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Sharp Starts Shipping Delayed iPhone 5 Screens to Apple
The Wall Street Journal reports Sharp has started to ship iPhone 5 screens to Apple, according to their sources: Sharp Corp. has just started shipping the screens for Apple Inc.'s iPhone 5, a person with knowledge of the situation said Thursday, after the Japanese electronics maker's production of the liquid crystal display panels for the...
Apple.ca iPhone 5 Pre-Orders Start at 12:01AM PDT on Sept. 14th in Canada [Update]
Apple announced iPhone 5 pre-orders for this Friday, September 14th, and Canada is included in the first wave. We never heard a specific pre-order launch time from Apple, but Apple Canada's online chat has answered the question. Pre-orders will start just after 12:01AM PDT in Canada (or 3:01AM EDT), and according to the Apple rep,...
Apple’s iPhone 5 Event Recap: What You Need to Know [VIDEO] STICKY
It was quite the morning today, with Apple announcing their next generation iPhone 5, alongside new iPods and a version of iTunes. Here's a roundup of our busy day and all the information you need to know in one place. Let's get started! Before the event: Word leaks the new smaller connector is called Lightning;...
Apple’s Music Social Network Ping to Terminate on Sept. 30th
Back in June AllThingsD noted Apple's failed music social network Ping would be eliminated in the next iTunes release, and looks like that has come true. If you load up iTunes on your Mac/PC and go to Ping, you'll be greeted with the following message: Ping will no longer be available as of September 30th....
Jony Ive Discusses The Design Work Put Into Apple’s Earpods
We told you earlier that Apple announced and released their new headphones "Earpods" to the public. Apple has never really made changes to the earbuds of their headphones and today that has changed. Apple has posted a video to their website explaining the design process and the reasoning for the release of Earpods. In a...
Apple’s iOS Feature Availability Page: Canada Goes 23 for 24
Apple has posted an iOS 6 Feature Availability page that denotes a list of countries where specific features are available in Maps, Siri, iTunes Store, Dictation and App Store: Some iOS 6 features are not currently available in every country. Choose a feature below to see if it’s supported in your country. Out of the...
Phil Schiller Explains Why the ‘Lightning’ Connector Exists and Lack of NFC on iPhone 5
In an interview with AllThingsD, Apple's Senior Vice President, Phil Schiller, explains why the new iPhone 5 has a smaller dock connector dubbed Lightning, the lack of NFC support and no wireless charging yet. Why There's No NFC Schiller noted “Passbook does the kinds of things customers need today,” and also works with merchant payment...
Rogers, Bell and Telus: iPhone 5 Pre-Orders on September 14th [Update]
With the announcement of the iPhone 5, Apple noted pre-orders would start on September 14th on Apple.com. They also confirmed Rogers, Telus, Bell, Fido, Koodo and Virgin would also be the LTE carriers in Canada for the new thinner and lighter iPhone. After contacting Rogers and Bell (Telus has yet to confirm), they confirmed iPhone...
Developers: iOS 6 GM Is Ready For Download
Alright developers, the keynote is over and the fun is about to begin. Apple has seeded iOS 6 Golden Master (GM) to the public just in these last few minutes. The version for the public will not be released until September 19th; this version allows developers to test their iOS applications on the final-build of iOS...
Apple Announces All New Re-designed iTunes For Mac & Windows
At today's media event, Apple has announced an all new, completely re-designed iTunes software for OS X and Windows users. As Apple claims, it is the world's most popular media player with over 200 million people using iTunes in the Cloud. With all the new enhancements introduced in the App Store on iOS 6, the iTunes desktop app...
Engadget Goes Hands-On With The iPhone 5 [UPDATED WITH VIDEO]
The iPhone 5 was announced earlier today and happens to be the largest upgrade since the iPhone 4. The rumours throughout the summer were literally spot-on if you compare our 'rumour roundup' to the actual device. After that long nearly two hour event, the media had a chance to go hands-on with the devices backstage. Engadget...
Apple Releases New 4-inch iPod Touch With 5 Color Options & More [Details, Specs & Prices]
Alongside the new iPhone 5, Apple has also unveiled a completely revamped 2012 iPod touch at today's media event, sporting a super-thin chassis with a 4-inch 1136 x 640 widescreen Retina display, a faster A5 processor, a 5 Megapixel iSight camera with LED flash and Panorama mode, a FaceTime HD camera, more powerful battery and the new Lightning...