Rumor
iPod nano 4G, iPod Price-cuts and iTunes 8 Rumors
Kevin Rose, founder of Digg, posted some digg worthy iPod rumors and a photo of what is supposedly the new iPod nano with the tall form factor we already reported about.
Besides the new nano the iPod touch is supposed to get some cosmetic changes. Kevin Rose also says that his sources tell him about rather large price-cuts for iPod players to distance them from the $199 iPhone.
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Posted on Sat, 23 Aug 2008 09:01:14 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr
New AMD Fusion Rumors point to RV710 GPU Core
AMD has been talking about the AMD Fusion since 2006. The AMD Fusion will have both the CPU and GPU on the same die, but in different cores.
Rumors have been circulating for a while now on the details of the CPU and GPU chip. A new rumor appeared in Asia on HKEPC claiming that the AMD Fusion codename Shift will be featuring a RV710 architecture.
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Posted on Mon, 18 Aug 2008 01:21:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr
Nikon D90 Rumors intensify
The new Nikon D90 DSLR camera is apparently moving closer to release. Rumors of the D90 appearing in inventory systems at Circuit City (Nikon Rumors) and Best Buy (Engadget) have appeared in the last couple of days. The rumors point to a release of September 7th, but it also could just be that Nikon will announces the new camera on that day.
Update:
Nikon D90 officially announced
The Nikon D90 is supposed to have 12MP resolution and is apparently going to sell for $1,299 with a 105mm f/3.5-5.6G DX VR lens.
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Posted on Wed, 13 Aug 2008 02:31:37 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr
Rumor: T-Mobile USA also plans an iPhone like App Store
T-Mobile is supposedly working on an App Store for their line-up of mobile phones similar to the already very successful Apple iPhone App Store in iTunes.
mocoNews reports that their sources tell them that T-Mobile is preparing a platform for developers to offer their Apps to T-Mobile customers.
That Google's Android phones would get some kind of App Store was clear. T-Mobile also wants to offer Apps to Java, Windows and Sidekick phones.
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Posted on Sat, 9 Aug 2008 15:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr
Rumor: Citroen to rivive the 2CV
Auto unleashed speculates about Citroen bringing back the iconic 2CV (Duck) car as it celebrates its 60th anniversary in 2009.
The first Citroen 2CV appeared in 1949, back then the poor ducky just had one eye (headlight).
Retro cars are extremely popular these days. Just take a look at the success of BMW's Mini.
In 2005 we reported about a 2CV concept design by French students. A 2009 2CV could look just like that.
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Posted on Tue, 5 Aug 2008 10:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr
iPhone nano Rumor springs up again in UK
I love the idea of a smaller iPhone. That is why I also report about this warmed-up rumor about an iPhone nano that UK's Daily Mail reports vagely about.
Rumors about the iPhone nano or even the iPhone shuffle complete with artists' renditions appeared already over a year ago.
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Posted on Mon, 4 Aug 2008 00:21:48 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr
Weekly Top 10: New Asus Eee PCs, new MacBooks and new iPod nanos Rumors, LG BD30
Surprise! Asus has many
more Eee PCs coming this year to completely take over the netbook
market and also reach into the notebook segment.
NVIDIA announced a couple new
GPUs this week.
Apple is rumored to update their
MacBooks and
iPod nano soon.
See also our
latest Gadget Videos.
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Posted on Sun, 3 Aug 2008 08:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr
Apple ARM and NVIDIA Chips Rumors
This week a rumor about Apple using some new chipsets along the Intel CPUs in MacBooks have triggered more rumors and speculations on who would supply these chips.
One rumor ties NVIDIA GPUs to upcoming Apple MacBooks. NVIDIA also makes with the Tegra chips a mobile processors, which could also link them to future Apple products. More details on the NVIDIA Apple rumors can be found on AppleInsider.
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Posted on Thu, 31 Jul 2008 01:22:11 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr
Sony PSP-3000 rumored to already be in Production
Rumors about a new Sony PSP console are reaching over from China. Sony is supposedly already producing the PSP-3000 console.
Update:
PSP-3000 official
Sony PSP-3001 becomes official on FCC
The new PSP-3000 would have built-in microphone, a new PS button similar to the one on the PS3 and possibly even be the long rumored PSP phone.
Leaked photos of PSP-3000 are supposed to support these claims.
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Posted on Tue, 22 Jul 2008 03:45:14 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr
Lenovo IdeaPad G-series Netbooks Rumors
Digitimes reports that Lenovo is working on an IdeaPad G-series that would target the netbook and entry-level market.
Now that almost all notebook makers also offer cheap netbooks, Lenovo is surely thinking about how to address this segment also.
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Posted on Tue, 15 Jul 2008 07:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr
iPhone with slide-out Keyboard Rumor
When the original iPhone was introduced the discussion was red hot about the feasibilty of a touchscreen only phone. Now touchscreen phones are everywhere. Everywhere? No, in the enterprise world touchscreen phones are not common yet and possibly the new iPhone 2.0 software and iPhone 3G will not reach all enterprise users.
