iOS devices refer to any of Apple’s hardware that runs the iOS mobile operating system which include iPhones, iPads, and iPods. Historically, Apple releases a new iOS version once a year, the current version is iOS 10. Here is the complete list of iOS 10 compatible devices.
Yet more wheels within wheels on Apple’s move to abandon Infineon for Qualcomm subsequent to Intel’s acquisition of Infineon, manufacturer of baseband chips for the iPhone.
Now we’re told Qualcomm will contract Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) to make the 3G wireless chips that will equip Apple’s iPhone 5 and iPad 2, which will be launched in mid-2011, as reported by the China Economic News.
COMPUTERWORLD: Apple is taking another step closer to the release of a touch-sensitive iMac, if a new Digitimes report is to be believed. This follows months of feverish speculation that the company intends releasing a touch-controlled desktop Mac. Is Apple preparing a new wave of innovation to boost sales of its desktops?
Apple faces renewed competition on October 6 when Logitech is inviting media to attend the launch of its first Google TV device. This will be followed scant days later by Sony, which will host its own Google TV launch event on October 12. Expand Expanding Close
The Apple TV has just been jailbroken by MuscleNerd via the SHAtter exploit but is not yet ready for primetime. MuscleNerd states that he is “not quite sure how to run apps yet!” but if past history repeats itself, the dev team should be able to get Apple TV apps working.
No word on when the Apple TV jailbreak will be ready for the public but at least we now know, for sure, that it is possible. Update: Video after the break!
According to sources close to the matter, Apple Stores across the nation will begin to start selling iPhone 4 Bumper cases again tomorrow, Friday October 1st. All Bumper colors will be available starting tomorrow at Apple’s retail stores. The Bumpers will be sold at their $29.00 price point and some stores may only have limited quantities. Note that colors will be subject to availability so it’s possible that your local store will not have all six colors tomorrow.
The main thing going on here is that you will finally be able to get a Bumper in any color you like, not just black. Hopefully for that $29 Apple will be selling the Bumpers in their usual packaging, not plastic bags.
Google recently added gorgeous views of Antarctica to their popular Street View service and we just had to try it out on our iPhone. It looks pretty sweet for the few areas of Antarctica in which it works in. The interesting part is that Google’s imagery was taken by their Maps and Earth chief.
You know you want to check it out, so open this link on an iOS device. Unfortunately we can’t seem to see any penguins.. Reader, Ian found Penguins!:
Apple has just updated the iPhone version of the App Store to include a re-designed gaming section. This updated games section has its own dedicated new games pane, a what’s hot (popular) section, a way to get into all the gaming categories (role playing, sports, etc.) and a Genius section just for games!
Check it out on the App Store on your iPhone. Thanks, Randall!
Update: It looks like Apple tried to push out this new section a little to quickly… It seems to have been removed to the App Store and has been replaced with the old gaming category. Oh, Genius isn’t working for some users we’ve talked to and Apple may be adding another categories pane to the featured section.
According to reports out of France (via HardMac) data carriers are currently in negotiations with Apple to allow for price subsidized sales of the iPad 3G. This would allow carriers to sell the 3G iPad model at lower costs for the customer if they agree to sign 1-2 year contracts. This would be an amazing thing for customers as they could potentially buy the higher end, 3G-rocking, iPad, get it for cheaper, and still get rid of it in a year when Apple releases their next iPad.
Apple is already wanting to get their 3G iPad into the hands of as many users as possible and this is evident through their data-pricing in the United States with AT&T. Users can have a 3G iPad but not use the 3G portion of it. They also pay month-to-month with no contract at all. The report also states that Apple may even already be in these negotiations with other European nations as well. Oh, could Apple being doing this because the Galaxy Tab is sold subsidized?
UPDATE: All four Apple retail stores in China now require customer to show his/her identity card while purchasing the iPhone 4. Every customer could only purchase one iPhone 4. Apple employees will unbox the iPhone 4 for customers and activate the phone right away. So, the iPhone 4 scalpers could not resell the iPhone 4 as “brand new” and buy in large quantities. link
We reported earlier this month on the quaint habit of iPhone purchasing for a profit all across London, as various folk pick up units to send into the lucrative Chinese grey market for the device — today we learn that Apple had to close its Beijing Apple store yesterday because grey market buyers were sucking all the store’s supply. Expand Expanding Close
Verizon’s trying to get some switchers by offering a trade-in program on phones from other carriers. Interestingly, they’ll take a shiny new iPhone 4 off your hands for a not-so-handsome $212.
