Archive for January 19th, 2010

As always before the release of a new device many designers and regular users make interesting concepts. Here is a new one for iPhone 4G:

The author also provided a probability percentage value for each functionality of seeing it actually implemented:

• Removable battery (30% probability)
• Flash LED (50%)
• Back (Case) touchscreen, like the surface of the Magic Mouse (75%)
• Front camera (70%)
• Contacts on the Home Screen, as shown by a recent patent (70%)
• 64GB flash memory (60%)
• Dual-core processor and more RAM (80%)
• OLED display (90%)

A lot has been said about the rumored Apple Tablet, and after evidence was discovered that Apple was interested in the name "iSlate", many have adopted that as the most likely name for Apple's new device. New evidence however has revealed that Apple may, in fact, be positioning "iPad" as the name for the imminent tablet device.

A search in the trademark databases reveals that several companies applied for a trademark "iPad" in Canada, Australis, New Zealand, Europe and Hong Kong. The filing dates for most of these trademark applications are July 2009, the latest ones are January 15th, 2010.

We believe that Apple is behind these trademark applications for iPad and that it may be the name for Apple's new tablet device to be revealed next week.

We all love humorous Apple's "Get a Mac" ads featuring John Hodgman and Justin Long as 'PC' and 'Mac'. The site AdFreak has compiled all 66 TV spots that have aired during Apple's Get a Mac ad campaign.

You can watch all of them here.

Here is the first one that began airing on May 2, 2006:

BoyGeniusReport published the first details about the upcoming iPhone OS 4.0:

• Global multitouch gestures.
• Background apps/Multitasking.
• UI enhanced for easier, more efficient navigation (maybe refreshed homescreen).
• The update will supposedly be available for only the iPhone 3G and iPhone 3GS (might also be for future iPhone 4G).
• New syncing ability for the contacts and calendar applications.
• Will put iPhone way ahead of smartphone market, more like “full-fledged computer”.
• Apple people “really excited”.

The iPhone OS 4.0 firmware is expected to be announced at Apple's special event on January 27th.

Stuart Hughes always offers us expensive products with lots of diamonds and rare materials. He recently created a new model of iPhone, which won the title of the most expensive phone in the world.

This iPhone 3GS Supreme Rose costs 2.18 million euros (more than $3 M), which is more than gold iPhone. It's made of platinum and 18 carat pink gold with 130 diamonds from 97.5 carats. Nice gift, isn't it?

Apple has issued invitations for a media event scheduled for 10:00 AM Pacific Time on January 27th. The event will be held at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco, and the invitation's tag line reads "Come see our latest creation.".

Apple certainly will present a new product. This might be iTablet, iPhone 4.0, iPhone HD… or something completely different. Stay tuned!

Here is how invitations to such events looked like in the past:

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