Saturday, September 1, 2012

iPad Mini screen suppliers outed, Sharp struggles with iPhone 5 display

With a new Kindle Fire 2 expected from Amazon next week, Apple's suppliers are busy putting the finishing touches on a seven-inch iPad - the iPad Mini - said to debut in October. According to a Bloomberg report, four sources have confirmed that Apple is using displays from AU Optronics Corp. and LG Display Co. for its highly anticipated mini tablet. Expected to measure 7.85 inches diagonally compared to the current iPad 3's 9.7 inches, the smaller...

iPad Mini possibly revealed in Instapaper iOS access logs

Marco Arment, the creator of save-for-later app Instapaper, revealed an interesting discovery on his blog Thursday that further hints at the existence of Apple's iPad Mini. Arment writes that he noticed some "curious" devices in the Instapaper iOS app's access logs: the iPad2,5 and the iPad2,6 (alongside the iPhone5,1, though no one's questioning the iPhone 5's existence). He postulates first that the new iPad designations could refer to process-shrunk...

Lenovo unloads Windows 8 PCs, ultrabooks at IFA

Lenovo wasn't going to leave IFA 2012 without introducing a few more products besides its Android-run Ideatab S2110A, especially in the flurry of new Windows 8 devices debuting during the conference....

Samsung: We'll sue Apple over LTE technology

Samsung could have the last laugh in its ongoing dispute with Apple. According to a report from the Korea Times, Samsung execs plan to sue Apple "immediately" if it ever releases any devices with advanced long-term evolution (LTE) mobile technology....