saga (don’t blame you) then we would strongly recommend you to skip this post as it may sound very familiar. But if you’re like us who like the build up before the launch of an Apple product even if it means months before the next iPhone launch then read further (btw, we do have 
 as well when it comes to rumors). 
is ready for production, which could mean that Apple could launch
as early as summer instead of the October release like iPhone (more…)

Apple ‘s co-founder Steve Wozniak in an interview with Dan Lyons (aka Fake Steve Jobs) compared Google’s Android with Apple ‘s iPhone . He also spoke about the issue with Siri and
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Woz thinks Apple ’s iPhone is the best overall smartphone, but he says there are ways in which Android has leapt ahead of Apple . “My primary phone is the iPhone ,” Woz says. “I love the beauty of it. But I wish it did all the things my Android does, I really do.”
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Developers have also been gearing up for iOS 5 launch. We’ve started seeing developers release apps with iCloud support, while Magazine apps are being updated so that they can appear in iOS 5′s Newstand app.
The Newsstand app essentially organizes your magazine and newspaper app subscriptions in one place to access them easily and quickly. 
 for newspapers and magazine, where you will also be able to buy magazines such as 
National Geographic, (more…)

back in June, it also introduced
– its new cloud based service that will replace MobileMe.
However, at that time, Apple announced that iCloud features such as iTunes Match, which allows users to store their entire music collection (up to 25,000 songs), including songs that they’ve ripped from CDs or purchased from anywhere else in iCloud, will be available only to users in the U.S.
We’ve good news for some international users.
reports that (more…)

Apple has sent email to developers of iOS and Mac Developer program to inform them that their iCloud libraries will be deleted on Monday, September 26th at 9AM PDT.
Apple has stated that it is deleting iCloud libraries to improve the overall quality and reliability” of the iTunes match service. 
To continue to improve the overall quality and reliability of iTunes Match, it has become necessary to delete all current iCloud libraries.
All iCloud (more…)

, which indicate that Sprint – the third largest carrier in the US will be
alongside AT&T and Verizon.
has just reported that Sprint has announced plans to discontinue its Premier upgrade plan, which allowed customers to upgrade their phones every year. Sprint’s latest move seems to strongly indicate that it is indeed preparing for the iPhone 5 launch.
We wanted to let you know about a decision we have made to end the Sprint Premier program.
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According to several rumors,
when it is launched in the next few weeks, alongside AT&T and Verizon.
We’ve already seeing signs, which indicate that Sprint is gearing up for the launch. Sprint first increased the early-termination fees earlier in the month and couple of days back it
and made changes to the return policy.
If that is not enough, it also looks like Sprint is planning to limit the mobile hotspot plans to 5GB of data, according (more…)

, the tool that allows you to take backups of SHSH blobs (ECID SHSH) has just been released to support
, which was recently seeded to developers of iOS developer program.
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from baseband updates.
The backed up SHSH blobs (ECID SHSH) are required if you want to downgrade to previous iOS version as Apple usually stops signing them after iOS 4.3 is released.
This update provides iOS 4.3 GM support as well as uses your system proxy settings (more…)

According to folks over at CNET, Apple might launch the much-awaited
as early as next week. Their source claims that the CDMA iPhone would officially arrive on January 11th at a media event.
“During this weekend’s 2011 CES, he says, Apple will steal some thunder by announcing a product-launch event on Tuesday, January 11. (That’s 1/11/11, if you’re into numerology.) At that event, the company will finally announce the long-awaited Verizon iPhone .”
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With the company planning as many as 50 production lines at the new plant, the Chengdu plant is capable of churning out almost 40 million iPads per year. Foxconns' current facility at Shenzen makes 2.5 million iPads a month and with the addition of the Chengdu plant, its evident how bullish Apple is regarding the prospects of the iPad in the coming year. The plant would also make the next generation iPad, which is expected to be launched by the (more…)