Apple to Upgrade to a 5G Gigabit Wi-Fi this 2012

According to reports from AppleInsider, the company is planning to integrate a support for the 802.11ac Wi-Fi this year. The 802.11n standard is capable to support a speed of 1 Gigabit per second. The change will be implemented on Apple’s Time Capsule, AirPort base stations, notebooks, Apple TV and mobile devices. Even no official words had been released, Broadcom, one of Apple’s component makers has showcased the chips compatible to the new standard at the recent CES 2012. The new standard, 802.11ac, features improved readability, more power efficient and better networking range.

Nissan Announces ‘Self-Healing’ iPhone Case

Nissan announces the Scratch Shield, a ‘self-healing’ iPhone case that promises to keep your valuable iOS smartphones blemish free.

Nissan Scratch Shield is a first of its kind iPhone case that uses the same innovation used on its self-healing automotive paint. It features a polyrotaxene based finish which has a chemical structure that reacts to change by restoring itself to its original form.

Nissan has already licensed the material to Japanese mobile carrier NTT DoCoMo and is planning to launch it commercially later this year.

iPad 3 To Have LTE, Quad-Core Processor and Retina Display

Apple’s production for its much awaited next generation iPad, the iPad 3 is said to be underway. According to Bloomberg, the iPad 3 has entered production and is slated to launch sometime in March, with full 4G LTE support, quad-core processor and a Retina display.

The report also reveals that Apple’s Asian manufacturing partners will be running at full capacity on February to reach production goals before its target launch date.

Apple Call Off iPhone 4S Sales in Beijing, Crowd Gets Furious

The iPhone 4S was launched in Beijing last October 14, 2011 and it was only on January 13, 2011 that it goes on sale. Over 300 customers gathered and encircled the Apple store in Beijing’s Sanlitun district in the hopes to score the latest Apple iPhone. According to news, the crowd was composed of workers as well as scalpers who aim to sell the smartphones at cheaper prices.

The Apple store was set to open at 7am but didn’t pusj through. Sometime around 7:15 am, a security guard announced that Apple is canceling the sales of the iPhone 4S for that day. Upon hearing the announcement, the irritated crowd turned wild and began throwing bag of eggs at the store’s interiors.

More 3G or 4G Capable Phones will be Sold this Year

Jake Saunders, vice president of ABI Research said that “As the festive cheer of the holiday season dies away, the mood among handset vendors remain quietly confident regarding 2012. The outlook will yield growth in the order of 8%, netting 1.67 billion handsets shipped worldwide by the end of 2012. Particularly notable is for the [...]

Apple to Open Outlets Inside Target this 2012

The aim of Apple’s move to expand its retail is to be able to reach even the small metro areas. These 25 Target stores were selected since these outlets cannot support a separate Apple Store.

Target is considered the second-largest discount retail chain in America with a total of 1752 outlets. On the other hand, Apple owns 359 retail stores worldwide which 245 are located in the US.

Apple already has Apple Shops in over 600 Best Buy stores. In the past, Apple had formed retail partnerships with Computer City, Office Max, Sears, Circuit City and CompUSA.

Italian Court Denies Samsung’s Appeal to have the iPhone 4s Blocked in Italy

The ongoing patent war between Samsung and Apple is still ongoing. This time, Apple seems to be winning. Samsung’s move to stop the iPhone 4s’ release in the Italian market has been denied by the country’s court. This just comes a month after France has similarly rejected their appeal to block the sales of newest iPhone model in their country.

So far, Apple has won in Australia and had the Samsung Galaxy Tab temporarily banned in the Oz market last year, although the Galaxy tab is now available in the market, following the High Court of Australia’s  decision to reject their earlier plea. This can be compared to Samsung’s denied appeals in France and Italy. Samsung’s recent loss in the Italian court is hardly a surprise.

Apple iTVs to be Launched in the Summer

Speculations are pointing that Apple is currently in the works of assembling the parts of a 32- and 37-inch iTV. These are television sets created by Apple which are connected to the Internet for live media streaming.

Taiwanese blog Digitimes was the first to reveal the news which they previously collected from sources working in Apple’s supply chains. The assembly of television components will begin in early January and the launch of iTV will happen in the summer. Reports mentioned that Samsung will produce the chip set while Sharp will manufacture the screen.

Apple’s first attempt into the television industry was with the first generation of Apple TV. These television sets allow users to store digital files on the device as well as provide some access to Internet content.

Steve Jobs Honored with a Posthumous Grammy Award

The late Apple founder Steve Jobs was given a posthumous Grammy award for his significant contribution in the music industry.

Google Voice on iPhone Adds Sprint Integration

Google Voice has released an update for their iOS app which enables iPhone users on Sprint to take full advantage of the Google Voice Integration feature.

The recent development is a result of Google’s partnership with Sprint which now allows users on the Sprint network to access Google Voice accounts from their iPhones, support for multi-recipient text messaging, multi-line text field to avoid splitting messages and dialing with support for single tap copying and pasting.