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Apple releases iOS 5.1 Beta 3 - Updates Baseband Again, 3G Toggle is Back
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We've been tracking and updating our iPhone 4S' to each beta of iOS 5.1, and today Apple has pushed out an OTA version of iOS 5.1 Beta 3 (build 9B5141a). The update changes baseband firmware on the 4S to 1.5.04 (from 1.4.00 in iOS 5.1 Beta 2) and also reintroduces the 3G toggle on our AT&T iPhone 4S. This is a very welcome and timely change especially considering that AT&T WCDMA is almost unusable in Las Vegas, making EDGE sometimes the only way to stay connected.
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Apple's head Tim Cook given stock options worth $376 million, the largest CEO package in a decade
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Apple has given its current CEO Tim Cook a gigantic retainer package in the form of restricted stock options to vest in 2016 and 2021, says today's proxy filing. The package has been worth north of $376 million based on the August 24 closing price of Apple's shares, when the options were granted.
This way the CEO has every incentive to nurture Apple's stock price for the foreseeable future, and the package may one day be worth over a billion, if Apple continues to shatter its sales records all the way to 2016, when half of the options can be converted.
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iPhone turns five today: a smartphone launch worth remembering
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It's been said that Apple has managed to "steal" every CES for the past five years, and without a doubt, it all started on January 9th, 2007. In a day that'll live on in Engadget lore as being one of the zaniest, most overwhelming 24 hours in our history, we can fondly recall shipping Ryan Block a few hours northwest from the halls of the Las Vegas Convention Center to the MacWorld Expo to cover what would go down as one of Apple's most memorable keynotes. What happened after that is evident to just about anyone who has even heard of a mobile phone, with Apple's singular smartphone (yes, the iPhone) going on to but pressure on the likes of Microsoft, RIM and even Google. In fact, we're wonde...
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Microsoft eyeing Xbox LIVE gaming on iOS and Android
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Microsoft is looking to extend Xbox LIVE to iOS and potentially Android and other platforms, according to a new job listing at the company, extending the company’s gaming reach beyond its current Windows Phone focus. The posting, spotted by LiveSide, calls for a software development engineer to ”define, design and implement Xbox LIVE mobile experiences on Windows Phone, iOS and other platforms” with the potential for location-based gaming, social networking-enabled titles and more.
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ActiveVideo Network's CloudTV H5 links up with Siri, brings voice control to set-top boxes
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So you ignored the same old design and moderately bumped specs, plunked down your plastic and picked up an iPhone 4S -- presumably on the allure of Siri. Well, that bodiless, digital lady helper's about to work her concierge magic on your cable TV. ActiveVideo Networks plans to demo an implementation of its CloudTV H5 apps platform -- including iVOD, amongst others -- to bring voice navigation to living rooms via your set-top box. After routing a user's requests over a cellular network, the company's servers do the heavy lifting and deliver the intended content and search results all supposedly in the time it would take to use a remote control. We'll be sure to get some up close and personal...
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Apple iPad 3 to arrive in March, followed by iPad 4 in October to fend off the Windows 8 slates
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Those talkative "component supplier" sources that are always feeding ideas to Digitimes, are rearing their heads again with the grand scoop that Apple will be outing iPad 3 in March, followed by an iPad 4 in October, which, if true, will shorten the upgrade cycle to half a year.
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Symbian still the most widespread mobile OS in 2011, Apple surges with the iPhone 4S
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StatCounter has released its January-December 2011 data, and the results come as no surprise to someone who follows with unbiased eye the world's smartphone market. Symbian, it turns out, is still the most popular mobile OS worldwide, installed on 33.46% of devices, while iOS surged to second place, according to StatCounter, thanks to the breathtaking sales of the iPhone 4S at the end of the year.
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iOS 5.1 beta hints at quad-cores for next-gen iPhone and iPad
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Thanks to a reference code found inside the beta version of iOS 5.1 it appears as though the next generation versions of both the iPhone and the iPad could be replacing their dual-core processors with quad-cores.
