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Wild card in Apple’s iPad release dates is FCC approval

It may be surprising to some that Apple would announce a new device before obtaining regulatory approval from the FCC to sell it, but they don't yet have that approval.
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Apple unveils the iPad

Today at the Yerba Buena center in San Francisco, Apple Inc. unveiled their latest mobile hardware device, the iPad.
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January 27th Apple Event Preview Part 1: The Tablet

Unless you've been living under a rock for the past few months, you are probably well aware that tomorrow, Wednesday January 27th, Apple is hosting one of its infamous "Events" and the centerpiece will be a tablet-like iDevice which was, coincidentally, just "confirmed" by the CEO of publisher McGraw-Hill on CNBC minutes before this post was sent to the presses.The big questions are, what will it be like? What sort of tech specs will be under the hood? Based on years of following the Tablet's development through our sources in Cupertino and backed up by grapevine consensus, here's what we're expecting at the heart of tomorrow's announcements.
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Apple quietly adds 3.33GHz quad-core Mac Pro to keep up with iMac, but fails to match value

Apple has, with little fanfare, added a 3.33GHz Core i7 Xeon 3500 (Bloomfield) option to its Mac Pro lineup for quad-core/single-chip models. Comments by the usual suspects in Cupertino have mirrored community speculation that this is a (weak) response to the new quad-core iMac clearly crushing the value equation of the Pro....but due to its dependence on costly Xeon-class chips, that equation has not changed.
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What’s next for iMac and Mac Pro?

With the recent introduction of long-awaited and -rumored iMacs featuring impressive new 16:9 displays as well as quad core Intel "Lynnfield" processors -- notably the high-end Core i7 model which offers stunning value that crushes virtually all competition, even outpacing the current Mac Pro lineup in many areas while costing half as much with a display included -- many readers have been curious what comes next for the Mac Pro. In this quick overview, soon to be followed by more detailed in-depth reports, we look at the future of both desktops.
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Apples tiny new server

Apple has released a server specific version of the Mac Mini, including an unlimited copy of Mac OS X Server, and slightly changed hardware that supports a 2nd internal hard drive.
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Apple cuts iPod prices in prelude to Event

In what appears to be a move to calibrate expectations for today's "Music Event," Apple has already announced price cuts to existing iPod models. This suggests that new offerings will be more expensive than some rumor-mongers had hoped, and that at least one or two new products might not be immediately available.
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Will the ‘iTablet’ run iPhone OS or Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard?

As "iTablet" (Macbook Touch? iPhone Cinema?) rumors have reached a fever pitch in recent days thanks to several disclosures and leaks by third parties privy to late-stage prototypes of the device, speculation has mounted as to which variant of OS X it will run -- will it be an iPhone (ARM CPU, iPhone OS) or a Mac (Intel processor, OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard)?
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Reader Q&A: What are Apple prototypes like?

From time to time, we select a few reader questions to answer as best we can, and today's comes from Kyle: "On your site, you often mention prototypes of Apple devices. I'm kind of curious how Apple works their prototype process. What do the prototype devices look like in the semi-finished state? Do they look like pieces of hardware slapped together by a sloppy DIYer or like the polished devices that we know Apple is famous for?"Read on for the answer
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What’s next for iPhone & other iDevices?

While we continue to wait for the next two major 2009 iDevice roll-outs -- an iPod Touch "S" with specs similar to the iPhone 3GS and an entirely new large-screen device often referred to as "iTablet" -- rumor and speculation about 2010 iDevices has already begun to ramp up with a vengeance. One of the rumors with the greatest backing evidence is that of 1080P HD video recording capabilities, followed closely by new, slightly larger iPhone/iPod Touch displays with higher resolutions.
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LIVE Coverage of the WWDC 2009 Keynote

Click through to the full article using the "More" link below for streaming updates from the WWDC 2009 Keynote address; coverage officially begins just before 10:00 AM PDT/1:00 PM EDT!
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WWDC Preview Part 3: iPod Touch, Other iDevices, One More Thing?

With time before today's WWDC Keynote growing short and breaking rumors of Steve Jobs' presence at the Moscone Center sending the grapevine into a frenzy, let's take a quick look at some of the less certain, but no less exciting, possibilities that we might see emerge into the light of day this morning (PDT)/afternoon (EDT) in San Francisco: new iPod Touch model(s), other iDevices ("iTablet"?!), and the ever-present potential for a completely unanticipated "One More Thing" -- potential that has just received a huge injection of probability if the Steve Jobs sightings at Moscone are what they appear to be.
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WWDC Preview Part 1: 2009 iPhones

This first in a series of previews of what we and the rumor-mill at large are expecting from next week's Apple World Wide Developer Conference (WWDC) focuses on the 2009 iPhones: yes, iPhones, multiple.
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Other iDevices may wait, 2009 iPhone will be announced at WWDC

There has been some debate in recent days as to whether all four (or more!) 2009 iDevices which have been hinted at with multiple references in the code of iPhone OS 3.0 as well as countless published rumor-mongering reports and our own conversations with sources, will actually be announced -- no less ship -- at the World Wide Developer Conference next month.There is plenty of room for debate on the larger question, but when it comes to at least two distinct 2009 iPhone models ($99 8GB entry-level and $199/$299 16/32GB high-end models?), Rumors is very confident that we'll be seeing them during the keynote address on June 8th.
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iPod Touch, other 2009 iDevices to include video camera?

Although predictions of timing (such as whether any new hardware at all will be announced, no less released, at WWDC next month -- or perhaps only the new iPhones and/or all-new iDevices such as the "iTablet" will ship then, leaving an updated iPod Touch release to wait until later in the summer) and features have begun to diverge wildly across the grapevine, one thing appears increasingly likely based on published speculation and our own source reports: the 2009 iDevice family could feature cameras with at least 3.2 megapixel photo resolution and up to 720P HD video across the entire lineup.
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