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Facebook has updated its free iPhone app to version 3.4. Facebook Ver 3.4 for the iPhone provides the following new or updated features:
PatentlyApple a website that closely watches Apple Patents has uncovered an Apple Patent for a secondary bezel display filed at the US Patent Office.
If this patent sees the light of day, the secondary bezel display will not be used for regular high resolution screen display but instead to provide illuminated controls, such as a Volume +/-, Mute, Media play/pause stop, Answer Call, etc
You can see where this is going and what we at Apple Newz likes about technology is that it will enable control and secondary input to be moved from a devices main screen, freeing it up for your primary use such as internet email and media.
We think a secondary bezel on an iPhone/iPad/iPod will be an evolutionary technology that will be sure to make its way to a future Apple products, perhaps we will see an iPhone 5 with a secondary bezel display.
In PatentlyApple’s article starts as follows
“Apple has been teasing us with various smart bezel patents over the last year but a new patent application revealed by the USPTO today, provides us with how they’re intending to implement this feature and the details will blow you away. Apple intends to introduce a method that employs a very cool secondary display scheme that utilizes a printed segmented electroluminescence display. Apple intends to use the secondary display to introduce a set of new illuminated indicators that are able morph into various controls for work and play. Illuminated gaming and productivity controls could be built into the face-side of the bezel and/or selected back-side areas of iOS devices like the iPad. Apple is about to raise the bar for interactive device interfaces that will, no doubt, put absolute fear into the hearts of every iOS device wannabe competitor. “
We want to hear what you have to say !What do you think about this technology and how will it affect future Apple products?
Did Howard Stringer CEO of Sony just reveal that the upcoming iPhone 5 will feature an 8 megapixel camera sensor from Sony
In a recent slip up from Sony CEO Howard Stringer, it may have been revealed that the iPhone 5 will feature an 8 Megapixel camera sensor from Sony.
The iPhone 5 rumor goes that at a recent Talking Tech with Sony event in an interview with Walt Mossberg, Stringer was talking about how the recent earthquake and tsunami had caused issues for 15 of Sony’s factories including one that supplied image sensors to Apple for their iPhones or iPads:
The quote from Howard Stringer was as follows:
“Our best sensor technology is built in one of the (tsunami) affected factories. Those go to Apple for their iPhones…or iPads. Isn’t that something? They buy our best sensors from us?”
Rumours that Apple were switching to Sony for its camera sensor for the iPhone 5 have been circulating the internet ever since issues with OmniVision (the company supplying camera sensors for the iPhone 4 and 3Gs) sensor have surfaced, these complaints focus around the low light performance of the sensor, and a yellow tinge that is seen on most low light shots.
Macotakara, a Chinese IT blog site unveils the release of an iPhone5 early this October which is currently in production by Apple subcontractors. The Foxconn Technology is at 85% production while Pegatron Technology has produced 15% of said iPhones. The latest operating system iOS 5 that will ship with the iPhone 5 is not yet ready to be released so it is rumoured that this is delaying the final packaging the completed devices.
The new iPhone 5 is rumoured to no longer the single core A4 processor that is currently used by the iPhone 5, instead, it is expected to be powered by a downsized version the Apple dual-core A5 CPU that is currently used by the iPad2 as reported by Brooke Crothers of CNET. Also included in the iPhone’s product specification is a Qualcomm 3G communications chip that supports both WCDMA and CDMA services on top of this the iPhone 5 is slated to get an upgraded 8 megapixel resolution camera sensor from Sony.
According to Crothers, Forward Concepts President Will Strauss said that the iPhone’s A5 chip will be manufactured by a subcontractor namely Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) instead of Samsung due to a patent litigation matter.
The article also said that the A5 chip is expected to counterpart workload demand through its dynamic power management feature allowing an automatic reduction of processing speed during low CPU intensive operations which will result in lower heat generation and longer battery life
Jonathan S. Geller of BGR revealed that an internal Best Buy document from an insider leaked to him about the release and mentioned that Best Buy and Best Mobile stores are anticipating placing orders of the iPhone 5 early this coming week for delivery in the first week of October. Geller also said that the document says Sprint will carry iPhone5.
