http://www.appleinsider.com/ AppleInsider has been the leading source of insider news and rumors on Apple Computer since 1997. en-us Fri, 27 Nov 2009 17:23:07 -0500 http://images.appleinsider.com/images/toolbar_logo_textAI.gif http://www.appleinsider.com/ http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/11/24/rival_publishers_rumored_to_align_for_itunes_like_magazine_store/ Time Inc., Condé Nast and Hearst are rumored to be among a number of competing publishers that will come together and create an iTunes-style digital store for selling magazines on devices like Apple's... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/11/24/rival_publishers_rumored_to_align_for_itunes_like_magazine_store/ Tue, 24 Nov 2009 14:35:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/11/19/piper_apple_tablet_no_more_than_than_700_launch_timing_irrelevant/ Whether Apple's tablet launches in early or late 2010 is irrelevant, but a sale price of more than $700 could significantly reduce its potential sales, a new report has predicted. In a note issued ... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/11/19/piper_apple_tablet_no_more_than_than_700_launch_timing_irrelevant/ Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:25:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/11/19/major_publisher_preps_for_apple_tablet_as_delay_rumor_surfaces/ Magazine publisher Condé Nast plans to bring one of its top brands to Apple's still-unannounced tablet, which one report claims has been delayed, but will offer a pricey model with an OLED screen. ... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/11/19/major_publisher_preps_for_apple_tablet_as_delay_rumor_surfaces/ Thu, 19 Nov 2009 13:00:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/11/16/apple_tablet_speculation_high_end_graphics_several_models/ Amplifying the buzz for Apple's long-rumored tablet device, a new report suggests the hardware will include a high-end graphics card to produce a picture with "stunning resolution." In a roundup of... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/11/16/apple_tablet_speculation_high_end_graphics_several_models/ Mon, 16 Nov 2009 14:20:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/11/12/apple_looks_to_improve_pen_based_input_on_tablet_touchscreens/ Though Apple has shunned the stylus in favor of multi-touch on the iPhone and iPod touch, a new patent application suggests the company is investigating superior handwriting and input recognition via ... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/11/12/apple_looks_to_improve_pen_based_input_on_tablet_touchscreens/ Thu, 12 Nov 2009 13:50:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/10/30/apple_execs_not_enthusiastic_about_unattractive_online_print/ While rumors have suggested Apple is courting print publications to deliver content on its anticipated tablet device, company executives recently said they see problems with the current business model... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/10/30/apple_execs_not_enthusiastic_about_unattractive_online_print/ Fri, 30 Oct 2009 12:45:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/10/29/apple_engineers_ramp_up_overseas_trips_for_tablet_report/ Apple employees are reportedly taking numerous trips to manufacturing plants in China, including some scheduled during the upcoming holiday season, as the company's long-rumored tablet comes closer to... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/10/29/apple_engineers_ramp_up_overseas_trips_for_tablet_report/ Thu, 29 Oct 2009 12:10:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/10/27/apple_states_its_2009_holiday_lineup_is_set/ Any lingering hopes of new last-minute holiday hardware from Apple have been cast in doubt, as the Mac maker has reportedly confirmed that its holiday 2009 lineup is "set." In a recent conversation... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/10/27/apple_states_its_2009_holiday_lineup_is_set/ Tue, 27 Oct 2009 15:45:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/10/27/apple_pitches_tablet_as_e_reader_to_australian_media_report/ Apple has allegedly gone global in its efforts to attract publications to provide content for its long-rumored tablet device, as a new report suggests the hardware maker has been in discussions with t... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/10/27/apple_pitches_tablet_as_e_reader_to_australian_media_report/ Tue, 27 Oct 2009 12:35:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/10/26/study_suggests_600_mass_market_sweet_spot_for_apple_tablet/ While most Mac users would have no problem paying more than $600 for Apple's long-rumored tablet, most PC users would not consider hardware above that price, a new study suggests. In a survey of 75... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/10/26/study_suggests_600_mass_market_sweet_spot_for_apple_tablet/ Mon, 26 Oct 2009 16:55:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/10/21/latest_apple_tablet_speculation_covers_digital_comic_books/ In yet another sign that print content will play an important role in Apple's long-rumored tablet device, a new report suggests that a digital comic book distributor could be in on the action. In h... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/10/21/latest_apple_tablet_speculation_covers_digital_comic_books/ Wed, 21 Oct 2009 16:40:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/10/14/barnesnoble_e_reader_rumored_to_be_merging_of_kindle_iphone/ Book seller Barnes & Noble is expected to announce its own e-reader next week, and a new report states the device will sport both black-and-white e-ink and a multi-touch, iPhone-like color display. ... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/10/14/barnesnoble_e_reader_rumored_to_be_merging_of_kindle_iphone/ Wed, 14 Oct 2009 14:45:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/10/07/foxconn_rumored_to_manufacture_apple_tablet_for_q1_2010/ Foxconn, the Taiwan-based electronics manufacturer who has partnered with Apple on numerous products, is now rumored to have secured the production of Apple's anticipated tablet device. DigiTimes r... