Apple finally opens their mouths and spills the beans on the next generation iPhone, as the latest little rumour to hit the net on the subject is that the iPhone 5 could see an official announcement earlier that previously speculated and an inside source of the unnamed variety of course, has apparently stated that Apple is to hold a press conference on the 5th of October when they will announce the next iOS smartphone with the iPhone 5 hitting retail the week after. Apple uses the date to just unveil the new iPhone or to release it to the public and it has also been rumored that iOS 5 will be released on October 10th, which seems to fit well with the October 5th launch event……………….
Reporter:BillyOzks
Under: iPhone
On September 18, 2011(8 months, 1 day ago.)
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Toyota officially unveils production Prius plug-in hybrid, available March 2012 for $32,000 and the Chevrolet Volt has stolen a lot of thunder from the Prius in the media coverage department, but Prius sales are still continuing strong. The plug-in aims to retain some of those buyers and offer the large existing pool of Prius customers an enhanced option from Toyota and also gains a new lithium-ion battery pack, ditching the older NIMH technology of the standard cars. The plug-in Prius can operate in electric-vehicle (EV) mode for an estimated 15 miles at a speed of up to 62 miles per hour and the plug-in will switch to hybrid mode, providing an estimated 49 miles per gallon. The Hybrid Synergy Drive system in the Prius Plug-in Hybrid is essentially the same as in the current third-generation Prius and new Prius v models……………….
Reporter:BillyOzks
Under: Auto
On September 18, 2011(8 months, 1 day ago.)
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Engadget says that a white iPhone 4s has appeared in an internal AT&T system and the system that Engadget is calling an inventory system, is not actually the one used in stores and it is also based on the accompanying text fields, that system looks to actually have to do with customer care. As for the iPhone 4S, it is believed to cost less than the normal $199 base price tag of new iPhone models and may rely heavily on iCloud and it is also believed to have corrected certain kinks in the current iPhone 4 such as a redesigned antenna……………
Reporter:BillyOzks
Under: iPhone
On September 18, 2011(8 months, 1 day ago.)
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MuscleNerd, the developer of the jailbreak tool Redsn0w reported that there will be a major upgrade to Redsn0w before his trip to Korea and the new features are very clear in the screenshot above, but one of the interesting thing he mentioned is that you’ll not select you .ipsw firmware anymore, which means it will be a one-click jailbreak just like geohot jailbreak tools. RedSn0w will now automatically fetch the important pieces directly from Apple and the means no more downloading huge .ipsw files like the current version. The new version will download only the essential information required to jailbreak an iOS device and this could have just been a lucky visit for a popular Apple jailbreaker, but there’s also the possibility it means that Apple is courting his talent…………….
Reporter:BillyOzks
Under: iPhone
On September 18, 2011(8 months, 2 days ago.)
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Apple supplied developers with yet another beta build of Mac OS X 10.7.2 as it moves closer to releasing the update for Lion with support for iCloud integration and the latest build is dubbed 11C57 and it is about a 740MB download in its delta form. Apple also began transitioning user accounts from MobileMe to iCloud this past weekend and the 790MB Combo Update comes less than a week after the previous Seed, 11C55. The update isn’t available via the iCloud Dev Center yet and Apple have also requested developers to concentrate their focus on areas such as MobileMe, Safari, Mail, iCal and Address Book………………
Reporter:BillyOzks
Under: Mac
On September 17, 2011(8 months, 2 days ago.)
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iPhone hacker p0sixninja of Chronic Dev-team has announced that he have five bootrom exploit on the Apple A5 chip that already exist on iPad 2 and strongly expected that it will power iPhone 5. Apple discouraged jailbreaking, as it allows for the installation of third-party applications outside the official iTunes App Store and the concern is that once a phone or other device is jailbroken, it’s easier to illegally pirate applications which would otherwise be sold in the App Store, earning revenue for developers and Apple alike. The bootrom exploit are low-level bootrom ones which means that Apple won’t be able to patch them with simple iOS update…………………
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Mercedes unveils an ambitious concept as they claim to look generations into the future of automotive technology and innovation with the Mercedes Benz F125 and this research vehicle will will help the company work toward a gasoline-free future and it’s a hydrogen-filled future with this car running on compressed gas and so giving off only water vapor and oxygen as emissions. Mercedes-Benz envisions the in-car system of the future, which start with the traffic report or retrieve personal messages before beginning the selected music programme and switch automatically to the weather report just before you reach your destination…………..
