From the category archives:

iPhone Rumors & Myths

More Evidence of Multitasking in iPhone 3.2 SDK Beta

March 15, 2010

As you can see in the screencap above, there is a reference in the iPhone 3.2 SDK beta to a multitasking dialog box.
Now there may be other good explanations as to why those words are there, but I much prefer to think they are just a little further proof that Apple is going to [...]

Read the full article →

Lovely iPhone Rumors: Multitasking Coming with iPhone OS 4.0

March 11, 2010

OK, so this one is not a brand new rumor – but it is one that gains some momentum with a report today at Apple Insider. It’s also the one rumor about the next major new iPhone OS that I’d most like to see come true – that OS 4.0 will give us ‘full [...]

Read the full article →

Lovely iPhone Rumor of the Day: Next Model to Have Lower Total Cost of Ownership

February 28, 2010

From an Apple Insider article yesterday:
Apple’s next update to the blockbuster iPhone handset is expected by one prominent analyst to have a lower total cost of ownership, and to also include new gesture-based functionality.
Katy Huberty with Morgan Stanley maintains that the biggest barrier to greater iPhone adoption is the cost of the hardware, [...]

Read the full article →

Lovely iPhone Rumor of the Day: Multitasking in OS 4.0 [iPhone Rumors]

February 18, 2010

Outside of notifications, there are other features related to multitasking that iPad users may want to see addressed. One is local background services such as Pandora radio. Apple’s forthcoming iPhone OS 4.0 is anticipated to either allow users to select specific apps to run in the background, or roll those services into the system, or [...]

Read the full article →

Lovely iPhone Rumor of the Day: iPad’s CPU Coming to the iPhone [iPhone Rumors]

January 30, 2010

The iPhone 3GS runs on an 833 MHz Samsung chip, that, presumably to increase battery life, is underclocked to 600 MHz. While this is better than the original iPhone and iPhone 3G’s 620 MHz CPU (underclocked to about 412 Mhz), there’s still plenty of room for improvement. Analysts fully expect that improvement will come [...]

Read the full article →

Just When We Thought Apple Tablet Hype Couldn’t Get Any Bigger …

January 25, 2010

Image Source: http://www.doonesbury.com/strip/dailydose/index.html
We hear from TechCrunch about the feelings of the man himself on the subject:
“This will be the most important thing I’ve ever done” – Steve Jobs, referring to the soon-to-be-launched Apple Tablet.

And from numerous sources, including Apple Insider, that up to 50 of the tablets have been spotted in a leading analytics [...]

Read the full article →

Lovely iPhone Rumor of the Day: Verizon iPhone This Year To Be ‘One More Thing’ at Upcoming Apple Event [iPhone Rumors]

January 21, 2010

Image Source: PMP Today
Though a new iPhone model isn’t expected until June, a new report suggests Apple could use its Jan. 27 media event to announce that the next-generation handset is coming to Verizon this summer.
That’s the prediction by Peter Misek, analyst with Canaccord Adams, issued Wednesday.

That’s a slice from an Apple [...]

Read the full article →

Lovely iPhone Rumors: Some OS 4.0 Details [iPhone rumors]

January 19, 2010

The Boy Genius Report site has a post up today with some details on iPhone OS 4.0, gathered from their ‘trusty Apple connects’. Here’s what they’ve been told:
There will be multi-touch gestures OS-wide. (Would make sense for that as the rumored OS for the iTablet is close if not the same as the iPhone) [...]

Read the full article →

Lovely iPhone Rumor of the Day: OS 4.0 Release ‘Imminent’ [iPhone rumors]

January 16, 2010

Evidence continues to suggest Apple could soon introduce a new version of the iPhone operating system, this time with an alleged high-profile developer claiming their software was just updated for iPhone OS 4.0.
Apple Insider has a report up today covering the increasing rumors that iPhone OS 4.0 will be released soon. The latest fuel to [...]

Read the full article →

Lovely iPhone Rumor of the Day: New Dual-core Model to Debut in April [iPhone rumors]

January 12, 2010

Officials at KT, the exclusive provider of the iPhone in South Korea, have allegedly said Apple could debut a new iPhone with an OLED screen, video chat and a removable battery as soon as April.
As soon as the new year started the momentum for rumors about new iPhone models and new OS versions has definitely [...]

Read the full article →

Apple Tablet to Redefine the role of computing in our lives?

December 28, 2009

If you’ve spent any time at all on the web over the last week, you know that the rumors about Apple announcing and launching a tablet / slate style device in the next few months are not just heating up, but are well and truly on fire. Here are just a few of the [...]

Read the full article →

← Previous Entries