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/10/07/foxconn_rumored_to_manufacture_apple_tablet_for_q1_2010/ Wed, 07 Oct 2009 11:40:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/10/05/apple_looks_to_take_tablet_beyond_bathroom_web_browsing/ With its development reset by co-founder Steve Jobs numerous times, Apple's forthcoming tablet is a device that has been through many internal revisions that look to offer more than "surfing the Web i... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/10/05/apple_looks_to_take_tablet_beyond_bathroom_web_browsing/ Mon, 05 Oct 2009 11:40:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/10/02/publishers_eye_apples_tablet_schmidt_on_board_resignation/ Google CEO Eric Schmidt denied that a federal investigation prompted his resignation from the Apple Board of directors; and a consortium of magazine publishers hope to create their own store to sell c... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/10/02/publishers_eye_apples_tablet_schmidt_on_board_resignation/ Sat, 03 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/10/01/evidence_of_apples_tablet_like_input_interface_reappears/ In a new patent application revealed this week, Apple has again disclosed plans for a multi-touch surface that could accommodate two full hands and distinguish between palms and individual fingers for... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/10/01/evidence_of_apples_tablet_like_input_interface_reappears/ Thu, 01 Oct 2009 20:00:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/08/19/poor_bets_placed_on_apple_taking_dual_tablet_route_in_september/ Analysts and industry-watchers alike are constantly scraping the barrel for details on Apple's forthcoming tablet-based device but are consistently missing the mark, AppleInsider has been told. The... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/08/19/poor_bets_placed_on_apple_taking_dual_tablet_route_in_september/ Wed, 19 Aug 2009 13:55:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/07/26/apples_cocktail_may_spur_whole_album_sales_in_itunes/ Worried that their iTunes music sales are being reduced to nothing but single-song purchases, major music labels are now reported as working with Apple to bundle special apps with albums and rekindle ... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/07/26/apples_cocktail_may_spur_whole_album_sales_in_itunes/ Mon, 27 Jul 2009 03:35:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/07/24/apples_much_anticipated_tablet_device_coming_early_next_year/ Exclusive: After four years of meticulous development riddled with setbacks, Apple is now racing toward an early 2010 launch of a device that may see the electronics maker redefine the portable comput... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/07/24/apples_much_anticipated_tablet_device_coming_early_next_year/ Fri, 24 Jul 2009 15:55:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/05/22/apple_said_to_have_settled_on_supplier_for_tablet_display/ A brief report out of the Far East on Friday appears to be corroborating a trio of earlier reports in stating that Apple has tapped its current iPhone touchscreen supplier to also provide the display ... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/05/22/apple_said_to_have_settled_on_supplier_for_tablet_display/ Fri, 22 May 2009 12:50:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/05/21/apple_to_answer_netbook_market_with_500_700_tablet_report/ With a conventional netbook clearly out of the question, researchers for Piper Jaffray said Thursday there's mounting evidence to suggest Apple next year will introduce its own take on the market in t... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/05/21/apple_to_answer_netbook_market_with_500_700_tablet_report/ Thu, 21 May 2009 12:50:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/04/28/apple_rumored_in_talks_for_verizon_budget_phone_media_tablet/ The heat is stepping up for AT&T with word of negotiations to bring an Apple budget phone and a media tablet to Verizon, one of which may show its face within just a few months. Already rumored cha... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/04/28/apple_rumored_in_talks_for_verizon_budget_phone_media_tablet/ Tue, 28 Apr 2009 04:05:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/04/20/apple_begins_bidding_for_mac_netbook_manufacturing_contract/ Long-time Apple manufacturing partner Foxconn is amongst the frontrunners to receive a contract to build a Mac netbook, according to a new report. Building on earlier rumors, the Chinese-language C... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/04/20/apple_begins_bidding_for_mac_netbook_manufacturing_contract/ Mon, 20 Apr 2009 12:00:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/04/11/jobs_active_at_apple_still_working_on_tablet_sized_device/ Apple's co-founder Steve Jobs is still very much involved in his company's direction even as he recuperates at home -- and is said to be on track with a new portable device larger than the company's h... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/04/11/jobs_active_at_apple_still_working_on_tablet_sized_device/ Sat, 11 Apr 2009 14:45:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/03/11/apple_orders_10_inch_touchscreens_for_mystery_product/ Adding fuel to rumors of a so-called "netbook" under development inside Apple, Reuters is now citing its own sources in saying the touchscreens ordered by the company measure 10 inches diagonally. ... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/03/11/apple_orders_10_inch_touchscreens_for_mystery_product/ Wed, 11 Mar 2009 12:35:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/12/30/more_corroboration_of_tablet_device_brewing_at_apple/ Apple is indeed working on tablet-like device that may finally surface sometime next year according to a trio of sources who've been in touch with high-tech blog TechCrunch. The news should come as... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/12/30/more_corroboration_of_tablet_device_brewing_at_apple/ Wed, 31 Dec 2008 02:00:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/12/18/apple_finally_outed_as_mysterious_powervr_licensee/ New evidence that Apple is the mysterious licensee of Imagination Technologies Group's PowerVR mobile graphics technology broke today, when the company publicly announced that Apple has subscribed to ... