Thursday, July 29, 2010 at 12:04 PM | Posted by LOOPRumors Staff
An FCC filing brought to light Wednesday reveals a device Sprint hopes will penetrate some of the Apple iPod touch market.
The Peel, a ZTE-made 3G-to-WiFi hotspot device that functions as an iPod touch case, would give the iPod and adjacent machines a constant 3G connection without the need for MiFi.
The Peel has a separate battery and would likely be charged with a mini-USB port, according to MacNN.
Thursday, July 29, 2010 at 09:57 AM | Posted by LOOPRumors Staff
Two patent applications reported on by AppleInsider suggest future iPhones may use photo and video data coupled with motion sensing and GPS to generate three dimensional models of an environment which a user could then navigate “in an order other than that of the recording.”
“By walking with the device in the user’s real environment, a user can virtually navigate a representation of a three-dimensional environment,” reads one application titled “Generating a Three-Dimensional Model using a Portable Electronic Device Recording.”
Continue reading Future iPhone to render 3D environments?
Thursday, July 29, 2010 at 08:17 AM | Posted by LOOPRumors Staff
MacNN reports that problems achieving the correct paint thickness on the front panel of the white iPhone 4 may have been solved, according to a source.
The new iPhone demands that the paint be applied to the front panel “in a way that doesn’t affect the proximity sensor or create light bleeds.”
Having conquered this obstacle, the source reports, Apple could be ready to start shipping the white iPhone 4 very soon.
Tuesday, July 27, 2010 at 11:59 AM | Posted by LOOPRumors Staff
Philadelphia Business Journal reports that the Apple Store at 1607 Walnut St. in Center City Philadelphia will open its doors to the public at 5pm Friday, July 30.
Apple reports:
“The Apple Retail Store is the best place to test-drive and explore Apple products because it’s the one place you can find everything Apple — including some of the world’s most knowledgeable Apple people.”
Tuesday, July 27, 2010 at 09:46 AM | Posted by LOOPRumors Staff
Tuesday, Apple introduced its 27” widescreen LED backlit Cinema Display monitor.
The $999 monitor features a 2560x1440-pixel, 16:9 arsenic-free glass display with IPS technology that provides a 178-degree viewing angle and will ship in September.
Apple reports:
“With 60 percent more pixels than the 24-inch LED Cinema Display, the 27-inch LED Cinema Display gives you even more room for all your windows and applications.
“...You can connect your LED Cinema Display to any of the current lineup of Mac notebooks and desktop computers: MacBook, MacBook Pro, MacBook Air, iMac, Mac mini, and Mac Pro.”
Tuesday, July 27, 2010 at 08:24 AM | Posted by LOOPRumors Staff
Tuesday, Apple announced a much-anticipated update to the Mac Pro desktop computer with a tower supporting up to 12 cores with Intel Xenon processors with speeds of up to 3.33GHz and the option of up to four 512GB solid state drives.
The new hardware, which should ship in August, features the ATI Radeon HD 5770 graphics processor and Turbo Boost to boost processor speeds up to 3.6 GHz.
Continue reading Apple updates Mac Pro.
Tuesday, July 27, 2010 at 08:21 AM | Posted by LOOPRumors Staff
Tuesday, Apple released the Magic Trackpad, an “advanced touch-friendly and wear-resistant glass surface,” or multi-touch input for the Mac desktop.
Apple reports:
“Desktop users, your time has come. The new Magic Trackpad is the first Multi-Touch trackpad designed to work with your Mac desktop computer.
It uses the same Multi-Touch technology you love on the MacBook Pro. And it supports a full set of gestures, giving you a whole new way to control and interact with what’s on your screen.”
Tuesday, July 27, 2010 at 07:59 AM | Posted by LOOPRumors Staff
Tuesday, Apple rolled out a new line of iMac desktops with Intel Core i3, i5, and i7 processors and ATI Radeon HD 5750 graphics.
The new iMac features a 4GB 1333 MHz memory expandable to 16GB, an integrated memory controller, and an SD card slot that now supports the SDXC format for high capacity storage cards.
Continue reading Apple updates iMac.
Monday, July 26, 2010 at 02:23 PM | Posted by LOOPRumors Staff
Apple is expected to announce new iMacs and Mac Pros tomorrow, along with a new 27” Cinema Display.
“We’ll have much to talk about, what with the new Mac Pros (finally, right?), speed-bump iMacs, and the gorgeous new 16:9 27-inch Cinema Display that Apple might hypothetically release tomorrow,” John Gruber writes for Daring Fireball.
Gruber further asserts that Apple could unveil the Magic Trackpad tomorrow, which was approved by the FCC last week.
Monday, July 26, 2010 at 11:36 AM | Posted by LOOPRumors Staff
“Owners of the iPhone will be able to break electronic locks on their devices in order to download applications that have not been approved by Apple. The government is making that legal under new rules announced Monday,” the AP reports.
“The decision to allow the practice commonly known as ‘jailbreaking’ is one of a handful of new exemptions from a federal law that prohibits the circumvention of technical measures that control access to copyrighted works. Another exemption will allow owners of used cell phones to break access controls on their phones in order to switch wireless carriers.”
Continue reading U.S. government legalizes iPhone jailbreaking.
Monday, July 26, 2010 at 08:22 AM | Posted by LOOPRumors Staff
“We’re hearing from one of our sources (who legitimately holds a position at the company and has asked to remain anonymous),” writes Eric Calouro for Erictric.
“That Apple is planning to offer consumers the option to personalize their iPads with engravings later this year, in the midst of the holiday season, much like the company has offered consumers who have purchased iPods.”
Continue reading Apple to engrave holiday iPad orders for free?
Monday, July 26, 2010 at 07:43 AM | Posted by LOOPRumors Staff
This Friday, July 30, Apple’s iPhone 4 will officially go on sale in Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, Hong Kong, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, New Zealand, Singapore, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland.
Originally launched in the United States on June 24, the iPhone 4 is the thinnest smartphone in the world, features an ultra-high resolution Retina display and offers a video calling feature called FaceTime.
