Hardware

Apple plans thinner MacBook laptops on powerful Intel chips – Economic Times

SAN FRANCISCO: Apple is preparing a new lineup of thinner MacBook laptops running on more powerful Intel chips, people with knowledge of the plans said. Apple’s Mac sales are growing faster than the personal computer market, benefiting from the …

DAVID EINHORN: Here’s Why Apple Is Misunderstood, And Could Be Worth $1 Trillion – Yahoo Finance

So basically, people think of Apple as a hardware company and that’s how its still misunderstood. He also noted that the fact that SO MANY hedge funds own Apple is seen as a turnoff.

Apple to slim down, power up MacBooks – New Zealand Herald

Apple is preparing a new lineup of thinner MacBook laptops running on more powerful chips made by Intel, people with knowledge of the plans say. The MacBook Pro machines, to be unveiled at Apple’s annual developers conference starting on June … Continue reading

HTC-Apple fight delays launch of One X, EVO 4G LTE – Times of India

TAIPEI: US sales of two new smartphones from Taiwan’s HTC Corp will be delayed due to a patent dispute with Apple Inc, a fresh blow to the company as it tries to turn around declining sales in what was once … Continue reading

AMD’s CEO catches Intel’s wave of sleek laptops – Yahoo Finance

While AMD stakes out territory at the low end of the price range for ultrathin laptops, analysts believe Intel may have trouble persuading consumers to spend extra on Microsoft Windows-based computers that lack the Apple brand. “It ultimately …

Toshiba Bumps Canvio 3.0 External Drives To 1.5TB, Adds Mac Compatibility – Hot Hardware

Toshiba’s Canvio 3.0 and Canvio Basics 3.0 portable hard drives now offer up to 1.5TB of storage and also feature Mac compatibility on select models. The drives feature USB 3.0 connectivity for fast data transfer speeds. With the 1.5TB model … Continue reading

China Mobile chairman Xi Guohua says actively talking to Apple – Economic Times

HONG KONG: China Mobile, the world’s biggest carrier by subscribers and the only Chinese operator that does not officially carry the iPhone, is actively negotiating with Apple Inc on the issue, its chairman said on Wednesday. “We’ve been …

Flexible Displays Landing in 2012, But Not in Apple Gear – Wired News

The earliest iterations of flexible displays won’t be very bendy, and they won’t appear in Apple hardware as some news outlets have recently speculated. In early March, Samsung announced it would be mass-producing its flexible OLED displays …

Microsoft to charge customers $99 to remove OEM ‘crapware’ – ZDNet

Makes you realize why more and more people are buying Apple hardware. Will people be willing to pay Microsoft to remove the crapware that the OEMs install on new PCs? Microsoft thinks they will. For around two and a half … Continue reading

Apple readies iPhone with larger screen: Sources – Economic Times

TOKYO: Apple Inc plans to use a larger screen on the next-generation iPhone and has begun to place orders for the new displays from suppliers in South Korea and Japan, people familiar with the situation said on Wednesday. The new … Continue reading