That is why an iPhone with slideout keyboard could be very powerful for Apple. The Register reports that Apple is indeed already circulating an iPhone with keyboard prototype amongst executives at several carriers.
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Posted on Wed, 2 Jul 2008 02:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr
Rumor: Innolux Display got Touch Panel Orders from Apple
The Digitimes reports that Innolux Display has supposedly secured touch panel orders from Apple.
Innolux has two production facilities for capacitive touch panels. Both together have a monthly capacity of 160,000 panels per month.
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Posted on Wed, 25 Jun 2008 23:53:35 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr
Rumored Apple Me to make new .ME Domain interesting?
A couple days we reported about rumors that Mobile Me was discovered as service name in the new iPhone firmware and that Apple possibly owns Me.com. Today the .ME registry announces that the land rush for the new domain name extension is well underway.
If indeed Apple is launching Me branded online services to replace the .Mac service for the iPhone and all other Mac computers than .Me names could be become valuable assets.
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Posted on Mon, 9 Jun 2008 06:49:35 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr
The negative 3G iPhone Rumors
What if the 3G iPhone is not going to be announced on Monday at the WWDC 08? This is the question Forbes asks in an article on 3G iPhone rumors.
Forbes focuses around rumors that Apple hit production problems with the iPhone 2.0.
Combining the potential shortage of 3G iPhones with the lower prices through subsidies could generate chaos on the retail front and frustrate potential 3G iPhone customers.
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Posted on Sun, 8 Jun 2008 03:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr
3G iPhone Rumor Round-up
Every mobile phone maker would like to have what Apple gets on free marketing for a new phone. The rumor culture around the iPhone and almost every Apple product for that matter is unique.
We follow and report about iPhone 2.0 rumors because the interest is amazing and dwarfs most other tech stories. For those who are annoyed by half news, guesses, leaks, and fakes we are almost done.
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Posted on Sat, 7 Jun 2008 12:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr
3G iPhone is thinner Rumor is back
Rumors about the new iPhone 2 being thinner than the current iPhone appeared today again. In April we already posted about the iPhone 2 being thinner rumor.
This time CultofMac claims to have information from a software developer who has seen the 3G iPhone.
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Posted on Mon, 2 Jun 2008 23:06:28 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr
Sony PS3 Firmware 2.40 Rumor
Sony just released firmware 2.35 for the Sony PS3, but already new rumors of the firmware 2.40 appeared.
The PS3 firmware 2.40 would bring in game XMB menus. Additionally achievement management called trophies is rumored to be part of 2.40.
The PS3 firmware 2.35 did not bring any new features, so a new major firmware update could have been already in the works in parallel.
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Posted on Fri, 30 May 2008 14:24:01 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr
Apple Tablet PC Rumor once again
The rumor of an Apple Tablet PC appeared again yesterday on a ZDNet Blog.
The first time we reported about an Apple Tablet or Apple touch screen PDA was back in 2002. Back than something called the iWalk was rumored. Six years later we at least got a touchscreen and it is a phone not a PDA.
The new Apple Tablet PC rumor says that Apple will launch a 12 or 13 inch Tablet computer this Fall.
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Posted on Sat, 24 May 2008 08:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr
Vague 3G iPhone Delay Rumor pressures Apple Stock?
The Apple stock fell yesterday a bit and Barrons reports that this might be caused by a vague rumor of a 3G iPhone delay.
The funny aspect of this is that Apple did not even announce the 3G iPhone, but through all the rumors about the next generation iPhone everybody including stock traders believe that the 3G iPhone will be announced on June 9th at the WWDC 08.
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Posted on Fri, 23 May 2008 00:50:01 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr
WSJ rides BlackBerry Thunder Touchscreen Phone Rumor
The Wall Street Journal reports today about the rumored BlackBerry Thunder touchscreen phone that aims directly at the Apple iPhone. As reported on Tuesday the Boy Genius Report already spread the BlackBerry Thunder rumor.
The WSJ refers to people familiar with the matter as source, but also mentions The Boy Genius Report for the available information about the BlackBerry Thunder.
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Posted on Fri, 16 May 2008 00:42:20 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr
BlackBerry Thunder Touchscreen Smartphone Rumor
BlackBerry is rumored since last year that they are working on a touchscreen phone to really go head to head with the Apple iPhone. Last year one rumor suggested that the BlackBerry 9000 will be a touchscreen phone. Well that has proven as false, as the BlackBerry 9000 aka Bold has a QWERTY keyboard and just got announced this week.
The latest BlackBerry touchscreen phone rumor is that the codename for it is BlackBerry Thunder and it is scheduled for Q3 2008.
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Posted on Tue, 13 May 2008 23:32:43 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr
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