Report: Lighter, Cheaper, Longer-Lasting & LiquidMetal MacBook Pros Incoming
16/02/2011 |
Last year, Apple signed an exclusive agreement to use Liquidmetal - a high-strength metal that is light and can be processed like plastic - in their future products.
An ex Liquidmetal exec thought Apple would make iPhones out of it. A source speaking to MacTrast, though, says that Apple’s Liquidmetal investment won’t debut in the iOS line, but instead in March’s MacBook Pro refresh… which looks like a far more radical redesign than previously suspected.
Since Liquidmetal...
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Apple Gets One Last Nuke From Xerox: A Killer Location Patent That Could Toast Facebook, Foursquare, Google, Etc.
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iOS 5 Bug Lets You Unlock Your AT&T iPhone 4S For Free, No Jailbreak Required
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Why iPhone Beats BlackBerry for Business
The Apple iPhone dominates the world of consumer smart phones, but is a bit of a laggard in the business market, right? Wrong! It turns out that the opposite is true. Apple is in fact a relatively minor player in the global consumer smart phone market, but by far the dominant player in business....
Walter Isaacson: Steve Jobs Wanted To Reinvent TV, Textbooks, And Photography
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Apple's Black Friday 2011 Discounts Are Leaked
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