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...Sunday, February 27, 2011
An alleged photo of an iPhone 5 display has surfaced on a Chinese website specializing in the resale of Apple parts. In case you can’t tell from the photo above, the display is in fact larger than the current iPhone 4 display though its precise dimensions remain unknown. While one might have ordinarily dismissed the […]
Continue reading...Sunday, February 27, 2011
Comments Off on Is Apple design guru Jony Ive looking to move back to England?
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...Friday, February 25, 2011
Comments Off on More iPad 2 rumors; Apple to unveil iOS 5 next week
Apple’s iPad 2 media event is just days away and the rumor mill is a-flowin. The latest news courtesy of Engadget, and corroborating a previous report from iLounge, says that the iPad Apple will unveil next week will lack a few rumored features such as an SD card slot and a higher resolution display due […]
Continue reading...Wednesday, February 23, 2011
Comments Off on iPad 2 set for release this Summer with iPad 1.5ish upgrade scheduled for April?? Rumors swirl over iPad production problems
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...Wednesday, February 23, 2011
Comments Off on Final Cut Pro update will be the “biggest overhaul” since the original; Tapped for Spring 2011 release
With reports of Final Cut Pro layoffs and stories of Apple moving key engineers off the FCP team to temporarily focus on more pressing software assignments, there’s been growing concern that Apple was losing interest in its professional video editing software. Rumors of a significant Final Cut Pro update have been lingering for months. Back in […]
Continue reading...Wednesday, February 23, 2011
Comments Off on OS X 10.7 Lion undergoing heavy internal testing at Apple; UI overhaul in the works
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...Tuesday, February 22, 2011
Comments Off on MacBook Pro specs leaked? No more white MacBooks and HD screens on all models
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...Tuesday, February 22, 2011
Comments Off on New Mac Mini to support Light Peak, says Robert Cringley
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...Tuesday, February 22, 2011
Comments Off on Apple holding “secret” meeting for retail employees this Sunday
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...Tuesday, February 22, 2011
Comments Off on Apple’s April iPad launch delayed until June?
Bloomberg cites Yuanta Securities analysts Vincent Chen and Alison Chen who write that Apple’s expected launch of the iPad 2 has been pushed back to June on account of production bottlenecks at Foxconn. The reason for the holdup purportedly stems from last minute design changes Apple made to the iPad 2. Yuanta has no track […]
Continue reading...Monday, February 21, 2011
Comments Off on Next-gen MacBook pros rumored to sport larger trackpads and separate SSD for OS X
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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Tuesday, March 1, 2011
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