Tag Archives: A5

Latest Apple TV has a die-shrunk A5 chip, not an A5X after all

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The current Apple TV refresh contains a die-shrunk version of the single-core A5 system on a chip rather than the rumored A5X, reports MacRumors. We first heard about the new Apple TV from FCC documents in late January, but quickly fo…


Bowers & Wilkins intros classy A7 and A5 AirPlay speakers, leaves out the 30-pin dock

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When it comes to Apple-focused audio wares, Bowers & Wilkins makes some of the of the ritiziest options available. Expanding on its its existing speaker range, the company has introduced a duo of new AirPlay speakers dubbed as the A5 ($500) and A…


Anandtech: Apple iPhone 5 features 1GB of RAM, A6 is a custom SoC

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Unsurprisingly, Apple left us in the dark regarding some specifics of the iPhone 5 upon its release. Thankfully, the good folks over at Anandtech have done a bit of digging into those numbers you see bordering Apple’s Apple A6 SoC, definitively figur…


iOS 5.1 untethered jailbreak gets a video demo, not yet ready to meet the public

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Moving along a similar path to his previous untethered jailbreak for iOS 5.0, hacker pod2g has followed up announcements of an untethered jailbreak for the iPhone 4 and iPad 3 running iOS 5.1 with a quick demo video (embedded after the break) as evid…


iOS 5.1 untethered jailbreak gets a video demo, not yet ready to meet the public

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Moving along a similar path to his previous untethered jailbreak for iOS 5.0, hacker pod2g has followed up announcements of an untethered jailbreak for the iPhone 4 and iPad 3 running iOS 5.1 with a quick demo video (embedded after the break) as evid…


iOS 5.1 untethered jailbreak gets a video demo, not yet ready to meet the public

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Moving along a similar path to his previous untethered jailbreak for iOS 5.0, hacker pod2g has followed up announcements of an untethered jailbreak for the iPhone 4 and iPad 3 running iOS 5.1 with a quick demo video (embedded after the break) as evid…


iOS 5.1 untethered jailbreak gets a video demo, not yet ready to meet the public

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Moving along a similar path to his previous untethered jailbreak for iOS 5.0, hacker pod2g has followed up announcements of an untethered jailbreak for the iPhone 4 and iPad 3 running iOS 5.1 with a quick demo video (embedded after the break) as evid…


Unannounced hardware tweak gives new iPad 2 longer battery life

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When Apple unveiled its third-generation iPad in March, the company also announced that the iPad 2 would remain on the market at a reduced price. The Cupertino-based company did not reveal that the year old tablet had a significant upgrade to its internal hardware,however. The original 16GB Wi-Fi only iPad 2 featured a 45nm A5 processor, but the $399 iPad 2 is equipped with a smaller and more power efficient 32nm A5 processor, according to AnandTech. Performance remains the same on both devices, but the smaller processor delivers an overall increase of 16% to battery life while web browsing and a 30% increase when playing games. There is no way to tell whether an iPad 2 features the new smaller


RedSn0w updated for Mac and Windows: adds Corona A5 jailbreak, other tools

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What better way to finish off your night than by updating your favorite jailbreaking tool? Now, you’ll be able to do just that after the whiz-kids from the iPhone Dev-Team have pushed out a new copy of their famed RedSn0w application. In what’s perha…


Apple TV (2012) raids iPad 2 parts bin, packs 32nm A5 silicon

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Cupertino’s latest Apple TV has already been torn asunder and had its guts revealed to all the online world. And, we’ve already told you of the many ways that it differs from its predecessor. Despite that in-depth examination of Apple’s media streamer…