Future Products
3G iPhone already coming this Month?
Topic: Future Products
The fact that the current iPhone is still marked as unavailable on the online Apple Store spurs rumors that the 3G iPhone is coming sooner than expected.
MacRumors picked up a rumor again from April that Apple might be actually announcing a completely new portable device at the WWDC 08 in June and therefore go ahead and release the 3G iPhone in May.
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Posted on Mon, 12 May 2008 01:27:30 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr
Rumor: .Mac Update with iPhone 2.0 Release
Topic: Future Products
TUAW reports that a 'little birdy' told them that .Mac is to be completely revamped and the new service is supposed to be released together with the iPhone 2.0 firmware.
The updated .Mac email service would offer full over-the-air syncing including calendars, contacts, and email and .Mac syncing on Windows.
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Posted on Fri, 9 May 2008 10:37:06 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr
Rumor: Apple Mac Pro to get ATI Radeon HD 3870
Topic: Future Products
Rumors that Apple Mac Pro would get the ATI Radeon HD 3870 graphics card as option sprung up.
The card would also work on older Mac Pro computers.
Your needs and the price of the card will determine if the Mac Pro really is the ideal option for you.
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Posted on Wed, 30 Apr 2008 09:05:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr
New 45nm AMD Phenom X4 CPUs rumored in 2008
Topic: Future Products
AMD announced new Phenom X4 CPUs of the end of March. Digitimes cites Motherboard sources that there are two new 45nm Phenom X4 CPUs (codename: Deneb) coming in 2008.
The new rumored AMD CPUs include the 125W Phenom X4 9750 and the 95W Phenom X4 9850 will appear before January of 2009. There is supposedly also an updated version of the upcoming Phenom X4 9950 (June) at the end of the fourth quarter.
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Posted on Tue, 29 Apr 2008 00:28:36 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr
Bluetooth Low Energy
Topic: Future Products
Today I attended an event organized by the Bluetooth SIG and Navispace in Munich. The Bluetooth Sports & Fitness Day focused on the applications of the next generation of Bluetooth now officially named Bluetooth Low Energy.
Bluetooth Low Energy has evolved from the Wibree standard from 2006. As the name implies Bluetooth LE chips need a fraction of the power today's Bluetooth chips consume. Now watches and sensors can be fitted with Bluetooth using normal button cell batteries.
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Posted on Mon, 28 Apr 2008 10:48:33 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr
LG Prada II Specifications leaked
Topic: Future Products
The specifications of the next LG Prada phone has apparently been leaked in Asia.
The LG Prada II phone would be hitting the market in Q4 2008. The new features would include HSDPA, 3 inch WQVGA 400×240px display, 5MP camera, Wi-Fi, TV-out, Bluetooth, USB, and slide-out QWERTY keyboard.
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Posted on Sat, 26 Apr 2008 13:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr
Rumor: New Apple iMac coming next Week
Topic: Future Products
Apple introduced the new all-in-one iMac in August 2007. Now GeekSugar reports that they heard Apple is unveiling new iMac computers next week, most likely Tuesday April 29th.
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New Apple iMac official
The Apple iMacs would have the same price but would sport better CPUs and larger hard-drives.
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Posted on Fri, 25 Apr 2008 00:17:50 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr
Retinal Imaging Display Glasses still not on the Market
Topic: Future Products
When the Apple patent about a Laser HMD appeared last week, it trigged something in my head - a distant memory - I could not put my finger on it though until today when I stumbled over the Brother wearable Retinal Imaging Display.
There it was again. Back in 2001 (timeworn I4U post) I wrote about Microvision's Retinal Scanning Displays that would project images directly on your eye with laser beams.
Seven years later and I still cannot by video glasses that look like normal reading or sunglasses.
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Posted on Tue, 22 Apr 2008 08:36:51 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr
Laser HMD Research by Apple
Topic: Future Products
The future of HMDs (Head mounted Displays) possibly lies with Apple. Apple filed a patent for an interesting Laser-based HMD.
The Apple HMD would have the image processing in a unit that you wear on a belt to make the glasses as light as possible. The image would transmit to the glasses via fiber optics.
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Posted on Fri, 18 Apr 2008 07:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr
Rumor of new Nintendo DS to hit at E3 2008
Topic: Future Products
A rumor about Nintendo announcing a new version of its highly successful Nintendo DS sprung up in Japan.
Enterbrain boss Hirokazu Hamamura guesses that Nintendo is announcing a new Nintendo DS portable console at the E3 2008. The E3 Media & Business Summit 2008 is taking place in LA on July 15th – 17th, 2008.
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Posted on Sat, 12 Apr 2008 09:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr
Apple Notebooks to see Major Eco-friendly Redesign
Topic: Future Products
AppleInsider has learned that Apple is set for a major redesign of their MacBook and MacBook Pro notebook lines.
The 13-inch Apple MacBook computers are supposed to see the biggest change. The MacBook is supposed to get a new aircraft-grade aluminum and stainless steel case instead of the eco-killing plastic casing.
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Posted on Tue, 8 Apr 2008 07:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr
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