I wouldnt care if they had any sort of links or sources etc, but basically he says....
LG have this new screen, apple could use it....
I could post on a blog, america has this new rail gun, iran could use it and it would have about as much truth as this post.
RBC expects new MacBooks in late Q2, next-gen iPhone in Sept., Oct. - Apple Insider
RBC Capital Markets expressed belief on Tuesday that Apple will revamp its MacBook portables later this quarter and release a new iPhone in September or October.
In a note to investors, analyst Amit Daryanani issued predictions that largely echoed prevailing expectations for Apple's near-term plans. Both the suggested June release of new MacBooks and the fall launch of the iPhone fit with reports from other analysts and news outlets.
The investment bank reiterated its Outperform rating and a $700 price target for shares of Apple. The firm believes the Cupertino, Calif., company stock could hit $700 within the next 6-12 months, citing new MacBooks, an upcoming iPhone and a potential "iTV" connected television as catalysts. He also pointed to projected sustained momentum for sales of the new iPad through the "June quarter and beyond" as another factor that will support Apple's growth.
Daryanani highlighted the iPhone as the company's "flagship product" and noted that sales of the device represented 43 percent of Apple's revenue in fiscal 2011. The high margins that the company enjoys with the iPhone should prop up its gross margins if the smartphone continues to grow market share.
RBC cautioned that Apple's apparent two-year design cycle could cause "increased seasonality" as consumers catch on to it and hold off on purchases. For instance, the company saw just 21 percent growth in iPhone shipments year over year in the fourth quarter of 2011, compared to 91 percent growth in Q4 2010.
"In our view, a redesigned version of the iPhone every two years will likely result in higher unit sales relative to the iPhone S versions as carrier contracts last roughly 2 years and consumers have historically been attracted to the new design concepts created by Apple," he wrote.
The analyst believes the next-generation iPhone will come equipped with "the latest 4G/LTE technology" that will likely be paired with redesigned look. He expects Apple to make the device available during the "late summer/early fall time frame."
Last year, RBC analyst Mike Abramsky narrowly misjudged the iPhone 4S release. He told investors last August that Apple was likely to release its new iPhone in the September quarter, rather than in October as other reports had suggested.
Ahead of a new iPhone, RBC expects a MacBook Pro update to arrive as early as next month. The analyst also mentioned the likelihood of an "updated version" of the MacBook Air in the next 6 months.
Apple is believed to have been waiting for Intel to ramp up its new generation of Ivy Bridge processors before releasing new MacBook Pros. The last major revision to the product line came in February 2011, though the notebooks did get a modest speed boost last October.
Of the company's Mac offerings, RBC is "most impressed" by Apple's MacBook Air line, Daryanani noted. The firm believes the entire Mac lineup will grow 10-15 percent on an annual basis, though it expects portables to continue to outsell their desktop counterparts. His current projections for fiscal 20123 are 24.2 million Mac units, comprised of 5.4 million desktops and 13.9 million portables.
As for a possible Apple television, the analyst said that such a device would make "strategic sense" for the company as it could help increase the "stickiness" of other Apple products. Standout features that the firm expects the "iTV" to have include Siri voice control, a multi-function remote, Retina Display, FaceTime and "seamless syncing" with other services and products.
Samsung, LG and Sony would represent the main incumbents that Apple would compete against in the television market, according to the analyst. He did, however, express concern that adding a TV to its product lineup might "act as a drag" on Apple's margins. The firm believes Apple's margins for a connected TV could be as low as 15 percent.
Modeling for the first 12 months after release of the rumored television, RBC expects Apple will sell 10 million units over the period, amounting to an estimated $15 billion in revenue and $1.77 in earnings per share.
T-Mobile picks Ericsson, Nokia Siemens for network - Yahoo Finance
NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- T-Mobile USA on Tuesday said that Nokia Siemens Networks and LM Ericsson AB will supply the network equipment for its new wireless broadband network, a project worth $4 billion.
