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New Apple iPhone Coming Fall 2012 With LTE And Similar-Sized Screen
The rumors about the new Apple iPhone are popping up. iMore.com started hearing that the new iPhone 5 would not have the traditional 30-pin dock connector to something that is more like a micro-dock so that there would be more internal room for other components. Supposedly the new iPhone would still have a 3.5-inch screen size although I have heard that they are considering a 4.7-inch screen. The new iPhone is expected to be 4G LTE compatible. iMore is also reporting that the release timeframe for the new iPhone is October 2012.
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Michael Margolis: Steve Jobs Rejected The New Apple TV Designs Years Ago
Michael Margolis is a former Apple TV engineer that said “I implemented much of the AppleTV 2.0 UI years ago. The new home page UI makes me cry.” He also added “Fun fact – those new designs were tossed out 5 years ago because SJ (Steve Jobs) didn’t like them. Now there is nobody to say ‘no’ to bad design.” There you have it, folks. If you do not like the current Apple TV design, now you know that Steve Jobs didn’t either. [Macgasm]
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How BATS Had One Of The Most Disastrous IPO Experiences
Bats Global Markets is a 6 year old equity exchange that had to cancel their IPO after errors on their own computer systems derailed trading and caused a halt in Apple. Bats withdrew their IPO as a result of the errors.
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Best Buy Selling Almost As Many iPhones As Apple Stores
Back in 2008, Apple started selling the iPhone at Best Buy retail stores. About 600 out of the 1,100 Best Buy stores have an Apple products section. These Apple sections in Best Buy stores account for 13% of all Apple iPhone sales while the Apple retail stores account for 15% of all iPhone sales. This data was crunched by Consumer Intelligence Research Partners (CIRP).
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City Of Austin, Texas Approves $8.6 Million In Tax Breaks For Apple
The city of Austin, Texas has approved of an $8.6 million tax break for Apple. Apple plans on bringing 3,600 jobs to the city. The approval was made after a debate by the City Council. Supposedly Apple was deciding between Austin and Phoenix. However Arizona officials said that they were never in the running.
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Categories Apple Inc., Bill Aleshire, Bill Spelman, Ed Wendler Jr.
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iTunes Trailers App Gets Updated To Support Retina Display
Apple has updated the iTunes Movie Trailers App to support Retina Display for the new iPad. The trailers app has the same content on the Apple Movie Trailers website. This is a great way of seeing how sharp the iPad screen really is. Above is a screenshot of the movie Brave. The app works on WiFi and LTE, but your LTE bandwidth allotment would be consumed rather quickly if you are a movie trailer fiend. [MacRumors]
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RUMOR: New iPhone Will Have 4.6-Inch Retina Display
Rumor has it that the new Apple iPhone will have a 4.6-inch Retina Display. The source with also reported that the iPhone is expected to launch as early as “around the second quarter.” The South Korean Maeil Business Newspaper said that an unnamed industry source reportedly told them that Apple chose the larger display and already started ordering parts from suppliers.
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Apple iPhoto Hits 1 Million Users In Under 10 Days
The Apple App Store ecosystem is not showing any sign of slowing down. Apple’s own iPhoto software has hit over 1 million times in under 10 days. iPhoto costs $4.99 for iOS and it allows you to browse, edit, and share your photos like never before. You can use simple gestures to quickly sort through photos and it can be synced with iCloud. The multi-touch gestures allows you to change colors, adjust the exposure, crop, straighten, and retouch images. [The Loop]
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Consumer Reports Says New iPad Hits 116 Degrees When Running Games
The new iPad becomes a lot hotter than the iPad 2 when running a game according to Consumer Reports. When using a thermal imaging camera, Consumer Reports engineers recorded that temperatures hit as high as 116 degrees Fahrenheit on the front and the rear of the new iPad when running Infinity Blade II. Consumer Reports did the test while the new iPad was propped up on the iPad Smart Cover.
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New iPad Has Tendency To Build 10 Degrees More Heat Than Last iPad
According to a study by Tweakers.net, the new iPad has a tendency to build 10 degrees more heat than the iPad 2. After running GLBenchmark for five minutes, Tweakers.net used an infrared cam to confirm that the iPad gets very hot. The temperatures for the new iPad was 33.6 degrees centigrade (92.5 Fahrenheit) compared to 28.3 centigrade (82.9 Fahrenheit) with the iPad 2. Have you noticed the difference between the new iPad and iPad 2? Let us know in the comments. [Engadget]
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