Jan 14

Exclusive: The future of the iPad 2, iPhone 5, and Apple TV, and why Apple is shifting its mobile line to Qualcomm chipsets

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We’ve been hearing a ton of rumors about what direction Apple’s next set of products will take and when they’ll be available — but now we’ve got some concrete information from reliable sources which should make the path a little clearer. And that includes info on the next iPad, the iPhone 5, the second iteration of the new Apple TV, and a big change coming for all of the company’s mobile products. Want to know the scoop? Read along after the break to get the goods.

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Exclusive: The future of the iPad 2, iPhone 5, and Apple TV, and why Apple is shifting its mobile line to Qualcomm chipsets originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 14 Jan 2011 18:57:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Jan 14

ARMdevices: ARM-based Google TV platform ‘confirmed’ and coming soon

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Well, it looks like Windows might not be the only new territory for ARM in 2011 — ARMdevices is reporting that it has it on “very high authority from someone at Google” that an ARM-powered Google TV platform is “confirmed” and “coming soon.” That authority is unsurprisingly remaining anonymous, however, and apparently hasn’t provided much else in the way of details. This is far from the first time we’ve heard talk of ARM for Google TV, though — as ARMdevices points out, even ARM President Tudor Brown weighed in on the matter back in November, saying that “if Google TV is to be mainstream, it must be built on a lower power system… on lower cost technology,” with ARM presumably fitting the bill on both counts.

ARMdevices: ARM-based Google TV platform ‘confirmed’ and coming soon originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 14 Jan 2011 15:54:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Jan 14

Android getting Google Music sync in Gingerbread?

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Google’s been teasing cloud-based music features in Android since its I/O conference last year, and the recent leak of a revamped first-party Music app suggests that the plans haven’t evaporated into thin air. Here’s the latest tidbit: GizmoFusion claims that this screen shot comes from a device running Gingerbread, clearly showing “Music” as one of the accounts configured in Android’s settings, which suggests that the system will be pretty deeply-integrated to sync your tracks just as it would your Twitter updates, your Facebook friends, or your calendar entries. Note that we don’t have any new evidence beyond this one shot — and we need to take GizmoFusion‘s word that this is a Gingerbread device — but we’re wondering if maybe this isn’t one of the new features in that Android 2.4 build we’ve been hearing a lot about lately.

[Thanks, Bryan]

Android getting Google Music sync in Gingerbread? originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 14 Jan 2011 14:04:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Jan 14

BlackBerry Storm 3 shows up again, tracking for September launch?

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RIM’s mythical BlackBerry Storm 3 is one of those products that shows up every few months with just enough new information to have you believing that it’s real and it’s eventually coming before slithering back into the night, going totally radio-silent for another month or two. We’ve no doubt that the phone is real at this point, but considering the lukewarm reception the Storm 2 got, we’re surprised RIM hasn’t pushed harder to get the updated device to market — only thing we can figure is that the carrier partners keep sending it back for tweaks. Speaking of tweaks, BGR says that we can expect a phone with a 1.2GHz processor (same as the alleged Torch 2) along with a 3.7-inch WVGA display, 5 megapixel camera, dual-band WiFi with UMA support, mobile hotspot capability, and BlackBerry OS 6.1. Word has it there will be at least two versions released around the globe — codenamed Monaca and Monza — and it’s on track for a September release. That’s all well and good, though these specs aren’t going to blow anyone away as we approach Q4 ’11.

BlackBerry Storm 3 shows up again, tracking for September launch? originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 14 Jan 2011 12:57:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Jan 13

Motorola Atrix hitting March 1st, according to AT&T document leak?

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Motorola said its fantastical modular dual-core smartphone the Atrix 4G would appear in the first quarter of the year — and it’s looking like the device will be as late in that first quarter as can be managed without completely bumming us out. Alleged AT&T internal documents found their way into the hands of Android Central, which specify a March 1st launch date for the handset, as well as pointing out pentaband radio frequencies which might help it roam globally but probably won’t play nice with T-Mobile data. And what, pray tell, is the Atrix 4G? We’ll have to assume you were living in a cave during CES if you need to ask, but we’re more than willing to bring you up to speed with the hottest item of the show — just click on this, this and this.

[Thanks, Ahmad A.]

Motorola Atrix hitting March 1st, according to AT&T document leak? originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 14 Jan 2011 00:40:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Jan 13

More iOS 4.3 digging hints at new iPad 2 camera, same 1024 x 768 display

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We love all the little goodies that come out of iOS developer builds. It’s been only a day since 4.3 hit the scene and already we’ve seen hints of future iPhone / iPad models, a Find My Friends feature, and now more hints of a camera for the next iPad. Which, of course, is far from the first time we’ve heard iPad and camera in the same utterance (cases, mockups, paperwork, even more code). Today’s revelation comes in the form of shutter screens and camera / video icons care of 9 to 5 Mac, but here’s the catch: to believe these imagery to be the real thing is to also accept that the iPad 2 might have the same 1024 x 768 display, given that’s what these pictures are optimized for. You didn’t really believe the iPad 2 would have a 9.7-inch, 2530 x 1897 resolution retina display… did you? Well, it’s only speculative, anyway.