T-Mobile is commissioning a "4G LTE" network, the same technology used by Verizon Wireless and AT&T Inc. for their high-speed networks. It will use, in part, radio frequencies handed over by AT&T after the bigger company backed off its deal to buy T-Mobile due to opposition from federal regulators.
In addition to handing over spectrum licenses, AT&T gave T-Mobile $3 billion in cash, which will help finance the upgrade. T-Mobile plans to have the network live next year, covering 75 percent of the 25 largest cities.
Sweden's Ericsson is one of the main suppliers for the LTE networks of Verizon Wireless, AT&T and Sprint Nextel Corp., along with Alcatel-Lucent SA of France.
For Nokia Siemens Networks, a joint venture of Finland's Nokia Corp. and Siemens AG of Germany, the T-Mobile order represents a new chance to get into the U.S. market for network equipment. It got a $7 billion order from Harbinger Capital, a hedge fund, to build a network for its startup, LightSquared, but that project appears moribund because regulators concluded it would have interfered with GPS navigation.
T-Mobile USA is making the announcement on the first day of CTIA Wireless, the U.S. cellphone industry trade show, in New Orleans. The company is the fourth-largest wireless carrier in the U.S., with 33.2 million devices on its network. It's a subsidiary of Deutsche Telekom AG of Germany.
T-Mobile to extend 4G coverage - Budapest Business Journal
Tuesday, May 29, 2012, 6:25 PM CET
T-Mobile Hungary plans to extend the service coverage of its 4G Long Term Evolution (LTE) network to suburban parts of Budapest and smaller towns around the country this summer, Magyar Telekom said at the weekend.
The 4G network, launched in January, now provides outdoor population coverage of 90% of the capital, while indoor coverage is 73%. Before the launch of the program, the network had a 40% coverage rate in Budapest.
By the end of June the carrier hopes to increase its LTE footprint to the areas of Göd, Fót, Szentendre, Nagykovácsi, Tököl, Diósd, Csömör, Taksony, Piliscsaba, Üllő, Gyömrő, Sződliget, Mogyoród in the vicinity of Budapest. The towns of Szombathely, Debrecen, Kecskemét, Győr, Siófok and Keszthely and Hévíz will also be served at the same date.
Alongside its 4G rollout, T-Mobile Hungary is also continuing efforts to boost its 3G/HSPA coverage which currently stands at 474 towns and cities, equivalent to 75% of the Hungarian population.
How I Got T-Mobile To Give Me More Data For Less Money - Consumerist.com
I had a breakthrough with T-Mobile yesterday that I thought your readers might like to hear about. It's a months-long saga, so I'll try to distill it down to the fundamentals, though this leaves out much of the suffering.The Problem:
After I reached my 2GB data cap, my data speed didn't just slow down- the internet, and any online apps, stopped working completely. I spent hours talking to tech agents and customer service reps to no avail. A Tech supervisor did tell me that the problem was on T-Mobile's end, not mine. She lifted the cap to 5GB for the remainder of the month, telling me I would not be charged for it. Of course, I was billed for it. The customer service (apparently a call center in South Asia) was deplorable, reading scripted faux-polite answers that rarely responded in any way to what I was saying. I was put on hold and transferred over and over again. I got disconnect twice, and on three separate occasions I was promised a call back that I never received.
The Resolution:
After wading through a customer service rep and a supervisor yesterday, I was transferred to the Customer Loyalty Department and spoke to an account specialist, [A]. I Iisted my complaints- retail store failed to tell me there was a cheaper plan (I saw on their website that they were offering prepaid plans with 5GB of data for $10 less than my plan), my internet connection would not work, the customer service was wanting, and I was billed for that which I did not owe.
After some discussion, she offered to raise the data cap to 5GB for no extra cost. I said that I'd accept that, but that it did not assuage my concerns about T-Mobile's abusive treatment of longtime customers. She then also offered to give me a $10 discount off my bill every month for the next two years.
