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Apple releases iOS 6.1 update

You’ve been hankering after it for a while and it’s finally here. On Thursday, Apple released its iOS 6.1 update. The new operating system, a several hundred megabyte update available through iTunes, adds the following fixes and changes: – LTE support for more carriers (complete list of supported carriers). – Purchase movie tickets through Fandango […]

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iPad mini supply improves, shipment times now 3-5 days from online Apple Store

Give it time and eventually the supply channels even out. Per AppleInsider, despite severe constraints throughout the holiday quarter, supply of Apple’s iPad mini is finally catching up with demand as the Online Apple Store is now quoting ship-by dates of 3-5 business days. The change comes one week after Apple kicked off sales of […]

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Rumor: Apple may incorporate fingerprint sensor into iPhone “Home” button for next-gen models

This could be interesting. Per AppleInsider, Apple is expected to launch a new iPhone this year with a fingerprint sensor hidden beneath the home button — an intuitive design that could be difficult for competing Android and Windows Phone devices to copy. Analyst Ming-Chi Kuo of KGI Securities expects Apple’s acquisition of AuthenTec to pay […]

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Rumor: Apple to release all-Retina iPad, MacBook Pro lineups in 2013

Even though it’s a rumor, there’s got to be a nugget of truth in there somewhere. Per AppleInsider, analyst Ming-Chi Kuo of KGI Securities has made his Apple hardware predictions for the upcoming year, and expects a bevy of new iOS and Mac product releases will help the iPhone maker address a wider swath of […]

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Rumor: Apple may switch to IGZO displays for next-gen iOS devices

Next year could be interesting where iOS devices are concerned. Per DigiTimes, Apple is reportedly in talks with Sharp to use the company’s IGZO display technology in next-generation iPhones and iPads, but low yield rates have prompted the Cupertino tech giant to look at other Asian display makers in efforts to bolster its supply chain. […]