Speaking with Walt Mossberg and Kara Swisher at D11 in California on Tuesday night, Tim Cook was predictably coy with regards to specific information on upcoming Apple products and services. Speaking calmly and in his typically emollient fashion, the Cupertino head honcho spoke broadly of his company's desire to continue innovating, on Google's Glass project, and an assortment of other important topics in tech space.
The rare, fully operational Apple-1 we reported as going to auction earlier on this month has just gone under the hammer, and in news that will certainly stun the vast majority of the technology world, has managed to fetch a whopping $671,400.
Some very interesting information pertaining to Apple's iOS 7 has emerged today, which will see reasonably thorough makeover retaining many familiar aspects whilst "flattening" much of the user interface, as reported before. Although, as 9to5Mac reports, the changes will be some of the most significant the software has seen in its lifetime, it is also reckoned that users will have little trouble adapting to the changes.
With the iPad and iPhone being so popular amongst a worldwide audience, many have questioned Apple's long term interest in the Mac, as well as OS X. With the Mac Pro long overdue an update and Apple seemingly more interested in its iOS devices than its OS X ones. According to 9to5Mac though, Apple will update its computer operating system this year, and it will be an update that will please Apple's power users.
Oh, Apple, when will you just release a budget iPhone so that we can finally call time on all this speculation?
Drop tests provide us with a decent general idea of how a device will fare when faced with the unthinkable. Of course, the idea is to keep a handset protected and try and avoid dropping it from various heights, but should this accident ever occur, drop tests offer a reasonable indication of how robust and durable a device is. Vloggers GizmoSlip posted a clip to YouTube on Friday showing the all-new Samsung Galaxy S4 in a drop test against its predecessor, the Galaxy S III, as well as the Apple iPhone 5. Find out just how much damage each smartphone sustained in the video clip coming up after the break!
It wouldn't be a Friday, or indeed any other day of the week if someone, somewhere wasn't waxing lyrical about why Apple will, or indeed will not release a 5-inch iPhone. Everyone's at it, and we're no different here at Redmond Pie, which is why I'm about to drag you through a few hundred words of sheer opinion and conjecture on the subject.
In this fast-moving smartphone industry, it's fair to say that both Apple and vendors of Android devices move in similar ways. If one device contains a certain feature, it's almost certain that a rivaling model will look to bring something similar with the next generation, but one area in which Android and iOS handsets have always differed is the display. Apple has stuck faithfully with LCD, while the likes of Samsung have placed their faith in OLED, but according to DisplayMate, the new 1080p Super AMOLED panel of the Galaxy S4 more than holds its own against the iPhone 5's Retina LCD display.
As we learned yesterday, WWDC 2013 will be held from June 10th to the 14th in San Fran, and for those interested in attending, tickets have just gone on sale. Priced at $1,599 a pop, these tickets sell like hotcakes, so if you want to be involved in what always turns out to be a very action-packed week in the Cupertino calendar, make sure you get in quickly.
Comex, developer of the revolutionary JailbreakMe 3.0 tool for iOS 4, has just announced via Twitter that he will soon be interning at Google, just six months after ending his employment with Apple. Some felt the motives behind Apple's hiring of Comex, real name Nicholas Allegra, were to essentially suppress his powers and prevent him from actively jailbreaking, but with Google now on the scene, hopefully he can get back to doing what he does best.