So, essentially I was able to switch to the terms of the cheaper plan without having to pay an early termination fee, which I think was reasonable. It still doesn't make up for their bureaucratic cruelty, and I intend to put up whatever recordings I have on youtube and link to them on facebook.
The Moneyshot:
Here are the main takeaways for tortured T-Mobile clients-
1. Ask to talk to a supervisor immediately. Don't even bother telling regular reps the problem. They didn't do anything for me in any of my calls, but the supervisors were more competent and accommodating.
2. Get them to transfer you to an account specialist at the Loyalty department. The rep here did infinitely more for me in 15 minutes than all the other people to whom i spoke did combined,
3. Have a clear explanation of your issue ready, and express it calmly and firmly without any personal malice towards the person you're speaking to.
4. Have some fun with the phone call. Most of the reps will be totally unresponsive. But getting angry only makes you stressed out and does nothing to advance your cause. Instead, I prefer to make a game out of it to educe the absurdity of their position. "You say it's not possible for you to terminate my contract. Do mean this literally or are you just speaking euphemistically. I mean, if I died from a horrible disease and my weeping mother called and asked you to stopped sending bills because my rotting corpse could no longer use the phone... you COULD go into your computer at that point and push a button that would terminate my contract, right? You wouldn't keep billing me even after the leprosy had won the battle would you?"
iPhone 5 with Thunderbolt and price tags - Phones Review
We are currently seeing a number of desirable new smartphones being released or in the pipeline, but one of the most anticipated releases this year will be the next iPhone model from Apple, and as usual we have seen a number of rumours that have hinted at what new features the device will bring, and now an iPhone 5 featuring Thunderbolt technology is being suggested could be a game changer.
While there are a number of handsets being released this year with some nice new features none could be said are truly ground breaking, but according to a report on Cnet an iPhone 5 with a Thunderbolt port could really change things in the smartphone world. We have already heard about the numerous rumours tipping the device to feature a larger display but having a Thunderbolt port is a rumour that hasn’t gained that much attention so far.
Any device that uses the technology is treated to data transfers that are much quicker, and the connection can simultaneously interface with DisplayPort and PCI Express cards, which means it can be used to connect PCs to external displays and HD quality video capture hardware. At the moment the trouble is no one else is using Thunderbolt, and there are limited devices that can connect to Apple hardware that uses the technology.
If Apple were to launch an iPhone that was compatible with Thunderbolt we would then see millions of handsets using the technology, along with a number of third party accessories being launched, which in turn will see the possibility of other big name PC manufacturers jumping onboard. If other handsets also adopted Thunderbolt we could finally see a unified connection for all handsets and peripherals in the future.
Apple would need to find some technical solutions to make this happen though, as the Thunderbolt controller chip that is currently found in MacBooks is too big to be placed in a slim and stylish smartphone. There would also be the need for a cable or an adapter for use with USB ports so not to isolate the handset from existing equipment used by many devices already found in people’s homes and offices.
Meanwhile even though the iPhone 5 may bring a number of new features to the iPhone stable, PopHearld are reporting at least one analyst believes carriers in the US may offer the device at the same $199.99 entry level price tag for the 16GB model. Gene Munster of Piper Jaffray is tipping the iPhone 5 to be the biggest product launch of 2012, and believes the price will remain basically the same.
Carriers in the US are allegedly not allowed to offer cheaper prices for the iPhone because of their contracts with Apple, and recent suggestions have stated that iPhone models will use the same pricing levels for the next 18 to 24 months, as subsides made up $19 billion of Apple’s revenue during 2011. Wireless networks will use data plan prices to try and keep ahead of the competition with the iPhone, and if as expected the iPhone 5 features LTE, analysts believe Verizon will have a slight edge because of its wider LTE coverage.
