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Apple Inc. is working with component suppliers in Asia to test a new tablet computer with a smaller screen, people familiar with the situation said, as it looks to broaden its product pipeline amid intensifying competition and maintain its dominant market share. Officials at some of Apple's suppliers, who declined to be named, said the Cupertino, Calif.-based company has shown them screen designs for a new device with a screen size of around 8-inches, and said it is qualifying suppliers for... Read Full Story

China Times is reporting they have heard from supply chain sources that Apple has placed orders for iPad 3 Retina display panels with Samsung and LG. It has been rumored for quite sometime that Apple will be using IGZO LCD display panels from Sharp, but the China Times says that Apple has ordered 65 million Retina display panels for this year’s iPad manufacturing from Samsung and LG. This indicates that Apple aims to ship 65 million iPad 3 units this year brining the average monthly... Read Full Story

Verizon Wireless and AT&T Inc. will sell a version of the coming iPad that runs on their newest fourth-generation wireless networks, according to people familiar with the matter, as the battle to cash in on big investments in mobile broadband heats up. Apple Inc. appears to be planning to announce the latest version of its tablet computer in the first week of March, according to another person briefed on the matter. Whether other carriers will also sell the device couldn't be learned... Read Full Story

Samsung today announced their new Galaxy Tab 2 (7.0), a successor to the original 7-inch Galaxy Tab. The tablet has a 7-inch 1024 x 600 PLS LCD screen, dual core 1GHz processor, 1GB RAM, 3-megapixel back camera, VGA front camera, WiFi, Bluetooth and microSD card slot. The tablet measures 193.7 x 122.4 x 10.5 mm and weighs just 344 grams with 4,000 mAH battery. The most interesting feature of the Galaxy Tab 2 is the new Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich operating system, but Samsung will be... Read Full Story

In last two weeks many leaked images showing various components of upcoming iPad 3 have been posted by tech news websites. And now iLab Factory has gotten their hands on some of these components including the ultra high resolution Sharp LCD, the aluminum back panel and the dock connector. iLab Factory assembled these components together to see if they fit and they were as perfect match. The Sharp LCD display and screw alignment in the aluminum back panel lined up perfectly showing that the... Read Full Story

Apple reached 75% of profit share, nearly 40% of revenue share and 9% of units share. Apple and Samsung combined for about 91% of profits with RIM third at 3.7%, HTC fourth at 3.0% and Nokia last at 1.8% of a $15 billion total for the quarter. In terms of revenues, Apple had 39% to Samsung’s 25%. Third was Nokia with 12.6% and fourth RIM at 8%. HTC only managed 5.5%, Motorola 4%, LG 3.3% and Sony Ericsson 2.7%. Read Full Story

Pentax today announced new Pentax K-01 mirrorless interchangeable lens camera designed by Marc Newson, who is widely known for designing a wide range of objects from furniture and household products to bicycles, cars, aircraft and yachts. According to Pentax, along with the exterior design Marc Newson’s touch is also evident in a new smc PENTAX-DA 40mm F2.8 XS interchangeable lens. As the world's thinnest interchangeable lens, the new 40mm combines with the PENTAX K-01 camera body to... Read Full Story

In a follow-up to their previous report that iPad 3 launch event will be in February, Macotakara now says that the report was only half true. Basically Apple will have a February event but it won’t be an iPad event and the iPad event will be in March. According to Macotakara, February Apple event will be a “Strange” one and there will be no product announcement. Danbo posted on Macotakara: I reported that Apple was going to hold Special Event in early February according to Asian supplier... Read Full Story

Piper Jaffray’s analyst Gene Munster says that major TV component suppliers are in talks with Apple regarding various capabilities of their television display components. He believes that prototypes of Apple television are in works and Apple is targeting a late 2012 launch. Munster offered three scenarios that Apple could use to offer a unique TV experience: Apple could simply enable its television to manage a consumer's live TV service from within a unified interface much like TiVo does... Read Full Story

A source claiming to be in possession of an iPad 3 prototype provided BGR with images containing details about Apple’s highly anticipated third-generation tablet. From the data in the photos, which contain the output from an iPad 3 using a development and debug tool called iBoot, we can infer plenty of information about the upcoming iPad 3. For starters, the model numbers are J1 and J2 (iPad3,1 and iPad3,2), and while DigiTimes reported this a few weeks ago, these two models are not different... Read Full Story