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iPhone 5 with 4-inch Display & NFC Ready for Trial Production?

Jeff Baker — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 12:34:57 +0000

About once a year Apple comes forth to update their products. Of course, that’s not all at once as the various announcements are spread across the year where CEO Steve Jobs usually takes center stage to make the announcement. Anyways, one of the more highly anticipated Apple updates revolves around the iPhone which remains one [...]

iPad Production Gets a Boost Thanks to New Foxconn Plant

Jeff Baker — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 16:19:05 +0000

Tech blogs were a buzz not too long ago over Foxconn – Apple’s main hardware manufacturer. Unfortunately, the buzz was not very good as it was regarding a string of Foxconn employee suicides that went down over at the Asian manufacturer. Luckily, thanks to salary boosts and other safety precautions things have managed to level [...]

Light Leakage To Be Blamed For iPhone 4 Delay?

Jeff Baker — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 09:06:58 +0000

When the iPhone 4 originally launched on June 24th it brought with it only the black version. However, Apple did tell us at the time of the device’s launch that the white iPhone 4 would not be seen until sometime later. Unfortunately for those anxiously awaiting the device, Apple pushed the device’s release date back [...]

Report on Foxconn employees is quite bleak

Mark Rollins — Thu, 20 May 2010 21:27:59 +0000

There has been a report on suicides at Foxconn, a company that helps build the Apple products that we are so dependent on. This caused Chinese newspaper Southern Weekly to send a reporter to check out the company that employs 400,000 employees. The results are not good. Several of the workers are standing all the [...]

iWonder Android tablet to be released to Chinese market, for $100!

Mark Rollins — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 20:00:21 +0000

Taiwanese contract manufacturer will debut a tablet in China known as the iWonder. You wonder what it does? Well, it has Android, for starters. The iWonder tablet was just demonstrated by Marvell, and it only costs $100. Seriously, it is that low? And how much does the iPad cost now? Source Related posts: Philips M600 [...]

WAPI iPhones Coming to China

Brian — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 18:00:55 +0000

Chinese-based iPhones are practically the same with the authentic Apple iPhone only that they don’t have WiFi capability. However Foxconn may change all that soon when they release their new WAPI phones (WAPI is Chinese for WiFI) which they have codenamed N88. Curiously, there is also a phone that has a codename of N90. While [...]

Apple tablet to have 10 inch Foxconn screen?

Brian — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 18:52:35 +0000

Foxconn, manufacturers of a ton of hardware for a ton of companies, including Apple, is rumored to be the chief manufacturer of components for the upcoming tablet. According to Chinese news outfit Digitimes, Foxconn’s screen division Innolux will supply Apple’s Tablet with a 10-inch screen. It is also rumored that Foxconn will provide “glass strengthening [...]

Apple tablet PC Rumors Surface Again: Foxconn to Make It

Chris — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 20:55:26 +0000

Did you miss not getting any Apple tablet rumors lately? Well don’t get mad, we have a fresh one for you! The word on the street is that Foxconn is the designated manufacturer of the tablet. Foxconn will make from 300,000 to 400,000 units in the first phase with more to follow. The tablet will [...]

Nokia ARM Smartbook Scheduled for 2010?

Chris — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 02:05:37 +0000

After we’ve seen the first Nokia netbook get launched earlier this week, we can certainly assume that Nokia will not stop here. In fact it looks like Nokia has big plans for the near future. After the Booklet 3G, the company is getting ready to launch an ARM-based smartbook sometime next year. We don’t have [...]

Apple’s Tablet computer coming in October for $800?

Jeff Baker — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 14:08:18 +0000

The rumormill has one again begun, this time hinting at a release date and price point for Apples much rumored “iTablet” . News comes to us from the China Times that says the Tablet will be shipping ot the public for $800 this October. Additionally, they have told us that Foxconn, Wintek and Dynapack will [...]