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Mini iPad dummy caught on video

Christian Zibreg ∙ September 19, 2012

Remember photos of an alleged iPad mini dummy unit from yesterday? Gizchina has gotten its hands on one of the units floating around in Asia, presumably made according to guesstimates by case vendors concerning the device's purportedly smaller design. A video the site produced gives us a better understanding of what the alleged device may look like, though we couldn't vouch for its authenticity. Also note that case vendors quite often get it wrong (remember a teardrop-shaped iPhone from last year) so take this clip with a few grains of salt...

Apple is the best brand and design studio of the last 50 years

Christian Zibreg ∙ September 19, 2012

Apple's design team lead by SVP of Industrial Design Jonathan Ive was summoned at the 50th anniversary celebration of Design and Art Direction (D&AD), one of the world's most prestigious prizes for advertising and design. Apple was named both the best brand and best design studio of the last 50 years. In order to mark the occasion, Apple did something it's never done before.

The Cupertino company flew its entire 16-member industrial design team to London and made them available for a unique photo-op. These are the people that made your iPhones, iPods, iPads, Macs and numerous other products that ooze with style and sexyness...

New teardown reveals 16GB iPhone 5 parts worth $200

Cody Lee ∙ September 19, 2012

Last week we saw a preliminary teardown of the 16GB iPhone 5 peg its bill of materials (BOM) at $168. This number is essentially the sum of the costs of all of the handset's parts.

Today, however, a second teardown has been released, claiming that the BOM for Apple's new entry-level handset is a bit more than that. It says that number is closer to $200...

iPhone 5 shipping times fall to 3-4 weeks

Cody Lee ∙ September 19, 2012

Apple started taking pre-orders for the iPhone 5 last Friday at 12:01 am. And it wasn't 45 minutes after that, that people started seeing estimated shipping times drop from one to two weeks.

The Cupertino company would later announce that it sold 2 million iPhone 5s during the first 24 hours of availability. And apparently it's having trouble keeping up with the high demand...

TinyUmbrella updated to support iOS 6

Cody Lee ∙ Updated June 7, 2024

It seems like it's been forever since we've seen a TinyUmbrella update. The SHSH blob-saver has been noticeably absent throughout the summer as Apple has released multiple iOS 6 betas.

But notcom, the utility's creator, broke the silence this week, announcing that TU has finally been updated to support the new software. It now works with iOS 6 and the latest Apple TV firmware...

iPhone 5 finishes first in SunSpider Javascript performance test

Cody Lee ∙ September 19, 2012

The iPhone 5, sporting Apple's custom A6 processor, is really turning some heads in the tech world. Last week it beat out the competition in Geekbench tests, and early reviews say the handset is extremely fast.

And the accolades don't stop there. The first SunSpider Javascript benchmark, which measures Javascript performance, for the iPhone 5 was published last night. And again, Apple's smartphone swept the field...

SVP Phil Schiller says Apple has no plans for an iPhone 5 dock

Cody Lee ∙ Updated January 26, 2016

Starting with the new iPhone, Apple will be replacing the decade-old 30-pin dock connectors in all of its future iOS devices. This means that, sans an adapter, all of your old dock accessories will become obsolete.

This includes Apple's white 30-pin dock — a signature accessory that's been around since the early iPod days. Most folks figured Apple would update it this fall with the new Lightning plug, but apparently that's not the case...

The best new iOS 6 features

Jeff Benjamin ∙ Updated June 7, 2024

To celebrate the launch of iOS 6, I thought I'd put together a quick video highlighting some of the major features of Apple's latest update to its mobile operating system.

Hopefully, you've already read our post that shows how to prepare for today's release. For now, watch and learn about all of the cool features that you'll be enjoying once iOS 6 officially drops...

The first iPhone 5 reviews hit the web

Cody Lee ∙ September 18, 2012

While most folks, including us, will have to wait until Friday to get their hands on the iPhone 5, a select group of journalists have been using the handset in secret for several days.

These writers were given early access to the new iPhone so they could post full-length reviews of the smartphone before it launches this week. And a lot of these posts just went live...

Developers seeing quick app review times for iPhone 5 updates

Cody Lee ∙ Updated February 21, 2018

Good news for all of you folks who pre-ordered an iPhone 5, or plan on picking one up on launch day. Developers are reporting that Apple is pushing through app updates for the handset at a rapid pace.

As you know, both the new iPhone and iPod touch have a revamped 4-inch 1136 x 640 display. And any app that isn't updated to support the new screen resolution will be forced into a letter-box mode...

iFixit tears down Apple’s new EarPods

Cody Lee ∙ September 18, 2012

In addition to a new iPhone, and iPods, Apple also unveiled a new set of headphones last week. Dubbed "EarPods," the company said that it spent more than three years developing the accessory.

Today, the team over at iFixit performed their usual teardown of the headphones, and published an extensive report of its findings. And as you can imagine, some of it is rather interesting...

It doesn’t take a genius indeed

Christian Zibreg ∙ Updated April 18, 2016

You've seen Samsung's anti-iPhone newspaper ad (and a Nokia fan's take) that takes a jab at the incoming iPhone 5.

The advertisement has caused quite a stir with its "it doesn't take a genius" tagline (an obvious reference to Apple Store Geniuses) and a laundry list of features focusing on the bigger display on the Galaxy SIII, twice the RAM and stuff like standard micro-USB plug, expandable SD card storage and swappable battery.

Taking a page from Samsung marketing department's book, an Apple fan created a spoof that goes a long way proving that a spec matrix can often be a double-edged sword...