More iOS 4.3 digging hints at new iPad 2 camera, same 1024 x 768 display originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 13 Jan 2011 22:32:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Jan 13

BlackBerry Torch 2: a Torch with significantly bumped specs?

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Whether you love or hate the design of the Torch, that was never where the main beef lay — instead, that honor would have to go to the lackluster internals, capped off with an awful, washed-out 480 x 360 display that had no business sitting in a device that’s supposed to be the crown jewel of RIM’s phone lineup. Well, capping off a wild day of BlackBerry leaks and rumors over at BGR comes news of a Torch 2 in the works that might just make good on those shortcomings (and a whole lot more) thanks to a 1.2GHz processor, 14.4Mbps triband HSPA, a VGA display at the original Torch’s same 3.2-inch size, BlackBerry OS 6.1, and — like some of the other leaks we’ve seen — integrated NFC, which suggests the Nexus S may have started something good here. Specs aside, yeah… the phone itself is nearly a dead ringer for the model it replaces, adding some chrome accents and calling it good. If BGR‘s sources are on, you can look for this in the third quarter on AT&T.

BlackBerry Torch 2: a Torch with significantly bumped specs? originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 13 Jan 2011 21:05:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Jan 13

‘The Daily’ iPad newspaper set for launch, according to sources (update)

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The good old Associated Press has a couple of good old unnamed sources pinpointing the launch of The Daily — the first iPad-only newspaper venture — as January 19th. They even name the location as the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp is the company making this leap into the unknown (do people even care about news anymore?) and he is specifically named as a presenter at this alleged event for next week, to be joined on stage by Apple’s Steve Jobs. An ancillary little note is that journalists are said to have already been hired in bureaus across the country, including the big news-spinning markets of New York and Los Angeles — which makes all the sense in the world given the widespread expectation that the news app they’ll be working for will launch by the end of this month.

Update: Did we say the end of this month? Looks like The Daily‘s more likely to debut in early February instead — News Corporation confirmed to All Things D that the iPad news service has been delayed, and an unnamed source says that it will be “weeks, not months” before we see it emerge again.

‘The Daily’ iPad newspaper set for launch, according to sources (update) originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 13 Jan 2011 20:29:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Jan 12

iOS 4.3 code reveals new iPhone and iPad models, rumor mill suggests a dislike of the home button

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History lesson, folks. If you dig far enough into iOS’s code, you’ll eventually come across iPhone3,1, which is the AT&T iPhone 4, and the analogous iPhone3,2 (i.e. Verizon iPhone). It’s nothing we haven’t seen before, but then along comes iOS 4.3 with a handful of new mystery identifiers to spurn speculation — namely, two new-generation iPhones (4,1 and 4,2) and three iPads (2,1; 2,2; and 2,3). Speculate all you want, but there isn’t much else at all we can say definitively here, but if we had to take a guess, it’s the GSM and CDMA variants of the next-gen models (plus a WiFi-only iPad). It is interesting to note the lack of an “iPhone4,3” given the yet-to-be-revealed iPhone3,3 is still there — will the last member ever see the light of day? Outside of iOS 4.3 but still very much related, BGR is claiming it’s heard from sources that the next iPhone / iPad models will eschew the physical home button altogether in lieu of the new multi-finger gestures and that employees at Cupertino are already testing such devices. That seems a little more out there to us; five-finger pinch to home feels extremely clunky. The real takeaway here? We can finally have an iPhone rumor that doesn’t involve wondering if it’ll head to a new US carrier.

iOS 4.3 code reveals new iPhone and iPad models, rumor mill suggests a dislike of the home button originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 12 Jan 2011 23:53:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Jan 12

Samsung GT-i9023 hits FCC: a new version of the Nexus S with Android 2.4?

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FCC filings have a curious tendency to launch us into far-reaching bouts of speculation, but hear us out — we think we’re onto something here. A Samsung phone with model number GT-i9023 just passed the FCC with AWS 3G — T-Mobile’s band. If the outline of the device above looks familiar, it should; it looks exactly like the Nexus S, which happens to have a suspiciously similar model number of GT-i9020.

Here’s where it gets interesting, though: German site BestBoyZ just reported a video of a Nexus S in the wild a few days ago that claimed to be running the rumored Android 2.4 release, and the baseband version in the About screen included the text “i9023.” This new model number also just very recently received both Wi-Fi Alliance and Bluetooth SIG certification, though there’s nothing particularly interesting in those filings. Oh, and one other random tidbit: a number of European retailers are listing the i9023 already as a “Black Silver” Nexus S, so it’s possible that this will simply be a new color scheme — but would that really necessitate a new FCC filing and model number? It’s also conceivable that Samsung is taking the occasion of 2.4’s release as an opportunity to tweak the Nexus S a bit — maybe add HSPA+ for T-Mobile, something to that effect — but at this point, it’s pure speculation on our part. Feel free to drop your conspiracy theories in comments, and while you’re at it, check out BestBoyZ‘s video after the break.

Note: The Vibrant 4G is a good thought, but this device seems too rounded — it matches up perfectly with the Nexus S.

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Samsung GT-i9023 hits FCC: a new version of the Nexus S with Android 2.4? originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 12 Jan 2011 18:29:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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