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Modbook Pro: Pen-based OS X tablet returns as a converted 13-inch MacBook Pro running Mountain Lion – 9TO5Mac

Like past generations of the Modbook, the Modbook Pro uses the guts of one of Apple’s new MacBook Pros. The company will offer two configurations, both with a 13.3-inch, 1,280-by-800 flush-mounted display, based off the specs for the recently …

Chrome for iPhone, iPad: It’s Safari with Smart Extras [HANDS ON] – YAHOO!

We’ve spent some time playing with the app — which you can download from the [iTunes link] — and trying it out alongside Mobile Safari, iCab Mobile, Opera Mini and others. Because Apple restricts the way third-party web browsers can … Continue reading

RIM looks to BB10, software licensing for survival – Apple Insider

As for the anticipated mini PlayBook” and notes that the delays are “not due … last-ditch attempt to compete with the two prevailing smartphone operating systems, Apple’s iOS and Google’s Android. RIM CFO Brian Bidulka reiterated a push toward a … Continue reading

Bob Mansfield, Apple Exec Who Has Led Hardware Engineering For Mac And iOS Devices, To Retire This Summer – TechCrunch

Among the key offerings from Apple’s product line are: Pro line laptops (MacBook Pro) and desktops (Mac Pro), consumer line laptops (MacBook Air) and desktops (iMac), servers (Xserve), Apple TV, the Mac OS X and Mac OS X Server operating … Continue reading

Tech review: New MacBook Pro puts form over function – phys.org

The MacBook Air came out without a built-in DVD drive or Ethernet port, and now Apple’s new MacBook Pro with Retina Display joins the club. To me, the MacBook Pro with Retina has more in common with the Air models … Continue reading

Google touts release of ‘Safari-ized’ Chrome for iPhone, iPad – Computerworld

Opera Mini debuted on the App Store in April 2010. Apple has not suddenly voided the WebKit requirements, as Google confirmed today. “Rendering and the JavaScript engine are provided by iOS through UIWebView, so Chrome for iOS does not use … Continue reading

Will Google’s Nexus 7 prod Apple into producing an iPad Mini? – CNET News

In October 2010, Steve Jobs explained in detail why a 7-inch iPad, or iPad Mini, wasn’t in Apple’s future. “Apple has done extensive user testing and we really understand this stuff…There are clear limits on how close you can place … Continue reading

First look: Drobo’s new Thunderbolt-equipped Drobo Mini and Drobo 5D – Ars Technica

Both the Mini and the 5D also support a new feature to increase … benefit from faster disk access—the examples Drobo gives are Adobe Premiere and Apple Aperture, but other video and photo editing applications should work the same way.

Apple on song with iTunes in Asia – CNN

Hands-on with Apple’s New MacBook Pro Apple would not comment on the company’s plans to launch iTunes in China. The tech giant’s sales in China surged to a record high of $7.9 billion for the first quarter of 2012, putting … Continue reading

Google takes Nexus step against Apple – Boston Herald

As for why Google didn’t go more squarely at Apple’s iPad, that’s a mystery … Google wants to focus on pre-empting the buzz that will likely surround the release of an iPad mini. According to the specs released yesterday, the … Continue reading