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One More Thing…Second Generation Apple TV

The rumors were correct, Apple has indeed used today’s special event to launch the second generation of Apple TV.  The iTV name doesn’t seem to have stuck, as it will continue to use the Apple TV name, but everything else is really different.  First of all, the box itself is a quarter of the size [...]

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NFC on Your iPhone and Tickets Via iTunes – Could it Happen?

A patent has provided a glimpse of what a future version of iTunes could be selling.  It describes a service called Concert Ticket +, where as one would expect, you can purchase an e-ticket to an event which is sent to your iPhone or iPod Touch and redeemable at the door. It won’t just be for [...]

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The Google Phone is Real, Fast, and Gorgeous; What This Means for the iPhone

Count this as a win for TechCrunch. A month ago Michael Arrington wrote that the Google phone — not just another phone running Google’s Android OS — was real, and was coming soon. On Friday, we received confirmation of the phone’s existence after Google apparently distributed the devices to employees, and they started tweeting about how awesome [...]

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Next Generation iPhone In Production? Multi-Tasking A Focus?

Eldar Murtazin, editor of Mobile Review, tweeted something today that has unsurprisingly gotten the mobile blogosphere buzzing. Murtazin, who is a trusted source to many, tweeted today that: “Foxconn received order for next generation iphone.” For the uninitiated, Foxconn is the Taiwanese company that actually manufacturers the iPhone. While such a minor bit of information [...]

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Apple Looking Into Tamper-Resistant Hardware, New Motion Controls for iPod

AppleInsider has the scoop on two new patent applications from Apple. The first is a new method for adding tamper-resistant labels to devices. It’s meant to prevent users from opening their hardware for repair, hacking, and other tweaks. Primarily, Apple wants to put a stop to this because it voids your warranty, and they don’t [...]

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Apple Testing Next Gen iPhone in San Francisco

This isn’t so much news as it is something that should be totally expected. MacRumors is reporting that iPhone developer Pandev, creators of iBART, have found records of an unreleased iPhone in their app’s records. The model in question is “iPhone 3,1″, which we saw references to back in August. This is the first time [...]

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Rumor: iPod Touch with Camera Coming This Spring?

According to The Examiner, an inside source has confirmed that an iPod Touch with camera will be released this spring. The mysterious source also confirmed that the camera-Touch was supposed to be released this past September, but Apple had to pull the camera at the last minute due to manufacturing defects. Apparently, it will contain [...]

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Magellan Releases GPS iPhone App, For Some Reason

Joining the likes of GPS giants TomTom and Telenav, Magellan is now throwing their hat into the ring by releasing a GPS iPhone App, Magellan Roadmate 2010. Retailing for $79.99, the app follows in the footsteps of its high-priced brethren. Of course, all of these applications seem set for extinction if Google’s free Maps Navigation [...]

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Apple Now World’s Most Profitable Handset Maker, Surpasses Nokia

GigaOM points out that a recent analyst report has named Apple as the world’s most profitable handset vendor for the third quarter of this year. The report by Strategy Analytics is currently only available to subscribers, but GigaOM has shared the relevant bits from analyst Alex Spektor: We estimate Apple’s operating profit for its iPhone handset [...]

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Apple Launching a Smaller GSM/CDMA iPhone in 2010 for Verizon Launch in Q3?

AppleInsider has the word that Apple is looking to make a hybrid GSM/CDMA iPhone model in 2010 that they can sell to all cellular providers worldwide, and specifically Verizon in the US. The info comes from a report by OTR Global that was passed to AppleInsider, and details that this new cross-network capability comes courtesy [...]

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