A pair of reports from Asia claim that Apple is looking to tweak the new iPad with a re-worked LED backlight and a revised battery. The new SKU is reportedly meant to address the overheating woes which blew up shortly following the launch, due to criticism by Consumer Reports...
Apple released its third-generation iPad in March of this year, and by most accounts it's been wildly successful. The company sold nearly 12 million tablets last quarter. And thanks to its agressive international push, it's expected to top that this time around.
There has been, however, one notable country left off the new iPad's passport: China. Complicated government approval processes and a nasty trademark battle with Proview have kept the popular tablet out of Apple's second largest consumer market.
But it looks like the wait is almost over...
Over the past few years, the smartphone race has essentially come down to just two manufacturers: Apple and Samsung. HTC is struggling, as is Nokia, and RIM is all but done.
But that doesn't seem to be stopping Amazon from entering the market. Another report is out this evening claiming that the retail giant is cooking up its very own smartphone...
The iPhone is widely expected to get a major upgrade this fall. Not only is the handset's current form factor more than two years old, but the competition is really heating up with handsets like Samsung's Galaxy S III.
Some of the upcoming smartphone's rumored features include a larger, 4-inch display, a redesigned casing, and LTE compatibility. But what about the processor? According to a new report, it's going to be quad-core...
Bloomberg just reported that Apple likely chose AutoNavi to offer mapping services in China. Citing "two people with knowledge of the matter", the publication claims that Apple chose AutoNavi, a Chinese maker of electronic navigation tools, to offer map services for "users of future iPhones and iPads in China" (what they meant is iOS 6-enabled devices)...
Weighing in on a recent resurgence of the old iPad mini rumor, this time corroborated by credible news outlets such as Bloomberg and The Wall Street Journal, Apple pundit John Gruber opined that Apple could use existing manufacturing processes to quickly - and more importantly, cheaply - churn out millions and millions of seven-inch display panels for the iPad mini...
Following yesterday's report by Bloomberg that Apple is planning to debut a smaller, inexpensive iPad by year-end, The Wall Street Journal (an unofficial Apple mouthpiece) on Wednesday cited the obligatory "people familiar with the matter", reporting that Apple's component suppliers in Asia are preparing for mass production of the iPad mini in September. Get your sandpapers ready!
Hot on the heels of analyst-based reports regarding a smaller iPad, Bloomberg is out with its own story this afternoon.
The credible news outlet says that it has received word from people with "knowledge of the plans" that Apple is looking to unveil a 7-8-inch tablet this October...
Information regarding the next iPhone has been fairly scarce over the past few weeks. Which is kind of odd, considering that the handset is believed to already be in full production.
But there is a new report out this morning on the upcoming smartphone. And it adds weight to previous rumors that the next iPhone will feature all new in-cell touch panels...
If you believe the rumor-mill, smaller iPads have been spotted at Apple. And if you believe the usually cred§ible Wall Street Journal, Apple's in fact been developing a shrunken iPad to address the low-to-mid range of the market. And with Amazon's Kindle Fire and now Google's Nexus 7 tablet fighting for these customers, no wonder the iPad mini rumors are beginning to surface all over again...
It was inevitable that after Google's Nexus 7 announcement, the "iPad Mini" rumors would start surfacing again. The 7-inch Asus-branded tablet has garnered quite a bit of attention this week.
Apple has long been believed to be working on its own 7-inch slate, with reports coming from both Apple-insiders and news outlets alike that such a product exists. But will we ever see it?
According to a former executive from Taiwanese supply chain, Foxconn's recent investments into the Japanese electronics giant Sharp and its cutting-edge display factory is in fact part of preparations for a large-scale manufacturing of a rumored Apple television set, dubbed by the media the iTV...