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• Unlock Your Off-Contract AT&T iPhone 5 For Free Using iTunes
• iPhone 5′s A6 Chip Faster Than Previously Reported; Clocked At 1.3GHz By New Version of Geekbench
• Here’s Why Apple Ditched Google Maps
• Apple Reportedly Ordering Carbon Fiber Parts For Mystery Product
• Samsung Galaxy S3 Ads Again Poke Fun at iPhone 5
• iPhone 5 A6 Processor Teardown Reveals Manual Layout Of Dual-Core CPU And 1GB RAM
• iPhone 5 Lightning Port Dynamically Assigns Pins For Reversible Use

Unlock Your Off-Contract AT&T iPhone 5 For Free Using iTunes Posted: 27 Sep 2012 01:14 AM PDT If you’ve bought an AT&T iPhone 5 without a contract then you’re probably aware that you can request AT&T to unlock it. Few weeks back, AT&T made it easier to unlock the iPhone by launching a new web form where customers can request for the unlock online. Continue reading →

iPhone 5′s A6 Chip Faster Than Previously Reported; Clocked At 1.3GHz By New Version of Geekbench Posted: 26 Sep 2012 10:58 PM PDT Early Geekbench benchmarks had revealed that Apple’s new iPhone 5 is powered by a 1.02 GHz ARMv7 processor with 1GB RAM. But it looks like iPhone 5′s A6 chip is much more powerful as it has been clocked at 1.3GHz by a new version of Geekbench 2 – an iOS benchmarking app, that hit the App Store today. Continue reading →

Here’s Why Apple Ditched Google Maps Posted: 26 Sep 2012 02:32 PM PDT We continue to receive information about the discussions between Apple and Google that ultimately resulted in Apple ditching the Google powered Maps app and launching its in-house developed Maps app, even though there was over a year to go for Google Maps contract. AllThingsD reports that “according to multiple sources familiar with Apple's thinking”, one of the key reasons Apple decided to launch its own Map app was disagreement over the voice-guided turn-by-turn navigation feature in Google powered Maps app. Continue reading →

Apple Reportedly Ordering Carbon Fiber Parts For Mystery Product Posted: 26 Sep 2012 01:12 PM PDT Japanese site – Macotokara reports that according to their sources, Apple and Foxconn are ordering parts for a mystery product from a Japanese company with expertise in carbon fiber materials. Continue reading →

Samsung Galaxy S3 Ads Again Poke Fun at iPhone 5 Posted: 26 Sep 2012 11:43 AM PDT Last week, Samsung had released a new Samsung Galaxy S3 ad which poked fun at iPhone 5. Samsung has released two new ads, which are quite similar to the first ad, Samsung claims that the “The next big thing is already here” and mocks Apple fans lining up outside an Apple store-like location for the new iPhone 5. Continue reading →

iPhone 5 A6 Processor Teardown Reveals Manual Layout Of Dual-Core CPU And 1GB RAM Posted: 26 Sep 2012 05:55 AM PDT iPhone 5′s A6 chip teardown by iFixit and Chipworks has already revealed that it comes with triple-core graphical processing unit (GPU). They’ve now confirmed that iPhone 5′s new A6 chip comes with dual-core CPU and 1GB RAM. Continue reading →

iPhone 5 Lightning Port Dynamically Assigns Pins For Reversible Use Posted: 26 Sep 2012 05:12 AM PDT Apple’s iPhone 5, 5th generation iPod touch and 7th generation iPod nano that were unveiled on Wednesday came with a new dock connector dubbed Lightning, which replaced the 30-pin dock connector that was first launched in 2003. We’ve already told you everything we knew about Apple’s new Lightning connector, but we didn’t know how it worked. Continue reading →

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