A rear-facing mic might be in the next-gen iPad’s future. Per Macotakara and AppleInsider, the fifth-generation iPad is expected to ship after Apple’s anticipated “iPhone 5S.” Reports have pegged Apple’s next iPhone for launch around September, which would be around a year after the iPhone 5 went on sale. According to author Danbo’s sources, the […]
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If there’s one new-ish rule of the universe, it’s that Apple chooses when it gets to hold its dog and pony shows. And the next one might be during the Worldwide Developers Conference this June. Per AppleInsider, noted analyst Ming-Chi Kuo of KGI Securities believes Apple will showcase updated MacBook Pro models at its upcoming […]
It’s the patent filings that show the useful stuff coming down the road. Per AppleInsider, three filings published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office on Thursday reveal Apple is working to improve the accuracy of pedometer readings when implemented in mobile devices, hinting that the company may be planning an entrance into the health […]
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 […]
There’s got to be a nugget of truth in there somewhere. Per the sometimes-reliable cats at DigiTimes, the next-gen iPhone may adopt “in-cell touch panels,” integrating the display and touch layers of the device’s screen into one component, according to DigiTimes’s Taiwan-based supply chain sources late Thursday night. The sources claim that display companies Sharp […]