Posts tagged Rumors
Apple Tablet Info Spilled by McGraw-Hill’s CEO
0January 26, 2010
Apple is definitely launching a tablet tomorrow, at least, according to the CEO of one of the planet’s most noted book publishers. In a recent interview on CNBC, Terry McGraw (CEO of McGraw-Hill), very openly admitted that books from his company would be coming to an Apple tablet ‘tomorrow,’ and he also confirmed that his company has ‘worked with Apple for quite awhile.’ As the interview went on, he mentioned that the ‘tablet will be based on the iPhone operating system,’ and also mentioned that said books would be ‘transferable.’ This lead to the assumption that there will be an updated More >
Microsoft working on a Zune Phone?
0January 26, 2010
The Microsoft Zune’s scheduled maintenance that started early this morning at 1:00 a.m. EST. is not terrible news unless you are a Zune user. There were 3 phone profiles found in the Zune.inf file of the maintenance release. It’s rather BIG NEWS, especially since Microsoft has repeatedly stated that they had no plans to add mobile phone to the Zune since before the original Zune’s release.
The so-called Zune software maintenance release has a trio of Phone device drivers tucked away inside the Zune.inf file according to Long Zheng over at istartedsomething. And More >
Apple’s iPhone will be available to all Carriers in US?
0January 26, 2010
Tim Horan, a telecommunications analyst at Oppenheimer &Co is predicting that Apple’s iPhonewill be available on all US carriers over the next 18 months.
According to Tim, this change in strategy in the US will help Apple sell two or three times more iPhones. The strategy of multiple carriers is already paying rich dividends in the UK.
Tim Horan said:
We believe AT&T’s iPhone exclusivity arrangement with Apple will be expiring by mid-2010.
For wireless carriers, customers are demanding the device and they need to remain competitive.
We’ve already heard rumors about More >
Apple Tablet Rumored To Run iPhone Apps
0January 26, 2010
Only 48 hours away from the new Apple tablet, and yet the speculations continue to swirl in the tech community. We’ve all heard by now that the tablet will effectively serve as a gigantic iPhone. Further evidence to support this theory is presented today by the folks at Flurry, an analytics firm that is shedding light on the worst kept secret in the tech community.
Using Flurry Analytics, the company identified approximately 50 devices that match the characteristics of Apple’s rumored tablet device. Because Flurry could reliably “place” these devices geographically on Apple’s Cupertino More >
RIM’s BIS 3.0 Rumored Features
0January 26, 2010
Not long ago there were rumors of BIS 3.0 and 3.1 bringing a bunch of highly anticipated changes. And, now BBLeaks is saying that there are a few more additions we can expect as well.
- Support For OpenOffice Documents – Presentations, Text documents and spreadsheets
- Support for WMA (Windows Media Audio)
OpenOffice is an interesting idea, though we’re not quite sure how much market space OpenOffice has for users. Of course, these are just rumors at this time but rumors that make sense given what they bring to the platform.
PS3 hacked by iPhone Hacker (George Hotz)
4January 25, 2010
iPhone hacker who gained props for unlocking Apple’s iPhone as a teenager (George Hotz) has told BBC News that he has now hacked Sony’s PlayStation 3 (PS3).
George Hotz said the hack, which could allow people to run pirated games or homemade software, took him five weeks.
Hotz rose to fame in 2007 at the age of 17 when he unlocked the iPhone, which could only be used on the AT&T network in the US at launch.
The hack allowed the popular handset to be used on any network.
He has since released various other hacks, allowing people to unlock later versions of the popular handset
He said he was More >
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