A low - cost iPhone 4 may or may not be on the way , but a Microsoft retail store unquestionably is make out — I can palpate it in my bones . Elsewhere , an Apple patent filing may moult some lightness on an underappreciated part of the company ’s design , and one particular set of folks have no love for the iPad . The remainders for Thursday , July 28 , 2011 are rolling back terms all over the place .
Leaked Photos of Low Cost iPhone 4 Prototype(MacRumors )
We ’ve heard mess of rumour about the forthcoming next - coevals iPhone — too many , really — so rent ’s transfer gears : One Vietnamese online meeting place — the same one that last yr got ahold of an iPhone 4 prototype and an iPod tactual sensation with a camera — claim to have obtained pictures of a unexampled , low - cost iPhone 4 prototype . The exemplar appear to have a matte charge card back rather of drinking glass and is run “ a special version of Io 4 with Expose - like multitasking . ” But does ithave an air conditioner ?
Microsoft Store coming to Seattle(Facebook )
Construction on a Microsoft Store is underway in Seattle ’s University Village . Which , asElectronista points out , also happens to be home toan Apple Store . I just hope someone commemorate the inevitable Sharks vs. super C face - off .
This is the tool Apple is using to cut out its logo on gadgets(9 to 5 Mac )
Ever marvel how that Apple logo on your Mac , iPhone , or iPad expect so smooth ? Well , according to a patent unearthed by 9 to 5 Mac , a special tool may be responsible . The gimmick in query purportedly allow the cutting of shapes without the cost that might be incur by optical maser or milling machines . Well , lasers , at least you ’ll always havethe megalomaniacal villain marketcornered .
IPads ca n’t supervene upon laptops for Japanese salarymen(SFGate )
As popular as the iPad is here in the U.S. , it does n’t quite seem to have catch on for Japanese businessmen , who still long for their laptops when they require to enroll data or crunch numbers . Personally , I moot my iPad ’s inability to adequately habituate a spreadsheet a feature . I call it “ saving me from spreadsheets . ”
Product News :
Sidekick 4.0 – sex appeal ( formerly Centrix.ca ) has rebranded and update their location - establish configurations app , Sidekick ( formerly known as NetworkLocation ) to adaptation 4.0 . The program permit your Mac perform a variety of options depending on its current location , including changing your default printer , adjusting your loudness , change your screen background background knowledge , and much more . $ 29 .
Hipmunk 1.1.3 – The late update to the flight search app for iOS now tells you what flight have Wi - Fi onboard . Free .
