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Sprint blocks employee vacations from September 30 through October 15 on account of “major phone launch”
It’s not like we need even more proof that Sprint is getting the iPhone 5 this October, but new reports keep on flying in on what seems like a daily basis. The latest news comes courtesy of Sprintfeed which relays a photo which they claim is an internal memos sent out to employees detailing a […]
Continue reading...Apple reportedly made $800 million offer for Dropbox
Friday, September 9, 2011
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Founded by MIT students Drew Houston and Arash Ferdowsi as a Y Combinator startup, Dropbox is one of those services that, to borrow a phrase from Steve Jobs, “just works”. Positioned as a web-based file hosting service that lets users share and download files from friends with alarming ease, Dropbox is insanely easy and convenient […]
Continue reading...Sprint will offer the iPhone 5 with unlimited data
Friday, September 9, 2011
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It’s no secret that Sprint has struggled mightily without the iPhone. Over the past few years, consumers have flocked to AT&T in droves, and more recently to Verizon, to get their hands on the iPhone. Sprint, meanwhile, hasn’t yet had a premier smartphone to attract new customers to its own network. Remember the Palm Pre […]
Continue reading...iPhone 5 production at Foxconn said to be at 150,000 units per day
Thursday, September 8, 2011
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Citing sources in the supply chain, DigiTimes is reporting that iPhone 5 production at Foxconn is ramping up and is now at a throughput of 150,000 units per day. “Lens maker Largan Precision, touch panel maker TPK Holding, reinforced glass supplier G-Tech Optoelectronics and battery vendors Simplo and Dynapack are all operating at full swing […]
Continue reading...Report points to Next-gen iPod Touch with 3G connectivity
Wednesday, September 7, 2011
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There’s been so much talk about the pending iPhone 5 release that we haven’t heard much of anything about Apple’s iPod line, which it traditionally updates every September. So in a brief reprieve from iPhone news, AppleNApps cites an anonymous source and claims that Apple’s next-gen iPod Touch will come with 3G capabilities a’la the […]
Continue reading...Is this a photo taken with the iPhone 5’s 8 megapixel camera?
Wednesday, September 7, 2011
Behold! What you’re looking at below may very well be the first public photo ever taken with the iPhone 5’s 8-megapixel camera. Discovered by PocketNow, the photo claims to have been taken by an iPhone 4 but the rest of the EXIF data suggests otherwise. Although the image has been cropped to 2235×2291 (5.12 megapixels), […]
Continue reading...iPad 3 to carry thinner, lighter battery pack with longer service life
Tuesday, September 6, 2011
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Apple’s iPad 3 will reportedly employ a new battery pack supplied by Simplo Technology Co. and Dynapack International Technology Corp., according to a new report from the Taiwan Economic News. The iPad 2 was universally praised for its tremendous battery life and now Apple is looking to take things a step further. The battery packs […]
Continue reading...Sprint installing signal boosting hardware in Apple Stores – Report
Monday, September 5, 2011
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There are certainly no shortage of reasons to believe Sprint will be carrying the iPhone 5 when it launches early this October. The latest sign pointing in that direction comes courtesy of Beatweek which reports that Apple has started contracting out the installation of signal boosting repeaters in its stores so that prospective Sprint iPhone […]
Continue reading...Best Buy memo points to Sprint iPhone 5 during first week of October
Sunday, September 4, 2011
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BGR obtained the following internal memo from Best Buy indicating that the iPhone 5 will launch with Sprint availability and that pre-sales will begin during the first week of October. At this point we have no way of knowing if this memo is conveying confidential information or is merely a reflection of some of the […]
Continue reading...New iPhone 5 case photos purport to show much thinner and longer form factor
Friday, September 2, 2011
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With rumors of Apple releasing two new iPhone models this Fall, we’ve seen an increasing number of purported iPhone 5 case schematics and moldings over the past few weeks. In the latest development, the Italian site Macitynet posts photos of an iPhone 4 resting comfortably inside what they claim is an iPhone 5 case. While […]
Continue reading...Renderings of two new iPhone models courtesy of the icon in the latest Photo Stream beta
Thursday, September 1, 2011
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When Apple released the latest Photo Stream beta recently, developers found that one of the images used was an iPhone style icon that didn’t resemble any previous iterations of the iPhone. So naturally, folks began wondering if the icon was a representation of Apple’s upcoming iPhone or simply a rendering of a generic smartphone. While […]
Continue reading...Does icon in Photo Stream beta give away iPhone 5 form factor?
Wednesday, August 31, 2011
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Did Apple just tip its hand regarding the form factor of the upcoming iPhone 5? Amid swirling rumors of an iPhone with a larger screen comes this screenshot taken from the latest Photo Stream beta Apple rolled out to iOS developers. Note that the icon above doesn’t resemble any current or past iteration of the […]
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Sunday, September 11, 2011
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