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Apple’s iPod classic may also gain camera, report claims
While the iPod touch and iPod nano are widely expected to receive a camera upgrade in September, a report suggests that a new version of the aging hard-drive-based iPod classic could also snap pictures.
Citing industry sources, Taiwanese rumor site DigiTimes has reported that OmniVision will become the sole supplier of 3.2 megapixel CMOS [...]
Apple to retain, redesign plastic MacBook family
Once rumored for extinction, Apple’s entry-level polycarbonate MacBooks are on the verge of a refresh that will solidify them at the base of the Mac maker’s notebook offerings for the foreseeable future, AppleInsider has learned.
People familiar with Cupertino-based company’s plans say the 13-inch portables are presently undergoing an industrial design overhaul that [...]
Upcoming Apple tablet is No. 1 priority of Steve Jobs – report
Since his return to Apple in June, company co-founder Steve Jobs has been focused on bringing the hardware maker’s yet-to-be announced tablet device successfully to market, a new report claims.
Corroborating information relayed by AppleInsider weeks ago, The Wall Street Journal reports that Jobs has been personally involved with the tablet, even prior to [...]
Apple exploring wireless system for quantifying the unquantifiable
Apple this week was granted a sprawling patent on a series of wireless sensing systems aimed at quantifying actions or events that can currently be measured only qualitatively, such as the effectiveness of a karate kick or what exactly happened to a package from FedEx that arrived with its contents broken.
The patent spans some 83 [...]
364 days and counting to iPhone 4G
Now that the iPhone 3G S is officially behind us, let me be the first–or at least one of the first–to announce the countdown to the next new iPhone. If history is any indication, it should show up right around this time next year.
Interestingly, even though the 3G S is technically Apple’s third-generation iPhone, some [...]
