Posts by retroneo

Quote: Originally Posted by tylersdad  Maybe the new chip is an ANT+ receiver. How cool would that be? The 3GS and later (including 4S) receive ANT+ using Apple's custom firmware driving the Broadcom WiFi SDR...

No NFC antenna leaks yet.... :-(

Quote: Originally Posted by charlituna    As I understand it NFC has multiple versions and until that is settled I don't really see Apple jumping in. Particularly since Apple being a US company is very US...

LaCie owns 11.17% of Loewe. Perhaps Seagate buying LaCie somehow became a rumour of Apple buying Loewe.    LaCie invests in Loewe

Apple's is by far the largest at 12.3 x 8.8mm - not much smaller than today's 12 x 15mm Micro SIM. Nokia's 10 x 8mm is the smallest, so why not go for it? Nokia's point is that 12.3mm is too close to 12mm. Someone trying to put a nano...

Quote: Originally Posted by SolipsismX For example, Apple has been using a WiFi/BT/FM radio chip for years but never enabled the FM radio. They allow introduced the iPhone 4 as a penta-band phone to the FCC but never activated the 5th...

Quote: Originally Posted by mstone Isn't it a little late in the cycle to be reviewing potential hardware components. I would have thought they would be testing prototypes by now. These are power amplifiers and filters, there are many...

Quote: Originally Posted by Lun_Esex Band 4 is 1700 Mhz AWS used in the U.S. by T-Mobile Band 4 is used by AT&T, Telus and Bell for LTE. Apple curiously calls it 2100 instead of AWS in the iPad specs. Very disappointed there's...

Turn Voice Dialling off. If you leave VD on, it will start dialling people if you hold down the home button even if it is locked and in standby.

Quote: Originally Posted by dish But doesn't comparing a magnet lock to a proximity sensor lock seem like comparing a steam engine to an electric motor? Proximity sensors like flywheels are sexy. If apple was making these devices in...