Rivals such as Sprint do have attractive LTE data plans to tempt consumers, with Sprint currently having unlimited data plans for the iPhone, and AT&T and Verizon both having tiered data plans. Apple is seeing increased competition from high-end Android smartphones and the Windows Phone platform, so increasing prices by much may not be on the cards even though many Apple fans will pay whatever it costs to get the next model of the iPhone.
iPhone 5 rumour rollup for the week ending May 27 - Australian PC World
Perhaps iPhone 5 should be called iPhone 3.999, the finely calculated diagonal measurement of what many in the iOSphere believe is the new, bigger, better display of the next iPhone.
Also this week: tiny pictures of new parts show big differences, even if now one knows what they are; a confusion of dates; and the Tribute Phone.
You read it here second.
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"The authenticity of all of the parts has yet to be confirmed, but past history suggests that these components are frequently genuine parts leaked from Apple's supply chain." -- Eric Slivka, MacRumors, on why unconfirmed "leaked" parts nevertheless can be trusted to show us something about iPhone 5, even though no one knows what that something actually is.
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Apple testing two or more iPhone 5 designs, with 3.999-inch screen "Apple is testing multiple next-generation iPhones, and we have independently heard that at least one of these devices sports a brand new display," declares 9to5Mac.
IONAPPLE: iPhone display rumors galore
It's unclear what 9to5Mac means by "independently heard." "Dependently heard" makes more sense, since they're depending on at least one person or perhaps on another rumor site for the assertions. But needless to say, there's not a hint of who the source might be. Electricpig charitably if unjustifiably assumes in its headline that 9to5Mac has a "secret source," and later, with even more charity and even less justification, assumes it's a "secret insider."
Apple is testing "a few next-generation iPhone candidates," 9to5Mac claims. Two of these candidates have "a larger display," specifically 3.999 inches diagonally. "Apple will not just increase the size of the display and leave the current resolution, but will actually be adding pixels to the display," according to the website.
9to5Mac doesn't reference The Verge post several weeks ago that laid all this out, but here it is, one of the rare iPhone 5 blog posts that was genuinely speculative. The Verge post explains that by changing the iPhone's aspect ratio from the current 3:2 to 9:5, Apple could create an iPhone with a significantly larger screen area but keep the same overall phone dimensions. The screen would have the same width, 1.84 inches, but would be longer 3.49 inches compared to the current 2.91. Importantly, that change would preserve Apple's Retina Display pixel density.
One difference between The Verge and 9to5Mac is that the former speculated that the new vertical pixel total is 1152 and the latter asserts that it's 1136. John Gruber, at Daring Fireball, thinks the 1136 number makes more sense: His calculations show 1136x640 pixels would be "one pixel away" from a 16:9 aspect ratio.
"We've also heard that Apple will be taking full advantage of their new pixels," announces 9to5Mac, as though this would be a change from Apple's lax past practice of letting all those pixels go to waste.
"Apple is currently testing builds of iOS 6 that are custom-built to the new iPhone's display. These builds include a tweaked home screen with a fifth row of icons (besides the stationary app dock) and extended application user interfaces that offer views of more content," according to 9to5Mac.
They seem to be suggesting that iPhone 5 would have a unique version of the iOS firmware, which seems unlikely, to put it mildly. Rollup assumes iOS would have code to detect that it's being installed on a bigger-screened iPhone and then make whatever adjustments the UI would require.
In a separate post related to the possible pixel/aspect ratio change, Gruber says it would add some work and complexity for developers, but Apple could have an option for minimizing that. "iPhone apps are already expected to be at least somewhat flexible in height," he explains. "In short, 'windows' on iOS resize like windows on a Mac. Except instead of the user being able to resize the window in both dimensions to any arbitrary size, on iOS 'windows' are expected to resize only in one dimension."
If, as some expect, Apple introduces iOS 6 at its upcoming Worldwide Developers Conference, it could encourage developers to be flexible "by changing the way notification banners are displayed," Gruber says. Currently, these banners "are shown one at a time, and cover the content of the underlying app." If Apple adopts something like WebOS format, then the banners would "stack" on the screen, and the app shrinks to fit the remaining space.
