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Rumor: Apple May Be Working on XL Tablets Running Full Mac OS X

Date August 30, 2009


This one caught us by surprise, but it comes from a source that has always been 100% reliable: Not only Apple may be working on a 10-inch tablet, but also in 13″ and 15″ models, one running Mac OS X.
[Gizmodo] This source claims that the two touchscreen prototypes—made of aluminum, but on the shape of [...]

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FCC Releases TomTom For iPhone Data

Date August 30, 2009


We may be getting closer to a hardware version of hands-free navigation for iPhone users. The FCC has released several documents plus photos of a planned TomTom Car Kit for the iPhone.
[Cult of Mac] The kit (pictured above) includes a mount enabling the iPhone to be positioned either vertically or in landscape mode. Engadget also [...]

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Are iPhones Really Exploding All Over the World?

Date August 29, 2009


Image via Gizmodo
We have done some research, and it appears than the rumors of iPhones exploding all around the world—”world” as in “France, UK, and Belgium”—are greatly exaggerated.
[Gizmodo] Here are all the known cases, and Apple’s official answer:
In France
• 26-yo security guard Yassine Bouhadi claims that his iPhone exploded when he was texting his girlfriend. [...]

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Sprint Releases Apple iPhone-Dissing Advertisement for Pre

Date June 26, 2009


Roger McNamee of Sprint’s ad department is having a little too much fun when it comes to making advertisements for their new Pre cellular phone.
Looking above, you will see the new Pre advertisement released by Sprint just recently.
Okay, so their Pre is doing pretty good in sales, but that doesn’t give them any right to [...]

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iSuppli Estimates iPhone 3GS Cost to Make; $178.96

Date June 26, 2009


The table and cost data presented in this article [to the right] consist only of the iPhone 3G S’s BOM. The total does not include other costs, including manufacturing software development, shipping and distribution, packaging, royalty fees and miscellaneous accessories included with each phone. [iSuppli]
iSuppli informs us that the Bill of Materials (BOM) and features [...]

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Comparing the iPhone 3G vs the New iPhone 3GS [Speed]

Date June 26, 2009


I’m sure most of you already know the main differences between the iPhone 3G and the iPhone 3GS which was released on June 19th, 2009, however, I still feel the need to share the main differences on Touch Podium, for those of you whom may not know yet.

Price
$199 [16GB]$299 [32GB]
$99 [8GB]

Camera
3MPAutofocusVideo recording
2MP

New features
Improved PerformanceBuilt-in video [...]

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iPhone 3G S is Sporting a Processor Capable of 833MHz; 720p Video Immanent

Date June 19, 2009


As mentioned in the article prior to this, RapidRepair didn’t waste any time in disassembling their iPhone 3G S quickly after receiving their very own. What the found below the outer shell was totally unexpected, and frankly, quite a nice touch.Hours after the dismantlement of RapidRepair’s iPhone 3G S, it was announced that the processor [...]

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iPhone 3G S Gets Disassembled; RapidRepair Provides Repair Guide

Date June 19, 2009


via RapidRepair. [click image to enlarge]
The day of the iPhone 3G S launch, RapidRepair quickly got themselves one of their own, and took it apart whilst step-by-step taking photo’s to share with the world how to disassemble your own.The repair folks have provided us with a 5 step (6 including completion) photo how-to explaining exactly [...]

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Ten One Design’s Art Challenge; Win $500

Date June 13, 2009


Ten One Design (Ten1) is holding an art challenge, with a cash reward of USD $500. You must own a Pogo Stylus to be a part of this contest, then use any of the iPhone apps to draw an image using said stylus at hand.
Your goal is to try and design the best looking image [...]

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The First Unboxing of an iPhone 3G S

Date June 11, 2009


The very first iPhone 3G S unboxing photo’s have been revealed. It seems one of the very first people to get their hands on one are the folks running the Chinese version of Engadget.

The images show the 32GB version of the iPhone 3G S, unboxed and demoed with compass and voice control apps in action.

The [...]

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TomTom and Navigon Bringing Turn-by-Turn GPS Navigation to the iPhone

Date June 11, 2009


A featured demo at the WWDC on Monday that stuck out to many, was the TomTom for iPhone presentation. This is a forthcoming turn-by-turn GPS navigation for your vehicle.
TomTom has mentioned that they would be bringing this to us in the past, but things have gone south since then. Now, they’re back in action, and [...]

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The iPhone 3G [S], Details, and the Official Apple Guided Tour

Date June 8, 2009


Well, WWDC has gone underway, and the new iPhone has been announced. We all had a really strong gut feeling that a new iPhone would be announced this month, this year, but nobody was for certain.
Now it has been announced. The new iPhone device from Apple is named the iPhone 3G S, the S standing [...]

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Jailbreaking the iPhone is Illegal…. according to Apple.

Date February 18, 2009


Apple has made it’s first formal public statement about it’s legal stance on iPhone jailbreaking in comments filed with the Copyright Office.
Apple states;
“Current jailbreak techniques now in widespread use utilize unauthorized modifications to
the copyrighted bootloader and OS, resulting in infringement of the copyrights in those
programs. For example, the current most popular jailbreaking software [...]

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Otterbox Defender Case Review – An Update

Date January 16, 2009


Upon reading the review HERE, an Otterbox Rep. got back to me regarding the issues that I had with the screen interactivity. The Rep. wrote;
“ I did want to note, in response to your review of the iPod touch Defender Series case, that the 2nd generation case has been improved to address some of the [...]

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