Steve Jobs, the iconic co-founder and former chief executive officer of Apple Inc., died on Wednesday after a years-long battle with a rare form of pancreatic cancer and other health issues. He was 56.
Tim Cook, Apple’s chief executive, unveiled the handset on Tuesday at an invitation-only event at the company’s Cupertino headquarters. The announcement marks the first time the 50-year-old CEO introduced a new product since Steve Jobs resigned in August.
Apple has officially announced the next iteration to the iPhone, the iPhone 4S. The device looks nothing different from its predecessors but it has a dual-core A5 CPU that said to be “2x as fast at CPU tasks” and a dual-core graphics chip that can be “7x faster than the previous iPhone”.
Gizmodo Brazil claims to have obtained images which show a cheaper iPhone (codenamed N90A) that will be introduced on Tuesday, the first major product launch under Tim Cook, who took over as CEO after Steve Jobs resigned in August.
Just like the web product, the mobile application includes Circles, your Stream, where you can see updates from contacts, and Huddle, for group messaging.
The new building, which could accommodate around 12,000 employees, is to be erected a few blocks from the Apple’s current headquarters, on land the company purchased from HP last November.
The guys over at NowhereElse have published a cool infographic that lists all of the popular rumors surrounding Apple’s fifth-generation of the iPhone.
Reports indicate that Apple is currently negotiating with music record companies to allow music buyers to download their songs as many times as they want to multiple Apple devices linked to a single iTunes account.