"If Apple introduced something like this in iOS 6, they could encourage iOS developers to adopt the recommended APIs to be responsive to changes in available vertical screen space," Gruber speculates. "For now, they could pitch this in the context of shrinking screen space in response to on-screen notification banners, but, come October, apps that do the right thing would automatically be responsive to, say, a new device with 176 more pixels."
Whatever 9to5Mac "independently heard," it apparently didn't hear much in the way of details about all these test units floating around. The post says nothing about the screen size of the other units, or in what ways the two 3.999-inch units are otherwise alike or different.
"Leaked" iPhone 5 parts show "distinct" but incomprehensible differences MacRumors published pictures, obtained from a source who has a "supplier," purportedly of the Next iPhone's home button flex cable and front and rear cameras.
Rollup gets a thrill just reading the words "flex cable."
"The photos are extremely small," notes MacRumors, with masterful understatement, "but at a minimum the home button flex cable and front camera assembly show distinct differences from their iPhone 4S counterparts, although they may end up being functionally indistinguishable from the user's perspective."
One waits eagerly but in vain for any explanation or even speculation about what these distinct differences actually mean.
"The rear camera appears very similar to modules used in the last several generations of the iPhone, although it is lacking an associated LED flash," MacRumors observes.
"The authenticity of all of the parts has yet to be confirmed, but past history suggests that these components are frequently genuine parts leaked from Apple's supply chain," MacRumors concludes confidently. If they believe that, perhaps they'd be willing to buy this next-generation iPhone prototype that Rollup discovered recently in a local ale house.
iPhone 5 will be available in September for sure. Unless it's October. Barron's Tiernan Ray notes that two stock analysts agree that the Next iPhone will be available in fall 2012, but they differ on the month.
Cowen & Co.'s Matthew Hoffman "writes that following meetings at the CTIA Wireless trade show two weeks ago, 'we strongly believe the next iPhone is on target for a September launch,' rather than coming out in October."
The issue is whether iPhone 5 will be available in quantity for all or part of Apple's fiscal Q1, which ends in December. Hoffman picks September for a "geographically limited iPhone '5' launch late in the quarter, with a full quarter of channel fill into F1Q13."
Piper Jaffray's Gene Munster writes that "we remain comfortable with an October iPhone 5 launch." Reports that Qualcomm's cellular chip may be in limited supply for smartphones, including the next iPhone, don't bother either analyst: Both predict that Apple would be given favorable treatment in any shortage.
For what it's worth, Hoffman projects Apple will sell 170.2 million iPhone units in fiscal 2013, up from 150.2 million previously; 2013 revenues of $199.5 billion, up from $187.1 billion previously, and EPS of $54 per share, up from $49.50 previously. Munster: 179 million iPhone units for 2013, revenue of $194.3 billion, and EPS of $50.27.
iPhone 5 will have "multi-point camera focusing system" Talk about "wow."
The reason for this is the fact that Apple was recently awarded a patent for a multi-point camera focusing system, as noted by AppleInsider.
According to the website, the MPCFS patent "describes a system that lets the user of a camera-equipped device select two or more areas of focus on a touchscreen which, when a picture is taken, are passed through a dedicated image processor to produce optimal sharpness and exposure for both regions."
"[T]he patent calls for an image processor that continuously tracks the user-defined "regions of interest" in a combination of live image processing and auto-focus technology similar to that found in the iPhone 4S," AppleInsider notes. "Unlike the current handset, however, the focus will not be limited to center-weighting or face-detection and will in theory choose the best mix of camera settings to achieve the highest possible clarity in the multiple selected areas."
With that, the iOSphere was off and drawing the obvious conclusion: This patent is about to be realized in the iPhone 5.
