Apple leaks point to iPhone 5, iPod Touch, iPod Nano, and new iTunes There’s no iPad Mini or Apple Television, but it’s looking increasingly likely that tonight’s event will have more than one star With just hours to go before theiPhone 5 launch eventApple has leaked some more details of what’s coming. The few surprises left have been outed in the forms of a new iPod Touch, a fresh iPod Nano, and a revamped iTunes....
Apple patent reveals Peek Mode for Smart Cover Could this power-saving peeping patent find its way into the iPad Mini? Want to take a sneaky peek at your iPad screen? Apple has a patent for Peek Mode, aSmart Coverfeature that’ll tease out your iPad’s display. Peek Mode lets you get a glimpse of the iPad’s screen by partially lifting the cover – by using the magnets in the edge of the Smart Cover, it activates a small section of the iPad’s screen – so you can see part of the display while saving battery....
Apple patents swappable lenses for iPhone Shutter nutters rejoice: interchangeable back plates could boost the iPhone’s photography skills Apple is always patenting some crazy ideas for its future devices, but this one sounds particularly intriguing – particularly if you’re one of the many photography nuts who wishes they could get more out of the iPhone’s camera. Engadgethas uncovered a patent application that would make the iPhone’s rear panel removeable and replaceable, essentially allowing the user to add new filters and lenses....
Apple wins advert-skipping patent Future iOS devices to switch to user’s own content when they detect unwanted ads? Apple has been awarded an interesting patent in the US – one which could allow future devices to essentially skip in-app audio or video adverts by automatically detecting them and playing your own music, video or podcast content instead. The patentdescribes a mobile device able to automatically switch between broadcast content (i.e. a web radio station) and stored media....
Apple won’t keep iBooks Author distribution rights Pale-faced writers everywhere, rejoice! Apple’s new publishing tool won’t lock down your great works Apple’s newiBooks AuthorEnd User Licensing Agreement has one tiny make-or-break detail in it – Cupertino only wants to keep the exclusive rights to iBook files and not the content that’s in them. Why so generous? Well, it was looking like authors and publishers weren’t so keen on signing away all their distribution rights (read: future cash) to Apple just because they used the writing and e-publishing tool to make the textbook in the first place....
Apple’s new iPad 3 has 1GB RAM Apple has given the new iPad a boost in the RAM department on top of its A5X chip When we got ourhands on the new iPadlast night, it ran silky smooth. Party because of the new A5X chip’s graphics grunt – but also, apparently, because Apple has boosted its flagship slate’s RAM to 1GB. The Verge’ssources claim that Apple has joined the spec race in a very out of character move....
Are these the Xbox 720 specs? Leak says Microsoft’s next console will have 8-core processor, Blu-ray drive and HDMI input Microsoft’sfollowup to the Xbox 360will be out this year – and when it does arrive it might come rocking an 8-core CPU, 8GB of RAM and a Blu-ray drive. These specs and a handful of others come courtesy ofVGleaks, which claims to have got its hands on a bunch of technical information on the next Xbox, codenamed “Durango”....
