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Repair costs for iPhone repairs on the rise, component prices cited

Ok, now this is interesting. An article over on MarketWatch points out that Apple’s repair costs to fix an iPhone 5 with a broken screen have jumped to US$229 – more than the US$200 price of the device with a two-year contract, and more than a third of the US$650 cost of the phone without […]

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Rumor: T-Mobile USA to announce iPhone today

The T-Mobile/iPhone news you’ve been hankering for could arrive today. Per CNET, T-Mobile has an event scheduled for later today called “Uncarrier” and is expected to announce its carrying of the iPhone under new no-contract, no-subsidy rules, where a customer pays a small fee upfront and pays a monthly charge on top of the service […]

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Early iPhone prototype photo gallery posted

It may not be an exclusive picture of the next-gen iPhone, but it’s interesting to know where the iOS devices you love come from. Per Ars Technica, a photo gallery has been released of a prototype of the original 2007 iPhone, complete with a 5″x7″ display and a variety of tacked-on ports that were used […]

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CrossOver updated to 12.1.2

You can’t knock a decent update. CrossOver, the popular virtualization program from CodeWeavers, has been updated to version 12.1.2. The new version, a 76 megabyte download, is available as a demo, offers the following fixes and changes: – Fixed a bug which caused Steam to get stuck in a loop while trying to update. – […]

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Apple receives patent for “microslot antennas”, could see improvements in wireless functionality in coming years

Your notebook and iOS device’s wireless system could be getting that much niftier. Per AppleInsider and the United States Patent and Trademark Office, Apple on Tuesday won the patent rights to “microslot antenna” technology that allows micron-wide antenna assets to be integrated into the housing of a portable device, such as an iPhone, making them […]