"iPhone 5 Camera To Blow HTC One X Away With Multi-Point Touch Focus, Suggests Patent" proclaimed the headline at MotoringCrunch.com.
"We already leaped a large step forward with the new camera found on the iPhone 4S, and the reworked optics on the iPhone 5 are guaranteed to give you the chance to capture images that nobody has been able to capture previously using a smartphone," MotoringCrunch declares enthusiastically. "It is still unknown whether this technology will be used in the iPhone 5 but the competition Apple faces in the smartphone market gives it a high probability."
Way high, we're sure.
Make iPhone 5 the "Steve Jobs tribute phone" Picking up on "reports of late Apple CEO and co-founder Steve Jobs putting in his two-cents on the design of the rumored iPhone 5," Andrew Dodson posted at iPhoneTouch.Blorge that "Apple needs to take advantage of that."
"And I don't mean that by some kind of sick, 'let's make money off our dead CEO' mentality," he snarls. "I think Apple needs to pay their final respects to Jobs through the last device that he had an opinion and offered direction about. Apple needs to release a limited edition Steve Jobs iPhone 5 in October at a premium price that true Apple fans would buy into. Include some kind of silhouette of Jobs on the back of its (hopefully metal) back and include a short, motivational quote from Jobs. Maybe, 'Here's to the crazy ones; Feb. 1955 -- Oct. 2011.'"
He even suggests using the "amazing graphic created by Jonathan Mak Long."
There's nothing new in this. "Paying tribute to people or causes isn't new to Apple," Dodson writes. "In 2004, Apple released the U2 limited edition iPod, which featured signatures of the entire band."
"So why not offer a Steve Jobs iPhone? The iPod pushed Apple into the spotlight, but it was the iPhone that pushed it -- and continues to push it -- into dominance," says Dodson. "Pay tribute to one of the world's greatest innovators of all time and give fans the 'Steve Jobs Tribute iPhone 5.'"
That does sound so much better than "Let's make money off our dead CEO."
John Cox covers wireless networking and mobile computing for Network World. Twitter: @johnwcoxnww Email: john_cox@nww.comBlog RSS feed: http://www.networkworld.com/community/blog/2989/feed
Is This The Back Of The New iPhone? - TrustedReviews
Updated: 29/05/12
- New pictures have just turned up showing even more detail. This one looks convincing folks!
With the Samsung Galaxy S3 now available to all sundry, all talk is turning to the next big phone launch, the new iPhone. While much of the rumours have been pretty unconvincing, we may just have seen the first big leak of the launch.
More on the iPhone 5
Pictures purporting to show the new iPhone (or iPhone 5) have been sent to Apple news specialists 9to5Mac.com. The images show a number of elements that tie-in with the various rumours we've been hearing about Apple's next handset, and generally they just look downright convincing. The site that provided the images sells spare parts for Apple products and they report that the original image appeared in a new catalogue sent from a Chinese parts supplier known to have manufactured Apple components in the past. All of which suggests this is genuine.
This new pictures have us almost convinced this IS the iPhone 5, and nice it looks too.
The original image that turned up (below) shows a part that includes the back face and sides of the next iPhone. This had some convincing elements, such as the smaller slot for the dock connector, with the extra space to either side apparently being used for larger speakers. It also seemed to show the headphone jack having moved to the bottom.
The original image that cropped up.
Small dock slot, larger speakers, bottom mounted headphone jack - is this the new iPhone 5?
Now these further images show all these elements in much more detail. In addition the new images show a white and silver version, and make clearer that they sport a brushed back of some sort (finally and end to the slippiest phone back on earth?). A shot of the new screen confirms that it will also sport a home button, that the screen is taller but remains the same width and that the front facing camera now sits above the earpiece.
Also a microSIM slot is shown, which suggests the next iPhone won't sport Apple's controversial nanoSIM.
Further images are available at 9to5mac.com
But what are your thoughts? Convinced by the new images? Happy with the new look? Let us know your thoughts.
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