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Foxconn chair cites crushing demand, possible delays for iPhone 5 units

You know that iPhone 5 you ordered? You may have to wait a little longer for it to be manufactured and ship. Per Reuters, Crushing demand for the iPhone 5 has proven to be too much for Apple’s manufacturing partner, Foxconn, to handle, as it continues to struggle to produce the device. Foxconn Chairman Terry […]

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Apple introduces Lightning to Micro USB adapter to North American customers

You can’t knock a useful adapter. Per AppleInsider, alongside the iPad mini, Apple on Friday introduced the Lightning to micro USB adapter, a tiny dongle first available in Europe, to the U.S. market. Initially built and released in tandem with the iPhone 5 in Europe to fulfill the European Commission’s regulation that all smartphones sold […]

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Apple releases iOS 6.1 beta, updated Xcode beta to developers, looks to improve iOS Maps application functionality

It’s time to sort out this iOS Maps snafu in a major way. Per AppleInsider, Apple on Thursday provided developers with a prerelease version of its forthcoming iOS 6.1 update, featuring improvements to its Maps application programming interface, and also issued a beta of Xcode 4.6. Both iOS 6.1 and Xcode 4.6 are now available […]

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Apple looking to replace IR sensors with sonar technology in next-gen devices

Look at it this way: sonar’s been around for a while. And it’s always been nifty. Per the United States Patent and Trademark Office, an Apple patent application published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office on Thursday describes a system that may one day replace the infrared proximity sensors deployed in current iPhones with […]

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Apple releases version 1.0.1 firmware update for seventh-generation iPod nano

You’ve had your spiffy new seventh-generation iPod nano for a day or two. Now let’s update that sucker. Per iLounge, Apple released version 1.0.1 of the new iPod nano’s software. The new software only mentions “Support for iPod nano (7th generation)” in its release notes, offering little information as to what issues, if any, are […]