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Is Best Buy planning to give its entire sales staff iPads?
In an effort to push its vision of a “connected world” to the forefront, Best Buy is reportedly planning to give its sales staff iPads. Forbes writes: A source with knowledge of corporate mobile device deployments tells Forbesthat one of the country’s top 10 largest retailers expects to distribute iPads to each of its on-floor sales […]
Continue reading...iPhone 5 rumored to come with aluminum back, A5 chip, and new antenna design
7. March 2011
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The latest iPhone 5 rumor relays that Apple’s next-gen device will do away with the glass backing found on the iPhone 4 and will instead implement an aluminum back, much like the one used on the original iPhone. Network World reports: The purported impetus behind the design change had to do with complaints Apple received […]
Continue reading...Last minute iPad 2 rumors – Magnetic Grip?
2. March 2011
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Jeremy Horwitz reportsfor iLounge that the next-gen iPad may come with a new feature enabling users to lock and unlock the device when closing and opening an iPad cover. According to a well-informed source, hardware support for the feature is apparently coming in the new iPad, and it’s a little more interesting than initially expected. […]
Continue reading...iPad 2 mockup photos surface ahead of official Apple announcment
2. March 2011
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With Apple’s iPad media event set to kick off in just a short while, mockup photos of the iPad 2 purportedly based off of the actual next-gen iPad 2 design have surfaced over at Mic Gadget. And the speakers… Check out the thinness ya’ll
Continue reading...Crazy rumor – Steve Jobs to unveil iPad 2
1. March 2011
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At 10 a.m tomorrow (PST) at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco, Apple will take the wraps off its long-awaited iPad 2. While rumors about what features we’ll see on the next-gen iPad have fluctuated with alarming regularity, a front-facing video camera along with a thinner form factor are safe bets. […]
Continue reading...Is Apple design guru Jony Ive looking to move back to England?
27. February 2011
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If you follow Apple, you’ve no doubt heard of Jonathan Ive, Apple’s Senior VP of Industrial Design. Ive’s design sensibilities have been an integral facet in the development of nearly every major Apple product launch since Steve Jobs returned to Apple in 1997. From the iPod to sleek MacBooks to a slew of iMacs and […]
Continue reading...iPad 2 set for release this Summer with iPad 1.5ish upgrade scheduled for April?? Rumors swirl over iPad production problems
23. February 2011
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Despite the fact that Apple sent out official invites for its iPad 2 unveiling next Wednesday, the rumors questioning what Apple has planned continue to roll in. iLounge has an exceptionally strong record when it comes to Apple rumors and they’re reporting that the planned media event may be geared towards an iPad 1.5 release […]
Continue reading...OS X 10.7 Lion undergoing heavy internal testing at Apple; UI overhaul in the works
23. February 2011
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With so much talk centering on iPhones and iPads these days, it’s been easy to forget that Apple is working on what is by all accounts supposed to be a significant OS X update in the form of OS X Lion. And to be honest, aside from a somewhat brief preview of the OS back […]
Continue reading...MacBook Pro specs leaked? No more white MacBooks and HD screens on all models
22. February 2011
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MacRumors points us to MacGeneration which purports to have obtained specs for the upcoming MacBook Pro refresh. MacRumors sums them up: – no more white MacBook (Apple goes back to two lines of 13″ inchers) – 16 GB SSD mSATA drives on all models to store the system – Core i3 and third USB port on […]
Continue reading...New Mac Mini to support Light Peak, says Robert Cringley
22. February 2011
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With Apple’s next-gen lineup of MacBook Pros rumored to be getting the Light Peak treatment, Robert Cringely writes that Apple may do the same with a revamped Mac Mini. Every year we see these upgrades. The notebooks get faster with more storage and every couple years they look a little different. This time, however, there […]
Continue reading...Apple holding “secret” meeting for retail employees this Sunday
22. February 2011
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Apple is requesting all of its retail employees to sign non-disclosure agreements in anticipation of a secret, all-inclusive meeting scheduled to take place this Sunday. Does this imply a big product launch, perhaps different from the upcoming MacBook Pro refresh, is in the works? People familiar with the company’s retail plans revealed that Apple employees […]
Continue reading...Next-gen MacBook pros rumored to sport larger trackpads and separate SSD for OS X
21. February 2011
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With new MacBook Pro notebooks just a few days away comes yet another rumor from the often-reliable Boy Genius Report. Citing one of their trusted Apple sources, BGR reports that the Apple’s new lineup of high-end notebooks will feature even larger trackpads with some models weighing in at about a half-pound lighter. And there’s more. […]
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7. March 2011
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