“According to various web sites, a key driving force for the reports has been information coming from Asian component suppliers,” Levine reports. “Taiwan-based Pegatron Technology, for instance, is reportedly preparing for mass production of a CDMA iPhone in December. It would be intended for both Verizon Wireless and China Telecom, and is projected to launch at January’s Consumer Electronics Show, where Verizon’s CEO is scheduled to give the keynote address.”
“Reportedly, a new Apple TV will be based on an upcoming AMD processor, Fusion, which marries a CPU and a GPU into a single package,” Levine reports. “The new model is expected to be released next year, with production ramping up in December, and will offer cloud-based, high-definition video and audio streaming. According to these reports, the new Apple TV is expected to be based on the iPhone’s success, with a similar user interface, support for social-networking sites and Apple’s App Store, and incorporation of the same or a similar iPhone iOS operating system.”
Levine reports, “Of course, no crop of Apple rumors would be complete these days without speculation about a new kind of iPad. In fact, there are reports of at least two variations on the popular tablet device — a 9.7-inch iPad with an ARM Cortex A9-based processor instead of the current custom A4, and a smaller iPad with a seven-inch screen.”
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Why would Apple make a 7 inch ipad? Is the current one too large? I mean what is the point of a smaller screen and less battery life. If you want a small screen get an iPod touch or an iPhone.
Producerjames:
An enterprise size Task Pad?
Verizon Iphone, maybe but IPad will stick to a yearly upgrade model.
See, we can all make up fun rumors.
With the new Google-Verizon deal, I say F*** them both. I will keep my AT&T-based iPhone 3GS.
I am hoping for an updated iPad in October just in time for the holidays; simply because I want one and I need one with more than 64 GB of storage.
It also would be a great way for Apple to create an insurmountable lead in tablets. There will be a tablet from everyone start the new year.
“…AMD processor, Fusion, which marries a CPU and a GPU into a single package,”
Fusion, is not its name, it is the next-generation of processor design and the first family of processors developed in a collaborative effort btwn AMD and ATI, which consists of quad-, Tri-, and Dual-core processors.
I’m spreading the rumor that TV 3.0 will come equipped with <a href=”http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/cpu/display/20100716235326_AMD_Delays_Roll_Out_of_Llano_Processor_Due_to_Process_Tech_Issues.html”>Llano<.a>, a native quad-core CPU die with a GPU core on the same package, including a dual channel DDR3-1600 memory controller, an integrated PCIe 2.0 controller, and 1MB of L2 cache per core.
Llano
@ Producerjames
I think a 7-inch iPad that is a bit lighter and has the same resolution (1024×768) squeezed into a smaller screen, would be a nice option. From the developer’s perspective, it would be the same model as the current size iPad and would not cause any platform “fragmentation.”
But it’s not going to happen until the one-year point, or “early 2011.” I think it will be late March or early April, depending on whether Apple wants the initial big week of “new iPad” revenue to fall into the March quarter or the June quarter.
I’d be willing to bet the iPhone would go to Sprint and tmobile before it ever goes to verizon.
Unless steve has no beef with verizon.. but it makes sense to ship it over to tmobile before anyone else since its just a sim.
Buh bye Android. Buh bye Windows. And now buh bye Playstation, XBox and Wii?
I think I’d rather have a Sprint iPhone. No way Verizon gets my business with their policies and reputation for crappy customer service.
It actually might be a good time to get back on AT&T if only because of the lightened load they are likely to benefit from as people they’ve pissed off jump ship to Verizon.
A smaller iPad maybe, but not without an A4 or later chip in it. This sounds like pure speculation.
Theres no way in hell Apple spent all that time and money on the A4, just to ditch it for an ARM processor. That would be beyond lame.
I think the verizon us myth. If apple is smart they would stay away from them considering these BS net neutrality proposals they are making with google. I believe those two are content with apple not playing with them.
The A4 is based on an ARM Cortex A8, I see no reason why an A5 would not be built around the A9.
I’ve been saying since face time came out that there would be an iPad version 1.5 that would include the front facing camera that was apparently removed from version 1 at the last minute. I don’t think anything else would be different, though, except for the extreme buyers remorse of the early adopters.
I would LOVE a Sprint iPhone! That means Verizon WILL be announcing the iPhone and Sprint will be left in the cold. Of course it would since I have unlimited data with Sprint and save over $100.00 with Sprint over AT&T or Verizon!
Verizon can go to hell…
AT&T and T-Mobile.
The end.
A smaller iPad would be cool. Nothing is wrong with the larger iPad, but Apple needs to branch out with a few models. I would buy 2 smaller iPads in a heartbeat for my kids.
I just don’t see a Verizon iPhone. Several have pointed out that if they are producing one, it’s more than likely for China Telecom. By the way Verizon has acted toward the iPhone, it seems like they have placed all of their bets on Android.
@littleman:I have an iPad-don’t want a camera on it, don’t need it and would feel no remorse if one was released.
Did everyone forget about AT&T exclusivity agreement not due to expire until 2012?
@nekogami13,
About the exclusivity agreement, those who anathema to it will not believe it despite real evidence. It’s kinda like evolution and President Obama’s birth certificate.
@jay, why do you “need more than 64 gb”?
Rumors floated just to slow Apple’s sales
Yes and no. The phone is a quad-band GSM phone which means it will operate on cellular networks in most countries including South Africa, but the problem is that the iPhone will only work with AT&T (formerly Cingular).
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Apple will NEVER make a smaller iPad. It would be a disaster for the developers! Having to redesign your apps to work on less screen would be a disaster. Thus the reason that apple doesn’t have multiple models of the iPhone.