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An Apple iPhone prototype has leaked from Foxconn and is available on the Chinese ‘grey market'. What is particularly interesting however is the fact that it has 64 gigabytes of storage and may be a sign of things to come with the iPhone 5. The prototype is marked with a …

Renowned Wall Street analyst JP Morgan says that the upcoming release of the iPad2 might burst a bubble for competitors who are hoping to make a dent in the tablet market. Mark Moskowitz of J.P. Morgan Research warned investors that the build plans for tablet shipments from Apple's rivals may …

Inside sources have said that Apple stores will be eliminating some stock soon to make way for more, improved customer support. The sources told KitGuru that Apple Stores may be losing some of the game titles and even some peripherals from the layout soon, their plan is to make the …

Chinese sources are indicating that Apple may change the rear of the iPhone 5 to incorporate an aluminum design. This was used for the first iPhone, rather than the glass materials used on more recent models. It appears that Apple have been listening to consumers as people have been complaining …

For the fourth year in a row, Apple have topped the Fortune ‘World's most admired company list'. Apple can seemingly do no wrong with the public, even after high profile issues, such as the antenna problem on the iPhone 4. With enigmatic CEO Steve Jobs on indefinite leave due to …

Research In Motion are planning to release a cross platform version of BlackBerry Messenger for Apple iOS and Google Android platforms. RIM are aiming to get the software out on Android first, followed up shortly afterwards with a release on iOS. We hear rumours that they aren't yet sure whether …

Anyone who reads KitGuru regularly will have been aware months ago that Apple were releasing the iPad2 early this year. Well unfortunately some of the public haven't been aware and have been buying the iPad, only to find out that their shiny new device will be replaced in a few …

Apple have been trying to trademark the term ‘App Store' for a while now, but Microsoft aren't having it. The Redmond operating system giant have said that the ‘App store' name is too generic to trademark, but Apple see things in a totally different way. Apple's counsel have written a …

Motorola have been facing some negative commentary from the press due to the price of their Xoom tablet. Research into the matter shows that the Xoom is actually a higher cost to make than the iPad, due to the performance internals. IHS iSuppli (Ed: thats a lot of i's) have …

The Cult of Mac has apparently had some inside information from an Apple employee who says that the iPad 2 launch is going to be a rather boring affair and that they have been running into problems all during the development phase. Cult Of Mac spoke to the unnamed source …

Jonathan Ive, the design guru responsible for the iPod, iPhone, iPad and MacBook Pro looks to be set to return to the United Kingdom. The Sunday Times reported that he is homesick but is facing the Apple board who don't want him to leave the company. This rumour has been …

Berstein Research analyst Toni Sacconaghi has had a meeting with acting Apple CEO Tim Cook, CFO Peter Oppenheimer and VP Eddy Cue and his report highlights some interesting plans for Apple to expand market share in the near future. Sacconaghi's report highlights that Tim Cook has huge plans to expand …

Android has been gaining a lot of market share since 2010, growing from only 3.9 percent to a staggering 22.7 percent in the course of a year. Apple's iOS however grew just slightly from 14.4 percent to 15.7 percent, with Blackberry OS falling from 19.9 percent to 16 percent. Microsoft …

There have been many conflicting reports recently about the iPad 2, mainly focused around the release date. According to popular Apple publication AppleInsider customers could be holding the new iPad tablet in their hands shortly after next Wednesday's press event. The last time KitGuru spoke to a reputable source in …

Apple have released a new range of MacBook Pro laptop computers which are equipped with new dual and quad core Intel processors. They also feature the latest ‘Thunderbolt' input and output tech and a new FaceTime camera. Apple claim that the new machines are over double the speed of the …

Selected Apple developers will already have their hands on a special preview release of OSX Lion – the eighth major release of the excellent Apple Unix operating system. Philip Schiller, with Apple Marketing said “The iPad has inspired a new generation of innovative features in Lion, Developers are going to …

Apple's new range of MacBook Pro's are going to feature AMD graphics on the 15 inch and 17 inch models, according to sources close to KitGuru in Taipei. The current top end Macs feature nVidia Geforce GT 330M graphics with 256mb or 512mb of memory. Apple have been working with …

Today Apple sent out official invitations to a media event being held on March 2nd in San Francisco, which we would assume is to showcase their upcoming iPad 2. KitGuru will be there with pen and paper. Apple sent out invitations to the media today and the event will be …

Chinese factory workers who have been making touchscreens for Apple's iPhone and iPad products have asked for help over a case of chemical poisoning. The workers, employed by Wintek, a Taiwanese owner of a factory in the Suzhou industrial park in Eastern China have been using n-hexane to clean touchscreens …

KitGuru finds a lot of parody videos every week and while many of them aren't worth mentioning, occasionally we find one that really makes us chuckle. Those of you who are sick reading about the upcoming iPad may find this video to be a little bit of ‘light relief'. KitGuru …

The iPad 2 is the hottest new product of 2011 and it was originally expected to be released around April. Latest rumours indicate that the release might be delayed until June. The reason is tied in with production bottlenecks. Analysts Vincent Chen and Alison Chen with Taiwan based research firm …

Apple are planning to introduce the new MacBook Pro notebooks as early as this coming week according to leaked information. Apple have been informing some of their larger European resellers that they can expect delivery of sealed product pallets to their stores as early as Monday which coincides with President's …

Apple could be on the verge of releasing a new high speed connection to some of its upcoming Macintosh range of computers, according to a report that speculates the announcement that the company could release revised MacBook Pros as early as next week. CNET have announced that a source has …

Apple didn't even attend the World Congress in Barcelona, but they walked away with the top award for a mobile device. The World Congress event in Barcelona is one of the biggest events of its kind in the world, but Apple decided not to make an appearance, much as they …

The Apple rumour mill never rests, latest reports in yesterday indicate that the next generation iPhone is in the pipeline and will come with a bigger screen. The reason for Apple to increase the screen size is to match the growing Android market which already features larger screen sizes. The …

Last year Apple sent Tim Cook, acting CEO of Apple to Foxconn International Holdings Ltd. factory in China. The purpose of the trip was to make recommendations on how to improve working conditions for the company. Tim Cook has stepped in as CEO for Apple, as Steve Jobs is taking …

Samsung Mobile Display are rumoured to be Apple's partner for the liquid crystal display panels in the upcoming iPad 2, according to sources close to KitGuru. According to these sources, the company is in the final stage of talks in supplying the latest LCD panel technology for the iPad 2 …

Latest rumours to hit Kitguru from Taipei indicate that Apple are due to launch the iPad 2 later this month, and will release it for sale one month later in March. There have been so many rumours and so much debate of the hardware included in the iPad 2 that …

The Macintosh App Store has a problem with Counterfeit software, according to developer Wolfire. The company added a game called Lugaru HD last month, and this was quickly followed by a title called ‘Lugaru', a pirated version uploaded by another developer and charging only a tenth of the price. The …

News Corp., the organisation behind some of the worlds leading newspapers has just launched a tablet only news application called ‘The Daily'. While many applications for the iPad are ‘HD' upgrades, News Corp. has designed this program from the ground up, focusing on delivering the best newsreading experience possible. It …