Apple Rumors coming from Apple Insider predict that Efun, a Taiwanese-based manufacturer of superthin substrates coated with indium tin oxide (ITO), may be supplying its ITO film to Apple. Among its other properties and uses, ITO acts as an electromagnetic interference shield and helps reduce signal noise from radio frequencies, which in turn would enhance …
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Apple The report, filed by Rene Ritchie at iMore, states that Apple will begin its U.S. preorders on September 12 while international orders should begin the first week of October, likely October 5. Shipments from preordered iPhones should reach customers about nine days later, according to the report. In years past, many customers who preorder their iPhones have received them …
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9to5Mac The latest evidence that Apple is ready to abandon its iconic dock connector in favor of a smaller solution comes in the form of a reference to a 9-pin connector in the code for iOS 6 beta. The code string was uncovered by 9to5Mac and directly conflicts with several other reports of the possible size of a smaller dock …
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nowhereelse.fr Translated by Google, tech lifestyle Web site nowhereelse.fr (via 9to5Mac) has posted photos of what appears to be the soon to be released iPhone’s nano-SIM card tray. The photos come from China where many of the iPhone’s parts are manufactured and assembled. As you can see in the photos, the nano-SIM tray knocks a little off the micro SIM …
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Image Composite by Joe Aimonetti/CNET With the presidential elections fast approaching, both Mitt Romney and President Obama are taking their campaigns mobile. The Obama for America app concentrates primarily on distributing President Obama’s policy stances, as well as news and events. Users of the Obama for America app can also find useful information about voting rules and regulations on a …
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Apple The iTunes U app update includes several new key features sure to enhance any student’s or teacher’s experience. Most notably, version 1.2 supports the ability to take notes while listening to, or watching, lectures and then search those notes later. Users are also now able to search posts, assignments, and other materials in any of their subscribed courses. And, …
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Digital Playbooks is one example of a software company hoping to cash in on NFL teams, like the Denver Broncos, moving from printed playbooks to digital copies on iPads. DigitalPlaybooks.com As players line up across imaginary lines, eyeballing their opponents, wrapped in armor, capped by helmets, and ready to smash into each other with ferocious abandon, it becomes difficult to …
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Apple According to a report by the Financial Times, mobile operators in Europe are stockpiling nano-SIM chips in anticipation of Apple including the new technology in the next iteration of the iPhone. Though actions like this would suggest an impending launch, no official word has come from Apple as to when we can expect to actually see the iPhone 5 …
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Screenshot by Joe Aimonetti/CNET On first read, the patent application (uncovered by AppleInsider) seems to underwhelm. Apple describes a form-fitted case that would contain an opening that aligns with the microphone on the device (in this case, an iPhone). The opening would contain a thin mesh, foam, or featherlike screen that would reduce the amount of wind noise that makes …
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Image Composite by Joe Aimonetti/CNET Sources in the industry speaking with DigiTimes (via AppleInsider) have reportedly been expecting the competition in the smartphone world to heat up around the adoption of quad-core processors as early as this year’s holiday quarter. HTC, Samsung, LG, and China’s Meizu already have quad-core processors in their phones, leading industry sources to believe that indeed, …
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