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/12/18/apple_finally_outed_as_mysterious_powervr_licensee/ Thu, 18 Dec 2008 13:00:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/11/13/apple_pushing_for_patent_on_versatile_tablet_docking_station/ Apple continues to file for patents on a versatile docking station that would be ideal for a tablet computer larger than the iPhone and offer the option of charging the device through either metal con... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/11/13/apple_pushing_for_patent_on_versatile_tablet_docking_station/ Thu, 13 Nov 2008 14:00:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/10/22/apple_device_sized_between_iphone_macbook_detected_online/ Apple chief Steve Jobs' has dismissed any immediate plans to enter the netbook field, but a new discovery online points to a mystery device with a resolution in between its pocketable devices and its ... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/10/22/apple_device_sized_between_iphone_macbook_detected_online/ Wed, 22 Oct 2008 22:05:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/10/20/intel_shows_off_working_moorestown_mid_device/ Intel on Monday showed off a prototype handheld based on Moorestown, its upcoming Mobile Internet Device (MID) platform designed to enable a new generation of ultra-thin, touchscreen devices with exte... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/10/20/intel_shows_off_working_moorestown_mid_device/ Mon, 20 Oct 2008 14:00:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/09/04/apple_suspected_in_new_deal_for_powervr_graphics_in_multi_touch_devices/ Apple is believed to have extended a deal with Imagination Technologies that will see graphics cores from the chipmaker situated in future multi-touch devices for years to come. In a statement Thur... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/09/04/apple_suspected_in_new_deal_for_powervr_graphics_in_multi_touch_devices/ Thu, 04 Sep 2008 18:15:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/09/04/apple_looks_to_take_multi_touch_beyond_the_touch_screen/ With its competitors struggling to catch up with multi-touch technology introduced last year as part of the iPhone, Apple is already conceptualizing new versions of the technology that would fuse a va... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/09/04/apple_looks_to_take_multi_touch_beyond_the_touch_screen/ Thu, 04 Sep 2008 15:00:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/08/28/apple_details_next_gen_multi_touch_techniques_for_tablet_macs/ In a revised company filing discovered by AppleInsider, iPhone maker Apple Inc. illustrates a number of techniques that would pave the way for tablet Macs that display a near full-sized multi-touch ke... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/08/28/apple_details_next_gen_multi_touch_techniques_for_tablet_macs/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 14:10:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/08/13/apples_best_buy_play_makes_12m_iphones_very_conservative/ An agreement for Best Buy to start selling iPhones will help make already strong estimates for Apple's device sales seem all too modest, according to an investment note from Lehman Brothers. Analys... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/08/13/apples_best_buy_play_makes_12m_iphones_very_conservative/ Wed, 13 Aug 2008 23:10:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/07/24/intel_may_cater_to_apple_with_system_on_a_chip_dual_core_atom/ Intel's options for Apple and other customers interested in ultra-portable devices are about to expand thanks to the official launch of an all-in-one processor and a dual-core version of its Atom proc... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/07/24/intel_may_cater_to_apple_with_system_on_a_chip_dual_core_atom/ Thu, 24 Jul 2008 22:25:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/07/21/apple_plans_mystery_product_transition_before_septembers_end/ During his quarterly financial results call, Apple's chief financial officer Peter Oppenheimer revealed that the company will make a key "product transition" that cuts back on its profit margins to he... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/07/21/apple_plans_mystery_product_transition_before_septembers_end/ Mon, 21 Jul 2008 22:20:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/07/10/new_media_patent_filing_puts_apple_closer_to_touchscreen_macs/ A new patent filing by Apple illustrates the potential of future multi-touch Macs could allow a whole new suite of creative software, and even a whole desktop operating system, controlled simply throu... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/07/10/new_media_patent_filing_puts_apple_closer_to_touchscreen_macs/ Thu, 10 Jul 2008 22:50:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/07/03/new_apple_touch_patents_show_body_part_sensing_fingernail_input/ In what's considered the definitive overview of Apple's attempts to patent its multi-touch interface, a deluge of newly-public filings show Apple considering technology that hasn't yet been used in th... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/07/03/new_apple_touch_patents_show_body_part_sensing_fingernail_input/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 23:45:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/06/11/steve_jobs_its_time_we_design_our_own_iphone_and_ipod_chips/ The market potential for proprietary mobile processor designs from chip makers like Samsung Electronics and Intel Corp. were dealt a considerable blow earlier this week when Apple chief executive Stev... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/06/11/steve_jobs_its_time_we_design_our_own_iphone_and_ipod_chips/ Wed, 11 Jun 2008 14:00:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/06/05/larger_apple_multi_touch_devices_move_beyond_prototype_stage/ There's a 50-50 chance that Apple will introduce new form factor multi-touch devices at its developers conference next week, ushering the company into the ultra-mobile computing space, one Wall Street... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/06/05/larger_apple_multi_touch_devices_move_beyond_prototype_stage/ Thu, 05 Jun 2008 13:00:00 GMT