Apple's iPad Mini will be uber-thin

Apple's upcoming iPad Mini is expected to feature "GF Ditto" (GF2) touchscreen technology, enabling the tablet to be both ultra thin and super light. According to KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, Cupertino will be the first company in the world to commercialize and mass produce GF Ditto tech. As AppleInsider's Neil Hughes points out, the method is a definite improvem ...

As a US jury prepares to deliver its verdict in the high-profile patent case between Apple and Samsung, a South Korean court has determined that they've both been copying each other's products. The Seoul Central Court has imposed a sales ban on several devices as a result: Apple's Iphone 3GS, Iphone 4 and the original Ipad and Ipad 2 tablets, along with Samsung's Galaxy S and Galaxy S2 smartphones, the Gala ...

A slew of alleged iPad mini components have tipped up online in recent days, inspiring some fans to render mockups of an uber-thin, iPod touch-inspired device that could launch this Fall in time for the lucrative holiday season. One of the most interesting iPad mini mockups was designed by iMore, which depicts the same depth - 7.2mm - as the current iPod touch, measurements which are obviously significantly ...

Apple quietly licensed certain design patents to Microsoft, it's been revealed as part of its patent case against Samsung. According to the company's patent licensing director Boris Teksler, Microsoft licensed Iphone and Ipad design patents from Apple as part of a gentleman's agreement that Microsoft wouldn't copy Apple devices too closely. "There was no right with respect to these design patents to build c ...

AMD has confirmed the hire of CPU master Jim Keller, a high-level chip architect who previously worked at Apple designing custom ARM-based processors for the iPad and iPhone. Keller is expected to lead AMD's x86 microprocessor design efforts, with a focus on developing both high-performance and low-power processor cores. Apple CPU master returns to AMD

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Apple says it's fixed a bug that's been causing some apps downloaded from its store to crash as soon as they're launched. The problem was first highlighted by Instapaper creator Marco Arment after he was deluged with emails from disgruntled customers, but affects dozens of other apps too. "While in theory Apple's servers must be ready to distribute the new app binary by the time they start sending update no ...

Apple's lost the battle over its 'slide to unlock' patent in the UK, with a High Court judge ruling that it's invalid. He reached the same conclusion about two others, one relating to multi-touch and the other to a multilingual keyboard, and ruled that HTC wasn't infringing on a photo management patent also named in the suit. Slide-to-unlock, he said, was an 'obvious' development, given the presence of a si ...

As expected, Apple's launching its own mapping solution with iOS 6, ditching Google Maps in the process. Also new in the iOS 6 preview, now available in beta to developers, is an increased focus on Facebook. This includes Facebook integration for Contacts and Calendar, with the ability to post directly from Notification Center, Siri and Facebook-enabled apps like Photos, Safari and Maps. Shared Photo Stream ...

An industry analyst believes Apple's long-awaited television will launch in the fourth quarter of 2012. According to Peter Misek of Jefferies, the new device could be called the iPanel, and would be "far more" than just a standard TV. Apple's iPanel is far more than a TVAs such, says Misek, iPanel is a more appropriate description compared to iTV, as the latter term implies a set with limited capabilities. ...

Chinese firm Proview, which claims it owns the iPad name in the country, has taken its case to the US by filing a suit in a California court. Proview claims that Apple acted deceptively in buying the trademark, creating a new company - IP Application Development, or IPAD - to carry out the transaction and disguise Apple's involvement. Proview claims that IPAD promised not to compete with it. It accuses Appl ...