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More iPad 3 details emerge: Front facing HD camera and more
Android based smartphones have certainly done an admirable job catching up to the iPhone, and even surpassing it with respect to total marketshare. But Android based tablets, on the other hand, continue to struggle mightily as Apple’s iPad continues its tablet domination. As it stands now, the biggest threat to the iPad is the Amazon [...]
Continue reading...Apple reportedly testing 42 and 50-inch HDTVs in its research labs
4. January 2012
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With CES just around the corner, the market will soon be filled with the latest in HDTV technology from the likes of Samsung, LG and a host of others. But per usual, the one company keeping its hand close to its vest is Apple. Indeed, rumors of Apple making the leap into the TV business [...]
Continue reading...Apple reportedly interested in acquiring TV rights to English Premiere League Soccer games
4. January 2012
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Here’s an interesting rumor for all you Soccer hooligans out there. The Daily Mail is reporting that both Apple and Google are interested in acquiring TV rights to soccer games in the English Premier League. Comprised of 20 clubs, the Premier League boasts many of the more poular teams, including Manchester United, Arsenal and Chelsea. [...]
Continue reading...Apple’s January event to include major iBooks and digital textbook announcements
3. January 2012
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New details about Apple’s rumored media event are emerging and it looks like Cupertino is about to make some huge announcements regarding digital textbooks. Clayton Morris of Fox News writes that the event will have two main topics of conversation – iTunes University and Apple in education. I learned of the event back in September [...]
Continue reading...Apple planning large media-related event in NYC towards end of January
2. January 2012
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December is typically a slow month for Apple news and this past year was no exception. But we’re just fresh into 2011 and it appears that Apple already has a big announcement lined up. Set to take place in New York City at the end of the month, Kara Swisher of All Things D has [...]
Continue reading...iPhone 5 with complete redesign on track for Fall 2012 launch – Rumor
27. December 2011
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Well, the iPhone 5 rumors are back, just in time for the new year. BGR “confidently” reports that Apple’s iPhone 5 will feature a complete redesign, and contrary to previous reports we’ve seen, will launch sometime in the Fall of 2012 rather than during the Summer. We have also learned that Apple is planning to [...]
Continue reading...Apple reportedly preparing for iTV launch in early 2012
27. December 2011
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The heavily rumored Apple HDTV is in the news again today. This time, Digitimes claims that Apple has already started preparing for an iTV launch during the second or third quarter of 2012. Instead of a form of set-top box (STB) like the Apple TV launched in 2006, Apple’s new products will be full TV [...]
Continue reading...Steve Jobs’ birthday, February 24, may be the iPad 3 launch date – Rumor
23. December 2011
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You don’t typically hear much about juicy Apple rumors this time of year, but this one’s particularly compelling. A report from the Chinese Economic Times claims that Apple and its partners are working hard to release the upcoming iPad 3 on February 24, Steve Jobs’ birthday. Previous iPad 3 rumors have pointed to a release [...]
Continue reading...Apple’s HDTV plans begin to crystalize
19. December 2011
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As reports of Apple’s TV plans continue to swirl overhead, the Wall Street Journal is reporting that Apple has already met with various media executives to discuss, in the vaguest of terms of course, their plans and vision for what may very well be an upcoming Apple HDTV. Now the HDTV market is arguably saturated [...]
Continue reading...Reports of an iPad with 7.85 inch screen resurface
16. December 2011
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Digitimes resurrects some old rumors that Apple is working on a 7.85-inch iPad set to be released sometime in late 2012. This rumored device would be in addition to the iPad 3 Apple with a retina display that will likely arrive sometime in late March or early April. Global shipments of tablet PCs are expected [...]
Continue reading...Samsung hoping to release 11.6-inch tablet with Retina Display before the iPad 3
14. December 2011
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Samsung has done an impressive job of giving Apple’s iPhone a run for its money with its line of Galaxy smartphones. Though Apple claims, and in our opinion rightfully so, that Samsung flagrantly copied the look and feel of the iPhone, there’s still no getting around the fact that Samsung’s Android phones are selling quite [...]
Continue reading...Apple CFO Peter Oppenheimer in charge of Apple retail until successor to Ron Johnson is found
12. December 2011
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Apple this past Friday opened up its largest retail store to date, located in the always bustling Grand Central Station in New York City. As Apple’s retail plans continue to expand, they are somewhat juxtaposed by the departure of Ron Johnson, Apple’s retail guru who helped develop, guide, and expand Apple’s unparallelled dive into the [...]
Continue reading...Analyst claims Apple’s TV initiative will begin on the iMac – we call BS
7. December 2011
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With all of the speculation surrounding the rumored Apple HDTV, Wedge Partners analyst Brian Blair this morning issued a research note articulating a theory that Apple’s foray into the TV market may very well start with their high-end iMac. By incorporating TV functionality into its 27-inch iMac, Blair writes that Apple would be able to [...]
Continue reading...Apple had 64-bit version of Final Cut Pro 8 in the works before going the FCP X route
5. December 2011
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Apple in June completely overhauled Final Cut Pro with the release of Final Cut Pro X. Though the new app brought with it a fresh take on video editing along with a string of innovative features, the update was lambasted by video pros upset by the fact that Apple removed a lot of the core [...]
Continue reading...Apple HDTV to come in variety of sizes – Report
1. December 2011
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Gene Munster, the analyst from Piper Jaffray who typically takes a bullish stance on all things Apple, has been propagating the idea of an Apple HDTV for years. And if any of the rumblings we’ve been hearing are accurate, well, he’s gonna be proven right one of these days. While speaking at the Ignition: Future [...]
Continue reading...Apple may release two iPad models this Spring – Report
30. November 2011
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While traveling home with a friend for Thanksgiving, she mentioned how she went into a Verizon store set on picking up an iPhone and left with a shiny new Android. As far she could tell, it was close enough to an iPhone, and more importantly, noticeably cheaper. Indeed, say what you will about Android, but [...]
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6. January 2012
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