Hardware 
Steve Jobs Originally Planned iPad With Intel Inside, Biography Says – PC Magazine
Although Apple gets chips for its entire Mac lineup from Intel, Steve Jobs had issues with the company, Walter Isaacson reveals in his biography of the former Apple CEO. Jobs thought Intel was a company that was slow to adapt, … Continue reading
Sprint, Apple said to be cooking up iPhone 4S 3G speed fix – CNET News
There, users have been complaining of slow 3G speeds and posting photos of speed tests, including ones showing differing handsets to suggest the problem is limited to Apple’s recently launched iPhone 4S hardware. The Next Web today points to an … Continue reading
MacBook Pro Line Gets Spec Bump; New CPUs & GPUs – Toms Hardware
Apple has ever so quietly rolled out an update that gives its MacBook Pro line a nice boost. The tech world might be buzzing about the release of Walter Isaacson’s Steve Jobs biography, but Apple is carrying on, business as … Continue reading
Yes, Google "Stole" From Apple, And That’s A Good Thing – Forbes
Similarly, I don’t think there’s been any allegations that Samsung’s hardware was built by slavishly copying the implementation details of Apple hardware. On the other hand, if we define the term broadly, Google and Samsung clearly did …
Apple iPad Was Supposed to Be Intel Atom Based – Book. – Xbitlabs.com
The most popular media tablet nowadays, the Apple iPad, was originally supposed to be powered by one of Intel’s low-power Atom microprocessor and not an ARM-based system-on-chip. Nonetheless, Apple’s top executives convinced Steve Jobs that ARM was a …
Apple Effort to Develop TV Is Said to Be Led By ITunes Creator Jeff Robbin – Bloomberg
Unlike that approach, Apple would be building both the hardware and the software. Apple rose 3.3 percent to $405.77 at the close in New York yesterday. The shares have climbed 26 percent this year. Robbin, the software engineer helping lead … Continue reading
Apple improves MacBook Pro line without increasing prices – Thetech Herald
If you’re one of those PC owners who battles the draw of the ‘dark side’ where the temptation of Apple hardware is concerned, the following is only going to make matters worse. Image: Apple. Specifically, Cupertino-based gadgetry giant Apple Inc. … Continue reading
Apple’s Cash Pile: Making You Pay More for ‘Insanity’ – International Business Times
That’s unusual because Cupertino, Calif.-based Apple sells hardware, software and services. Here’s why: Apple’s gross margin keeps growing and growing. For the year ended Sept. 24, the company’s gross margin rose to 42.8 percent from 39.37 …
Report: iTunes Creator’s New Project is Apple LCD TV – DailyTech
DailyTech earlier this year offered information from a definitive source which indicated that Apple Inc. (AAPL) was eyeing a move into the LCD television business. At the time we had talked to an ex-Apple executive who had boasted of the … Continue reading
Apple’s Jobs Said Avoid ‘What Would Steve Do?’: Tech – BusinessWeek
While most technology companies focus on software or hardware or services, Apple does all three, plus retailing. Jobs kept this complex dance working through a startup-style organizational structure. Apple had no separate business units.
