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iPhone iPod News

Sony introduces 16.41, 8.13 megapixel camera sensors

Late Wednesday Sony unveiled a 16.41-megapixel IMX081PQ camera sensor that the company says could overcome many of the traditional barriers for phone cameras. The IMX081PQ is Sony’s first Exmor R-based CMOS sensor for a phone and uses the back-illuminated sensor to cut back significantly on noise. A unique photo diode positioning has let Sony achieve […]

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iPhone News

Verizon COO states new iPhone announcement would arrive from Apple, not Verizon

Per the cool cats at Macworld, Verizon President and COO Lowell McAdam commented made a recent comment at the CTIA conference in San Francisco that reports of a Verizon iPhone would be addressed by Apple, not Verizon. When asked to comment about a story from The Wall Street Journal that Apple will begin building a […]

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MacBook Air Rumor

Rumor: Current MacBook Air supplies being depleted, next-gen model said to be forthcoming

With current supplies of Apple’s MacBook Air notebook drying up through the company’s indirect sales channels, rumors are spreading that a next generation model is on the horizon. Per AppleInsider, all but one of the Apple Authorized Resellers that the web site tracks tracks as part of its Mac Price Guide have run out of […]

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hard drive Hardware News

Hitachi releases updated desktop, notebook hard drives, offers up to 750 GB capacities

Electronics maker Hitachi announced its new 375GB per platter, 5400-rpm and 7200-rpm, 2.5″ hard drives: the Travelstar 5K750 and Travelstar 7K750 on Wednesday. Per Macworld, Hitachi has stated that the drives offer the industry’s highest capacities in a standard 9.5 mm two-disk design. The Travelstar 5K750 and 7K750 drive families are the first Hitachi hard […]

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iPhone News

iPhone 4 shipping times drop to 5 to 7 days

Apple looks to have worked its its supply constraints for the iPhone 4 since the device’s June launch, AppleInsider reporting that the handset is now advertised for shipping within 5 to 7 days from Apple’s online store. Both models of the iPhone 4 (available in 16GB and 32GB capacities for US$199 and US$299, respectively, with […]