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In 2011 something happened and Apple broke the rules. Starting with 2005 every year we witnessed the launch of a new class of iPod. This happened until 2010, but then came the silence. It’s true that the latest iPod touch did not cause a frenzy like most Apple products do when they are released, but somehow the company is just not ready to renounce the line.

The recent chain of events proves that.Apparently a new set of leaked pictures proves that 2012 is going to be year when the iPod is going to come back. The bizarre thing is that the prototype appearing in the pictures seems to be sporting a 1.3 mega-pixel camera. We’re not the only ones who think this is sort of awkward.

Already we are hearing concerns being raised about this new attempt to revolutionize the world of the iPod:“It’s real, and it’s a two-month-old prototype that has big problems. It comes with an auto iris lens that can be affected by diffraction and blurring when the iris opening becomes too small in bright conditions. Ok, I gotta say it simply, it takes overexposed photo.”

Sources from within the factory have been coming forward and claiming that Apple has been having problems with lens aperture that it wants to insert in the iPod Nano. The issue is that the iris is not functioning properly, therefore making the low aperture unusable.

Even if some people see nothing good in Apple’s efforts related to the iPod, the company seems to bend towards actually launching the device somewhere this quarter or the next, once it can deal properly with the camera problems.


Source: modmyi via Apple.Pro

Apple seems to have always something up its sleeve. This time it’s Robin Burrowes, the former head of Xbox Live marketing in Europe. He has just switched sides and has officially joined Apple, at the command of the App Store and iTunes marketing division. The information was posted of Burrowes’ private LinkedIn profile.

Burrowes has been working at Microsoft for seven years now and he has been in charge of all products, business and marketing management of Xbox LIVE in Europe, Middle East and Africa. That’s a lot of work. No wonder the man, decided to call it quits.

Apple has been hiring game-oriented personnel recently, thus sketching out the company’s desire to focus on gaming more. Last year, Robert Saunders, who previously held the position of public relation chief at Nintendo jointed the Cupertino team, as well as Nick Grange, former Activision and Electronic Arts employee.Why is Apple taking the gaming path? Well because according to Flurry Analytics, iOS-based devices are becoming extremely popular in the world of gaming.

Back in 2009, Android and iOS based games combined accounted for 18% of all gaming software revenue. In 2010 it jumped to 34% and to 58% last year."Portable console gaming no longer has a practical place in the current landscape of casual flick, drag, and swipe games. There is no room for the 3DSes and Vitas of the world when all-in-one functionality is now more important than high-tech, gaming-focused mobile systems." seems to be the dogma at the moment.


Source: iMore

Shock news from Germany today that the Mannheim Regional Court has upheld Motorola’s claim that Apple has infringed a patent used for the synchronization of email accounts. 9to5 Mac reports that as a result of the ruling, Apple has been forced to remove 3G iPads, iPhone 3GSs, and iPhone 4s from its German online Apple Store. However, the iPhone 4S is still on sale, although it is not yet quite clear why it has escaped the cull, possibly because it is so new that it was not part of Motorola’s original filing? Or, 9to5 Mac points out, it could be because the iPhone 4S uses a Qualcomm chip, whereas the devices that have been removed use Infineon, so maybe that has something to do with it. Apple is understandably not happy with these events at all, and has even made a couple of rare statements on the ruling.


“Apple believes this old pager patent is invalid and we’re appealing the court’s decision,” Apple’s spokesman Alan Hely told Businessweek, backed up by another Apple statement to Paid Content in which it defiantly said that German customers can still buy the banned products in Apple’s German retail stores, or from an authorized reseller, before taking another swing at Motorola: “Apple is appealing this ruling because Motorola repeatedly refuses to license this patent to Apple on reasonable terms, despite having declared it an industry standard patent seven years ago.”

Update: The ban has now been lifted and Apple says the products are returning to the German Online Store. http://9to5mac.com/2012/02/03/that-w...us-of-patents/

Source: Apple forced to remove all 3G devices except iPhone 4S from German online Apple Store following Motorola victory | 9to5Mac | Apple Intelligence

Fantastic news for all you hardcore Mac gamers out there who bemoan the lack of shooters for the Mac – id Software (you know, the creators of a couple of little games called Doom and Quake!) is bringing RAGE: Campaign Edition to the Mac. The game is available to download from today from the Mac App Store, or from Aspyr’s own store, and comes courtesy of Bethesda Softworks in partnership with Aspyr Media.

“Aspyr has been a great partner, bringing id Software’s games to the Mac platform for years,” said Todd Hollenshead, President of id Software. “We’ve worked closely with them again to offer the amazing graphics and intense combat that RAGE is famous for to Mac gamers.”

Developed by id, RAGE features intense first-person shooter action, breakneck vehicle combat, a massive world to explore, and breathtaking graphics courtesy of id’s revolutionary id Tech 5 technology. The game is set in the near future after an asteroid impacts Earth, with the player emerging into a vast wasteland to discover humanity working to rebuild itself against such undesirables as bandit gangs, mutants and much more. And that’s where you come in, taking on the low-lifes with an arsenal of exotic weapons and special items, such as Wingsticks, personal turrets, sentry bots, and remote-controlled bomb cars as you play through the game’s full and unaltered single-player campaign. The Mac version also includes bonus equipment formerly exclusive to the RAGE Anarchy Edition, including a Double Barrel Shotgun, the Rat Rod Buggy, Fists of RAGE and Crimson Elite Armor. You’ll also have access to the Wasteland Sewers Missions, which feature additional gameplay and looting opportunities.

Source: Aspyr

Absinthe, the untethered jailbreak software for the iPad and iPhone 4S got an update this week that brought along compatibility with Mac OS X Leopard and some necessary bug fixes. But if your device is already jailbroken into and filled up with yummy green Absinthe, there’s no need to do it all over again.

Users previously encountered some database issues, while using the Absinth, experiencing screen errors and white icon errors. If the previous version of the jailbreak did not work for you, try again with this version.Here’s what you get with the update:

• Mac: added support for OSX 10.5, PPC and Intel CPU
• Added consistency check on startup to make sure required files are in place
• Windows: fixed bug in payload generator that might cause a crash

If you don’t know how to use Absinthe on your iPhone 4S or iPad 2 here’s a few tips for you:

- go to the official site and download Absinthe for Mac OS X or Windows
- connect your iDevice (iPhone 4S or iPad) to a computer
- click on Absinthe icon to launch and click “Jailbreak” to enable the device to run the jailbreak. Wait until it is done.
- When the installation is finished, you can see the Absinthe icon on your home screen. Tap on it to run Greenpois0n and then download Cydia.


If you happen to receive a message like this “Error connection to the database establishing” after trying to launch Absinthe, don’t worry, it’s probably due to the excessive pressure imposed on the servers of the Chronic Dev-Team. In a few days everything will go back to normal.


Source: iMore