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And the Apple HDTV Rumor Mill marches on
Digitimes reports: Taiwan-based LED chipmaker Genesis Photonics is expected to enter the supply chain of Apple’s TV lineup by supplying LED chips to Sharp for LED-backlight applications, according to industry sources. Genesis declined to comment. Market research pointed out that Sharp currently ranks number eight for output value of LED packaging. However, Sharp does not produce […]
Continue reading...Apple testing 8-inch tablet device – Report
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
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The Wall St. Journal reported yesterday that Apple is currently working with component suppliers abroad to test a tablet device with a smaller screen than the iPad. The iPad screen measures in at 9.7 inches while these alleged prototype tablets have a screensize of 8 or so inches. One person said the smaller device will […]
Continue reading...Siri update will bring support for Chinese and Russian next month
Monday, February 13, 2012
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It’s no secret that Apple views Siri as one of the key selling points of the iPhone 4S. Indeed, you need look no further than their commercials to see this. But in its current incarnation, Siri only works in 3 languages – English, French, and German. Apple likes to start out small and slowly expand […]
Continue reading...iPad 3 casing suggests slightly tweaked form factor, larger battery
Monday, February 13, 2012
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The above photo, courtesy of RepairLabs, purports to show the back housing of the iPad 2 against the back houseing of the iPad 3. In the photo above, the iPad 2 is on the left while the iPad 3 is on the right. Based on the differences RepairLabs found between the respective cases, they were […]
Continue reading...iPad 3 set to launch in early March
Thursday, February 9, 2012
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After a few weeks of conflicting reports, it now seems we have a firm timeline as tot he release date of the iPad 3. All Things D reports that Apple is planning on holding a special iPad event in early March and will release the iPad 3 soon thereafter. Sources say the company has chosen […]
Continue reading...Canadian broadcast companies have Apple iTV prototypes in their labs – Rumor
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
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Color us skeptical, but The Globe and Mail reports: Canada’s largest telecommunications companies are squaring off in a fight about the future of television. Rogers Communications Inc. RCI.B-T and BCE Inc. BCE-T are in talks with Apple Inc. AAPL-Q to become Canadian launch partners for its much-hyped Apple iTV, a product that has the potential to revolutionize TV viewing by turning conventional televisions […]
Continue reading...Best Buy survey references 42-inch Apple HDTV
Monday, February 6, 2012
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In an effort to obtain customer feedback about potential new products, Best Buy sent out a survey to customers wherein the retailing giant makes reference to a 42-inch Apple HDTV. The big box wants to know how you feel about it based on some proposed promotional verbiage which boasts that “Apple finally reinvents what a […]
Continue reading...Apple will announce the iPhone 5 at WWDC 2012
Thursday, February 2, 2012
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Relaying a report from Daiwa Securities in the Commercial Times, Digitimes reports that Apple will unveil its next-gen iPhone at WWDC 2012, scheduled for June 2012. The iPhone 5 will continue to utilize glass to glass (G/G) touch panel technology which will benefit current touch panel suppliers TPK Holding and Wintek, the paper quoted the […]
Continue reading...China Telecom might land the iPhone 4S very soon
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
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China Daily reports that China Telecom, the third largest carrier in China behind China Mobile and China Unicom, may begin carrying the iPhone 4S as early as February. The move would ramp up the pressure on the company’s domestic rivals in the fight to win more subscribers to the third-generation (3G) network service. In a […]
Continue reading...Apple HDTV will include a 42-inch OLED with facial recognition – Crazy Rumor
Friday, January 27, 2012
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Citing a high-ranking source at a major electronics retailer, Technobuffalo reports that Apple’s rumored HDTV will likely see the light of day by April, or May at the absolute latest. As for the TV itself, it’s rumored to be a 42-inch OLED described as being ‘gorgeous’ and ‘very thin’. While we don’t know if the […]
Continue reading...iPhone 5 with 4-inch screen set to begin production – Rumor
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
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The Apple blogosphere is still aflutter with Apple’s outstanding earnings results from the December quarter, but a new iPhone rumor managed to sneak into the news stream today courtesy of Seth Weintraub. Citing a reliable source at Foxconn, Weintraub writes that iPhone 5 production is set to begin and that sample devices are already making […]
Continue reading...Apple’s Finder team balked at incorporating Dropbox functionality into OS X
Monday, January 23, 2012
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Apple’s iCloud offering doesn’t represent the company’s first foray into the world of cloud computing, but it certainly is their most successful effort to date given that it was preceded by MobileMe. A few months back we reported on how Apple reportedly made a $800 million offer to acquire Dropbox, an offer which Dropbox refused […]
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Friday, February 17, 2012
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