Mobile

Rumourmodo: iPhone 5 May Have Stretched-Out 16:9 Display

Bloomberg, Reuters and the Wall Street Journal all think the next iPhone will have a 4-inch screen. Now, 9to5mac is reporting that sources at Apple HQ have been testing phones with a 16:9 display, provided by a 1136×640 resolution screen.


May 22, 2012
Computing

Samsung And Apple CEOs Will Meet Today To Talk Possible Settlement

Apple’s Tim Cook and Samsung’s Choi Gee-sung will meet in San Francisco today to discuss a potential settlement in the all-out patent battle the two companies are currently engaged in.


Geek Out

Apple Calms Neighbours Of New Spaceship Headquarters In Predictably Apple Fashion

Remember the giant spaceship campus Apple’s building in Cupertino? The people who live in the neighbourhood where Apple’s mothership is landing definitely do. So Apple CFO Peter Oppenheimer sent out a packet to neighbourhood residents pumping up the virtues of the new campus — in a decidedly Apple way.


May 21, 2012
Mobile

Why Apple’s iPhone Charger Is So Expensive

There is no getting around the fact that Apple accessories are expensive. But instead of assuming that price meant quality, Ken Shirriff decided to tear an iPhone charger apart — and what he found justifies the expense.


May 19, 2012
Mobile

Apple Seems To Be Testing iPhone’s FaceTime Over 3G

With my loved ones long away from me, I have missed the ability to use my iPhone’s FaceTime over 3G a few times. Even if the quality would have been bad. Well, it seems that Apple may be testing it or getting ready for it, according to this screenshot.


Geek Out

These Mac Pro Updates Were Not Expected

Yes, these Mac Pro updates are not what you and I were expecting, but they are the only updates you are going to see in a very long time anyway. Or ever.


Mobile

Bloomberg: Steve Jobs Was Closely Involved With Development Of Larger iPhone 5

First the Wall Street Journal said the next iPhone will have a four-inch screen, then Reuters agreed, and now Bloomberg’s sources are saying the same thing. Bloomberg are also reporting, however, that Steve Jobs was closely involved with the design process.


Entertainment

Sony Hires Woz As Advisor For Jobs Biopic

As plans take shape for Aaron Sorkin’s Steve Jobs biopic, Reuters reports that Woz has been drafted in to act as an advisor on Jobs and the “technical aspects of computers”.


Mobile

This Is (Probably) Your Next SIM Card

Over the past few months, Apple, Nokia, RIM and Motorola have all been getting very worked up over something rather boring: SIM cards. After Apple’s attempt to capture the market, there’s finally a new proposed design — which might actually find its way into your next phone.


May 18, 2012
Computing

Mac Pro Fans Launch Facebook Campaign For Upgrade

There’s been strong indication that Apple is contemplating killing off the Mac Pro. A small group of creative professionals is crying out for Cupertino to give them new machines. The problem is their clamouring probably won’t be heard, because their bleak little group — We Want a New Macpro — only has a paltry 54 likes.