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Apple looking into quieter “vibrate” function for future iPhone handsets

Your iPhone might get a bit quieter soon. Per the United States Patent and Trademark Office and AppleInsider, Apple is investigating ways to make the iPhone’s “silent mode” truly silent by monitoring audible sound levels generated by a phone’s vibrator and adjusting the mechanism if it becomes too loud. Since the earliest days of portable […]

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iPhone Pictures Rumor

Photos of purported next-gen iPhone surface, show fully assembled state

It had to happen sometime. Per the web blog of Japanese repair company iLab Factory, pictures of an alleged fully-assembled next-generation iPhone hit the web on Sunday, offering what could be the most detailed look at Apple’s upcoming device yet. The photos depict what is supposedly a complete next-generation iPhone built from leaked parts sourced […]

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Fun News

You too can now smell like a new MacBook Pro…

It’s hard to say if this was on your bucket list, but perhaps it’s worth looking into. Per Macworld UK, A unique fragrance – the scent of a newly purchased Apple product being opened for the first time – has been created for an upcoming art exhibition by Melbourne artists Gavin Bell, Jarrah de Kuijer […]

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Mac mini News

2010 Mac mini teardown report posted, interesting discoveries found

Apple’s slim new 2010 Mac mini received the royal treatment/acceptance into the tech world recently via a complete teardown by tech firm iFixit shows. A teardown report by iFixit shows how Apple fit the slim system’s power supply inside the unibody aluminum case and reveals a variety of new innovations. Rather than needing an external […]

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Alleged MacBook Pro Prototype with Red Motherboard Found on eBay

Ok, this is interesting. An alleged prototype of a 17-inch MacBook from the previous generation without an aluminum housing, has appeared for bidding on eBay. According to MacNN, the device allegedly integrates a 2.5GHz Intel Core 2 Duo CPU, indicating that it may have been a prototype for the MacBook Pros released early in 2008. […]