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Hardware
Rumour: Is This the Apple Tablet’s SIM Card Tray?
9:54PM Danny Allen | Today in micro-rumours: Is this the Apple Tablet’s SIM card tray? (And are we this desperate for photos?) More »
Computers
Rumour: Apple Tablet to Be Made By Foxconn
11:20PM Danny Allen | If an Apple Tablet is in the works, it’s believed that it’ll be built by Foxconn. Now DigiTimes suggests Foxconn will ship up to 400,000 devices by April 2010—with a 10.6-inch screen (not 9.6 or 10.7). More »
Computers
Nokia ARM-Based Smartbook To Follow Booklet 3G?
6:00PM Danny Allen | It was only on Monday that Nokia confirmed its first laptop, but now DigiTimes suggests the Fins may use either Compal or Foxconn to build an ARM-based smartbook for 2010. If true, my guess is it’ll run Maemo 5. More »
Business
Foxconn Increases Compensation For Suicide Employee’s Family
8:22AM Jason Chen | Foxconn just increased the compensation for their worker that killed himself as a result of possible beatings and interrogations over a lost iPhone. More »
Computers
Foxconn Building Apple Tablet For September Or October Launch?
12:50AM Matt Buchanan | Taiwanese paper Apple Daily reports than Hon Hai Precision Industry—aka Foxconn—is building the Apple tablet using previously rumoured 10-inchish screens from WinTek and a battery from Dynapack for sale in September or October. More »
Business
Foxconn Employee Describes His Oppressed Life From Inside
1:40AM Mark Wilson | Even if you don’t know Foxconn’s name, you know the products they produce. Major, beloved hardware brands like Apple and Nintendo rely on their assembly lines to make some of the most coveted gadgets in the world. More »
Business
Foxconn Worker Had 16 iPhone Prototypes, Girlfriend Given Apple Laptop As Compensation
12:00AM Matt Buchanan | The NYT has more on the death of Sun Danyong, the Foxconn worker who apparently committed suicide after an iPhone prototype went missing. As compensation, his family has been paid about $US44,000, and his girlfriend received an Apple laptop. More »
Phones
IPhone Leak Suicide: Where Is The Lost Gen iPhone Prototype?
8:32AM Brian Lam | The death of the guardian of Foxconn’s iPhone prototype is a tragedy. But deep down, gadgethounds are wondering where the phone is now. So far, none of us know where, so we’re left to our imaginations. More »
Business
Foxconn iPhone Worker Sun Danyong’s Final Text Message
3:01AM Matt Buchanan | Chinese newspapers have been piecing together Foxconn worker Sun Danyong’s final hours, and claim to have recovered his final text message to his girlfriend, sent two hours before he died. It’s clear something horrible was happening to him: More »
Business
