Apple : Apple plans to make micro-SIM even smaller |
| Apple plans to make micro-SIM even smaller Posted: 17 May 2011 01:31 PM PDT  Apple is aiming to further shrink the size of the micro-SIM cards found in gadgets like the iPhone 4 and 3G versions of the iPad. Reports today claim that Apple has already submitted plans for a new SIM standard to the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI). The plans to make the micro-SIM, first seen in the original iPad, even smaller would free up a tiny morsel of space within Apple gadgets. Orange on board Anne Bouverot of Orange told Reuters: "We were quite happy to see last week that Apple has submitted a new requirement to ETSI for a smaller SIM form factor--smaller than the one that goes in iPhone 4 and iPad," Naturally, Apple has refused to comment on the reports, while Bouverot says that Orange is one of many partners Apple has on board. She also claims that the new SIM cards could be out as soon as next year. Source: Reuters
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| Nvidia: Android will soon overtake Apple in tablets Posted: 17 May 2011 03:45 AM PDT  Nvidia co-founder Jen-Hsun Huang has insisted that Android tablets will overtake Apple's market-leading iPad in the same way as Android phones have taken the smartphone crown. Apple has established a huge market for its iPad, and the arrival of the iPad 2 this year has cemented its lead in the tablet market. But Nvidia's Huang told the Reuters Technology Conference that Android tablets – many of which run Nvidia's Tegra 2 technology – will rein in Apple's offerings. 2.5 years "The Android phone took only two and a half years to achieve the momentum that we're talking about. I would expect the same thing on Honeycomb tablets," Huang said Something that may help Android tablets is Nvidia's next generation processor – codenamed Kal-El (Superman's Krypton name). Huang said that the processor had already earned a place in the plans of ten major next-gen devices. "It's got to be at least ten. We have five major phone companies and we have five major PC (manufacturers)," he said. Apple is currently using its A5 APU (combining CPU and GPU) in the iPad 2, and is expected to use this technology in the next iteration of iPhone – be it the iPhone 4S or iPhone 5. |
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