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Apple has done it again, and after so many generations of the iMac, here we are with the slimmest version to date. The all-new iMac sports one of the most stunning industrial designs ever, where it will be accompanied by a brilliant display alongside reduced reflection, not to mention faster processors that make up part of Intel’s third generation quad-core Ivy Bridge processors, powerful NVIDIA graphics as well as an innovative new storage option known as Fusion Drive. The new iMac sports high-performance technology into an aluminum and glass enclosure, sporting up to 40% less volume compared to its predecessor, an edge which measures all of just 5mm thin.

Not only that, the completely reengineered display is said to have reduced reflection by up to 75% without sacrificing on the kind of brilliant color and contrast that one has come to know and love. The new design sees the cover glass come in a fully laminated manner, where its anti-reflective coating is applied via a high-precision plasma deposition process. All iMacs that ship have been individually color calibrated thanks to an advanced spectroradiometer.

Underneath the hood, there lies a 3rd generation quad-core Intel Core i5 processor, and if you feel the need for more speed, you can opt to upgrade it to Core i7. It carries a minimum of 8GB RAM and a 1TB hard drive, although if your budget permits, you are able to pick up your iMac with up to 32GB RAM as well as a spanking new 3TB hard drive. Alternatively, you can opt for up to 768GB of flash storage if ultimate performance is one of your needs. Other connectivity options include a couple of Thunderbolt and a quartet of USB 3.0 ports.

As for Fusion Drive, this innovative new storage option offers customers the performance of flash storage without compromising on the capacity that one gets with a hard drive. This means 128GB of flash memory has been merged with a standard 1TB or 3TB hard drive, resulting in a single storage volume. I would say this is Apple’s fancy name for a hybrid drive, nothing new or groundbreaking in the market as hard drive manufacturers have come up with that in the past years.

The 21.5” and 27” iMac will retail from $1,299 and $1,799 onward.

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AT&T activated 4.7m iPhones in Q3 2012, the carrier has confirmed, with 44.5m subscribers now using smartphones, and helping push average revenue per subscriber to a record $65.20 apiece. The company announced its latest financial figures this morning, with revenues of $31.5bn flat in comparison to the same period a year ago; operating income actually fell, meanwhile, down from $6.2bn to $6.0bn.

Nonetheless, AT&T is calling it a success, highlighting the climb in free cash flow. That – cash from operating income minus capital expenditures – rose to $6.5bn, and is on course to hit $18bn+ by the end of the year, as much as $3bn more than AT&T’s previous guidance.

Digging deeper, data revenues proved increasingly valuable, up by more than $1bn year-on-year to $6.6bn, and nearly 2m people signed up to AT&T’s Mobile Share plans within five weeks. More than a third of Mobile Share users are on the 10GB or above plans. Almost 64-percent of AT&T wireless postpaid subscribers are using smartphones, or 44.5m users, a rise of 1.4m from Q2; more than 40-percent of those customers use a 4G-capable device.

AT&T doesn’t talk iPhone sales, only activations; it says it activated 4.7m, 18-percent of which were new to the network, though they aren’t necessarily all new sales. Overall, though, 6.1m smartphones of all types were sold in the three month period, heavily outweighing featurephone sales, at 81-percent.

As for AT&T U-verse, there are now 200,000 more subscribers for TV and 613,000 more for wireline internet.

AT&T Q3 2012: 6.1m smartphone sales and 4.7m iPhone activations but revenues flat is written by Chris Davies & originally posted on SlashGear.
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Dragon Go! has been given the elbow, with the slightly more professional sounding Dragon Mobile Assistant taking its place. Nuance has expanded on its predecessor’s verbal commands, with new functionality for maps (you’ll be able to bark direction requests at the new app and it’ll plan the route), alongside a hands-free wake-up feature activated by saying “Hi Dragon” — we hope you have a high embarrassment threshold. Other Siri-esque features include weather updates and dictated SMS and email responses. The beta app can be downloaded from today, although compatibility is limited to Android Ice Cream Sandwich and above for now. Nuance is promising more features and increased availability later this year.

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There aren’t too many mobile devices out there that can boast a full 1080p HD display, save for the HTC J Butterfly, HTC’s take on the phablet. Well unsurprisingly it seems that other manufacturers for Android have plans to catchup and according to MK News, it looks like Samsung, LG and Pantech have plans to launch 1080p smartphones come 2013. According to the report, these high-end smartphones are expected to be introduced before the second half of next year, and if the report is accurate, we guess it wouldn’t be completely unreasonable of us to expect that the Samsung Galaxy S4 could sport such a display. Either way with LG’s flagship, the Optimus G being launched not too long ago, we have to wonder what sort of device LG might have up their sleeves. Either way we’ll keep our eyes peeled, but are you guys looking forward to 1080p Full HD displays next year, or do you think the current-gen of displays are good enough and going 1080p Full HD is just another marketing gimmick that manufacturers will use to advertise their phones?

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We reported earlier this month that the Samsung Galaxy Note 2 would be arriving on T-Mobile’s network later this Fall, and the good news is that if you were planning on picking up the device, it seems that T-Mobile’s online store (source link below) has listed the device as available for purchase. It will set you back a pretty hefty $369.99 with a new two-year contract, although we guess if you’d rather not be tied down, you can pay retail for it at $649.99. Either way it’s definitely not cheap but given its specs, we guess some of you guys can justify its price.

So what will you bet getting for your money? In case you missed our coverage of the Galaxy Note 2, you can expect a whopping 5.5” 720p display, a 1.6GHz quad-core Exynos processor under the hood, 2GB of RAM, an 8MP rear-facing camera, S-Pen and Wacom support and will come with Android 4.1 Jelly Bean preinstalled. So, who’s planning on picking one up for themselves? In the meantime be sure to check out our review of the device here.

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