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  • Apple Testing iPhone For T-Mobile With A5 Processor

    // Gradly // Apple, blog, Gadgets, iPhone, News, Rants & Raves, Rumors No Responses

    A bunch of photos surfaced recently by BGR shows an unreleased white iPhone 4 device running on T-Mobile USA network. It looks like an iPhone 4, although, the proximity sensor looks different than the one shown in the final white iPhone 4 that’s been already sold in the UK. The device is running an old and internal test version of iOS 4, confirmed by the several Apple internal and field-testing applications like Radar and Apple Connect or the preference panels to measure the performances of the device.

    That’s right, you’re looking at photos of an iPhone prototype with T-Mobile USA 3G bands. The actual internal model is N94, and if you remember, the Verizon model is N92 while the standard GSM variant is N90. We have verified that the phone itself is running a test version of Apple’s iOS, much like the one we saw in those videos from Vietnam, and it includes internal Apple test apps like Radar and Apple’s employee directory app. Additionally, the front of the white iPhone pictured looks a little different from the photos of the retail white iPhone 4 that surfaced recently — specifically, the proximity sensor has changed on the retail version.

    The model number of this iPhone 4 is N94, its related to the A5 chip — which is implemented on the iPad 2. Remember that there is the prototype iPhone with an A5 processor that game developers are using to prepare their iPhone 5 apps. That sounds a lot like this phone. The only question now is if that is a prototype ’4S’ or ’5′.

  • PSN Outage Due to ‘External Intrusion’

    // Gradly // blog, Consoles, Games, News, PS3, Sony 1 Response

    Following to Users being unable to sign on or greeted with PSN Error Message 80710A06 when trying to log in to PSN, Sony was investigating the cause of the outages, which began late last night. No word on whether or not this outage is related to the same outage occurrences from earlier this month that was likely spurred on by the hacker group known as Anonymous.

    Sony tonight issued a statement saying the PlayStation Network outage is due to an “external intrusion” but did not clarify beyond that. A timetable for when PSN will be up and running again was also not provided.

    Hacker group Anonymous said today they are not claiming responsibility for this particular outage, however.

    The statement in full from Senior Director of Corporate Communications Patrick Seybold can be read below:

    An external intrusion on our system has affected our PlayStation Network and Qriocity services. In order to conduct a thorough investigation and to verify the smooth and secure operation of our network services going forward, we turned off PlayStation Network & Qriocity services on the evening of Wednesday, April 20th.

    Providing quality entertainment services to our customers and partners is our utmost priority. We are doing all we can to resolve this situation quickly, and we once again thank you for your patience. We will continue to update you promptly as we have additional information to share.

    [via: ign]

  • iPhone 5 to Feature 3.7-inch Screen, Larger Capacitive Home Button, Tapered Design?

    // Gradly // Apple, blog, Gadgets, iPhone, Rants & Raves, Rumors, Tech. 1 Response

    Apple may be prototyping an iPhone 5 with a tapered design, a larger 3.7-inch screen and a gesture-sensitive Home Button.

    This is according to the ex-Engadget crew at the new “This my Next” website, who whipped up the mockup above to illustrate the various rumors they’re hearing.

    • New design: Apple is testing several prototypes and one of the leading candidates for the iPhone 5 is thinner than the current iPhone 4 and looks “more like the iPod touch.” It has a teardrop shape – thinner at the bottom than the top, like the new MacBook Air.
    • Gesture-sensitive Home Button: The Home Button will be bigger and will understand a gestures. “Our sources say that gestures are definitely coming in a future version of iOS,” says
    • Larger screen: the screen will go up to 3.7-inches, not 4-inches as rumored. It will keep the current resolution, dropping pixel density goes from 326 to 312, but will still be a Retina Display (it’s still above 300ppi).
    • No Bezel: Screen will be edge-to-edge, occupying the entire front of the iPhone. That means no bezel (or almost no bezel).
    • Hidden earpiece & mouthpiece: The earpiece and sensors are behind the screen itself.
    • Inductive charging: It may or may not have wireless inductive charging. Crystal ball is cloudy.
    • NFC: Likewise it may or may not have NFC.
    • Global radio chips: It’ll be based on Qualcomm’s dual GSM/CDMA Gobi chipset, which means it’ll work on a ton of GSM and CDMA networks worldwide, most importantly in China.

    Joshua Topolsky warns, however, that none of this is set in stone:

    Now, keep in mind that this info isn’t fact — we’re getting lots of threads from lots of places and trying to make sense of the noise. The versions of devices our sources are seeing could be design prototypes and not production-ready phones. Still, there are strong indications that Apple will surprise a public that’s expecting a bump more along the lines of the 3G to 3GS — and this is some insight into where those designs might be headed. We’re working on a couple of other intriguing pieces of information concerning future Apple products… so stay tuned for much, much more.

    [grouped by: cultofmac]

  • TRANSFORMERS: DARK OF THE MOON New Banner Featuring Shockwave Released

    // Gradly // blog, Download, Movies, Wallpaper No Responses

    Paramount Pictures has yet released another new banner for Michael Bay‘s Transformers: Dark of the Moon which features the character Shockwave. Shockwave will be one of the main villains in the story. It is the robot cyclops that turns into a laser cannon, and became dictator of their home world of Cybertron after the other Autobots and Decepticons journeyed to Earth.

    Checkout the first Bumblebee featured banner here

    Synopsis:

    The Autobots, led by Optimus Prime, are back in action, taking on the evil Decepticons, who are determined to avenge their defeat in 2009’s Transformers Revenge of the Fallen. In this new movie, the Autobots and Decepticons become involved in a perilous space race between the U.S. and Russia, and once again human Sam Witwicky has to come to the aid of his robot friends. There’s new characters too, including a new villain in the form of Shockwave, a longtime “Transformers” character who rules Cybertron while the Autobots and Decepticons battle it out on Earth.