We don’t anticipate a lot of business coming their way via this scheme. Expand Expanding Close
A hacker called Hexxeh has just uploaded this public service video for those of you out there who may have been wondering what it might be like to run Google’s ChromeOS on (gulp) your iPad? Expand Expanding Close
COMPUTERWORLD: I’ve been thinking about Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster’s belief that Apple may launch an all-in-one Apple television in the next 2-4 years. It makes sense as a natural continuation of Apple’s current strategy, but what would an Apple television look like? What would it do? And would you buy it?
When Apple CEO Steve Jobs promised iPhone 4 buyers they would receive a free case for their device did he mention any limitations to the deal? We can’t recall he did, but it looks like Apple’s quietly creating a few obstacles to customers attempting to get hold of a free case, at least in Taiwan. Expand Expanding Close
Although Steve Jobs told a Swedish DJ that internet tethering (iPhone’s connection used for a WiFi iPad, in this case) wouldn’t be coming to the iPad, beta 2 of iOS 4.2 for iPad tells a different story. Hidden within the APN network settings on the iPad 3G is a new section dedicated to internet tethering. This tethering appears to be the type of tethering iPhones currently use versus tethering the iPhone’s internet to an iPad.
This section asks for the usual username and password to setup internet tethering, and this is similar to what the iPhone had before tethering got an official iOS interface. Because of this, we believe that internet tethering is in the iPad’s future and may even launch with iOS 4.2 in November.
One important thing to note is that we could not replicate this new settings pane on an iPad 3G running on AT&T’s network. This screenshot is from an iPad 3G running on 3’s network in Europe.
Chambers said that this new app will allow you to take a picture of the front and back of a check with your iPhone camera, and it will be added to your PayPal balance.
The Square iPhone app is taking a bigger step by eliminating the check altogether but you’ll need to purchase a little piece of hardware for that. Paypal only needs your iPhone camera.
This is helping grease the wheels of the economy people!
Some interesting info coming out of the requisite AppleTV teardown from iFixit. First off, the AppleTV has an 8GB Samsung Flash chip but room for another 8GB (v2 1080P version?). While most of that space is probably reserved for caching movies, a few apps could use this space to build a home.
The Panasonic board that contains the Broadcom Wifi chip also has an FM radio. Apple could enable this at some point (or some hackers could like the Droid 2) or maybe it just came along for the ride?
Same A4 and 256 MB of RAM as the iPad or iPod touch. Good news for App developers.
And finally, a curious array of connections that coincidentally lines up with Apple’s 30-pin dock connector (below). Expand Expanding Close
Engadget reviewed the AppleTV box today and got some more details on Apple’s new service (better HD quality than Amazon – nice!). We had thought the previous reviewers forgot to try out Airplay on a 4.2 Beta iOS device. But it turns out that even the 4.2 betas don’t yet allow AirPlay video to happen. Audio currently works in iOS 4.2 Beta as we showed you a few weeks ago.
Unfortunately, AirPlay is only available right now for audio, and won’t have its full implementation in place until November. Apple did demo the video pushing feature for us using an iPad, and the system worked flawlessly, save for a tiny lag in between sending the video and it popping up on the Apple TV. There are some lingering questions we have, however. For instance, we were told that while you can multitask on a device you’re pushing content from, you can’t put it to sleep, even if it’s docked or charging. That means the screen will dim, but not shut off entirely, which seems like a weird choice. Hopefully the company will add some kind of charging awareness that allows you to pick some content, dock the device, and sleep the screen.
Airplay is probably the biggest differentiator between AppleTV and the rest of the connected TV boxes out there so it is a disappointment to hear it won’t be available until just before Christmas, though it does explain why Apple isn’t hyping AirPlay as much as we feel it deserves.
BTW, we double-checked Engadget’s facts over AIM to make sure they tried with iOS 4.2 Beta 2 (see below). Expand Expanding Close
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If you’ve upgraded your iPad to the new beta released last night, you are probably noticing reliability and speed improvements that are making it much faster than even 3.1.3. It looks like Apple has done some major tweaking to the iOS, which is now using fewer resources. iPadevice noticed that the new firmware is also going easier on the precious little of the iPad’s 256MB of RAM:
That’s more space to cache web pages and do background tasks, which also seem to be flowing by.
Apple’s legal department have extended the courtroom battle with Nokia in the US to the UK, launching litigation against Nokia in the UK.
Apple is accusing Nokia of infringing nine smartphone patents in an extension of a courtroom drama which began in December last year in reaction to an earlier lawsuit filed by Nokia against Apple. Expand Expanding Close
YouTube has had a feature for sometime on their desktop web video upload client that allows video uploaders to choose whether their video is public, private, or unlisted. Public’s for the world to see, private is for you and your bros, and unlisted makes the video only viewable from a direct link or embed.
That feature has just arrived in iOS 4.2 beta 2 and hopefully it sticks around for the public launch… which it probably will.
