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Report: Google branded smartphone is a “certainty”
Mirroring a recent report from TechCrunch, Gizmodo reportsthat Google is in fact working hard to develop their own branded smartphone. Citing a source who claims to have seen the device in person, the Google Phone is already being dubbed a sure thing, with company wide testing expected to commence in the next few weeks. Over the […]
Continue reading...Report: Apple already testing next-gen iPhone
28. November 2009
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MacRumors reports that Apple is already testing the next-gen iPhone, which if history is any indication, should hit store shelves sometime this summer. As for the source of the report, iBART developer Pandav noted that they found some usage records on their app for an iPhone model categorized as 3,1. The current iPhone 3GS is […]
Continue reading...Rumor: iPod Touch to receive iPod Nano style video camera this Spring
21. November 2009
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When Apple refreshed its line of iPods this past September, a video camera equipped iPod Touch was largely expected as a given. In the days leading up to September’s media event, however, word broke that last minute technical difficulties with the planned camera had forced Apple to shakeup its roadmap and plan on releasing an […]
Continue reading...Rumor: Apple to release 2 tablet models, one with high-end OLED screen
19. November 2009
In the latest round of Apple tablet rumors, Digitimes is reporting that the scheduled release of Apple’s forthcoming tablet has been pushed back to the second half of 2010 due to a last minute desicion to switch components. The report also states that Apple’s planning to release 2 separate tablet models, with the higher-end version […]
Continue reading...Is Google planning its own branded smartphone?
18. November 2009
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That’s what TechCrunch founder Michael Arrington seems to believe in a recent postwhere, citing inside knowledge, he claims that Google is hard at work creating their own branded smartphone scheduled for a 2010 release. But there are a few things we have absolutely confirmed: Google is building their own branded phone that they’ll sell directly […]
Continue reading...Analyst claims Apple tablet will come in variety of different models
16. November 2009
Despite no official announcements from Apple, it’s largely believed that Apple’s long rumored tablet will make its debut sometime in 2010. Not surprisingly, analysts and tech pundits are hopping on the tablet bandwagon even though they happen to know little if anything about it. Most recently, CNN spokewith a number of analysts about the Apple tablet, […]
Continue reading...Rumor: iPhone to hit Verizon network in Q3 of 2010 with hybrid chipset
8. November 2009
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Citing a report from OTR Global, AppleInsider is reporting that Apple is currently working on an iPhone model equipped with a hybrid UMTS/CDMA chipset which would enable it to run on non-GSM networks like Verizon’s. The phone, which has been dubbed a “worldmode” iPhone, will allow Apple to “sell a single global handselt to all […]
Continue reading...Apple reportedly looking to place RFID reader in next-gen iPhone
6. November 2009
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Apple is reportedly experimenting with the idea of placing an RFID reader (Radio-Frequency Identification) into its next-gen iPhone. Einar Rosenberg runs the Near Field Communications Group on Linkedin.com recently stated, citing a highly reliable source, that “Apple has built some prototypes of thee next gen iPhone with an RFID reader built in and they have […]
Continue reading...Rumor: AT&T to sell 8GB iPhone 3GS for $99
5. November 2009
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Now this sure is an interesting rumor. The Boy Genius Report, citing 2 separate sources, reports that AT&T is soon planning to sell an 8GB model of its latest and greatest iPhone, the 3GS, for only $99. Currently, consumers can purchase an old 8GB iPhone 3G for $99, but if they want the faster and […]
Continue reading...Chinese site posts photo of what it claims is an iPhone 4G Midboard
3. November 2009
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China Ontrade claims that the picture below is a 4th generation iPhone Midboard, which will presumably be launched sometime this summer if Apple keeps their iPhone release schedule in-tact. Notably, China Ontrade announced an iPhone 3GS part for sale a month before the official device was actually introduced. That report would later prove to be […]
Continue reading...Apple mulling $30/month TV subscription via iTunes
2. November 2009
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Apple is reportedly reaching out to TV networks and pitching a $30/mo subcription service for watching TV shows via iTunes, according to a report today in the Wall Street Journal. The report notes that the proposed subscription service won’t be tied to any particular hardware, and anyone with an iTunes account will be able to […]
Continue reading...New York Times spills the beans on “impending Apple slate”
26. October 2009
Last week, Bill Keller, executive editor of the New York Times, delivered a speech to his digital staff at the Neiman Jornalism Lab where he spoke freely about the New York Times’ strategy to stay relevant in a world where print media is “dying.” The speech was supposed to be off-the-record, but video of the […]
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30. November 2009
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