Apple products like iPods below a certain […]
Continue reading...Apple begins internal testing of OS X 10.7 Lion
29. May 2011
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With WWDC just days away now, Apple appears to be putting the finishing touches on OS X 10.7 Lion. Citing “trusted sources”, Erica Sadun writes that Apple recently began internal testing on the company’s next major OS release, indicating that a real world release isn’t too far off. Sadun speculates that Apple may try and […]
Continue reading...Tim Cook travels to South Korea to discuss AMOLED displays for iPad 3 – Report
26. May 2011
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Apple is reportedly exploring the use of Samsung’s active matrix OLED (AMOLED) display in its third gen iPad, according to a recent report from the Korea Herald. There is some potential drama, however. Samsung currently uses its AMOLED display on its Galaxy S 2 smartphones, though not in its line of tablets just yet. Given […]
Continue reading...France Telcom CEO Stephane Richard claims next iPhone will be “smaller and thinner”
25. May 2011
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In a wide ranging interview with All Things D, France Telecom CEO Stephane Richard discussed a host of issues relating to the mobile market and Apple’s role in spearheading the smartphone revolution. “They just created smartphones with the iPhone,” Richard bluntly explained. “Everybody should be grateful to them to have put such a product in […]
Continue reading...iOS 5 will only run on the iPhone 4 and beyond – Rumor
24. May 2011
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Eldar Murtazin is a Russian mobile phone guru with an uncanny knack for getting his hands on unreleased phones. While most of Murtazin’s information and scoops have involved non-Apple products, Murtazin recently tweeted that the next major iOS update, iOS 5, will only run on the iPhone 4 and the next-gen iPhone. In other words, […]
Continue reading...Another photo points to iPhone 5 camera redesign
24. May 2011
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Apple.pro. provides us with even more proof that the next-gen iPhone will feature an updated camera design with the camera module remaining on the left side of the device and the flash component now moved to the left. While it’s easy to dismiss photos like the one below as potentially fake, we’ve seen a mounting […]
Continue reading...Largan Precision may supply 8 megapixel camera lens for the iPhone 5
24. May 2011
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By Luis Estrada: Digitimes reports that Apple may tap Largan Precision to supply 8 megapixel camera sensors for the iPhone 5. Taiwan-based Largan Precision currently sees 8-megapixel phone-use lens modules account for nearly 10% of its total lens module shipment volume, but it may see 8-megapixel modules replace 5-megapixel ones to become the mainstream for […]
Continue reading...iPhone 5 rumored to come with curved glass screen
23. May 2011
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There’s been a lot of talk about what the iPhone 5 will feature. An edge to edge screen, perhaps. An 8 megapixel camera, maybe. By and large, most of the rumors we’ve heard about the iPhone 5 are merely reincarnations of previous reports. But now, a sources in the supply chain in Taiwan has relayed […]
Continue reading...Apple to refresh MacBook Air this Summer with Sandy Bridge chipset and Thunderbolt support
18. May 2011
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Digitimes is reporting that Apple has plans to release revamped MacBook Air models later this Summer (in either June or July) that will feature Intel’s new Sandy Bridge chipset and, of course, the Thunderbolt technology Apple jointly developed with Intel and is slowly rolling out across its entire product line. Main supply chain makers for […]
Continue reading...NFC payments coming to Apple retail stores?
17. May 2011
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By John Hiesler: Just one day after an analyst report relayed that the next-gen iPhone would not come equipped with NFC technology, BGR is reporting, citing several well-placed sources, that Apple may be integrating NFC technology into its stores. First off, Apple’s POS devices — its iPod touch-based wireless payment terminals — recently all went offline […]
Continue reading...Apple looking to hire carrier engineer in Sprint’s backyard
16. May 2011
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By John Hiesler: Stop it, AT&T points us to an interesting job listing from Apple looking for a carrier engineer in Kansas City, Missouri. Now Kansas City is certainly an odd choice for Apple to do some hiring, until, of course, you realize that it’s mighty close to Overland Park, Kansas where Sprint is based […]
Continue reading...iPhone 5, or is it 4S these days, won’t come with NFC functionality – Report
16. May 2011
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By Josh Rosenthall: Apple’s next iPhone release will not come with built-in NFC functionality according to a new report from Bernstein Research. NFC (Near Field Communications) is a technology that would enable the iPhone to act as a virtual wallet. With an embedded chip hooked up to a user’s credit card account, or to iTunes […]
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31. May 2011
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