It’s the teardowns of new products that make technology interesting. The new Apple TV unit has gone through a full teardown courtesy of XBMC community member “aiciofs” to discover the following components: – A custom-built A5 processor that, unlike the A5 CPU found in the iPhone 4S or iPad 2, features only a single processing […]
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You know, 802.11n’s been speedy, but it’s also been around for a while. It might be time to move on to something new. Per AppleInsider, Apple is expected to rapidly deploy support for the new 802.11ac specification this year, adding so called “Gigabit WiFi” to new AirPort base stations, Time Capsule, Apple TV, notebooks and […]
If you can win over “Consumer Reports”, that’s saying something. Per Boy Genius Report, Consumer Reports magazine, which stated that it refused to “recommend” the iPhone 4 due to antenna-based issues, on Tuesday proclaimed that the redesigned antenna system on Apple’s iPhone 4S is no longer affected by the dreaded death grip. “In special reception […]
Remember that 3G MacBook prototype that went on eBay recently? Apple would like it back. Per CNET, Apple is in talks to arrange for the return of a MacBook Pro prototype with built-in wireless 3G functionality from a North Carolina resident who attempted to sell it on eBay. Earlier this month, owner Carl Frega had […]
A series of purporting to be the structural case design for a revamped, cheaper new iPhone 4 indicate changes in its antenna design. The images, published by MacRumors and iPatchiPods, appear to show a unibody frame without case seams on the top or either side of the top of the phone. Existing GSM iPhone 4 […]