Then a couple of months ago, there has been an alleged case design that surfaced which eventually reached third-party cases manufacturers which was a more detailed design. From this design, a designer made measurements of this device that people has been curious about. Here goes the measurement shown in the above image (courtesy of MacRumours) puts the iPhone 5 at 4.33” x 2.36” giving the device a 4″ diagonal screen size, so in all a larger screen than the iPhone 4 but that’s shorter than the iPhone 4’s which measures 4.5” x 2.31”. In this rumour the diagonal screen size is larger because the new screen will go right to the edge of the device.
Case manufacturers that hit production line early basing their product the earlier iPhone 5 rumour dimensions of 4.7” x 2.6” and a thickness of .30”and tapering down to .065” at the bottom of the case, already have cases on the market, but if this new rumour is correct it looks like these cases might be set for the scrap heap.
As nothing has been been officially release yet, we are left to to wonder if the iPhone 5 will be larger than the iPhone 4. Well, possible launch is this October so we should all know very soon.
Here’s the catch. It has been said that the commercial is scheduled to hit screens by October as production is about to be finished in the first week for that month. Excitement is the word indeed! Aside from the commercial being available, the gadget itself is about to be out either sometime in October. Only a couple of weeks more to go if all that we have heard is infact true. It’s only then that all rumors will end as the true identity of the Apple iPhone 5 is unveiled.
Rumours of the iPhone 5 have been circulating for a long time and the number of rumours have increased in recent months and this shows that the iPhone 5 will be another hit after the success of Apple’s iPhone 4.
The big news out of Apple today is that Steve Jobs has resigned as CEO of Apple Inc, to take on a new role as chairman of Apple.
In recently years health concerns have plagued the CEO and co-founder however the short letter announcing Jobs resignation has not
indicated if his health problems have finally forced him to quit, the letter simply states “I have always said if there ever came a day when I could no
longer meet my duties and expectations as Apple’s CEO, I would be the first to let you know. Unfortunately, that day has come,”
Jobs current deputy Tim Cook will now take over as CEO of Apple inc that this month became Americas most valuable.
While it’s unlikely that his departure as CEO will derail Apple’s ambitious product-launch roadmap in the near term, there are concerns
about whether the company would stay a creative force to be reckoned with beyond the next year or so without its founder and visionary at the helm.
That is why Apple’s stock dropped as much as 7 percent in after-hours trading when Jobs’ departure was announced.
In the company statement, Apple co-lead director Art Levinson on behalf of the board praised Jobs’ “extraordinary vision and
leadership” and “countless contributions to Apple’s success”, saying he would continue to serve the company with “unique insights,
creativity and inspiration.”
Jobs who had been on medical leave since Apple since 17 January briefly made an appearance for the launch of the iPad 2 back in March and also attended
a dinner hosted by President Barack Obama for technology leaders in Silicon
Valley.
Eric Schmidt, a friend of Jobs for years before the Internet search giant’s move into mobile software and devices strained their relationship, wrote a
moving testament to the legacy of his erstwhile business partner, echoing the responses of many of his fellow Silicon Valley executives on Wednesday.
“Steve Jobs is the most successful CEO in the U.S. of the last 25 years, “he said. “He uniquely combined an artist’s touch and an engineer’s vision to build an
extraordinary company… One of the greatest American leaders in history.”
Someone by the name of “guigsh” over at the MacRumors forum posted what could possibly be the first picture of the iPhone 5. Along with the picture, guigsh posted “Picture taken yesterday in the office of a French operator.”
We’ve heard rumors that Apple has sent iPhone 5 testing units to carriers, and the way the phone looks in the picture does seem to fit the descriptions we’ve heard so far. We can’t know for sure if this is indeed a real iPhone 5 picture. But if this the real deal and not a photoshop hoax, then the iPhone 5 really is looking good, dont you think?
