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Hardware iPhone News Processors

A6 processor found to vary speeds for best possible performance

They say the A6 processor has some cool tricks up its sleeve. They A6 processor doesn’t have sleeves, but it does have some interesting performance variations. No sleeves, though. Per The Unofficial Apple Weblog, one possible reason the iPhone 5 has such great battery life is the clever way the A6 changes its clock speed. […]

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iOS News Software

Navigon iOS app updates to 2.1, goes on sale, now incorporates Google Street View feature

Some of you are going to miss the Google Street View feature when it’s gone. Navigon seems to be aware of this. Per Engadget, Navigon has updated its iOS navigation app to version 2.1 and added Google Street View, which will be dropped from Apple’s Maps app in its forthcoming iOS 6 release. To celebrate […]

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Apple TV Hardware

Teardown reveals new A5 processor, second antenna, additional RAM in new Apple TV unit

It’s the teardowns of new products that make technology interesting. The new Apple TV unit has gone through a full teardown courtesy of XBMC community member “aiciofs” to discover the following components: – A custom-built A5 processor that, unlike the A5 CPU found in the iPhone 4S or iPad 2, features only a single processing […]

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MacBook Pro Rumor

Rumor: Next-Gen MacBook Pro units to feature fast solid-state drives, larger trackpads

A new rumor attributed to unnamed sources says the coming refresh of MacBook Pros will feature larger trackpads and boot from SSD, even on models equipped with a conventional hard disk drive. Per Boy Genius Report, the “new laptops will contain glass trackpads that are even larger than the pads found on current-generation MacBook Pro […]

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iPhone News Rumor

Rumor: AT&T may be capping iPhone upload speeds

Over on the MacRumors forums, they’re comparing their recent iPhone upload speeds and they’re not happy. Per The Unofficial Apple Weblog, users are experiencing uploads that appear to be capped at 100 kbps rather than the 1.6mbps that was a previous norm. Users have been comparing rates captured with tools like Speedtest.net’s Speed Test to […]