It is believed that the core references Apple uses begins with the number 0 and therefore the single-core processors found in previous iOS devices were referred to as /cores/core.0.
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Dream team of iOS developers working on A5 jailbreak
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If we’re ever going to get an A5 jaibreak, it’s going to be now. After working for months and making great progress, pod2g has assembled a dream team of iOS developers to help him finish the jailbreak for A5 devices like the iPad 2 and iPhone 4S.
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iPhone 4S owners use twice as much data as those on iPhone 4
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iPhone 4S owners go through double the amount of mobile data as people on the iPhone 4, according to network firm Arieso. The obvious place to point the finger is Siri, as Bloomberg has done, with the voice recognition software being the biggest differentiator of the newer device. It was previously reported, however, that Siri didn't eat up all that much data, so we're not so sure. Arieso's research reveals that a tiny one percent of all users are responsible for half of all downloaded data, and we'd expect those people to also be among the earliest adopters of new hardware. Whatever the cause, it seems inevitable that carriers will continue to seek ways to cut down on burgeoning ...
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Apple Insider Announces Problems with HDTVs
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Everyone is really hoping that Apple will release their first HDTV this year. But if Apple is not satisfied with their product it will never be released. Today, an anonymous Apple employee tipped the news that Apple has been having “problems” securing the deals they want in order to provide the content they want to give the consumers. The tip helps confirm that Apple is developing their own set of HDTVs, but doesn’t help tell when these sets will be unveiled to the public. The other major tip this worker gave was that one of the TVs measures 50 inches, diagonally, which is bigger than previously predicted.
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Samsung's attempted iPhone 4S block in Italy denied, already missed its French connection
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Last October, Samsung made a new attack in its ongoing patent war with Apple, filing motions to block sales of the iPhone 4S in both France and Italy, alleging infringements of patents relating to WCDMA standards for 3G-enabled devices. About a month ago the French motion was denied and now we're learning that an Judge Marina Tavassi of the Italian Tribunale di Milano has said "negato" as well. What's next? We hear Brazil is lovely this time of year...
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Siri Doubles The Data Use of iPhone Owners
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Maybe you love Siri. Maybe you don't. Either way, you probably want to know that, if you rock an iPhone 4S, you're probably using twice the data of someone with a humble iPhone 4.
Bloomberg reports that the voice recognition software prompts users of the newer phone to use double the data of those stuck with its predecessor.
Admittedly, Siri hasn't been around all that long, so this could be a result of the software's novelty factor. Asking it if it's pro-life, using it to find hookers. You know, the usual. Or, it could be nothing to do with Siri — but there's little else to separate the two phones, so let's roll with the theory.
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Apple patents suggest Thunderbolt coming to iOS devices
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The United States Patent and Trademark Office recently published three Thunderbolt related patents that suggest Apple may have plans to build Intel’s Thunderbolt connections into its iOS devices. As Patently Apple points out, Apple may build its own cabling technology that gives it exclusive rights to how Thunderbolt technology might be built into portable devices. Thunderbolt ports would allow for faster data transfers on the iPad, iPhone and iPod touch, as well as shorter charging times. One of Apple’s more revealing patents describes stronger Thunderbolt cables that could handle greater amounts of data more efficiently and without overheating. Apple says in its patent that the Thunderbolt...
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Apple iPhone 4S users consume twice as much data as the iPhone 4
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According to a study done by a company known as Arieso, users of the Apple iPhone 4S consume twice as much data as the Apple iPhone 4 which is more than likely the case thanks to the data hog known as Siri.
In addition to doubling up the data usage by the iPhone 4, the iPhone 4S is also surpassing data used by the Apple iPad. Arieso says that the spike in data usage is due to the increasing use of online based services such as the previously mentioned Siri. For the sake of comparison iPhone 4 users consumed 1.6x the amount of data as the iPhone 3G.
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