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Apple hiring new product security managers

by Kelly Hodgkins (Sep 6th, 2011)

Last week, a CNET report kicked off the wild tale of a lost iPhone 5. This baffling story tracked the phone from a bar to an apartment in San Francisco. It even included a controversial search conducted by Apple security employees with the San Francisco police department. Though this is an ...

iPhone 4 prototype sellers charged in California, plead not guilty

by Michael Jones (Sep 2nd, 2011)

The San Jose Mercury News is reporting that two people involved in last year's "iPhone 4 prototype found in a bar" fiasco are being charged in San Mateo County Superior Court for their respective roles in the incident, which led to numerous photos of the upcoming iPhone model being posted ...

Apple loses another prototype iPhone - maybe not (Updated)

by Chris Rawson (Aug 31st, 2011)

Update 2: SF Weekly kept digging, all the way to the man who claims "investigators" stormed his house and searched his stuff. SF Weekly obtained a phone number, one for a man who appeared on LinkedIn (before the page was pulled) as an Apple "senior investigator." When SF Weekly called the man, ...

Daily Update for August 31, 2011

by Steven Sande (Aug 31st, 2011)

It's the TUAW Daily Update, your source for Apple news in a convenient audio format. You'll get all the top Apple stories of the day in three to five minutes, which is perfect for a quick review of what's happening in the Apple world. You can listen to today's Apple stories by clicking the ...

Apple called: They want their prototype 3G MacBook Pro back

by Steven Sande (Aug 31st, 2011)

Astute TUAW readers may remember a story from two weeks ago about a prototype 2007 MacBook Pro with a 3G antenna built into the side of the LCD screen as well as a SIM slot. The device was being sold on eBay and had received bids in the neighborhood of US$70,000 before Apple requested that the ...

iPhone prototype N94 leaked, possibly to be an iPhone 4S

by Mike Schramm (Aug 29th, 2011)

There are lots of crazy rumors flying around about the new iPhone announcement coming later on this year (or as soon as next month), but this is one of the more credible. The picture above comes from a site called UbreakIfix through our friends at Engadget, and purports to show a prototype for ...

3G MacBook Pro prototype shows alternate history of mobile Mac

by Michael Grothaus (Aug 14th, 2011)

It appears that at one time Apple was exploring 3G-capable MacBook Pros. eBay seller Abhw752579 has listed a prototype 2007 Santa Rosa MacBook Pro with an integrated 3G antenna built in to the LCD screen. The eBay seller is not the original owner or the machine, but bought it from someone on ...

Apple iPhone 4 prototype appears on eBay

by Kelly Hodgkins (Jul 4th, 2011)

A rare iPhone 4 prototype has landed on eBay. The device is being offered by a mobile phone repair person who reportedly bought the phone from a customer. The phone does not work and was bought for parts only. The seller tried to activate the handset and was unable to do so through iTunes. It ...

iPad rigged up with 3D screen in Taiwan

by Mike Schramm (Jun 14th, 2011)

Display Taiwan 2011 is going on in Taiwan this week, and at a booth for a company called CPT, there's a device on display that looks very much like an iPad (though with the actual Apple logos and identifying information covered up) that's been Frankenstein-ed together with what appears to be a ...

Prototypes makes iPhone mockups a breeze

by Brett Terpstra (Jun 1st, 2011)

This is a cool one, at least for iPhone app designers. Prototypes is a Mac app that lets you take those handcrafted mockups of iPhone screens and turn them into a clickable demo you can share with any iPhone or iPod touch user. Prototypes takes just about any image format, including straight ...

Rumor: Apple testing MacBook Air with A5 processor

by Chris Rawson (May 27th, 2011)

Japanese blog Mac Otakara claims sources have told them Apple is testing a MacBook Air with an A5 processor, the same CPU powering the iPad 2. While the machine performed "better than expected" according to their source, Mac Otakara says it's unclear whether this test machine was running Mac OS ...

Keynotopia templates for rapid iPhone app prototyping

by Michael Grothaus (May 25th, 2011)

Ever have an awesome idea for an iPhone app but don't have the graphic design skills to build a good mockup to show off to potential partners? Well, put away your pencils and napkins and go check out Keynotopia.com. The site offers users templates consisting of thousands of vector user ...

'Invisible' touchscreen prototype tested with iPhone

by Mike Schramm (May 23rd, 2011)

The video on the next page features a prototype for an "invisible" iPhone created by researchers at the Hasso Plattner Institute in Germany. Basically, the idea is that with your iPhone in your pocket, you can hold your hand out and move your finger around on it as if you were holding your ...

Apple TV prototype sold on eBay

by Michael Grothaus (May 20th, 2011)

A prototype of the original Apple TV, or "iTV" as it was known when Jobs first unveiled it in 2006, has been sold on eBay for a Buy It Now price of US$350. As you can see from the image above, the prototype unit has an Apple Development Team barcode and a sticker that marks the unit as a "DVT" ...

Rumor: iPhone "4S" prototypes with A5 chips being tested by game developers

by Steven Sande (Apr 21st, 2011)

Earlier today, 9to5Mac reported on a prototype Mac Pro that might be in the offing, and now the blog also has word that iPhone 4s outfitted with Apple's A5 chips have been seeded with developers at certain "high-level gaming outfits." As noted in the post, these prototypes are not necessarily ...