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AT&T Exec Defends Company Decision to Remain with 3G Until Next Year

In a conference call hosted by the GSM Association Thursday, Kris Rinne, AT&T senior vice president of architecture and planning, said the company is content to sit back and wait until 2011 to start offering LTE. The reason, she said, is because the carrier wants to wait until there are more LTE-capable devices on the […]

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Apple Prepping New Generation of Mac Pros, 27″ LED Cinema Display

For the professional end, Apple might just have some good stuff in store. Per AppleInsider, Apple is wrapping up development on both a larger version of its LED Cinema Display as well as a new generation of Mac Pro workstations. The new display is targeted for a June release date and measures 27″ diagonal which […]

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Apple Posts Second Private Mac OS X 10.6.3 Developer Beta, Final Release Seems Imminent

Late Thursday Apple posted the second private beta of its Mac OS X 10.6.3 update in as many days, a move that suggests that the software is rapidly approaching a release candidate. The latest pre-release carries build number 10D572, just one complete compile removed from build 10D571, which was seeded to software developers on Tuesday. […]

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Recent Apple Patent Filing Discusses Walkie-Talkie Features for iPhone

Apple has been looking into a new feature that could allow iPhone users to transmit data such as simple text messages to each other over voice channels, forgoing a reliance wireless carriers’ backend servers, in a manner similar to Nextel’s classic walkie-talkie feature. According to AppleInsider, the concept is detailed in a company patent filing […]

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Twitter Leak Shows Apple Adding Scheduling Options for Developers in App Store

You’ve got to admit, Twitter leaks make life interesting. On Wednesday, developer Amro Mousa from Return7 posted to his Twitter account that Apple has now added the ability for developers to schedule a sale window for their iPhone applications, allowing them to temporarily schedule a different price. According to Macworld UK, this new feature has […]