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Report: New York Times working with Apple in Cupertino for upcoming Tablet app
In a write-up on how the upcoming Apple Tablet will “write the next chapter in publishing”, the Los Angeles Times reports that the New York Times has been working closely with Apple to develop a largescale version of the iconic paper for Apple’s latest and greatest device. Apple has been slowly amassing digital reading material […]
Continue reading...Steve Jobs on the Apple Tablet: “This will be the most important thing I’ve ever done”
25. January 2010
Just when you think the hype machine behind the Apple Tablet can’t get any higher, TechCrunch comes along and writes that Steve Jobs, in reference to the Tablet, stated to a number of confidantes – “This will be the most important thing I’ve ever done.” Senior Apple execs and friends of Jobs are telling people […]
Continue reading...Rumor: Apple to announce end of iPhone/AT&T exclusivity on January 27th
24. January 2010
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Citing an inside source, presumably at AT&T, HotHardWire is reporting that Apple on January 27th will announce the end of their exclusive relationship with AT&T. Supposedly, the bandwidth problems posed by data hungry iPhone users has caused AT&T so much grief, that they are no longer even fighting to keep the iPhone as an AT&T […]
Continue reading...Design of Apple Tablet said to resemble the original iPhone
21. January 2010
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Is this what the mythical Apple Tablet is gonna look like? That’s what sources familiar with the project recently told AppleInsider. Of all the mockups and renderings that have surfaced on the Web attempting to depict what the final product will look like, the rendition .. created by Flickr user Fotoboer.nl last August is strikingly […]
Continue reading...Apple envisions Tablet as family device; Planning web based version of iTunes
20. January 2010
Over the past few months, the WSJ has had a number of Apple related scoops pertaining to anything from the iPhone to the health concerns surrounding Steve Jobs. Often times, these scoops are nothing more than controlled leaks disseminated out into the public by the puppet masters at Apple. A few weeks ago, John Matellaro […]
Continue reading...Rumor: Microsoft to come out with Zune phone in 2010
19. January 2010
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The International Business Times reports that Microsoft is poised to launch some sort of Zune-esque smartphone in 2010 to better compete with Apple’s increasingly dominant iPhone. But much like Google’s strategy with the Nexus One, Microsoft won’t be manufacturing their own hardware, and will instead work closely with a third-party like HTC to put out […]
Continue reading...Music Exec claims LaLa will play key role in upcoming Tablet
19. January 2010
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Writing for TechCrunch, MP3.com founder Michael Robertson opines that Apple’s recent acquisition of the LaLa streaming service will be a key factor in the upcoming Apple Tablet and will enable users to access their media content from anywhere via the cloud. An upcoming major revision of iTunes will copy each user’s catalog to the net making […]
Continue reading...Rumor: Apple to launch 22-inch touchscreen desktop in 2010
18. January 2010
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DigiTimes briefly comments that Apple is planning to launch a 22-inch multitouch desktop computer in 2010 Apple reportedly plans to launch a 22-inch touch-enabled all-in-one PC in 2010, in addition to the current non-touch 21.5- and 27-inch iMacs, according to a Chinese-language Commercial Times report. Apple will outsource production of the 22-inch model to Quanta, with […]
Continue reading...Report: Apple tablet in full production, annual shipments of 10M anticipated
16. January 2010
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A research note from AVI Securities analyst Matt Thornton yesterday reports that the Apple Tablet is currently “in full production”, and that Apple’s insatiable demand for NAND flash is currently causing a worldwide shortage. Citing a source with manufactures a component for the upcoming tablet, Thornton anticipates that Apple will ship 10 million units of […]
Continue reading...Rumor: Next-Gen iPhone to come with touch sensitive casing
14. January 2010
Goldman Sachs analyst Robert Chen recently stated in an interview that the 4th gen iPhone will feature a touchscreen backpanel, akin to the recently released Mighty Mouse. “Apple’s going to put a lot of innovation, not just on the hardware, but also on the software of the new iPhone,” Chen noted. Chen also corroborates earlier […]
Continue reading...Gruber adds credence to BGR report of “out of control” multitouch Tablet
13. January 2010
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Earlier today, BGR relayed the following about Apple’s rumored tablet: The tablet’s multi-touch gestures are “out of control.” It’s powered by an incredibly fast ARM CPU It runs on the iPhone kernel. The internal model number is K48AP. There hasn’t been an updated iPhone OS build because there’s too much tablet-related code/references in the OS […]
Continue reading...Apple Tablet to be “iPhone on Steroids”
13. January 2010
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Citing a reliable Apple source, Boy Genius Report earlier today dropped a number of interesting tidbits about the forthcoming Apple tablet. The source claims that the multi-touch gestures are “out of control”, that the device will be powered by an incredibly fast ARM CPU, and that the tablet will run on the iPhone kernel. Notably, […]
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25. January 2010
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