for the past few months: A Chinese case manufacturer has started selling cases for the “iPad 2S,” which it believes would the name of the
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According to the design of these cases, the “iPad 2S” would borrow its looks largely from the
. The only difference in terms of looks would apparently be the iPad 2S’ extra 1mm thickness, probably to accommodate the Retina display.
The manufacturers seem to have gotten wind of the design, 
 - through (more…)

Sprint has just started taking per-orders for the CDMA iPhone 4 and has announced that it will start taking pre-orders for iPhone 4S from tomorrow, October 7th.
, but we didn’t realise that
 along with it.
On the webpage, dedicated to the iPhone , Sprint also confirms that it will be also offering iPhone users unlimited data plans and takes a dig at AT&T and Verizon:
Our competitors love to limit you to a measly 2GB of data usage. AT&T and (more…)

reports that Verizon has started throttling bandwidth for top 5% of data users.
back in February for all its new customers who subscribed to a data plan from February 3rd, 2011, which means it impacts all Verizon iPhone customers.
Here is a snippet from the pdf document that BGR had discovered back in February, which provides some details about the new policy:
Verizon Wireless strives to provide customers the best experience when using our network, (more…)

reports that Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has started trial production of Apple ‘s A6 system-on-chip, which is expected to power iOS devices like the iPhone , iPad and iPod touch that will be launched in 2012.
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Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd. (TSMC), the world’s largest semiconductor foundry by market shares now, has allegedly started trial production of the A6 processor in cooperation with Apple Inc., with (more…)

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on it’s online store and according to TechCrunch will be soon be available in Apple retail stores.
Square is a revolutionary product, which allows individuals and businesses to accept credit card payments. The credit card reader is developed by the startup with the same name, which is co-founded by Jack Dorsey (also the co-founder of Twitter).
How does it work?
Square is a magnetic credit card reader, which needs to be plugged into the (more…)

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Leaked iPhone 5 Design Images Reveals Larger Edge To Edge Screen?
Untethered Jailbreak For iOS 4.3 In Alpha; Seas0nPass To Jailbreak Apple TV 4.2 (iOS 4.3) Released
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How To Jailbreak iPod Touch 4G, iPod Touch 3G, iPod Touch 2G On iOS 4.2.1 Using Greenpois0n (more…)

Earlier in the week, Orange UK had announced that they will be offering Apple ‘s iPad Wi +3G model for subsidized rates for customers willing to commit to a contract for the data plan.
In a short press release announcing the subsidized iPad pricing, Orange said:
Orange UK today announced it will offer new purchase options for iPad users, including more affordable prices when purchased with a data service plan, for iPad with Wi-Fi + 3G models (more…)

Back in July, Apple had announced at the
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But in September, Apple decided to discontinue the program as it believed that iPhone 4 antenna attenuation issue is even smaller than it originally thought.
We had heard some reports that Apple had started selling iPhone 4 bumpers in its Retail stores from October 1.They're now available even on Apple 's Online store.
The Bumper cases are available in all the six original colors and are priced (more…)

According to reports, the shipments are coming from Shenzhen, China via FedEx, at least for customers in North America.
The earliest date of delivery is September 28. So Apple is keeping its promise of shipping the second generation
in the month of September. There were some speculations that the delivery of Apple TV might be delayed when Apple refunded overnight delivery costs.
If you’ve seen a change in the status of your Apple TV order (more…)

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According to Apple ’s website, the fourth generation iPod Touch will be shipped in one week if you order one now.
Folks at 9to5Mac have noticed in the FCC teardown photos that the iPod Touch 4G contains a motor that will allow it to vibrate, which will be useful for the FaceTime feature.
If somebody wants to start a video call with you, you’ll receive an invitation — along with a vibrating alert — on your iPod touch asking you to join. (more…)