Archive for the ‘Rumors’ Category

Flash based Video IPod Could Shake Up Memory Market

Thursday, March 15th, 2007

A UBS analyst said today that indications point to Apple using a different type of memory in its next video iPod, a switch that would significantly affect suppliers Sandisk and Marvell.

UBS analyst Alex Guana said Apple could be working on 16GB and 32GB models of their video iPod that use NAND flash memory, as opposed to hard disk drives, or HDDs.  He explained in a client note that a NAND-based video iPod would help increase demand for the memory and drive up its value. Sandisk has been hurt recently by gluts in NAND inventory that sapped prices. Forbes

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Multiple patents from Microsoft point to a Zune Phone

Friday, March 2nd, 2007

zune phone
zune phoneMicrosoft has been dening the existence of a ZunePhone, but the buzz is that the phone will be launched some time this year. And if you take all the patents Microsoft’s filed lately and look at them through a ZunePhone lens, you’ll see that there’s even more evidence to prove that it’s coming.

Among the patents that Mad4Mobiles found are speech enhancement/filtering, an on-screen keyboard, capacitance touch slider, contact display, health monitoring, clamshell form factor, and remote control of playback on a remote device.

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Are Mac hardware releases coming for Q2, black iMac on the way

Friday, February 23rd, 2007

Black imac concept

MacScoop is promising some sweeping changes to Apple’s Mac lineup, including a black iMac, 8-core Mac Pro, ultraportable MacBook Pro and a 15-inch MacBook. MacScoop even suggests the Cinema Displays could be updated. After all, the last time we spotted MacScoop making hardware predictions, their “sources believed to be very reliable”. MacScoop

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