Posts by pats

Seems like a perfect fit for Apple's datacenters. SSD has much faster speed and low power consumption.

Gazoobee Then maybe you should buy a stylus like this http://adonit.net/jot/touch/ Here's a news flash, there are a number of 3rd party stylus for the iPad.

The panel was rumored to use a PET based film touch layer with the lamination down by TPK. Double sided ITO (DITO) on film to replace one layer of glass. We still don't know the backplane could be A-Si, LTPS or IGZO. The power...

Quote: Originally Posted by Neruda These are NOT Samsung's chips. These are chips designed/owned/created by Apple and manufactured by Samsung. Big difference. Apple, therefore, can have any other manufacturer make these chips for them,...

Interesting time as we move from circuit switched to packets for the mobile networks and as the carriers continue to argue how they will do SMS & MMS for LTE as well as basic voice, Apple has a solution for IOS waiting in the wings. ...

Quote: Originally Posted by EgisCodr I guess you guys don't realize that the Tegra 2 is last year's chip. You are comparing the A5 to a chip from 2010. The next chip will be out in products in June. Code-named Kal-El, it is the first...

Quote: Originally Posted by Doxxic I wonder if mobile device makers are improving battery life by underclocking the chip when the battery nears running out? Would not be a bad idea, but it might make first impressions of a device not...

Quote: Originally Posted by solipsism I didn’t disregard the larger display rumours. For starters, I didn’t see that mentioned in the article so I didn’t see how it would be relevant. Secondly, the only rumours I’ve seen on that have...

Quote: Originally Posted by solipsism Historically speaking I think it’s likely Apple will use the same fab across the line. However, there are some issues with that rational when we consider the current iPhone 4 design and assume that...

Quote: Originally Posted by melgross I've been wondering that as well. The new 2 core chips are said to use, on average, less power than the single core chips of the current generation. how much of a difference isn't specified, but I...