With the launch of the iPad 2 and MacBook Pro out
of the way there has been much speculation of the iPhone 5 Release Date.
As with all previous iPhones there has been a new model released
around late June mid July every year.
Below is the release date of all previous iPhone models, looking at
this we can be fairly certain that the iPhone 5 Release date will be sometime
in June 2011
| Model | Launch Date |
| original iPhone | 29 June 2007 |
| iPhone 3G | 11 July 2008 |
| iPhone 3Gs | 19 June 2009 |
| iPhone 4 | 24 June 2010 |
A few credible industry speculators and rumour websites are putting
their money on a 5 June 2011 release date, however we here at Apple Newz are a
little more cautious betting with history on late rather than early June 2011 release.
With speculation mounting on release date and iPhone 5 features, the team here at Apple-Newz decided to put together a list of the features that we believe will make it onto the new iPhone 5.
FaceTime HD – A feature that the team here at Apple Newz will make it the iPhone 5 is FaceTime HD (720p). Recently a leaked Box for the upcommign MacBook Pro made an appearance on the internet and industry experts along with our team here at Apple Newz believe it is very likely it will make its way to the next product refreshes of the iPhone and iPad, that being the iPhone 5 and iPad 2 or with the release of iOS 5. Only time will tell but the with announcement of the iPad 2 just around the corner we may soon see.
iPhone 5 Wireless Syncing (AirSync) – As mentioned in an earlier article at Apple Newz today we believe a variation of AirSync will make its way to the iPhone 5 and iPad 5 with iOS5. Imagine being able to sync with your iTunes via Wifi or 3G, files, videos, music, It would be a welcomed feature.
iPhone 5 Near-field Communication (NFC) – This feature is already integrated into Google’s Android and some Nokia models and would allow you to pay for items via Pay Pass/Mobile Pay or to start your car. This technology is still young so it may not make it onto the iPhone 5 however some well known industry speculators are betting on it being in the next refresh.
iPhone 5 64 Gb Storage – An iPhone 5 with larger capacity is defiantly on the cards, with the price of memory continually dropping and these devices doing more and more it is only natural that we will see the iPhone 5 or perhaps the iPhone 6 with 64 Gb of storage.
iPhone 5 Light Peak – Light Peak is an optical interface by Intel that has been designed to replace current bus standard including SCSI , SATA, USB, FireWire, PCIX. With a transfer rate of of around 10 Gbit/s (and up to 100 Gbit/s in future) it’s easy to see why this standard has been touted as been in the next gen MacBook Pro as well as the iPhone 5 and iPad 2. Will it make it? In reality maybe on the next gen MacBook Pro and maybe not until the iPhone 6 and iPad 3.
Multi carrier support (CDMA / GSM /UTMS / 4G LTE) – Some of the biggest gripes from potential customers are for its multi-carrier support, Apple Newz believes this will be addressed with the iPhone 5 including seeing an iPhone 5 4G LTE.
iPhone 5 ARM A8 for Faster Performance – There have been a few rumours around the internet that the iPhone 5 will feature a ew ARM Cortex A8 processor as well as and SGX543 for better graphics performance. Apple-Newz believe the ARM Cortex A8 processor will be in the next iPhone 5, however we are not so sure about the SGX543 graphics processor, it just seems a little too much
iPhone 5 extended battery life – Some pendants are saying the iPhone 5 will 14 hours of talk time on 3G and 7 hours on 4G but we think this is all hype and think batter life will be extended in the next model but by no more than 20%.
iPhone 5 Larger 4 inch screen/display – Another recent rumour that we would like to believe it an upgrade from the current 3.5 inch screen to a 4 inch screen,
With the expected announcement of the iPhone 5 just a few months away in June, it’s really not long before we learn which of the above features are myth and with are true, however we will get a glimpse of what will be available when the iPad 2 is expected to be announced on 2 March 2011.
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