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Latest iPad 3 Rumours – Retina Display, Quad-Core, March 7th Launch

Tweet The iPad 3 has been the subject of constant speculation, almost since the iPad 2 was launched around this time last year. Now, the iPad 3 is expected to be launched very soon and the shouted rumours are reaching fever pitch. Let’s have a look at what we think we know about the most [...]

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Next gen iPhone and iPad may have 20 times increased performance

Imagination Technologies, manufacturer of the PowerVR Series6 GPU, announced at CES that the new generation of the PowerVR Series6 GPU core family that will be out soon will provide up to 20 times improved performance. Apple is one of the major share holders at Imagination Technologies and has used the PowerVR GPU chips in its iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch, and the Apple TV.

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Apple did not really invent the all-touch phone

In 2007, Steve Jobs went up a stage and said somethings about the then smartphones in the market. Take out iPhone and Android now and see what remains, Symbian, BlackBerry, and Windows Phone 6.5. And all of these business phones had keypads, at least most of them. And Jobs called them the mismatched keyboards and the smartphones, as a whole, “ugly”. That might have been justified by him, but he also said that Apple was the keypad-killer company by introducing the first all-touch phone. But unfortunately, he was wrong. The iPhone has never been the first all-touch phone.

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Apple’s 1983 phone prototype had an all touch screen interface

Apple’s wish to design a phone with an all touch interface dates back to 1983. This was not know till recently. The phone that you see in the image was a prototype designed by designer Hartmut Esslinger who worked for Apple on other products such as the Apple IIc. According to Wikipedia, Esslinger was in a contract with Apple for $1,000,000 a year deal. With a design such as this phone way back in 1983, you can say that the pay was reasonable?

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Apple rumored to use Sharp’s IGZO technology for iPad 3 display

We have had the news that Apple will be seeking Sharp as the display supplier for the upcoming iPad 3, and WSJ had even confirmed this Today we have new news about the same topic. Apple will surely be using Sharp’s display, and but the news is about the technology being used. It is being rumored that Apple will be using Sharp’s IGZO (indium gallium zinc oxide) technology in the iPad 3 display.

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Apple planning to release a completely redesigned iPhone next year

Here are some more rumors on the next gen iPhone. The rumor has it that the phone will be released late next year, as the iPhone 4S was done this year. So this is going to be the trend from 2011, iPhones will be announced in fall of a year rather in the middle of the year, as it was being done till last year. However, this is not the point here. The point is that the rumor says Apple is going to completely redesign the iPhone. But in what way?

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7-inch iPad not coming in 2012, but iPad 2 will become cheaper

It is not a rumor or a notion that Apple has been testing a smaller 7-inch iPad, Apple people admit it openly. The 7-inch iPad, unofficially dubbed the iPad Mini, will not be seeing the day light in 2012, this is according to the analyst Blair. But instead of this, Apple is thinking of selling the iPad 2 at a much lower cost.

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Apple iPad 3 may be launched on Steve Jobs’ birthday

The Apple iPad 3 has had a lot of rumors about the specs and also about the release of the device. But now, there is a new report that says Apple is thinking of launching the next gen iPad on its former CEO Steve Jobs’ birthday. Steve Jobs, who passed away on October 5th, was born on February 24th. So this is when you might want to expect the new iPad 3.

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MobileMe email scam continuous

If you are a MobileMe subscriber, you might have probably got one of these already. There has been a great scam for MobileMe subscriber in which they are asked to giveaway their MobileMe passwords. The email tells that your MobileMe folders have been infected by some virus and you have been automatically updated to the new version of the antivirus.

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iPad 3′s microphone part leaked

Whenever Apple is poised to release a new post-PC product, there is a lot of rumored surrounding the product. We have seen this happening right from the first ever iPod, right? Even today, we see a lot of rumors coming up about the new iPad 3 which is expected to be released in the coming year. Today we have a new iPad 3 rumor, which is a leaked part of the device. This is supposed to be the iPad 3′s microphone flex cable.