Reporter:BillyOzks
Under: Auto
On September 17, 2011(8 months, 2 days ago.)
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Ex-Acer CEO Gianfranco Lanci joins Lenovo as a consultant o help steer the firm’s consumer biz worldwide, particularly the integration of recently-acquired German PC maker Medion and he left Acer in March following a disagreement over future direction of the troubled Taiwanese PC maker. During his six-year tenure at Acer, Lanci gained widespread respect in system builder channel and was credited for leading Acer into the position it held in 2009 as the world’s number two notebook maker, but he it emerged that Lanci and Acer’s board didn’t agree on how to go about building engineering talent to tackle the global PC market………………
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Recon Instruments gets NASA Desert RATS eyes-on with Micro Optics Display and Recon Instruments has partnered with NASA Desert Research and Technology Studies to test two variants of its GPS-enabled Micro Optics Display for use in next-generation spacesuits, and get our space agency a wee bit closer to the P.K. Dick fantasy. The 2011 Desert RATS test is simulating a mission to an asteroid using prototype rovers, habitat mockups and a humanoid robot identical to the one currently living on board the International Space Station……………..
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Winrumors has posted a very interesting video of an iPad 2 running iOS 5 compared to a Windows 8 Slate and the video goes over almost every feature that these tablets offer, from lock-screen to social network integration. The certain features like Mail, Calendar and App Store could not be compared between the two as these features are not available yet on the Windows 8 developer preview build…………….
Reporter:BillyOzks
Under: Tablet
On September 16, 2011(8 months, 3 days ago.)
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Case-Mate briefly posts iPhone 5 cases based on leaked case designs, which confirms a whole new design and Case-Mate has published a page on its website with six different case designs for the new iPhone 5 and these cases suggest iPhone 5 will have tapered edges and a slim profile as well. Concrete evidence for a redesigned iPhone 5 has been surprisingly scant with case designs being essentially the only sign of such a revamp and it is difficult to point to Case-Mate’s posting as further proof of an imminent redesigned iPhone 5……………
Reporter:BillyOzks
Under: iPhone
On September 16, 2011(8 months, 3 days ago.)
Apple is now attempting to find a way to merge multiple Apple IDs, after developers have found having multiple sign-ins causes problems on iOS 5 and iCloud and Apple did not immediately respond to a request for official comment. The issue of using multiple Apple IDs has been a minor annoyance in the past and Apple has instituted a new policy with Automatic Downloads, which do not let you switch between logins and locks devices for 90 days to a single account. The inability to merge Apple IDs has also become a problem for iCloud developer testers who want to be able to sync content between products and it’s tough to say how many people are affected by the lack of ID merging……………….
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Pantech Breakout finally available from Verizon starting September 22nd and it is Verizon’s first sub-$100 LTE handset, sneaking into the mix at $99.99 on a two-year contract and after a $50 mail-in rebate. It packs that LTE punch and the ability to act as a mobile hotspot for up to ten devices. This smartphone features 1 GHz single-core processor, 512 MB of RAM, a 4″ WVGA screen and 16 GB of storage…………….
Reporter:BillyOzks
Under: Mobile
On September 16, 2011(8 months, 3 days ago.)
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Skype has announced a beta of Skype 5.4 for Mac OS X which bringing Facebook integration and his beta is an advertising platform, however, paying Skype customers and those with Skype Credit won’t see any ads. Skype 5.4 beta update now further unifies the Mac and Windows versions of the application, meaning Mac users will no longer lack features that previously only Windows users could enjoy and by 5.4 beta update now further unifies the Mac and Windows versions of the application, meaning Mac users will no longer lack features that previously only Windows users could enjoy…………….
Reporter:BillyOzks
Under: Mac
On September 16, 2011(8 months, 3 days ago.)
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Google+ developer advocate Chris Chabot announced that the first Google+ APIs are now available to the public and the complicated matter of circles and their varied level of permissions is an issue to be tackled at a later date. Developers need to register their apps before they can hook up with Google+ and start making calls to public feeds. There are a few different use cases where this could be employed and Google’s left it up to you guys to make it happen and this the only API available for the time being, but Google has mentioned they will be bringing many more Google+ APIs in the near future…………….
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