Rumors

Really? Moto to offer Android phone with 2GHz processor this year?

Motorola CEO Sanjay Jha set big expectations this week when he promised that his company would have an Android phone with a 2Ghz processor by the end of the year. But is such a goal really possible? We're not so sure.

Conceivably Tech first reported that Jha made the pledge while speaking Thursday at the Executives Club of Chicago. As the publication didn't quote Jha directly, we wondered if his comments were open to interpretation.

Today, however, Moto spokeswoman Juli Bruda confirmed with CNET that Jha promised such a device to his Chicago audience. We would have loved … Read more

Rumor: Samsung Galaxy landing July 21 on T-Mobile

According to a trusted source for TmoNews, the Samsung Galaxy S could be arriving for T-Mobile on July 21. While T-Mobile has not confirmed this, it does fall under the "summer" release time frame promised by Samsung back at the smartphone's unveiling in March. As for the other three big carriers in the United States, nothing has been whispered as to when they will get the phone.

Recently, Samsung has been getting things ready for some type of an announcement, sending out teaser packages promising that the Galaxy S would be "landing soon." The company … Read more

After some intrigue, Apple releases Safari 5

Monday's debut of Apple's Safari 5 Web browser was one of the Worldwide Developers Conference rumors that preceded the event over the weekend, and it surprised many Steve Jobs prognosticators that he left the stage without announcing it. Then came an Apple press release on PRNewswire.com, but no browser. Then the press release disappeared, apparently a second stumble following a rare trip-up for Steve Jobs' tightly controlled message machine during the iPhone 4 announcement, and shortly after that the browser made its debut.

Available for Windows and Mac, Safari 5 includes several new features and performance enhancements, … Read more

Verizon testing iPads?

Verizon does not currently offer service for any Apple devices, but a new report suggests it might be at least testing one out.

The Boy Genius Report blog reported Wednesday that according to one of its "highly placed sources," Verizon is testing the iPad on its network.

"We have been told that the model they are testing is a CDMA-compatible device, and while our source mentioned LTE in some capacity (possibly another model), we haven't been able to independently confirm that part of it," the BGR report says.

A Verizon spokesman said the company had … Read more

More iPhone parts leak

The demand for news related to the next-generation iPhone is such that even errant parts of the device are making headlines.

On Tuesday, a Portuguese iPhone blog became the latest site to post what are fairly believable images of what may be the iPhone Steve Jobs will reveal on June 7 at Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference.

Two videos posted to the site show the metal skeleton of the device--no buttons, no screen, no camera. How did the site get these? The blog's overseers claim the parts "were purchased in China by one of our readers (weren't … Read more

Leaked Samsung i897 shows AT&T getting serious about Android

AT&T looks like it is ready to be taken seriously when it comes to Android. A recent string of leaks indicate that a rather powerful Samsung handset is right around the corner, ready to battle the likes of the Droid Incredible.

The latest phone to surface, the Samsung i897 is rumored to be running Android 2.1 and powered by a Snapdragon 1GHz processor. In fact, almost every hardware detail from the i897 matches up to the Samsung Galaxy S.

Late last week, the AndroidGuys published the first "in the wild" shots of the phone, which … Read more

Apple TV makeover looming?

Is Apple TV about to move beyond its experimental "hobby" phase?

According to what some anonymous sources have told Engadget, the answer is yes.

On Friday, the gadget blog posted a report of what sounds like a detailed makeover of Apple TV in its current incarnation. The new device will reportedly be based on iPhone OS 4 software, including the homegrown A4 chip; have 16GB of local flash storage; come in a much smaller casing (reportedly the size of an "iPhone without a screen"); have just a few ports; and cost $99.

It's also supposedly … Read more

Marvell backs ambitious $100 OLPC tablet

After achieving success with the OLPC XO-1 laptop, the One Laptop Per Child foundation is setting in motion plans to create a working $100 tablet for CES 2011. Marvell Technologies announced Thursday that it will partner with the OLPC foundation to create the hardware for the proposed tablet, currently named the XO-3.

Vague details and product renderings of the XO-3 tablet first surfaced last December. More-concrete specs are now taking shape, including an ambitiously low power rating of 1 watt per hour (compared with the 5 watts per hour required by the OLPC laptop). Other promised features include a multilingual, … Read more

Microsoft: We're not going to WWDC

So that rumor about Steve Ballmer appearing at WWDC? It was wrong.

Wall Street analyst Trip Chowdhry lit up the Internet rumor machine Thursday morning with a report to his investors that Apple had set aside seven minutes for Microsoft to talk up its Visual Studio software to developers during Steve Jobs' WWDC keynote speech on June 7. Microsoft got wind of the rumor and put the official kibosh on it Thursday via Twitter.

"Steve Ballmer not speaking at Apple Dev Conf. Nor appearing on Dancing with the Stars. Nor riding in the Belmont. Just FYI," … Read more

Rumor: Microsoft cameo at WWDC keynote

Today's addition to the crazy Apple rumor file: Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer might appear on stage with Apple CEO Steve Jobs at Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference.

That's what Wall Street analyst Trip Chowdhry of Global Equities Research said in a note to investors. According to Chowdhry, seven minutes have been set aside for Microsoft to talk up its Visual Studio development tools to Apple developers during Jobs' June 7 keynote speech.

It would certainly be a big deal for Microsoft to come to what is Apple's biggest annual media event, though it wouldn't be unprecedented. … Read more