Since my mother, father, best friend, ex-boss, neighbor, neighbor’s sister and even the guy who sells me my coffee keep asking me when the next iPhone is coming out, let me set the record straight: My name isn’t exactly Steve Jobs, but I can tell you that people are whispering that it will finally be available in early …
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New iPad Looking Less Likely for Late 2011
Now’s apparently a good time to stop holding out for the iPad 3 or iPad 2 HD that was rumored to arrive later this year. According to DigiTimes, Apple has canceled its plans to produce a high-resolution iPad in late 2011.
It’s not really fair to call this a delay because, well, Apple never announced anything. The product, which …
How an ‘Apple Wireless’ Provider Could Sell You More Hardware
Apple’s huge successes with the iPhone and iPad have allowed the company to amass $76 billion in cash. While no one outside Apple knows what the company will do with this Scrooge McDuck-like money pile, Jean-Louis Gassée has an interesting theory: Apple should buy a wireless carrier, such as T-Mobile.
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Report: The iPhone 5 Might Actually Arrive in October
If you’ve been holding out on buying an iPhone in anticipation of the iPhone 5, be prepared to wait a bit longer.
All Things Digital reports that all previous rumors about a September iPhone 5 release are wrong, and that Apple’s newfangled contraption will actually arrive in October. Where does this information come from? Why, more …
Latest iPhone 5 Rumors Are All About Shape
If you don’t believe that the tech-consuming public could ever be so fixated on shapes and sizes, you need only look to the latest batch of iPhone 5 rumors.
First, we have a report from 9 to 5 Mac of an Apple employee supposedly playing around with the iPhone 5 on a train, complete with grainy photos snapped by a tipster. Apparently the
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A Super Thin 15-inch MacBook Pro Means Apple’s Going Cloud or Bust
A bit of Apple news for you this morning: MacRumors is reporting that Apple is late-stage testing a new 15-inch, ultra-thin laptop with features similar to the MacBook Air; TUAW is betting that it’s going to be a sveltely redesigned MacBook Pro.
Currently, MacBook Airs are available in 11.6-inch and 13.3-inch sizes with a starting …
A White iPod Touch Rumor, Hopefully Without the Madness
If the white iPhone 4’s eventual arrival left you wanting for more rumors about pale-skinned Apple products, I’ve got good news: You may now start speculating about a white iPod Touch instead.
Citing “industry checks” by Concord Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, Apple Insider reports that Apple has placed orders for the white iPod …
Mid-August iPhone 5? Don’t Bet On It
Sometimes with Apple rumors, a little common sense goes a long way.
The latest scuttlebutt says that Apple will release the iPhone 5 in mid-August, based on several U.K. job postings for iPhone sales specialists. According to CNet UK, the posting by recruitment firm Reed seeks “full-time iPhone Sales Staff for an exciting project” …
3G Rumored for Next iPod Touch
Optional 3G connectivity may liberate Apple’s next iPod Touch from the confines of Wi-Fi hotspots.
The rumor, reported by AppleSpot.nl and kindly translated by a reader at 9to5Mac, says that users will be able to pop a 3G SIM card into the iPod Touch and subscribe to a data plan of their choosing. AT&T and Verizon Wireless already offer
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Report: High-Res ‘iPad HD’ for Video and Photo Pros This Year
Rumors of an iPad with an unbelievably high-resolution screen have been bobbing around since earlier this year, with some of the initial scuttlebutt being that such a screen would find its way into the iPad 2.
The problem was that a 9.7-inch screen with a 2048×1536 resolution (the current iPad’s screen resolution is 1024×768) would …
Safe Bet: iPhone 5 by October
It’s a time-honored tradition as far as Apple rumors go: Small blogs, analysts and trade papers in Asia scare up rumors for months, and then finally, the mainstream news outlets show up, citing “people familiar with the situation” in an authoritative gesture.
And so here we are, with the Wall Street Journal reporting that Apple’s …
New Contract-Free iPhone in the Fall? Analyst Stokes the Coals
Just in case you forgot, Apple may introduce a relatively cheap, contract-free iPhone this year. Or not.
But Deutsche Bank analyst Chris Whitmore told investors that now is the time. He believes that Apple will launch a mid-range, pre-paid iPhone for $300 to $500 in September, Apple Insider reports.
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