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By Prince McLean

The iPhone 3G S uses a Samsung processor incorporating an ARM Cortex-A8 processor core and Imagination’s PowerVR SGX graphics core to achieve a significant new class of speed while remaining backwardly compatible with existing iPhone apps.

The use of the Cortex-A8 core has been cited by multiple sources, including an analysis by AnandTech. This makes the new iPhone 3G S very similar in terms of processor design to the Palm Pre, although Palm’s phone uses a device built by Texas Instruments.

ARM Processors

The Cortex-A8 is a seventh generation CPU core design licensed by ARM to a variety of manufacturers. The vast majority of all smartphones, handheld games and other mobile devices use ARM processors.

The Cortex-A8 class is referred to in general terms as ARMv7, not to be confused with ARM7, which was actually a third generation ARMv3 used in the Apple eMate300 a decade ago. Previous generations of iPhone and

Teachers at a Sunderland academy have gone high-tech in a bid to replace traditional teaching methods. Academy 360 has given staff Apple iPhones and plans to give similar technology to pupils.

The school is researching ways to use the Internet on the computer’s applications as a learning tool.

School bosses say youngsters today are perfectly at home with mobile phones, Nintendo Wiis, and PlayStations and many of them spend hours a day chatting on social networking sites.

Academy 360 is working with the University of Hull to instruct teachers in the technology young people use.

Teachers are being encouraged to explore the tools it offers them and put forward suggestions of how it could be included in the curriculum.

Chief executive of Academy 360 Paul Prest believes activities such as blogs, Google and games could be used to teach students.

He hopes to give each pupil an iTouch hand set which has the same features as

by Brian Caulfield

The company is still on a roll and doesn’t need to unveil a flashy new product at Monday’s developers conference.

BURLINGAME, Calif. — Some think Apple should build a television set. Others think Apple should consider a netbook computer. Maybe it will even build a gaming console. Apple doesn’t talk about its future products. But at least one developer creating software for the company’s iPhone thinks Apple may be in no rush to leap into new businesses.

And considering Apple’s ( AAPL – news – people ) shares are up nearly 70% this year, Tapulous Chief Executive Bart Decrem has a point. His take: Expect Apple to double down on its hits, rather than spreading its bets around. Tapulous is the company behind “Tap Tap Revolution,” one of the iPhone’s most popular applications (see “Tapping Into iPhone Games”).
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Apple has plenty to do with the iPhone right now. The

By Clare Baldwin

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – A surprise appearance by Apple Inc Chief Executive Steve Jobs at the company’s annual developer conference could boost its stock on Monday, but his absence might trigger a bigger move in the other direction.

The Wall Street Journal kicked off speculation of an early return by the ailing Jobs, who had said he would be out until the end of June. Blogs and other media jumped on the report that the CEO could appear at Apple’s Worldwide Developer Conference in San Francisco on Monday.

Jobs, 54, the quintessential man in black, founded Apple, rescued it from mediocrity in the late 1990s, launched the iPod and the iPhone and is seen as its heart and soul.
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Canaccord Adams analyst Peter Misek sees a rally of 1 to 5 percent in Apple’s stock if Jobs makes an appearance, but no downside if he doesn’t.

Global Equities Research senior analyst

(RTTNews) -  Steve Jobs is ready to return to the helm of Apple Inc. (AAPL:  News ) by the end of this month, sticking to an earlier announced schedule. But, whether Jobs would be back in time to take the wraps of a new iPhone at the company’s Worldwide Developers Conference next week is unclear.

Analysts expect the company to unveil at the conference the latest model iPhone, which has more processing power and new features like video editing. The launch is expected in June or July, when original iPhone owners on a two-year service contract with AT&T Inc. (T) will be eligible for an upgrade.

Jobs announced his leave on January 14, and though the initial reaction was tumultuous, the past 5 months, the company has been operating smoothly without papa. The stock has in fact risen 68.4% in his absence, reflecting investor confidence.

Apple doled out a decent second-quarter report card,

By Dave Oliver

It can’t have been easy for Sony to have watched its iconic Walkman brand of portable music players so completely overtaken by Apple’s all-conquering iPod. But like John Connor standing up to the Terminators, Sony has finally come up with a device capable of fighting back. We took a close look at both devices to see which is worthy of your hard-earned.

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The iPod Touch is slimmer but bigger at 110x62x9mm and 115g compared to the X-series’ 97x53x11mm and 98g, though the Touch’s angled sides make it appear slimmer than it actually is. The Touch does look sleeker, though the Walkman’s rugged stone-effect sides and compact dimensions have a certain appeal. It also has hard buttons on the top and sides which allow you to control playback when it’s in your pocket.
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By Jonathan Bray

Verdict: Achingly gorgeous and with some intriguing features, but it’s not the most practical of designs

The shuffle has always generated heated debate over the merits of the design. But you could never accuse Apple of resting on its design laurels, and its third generation iPod shuffle is the sexiest yet.

Small enough to pass as a hair clip or over-sized earring, there’s no denying that this little MP3 player has a huge amount of charm.

Apple claims it’s the smallest MP3 player in the world and we wouldn’t quibble: we’ve no idea how the designers managed to squeeze 4GB of memory and a battery big enough to offer ten hours of playback into a package this tiny.

To compensate for the lack of screen, this Shuffle has another trick up its sleeve: VoiceOver. It’s the first MP3 player that can talk to you. It will tell you what track

by Palluxo

A lot of people have been posting questions and asking for suggestions whether or not they should buy an iPod Touch for themselves. Clearly, the existence of the iPod Touch, which is yet another revolutionary creation of Apple Inc., has buzzed up a lot of consumers today. It has become a hype, a hit, and a statement saying that when you have it, you simply belong.

Now, before deciding whether you should buy an iPod Touch or just settle for something less like iPod Nano or the Sony PSP, you have to be aware what really an iPod Touch is and what this innovative technology can offer you.

Designed and manufactured by Apple Inc. as an upgraded addition to the iPod family, the iPod Touch is a portable digital media player and mobile Wi-fi platform. Unlike the previous models of iPods including the Shuffle,

by New Mexico Business Weekly

While Apple Inc. CEO Steve Jobs may rule the roost today, having created must-have popular devices like the iPod and iPhone, 32 years ago he was “young and relatively in-experienced in the high volume consumer electronics business.”

The Computer History Museum in Mountain View has posted copies of two early Apple Computer Inc. documents — the first business plan for the Macintosh computer and Apple’s first IPO plan — which give insight into Apple’s early days.

In a statement that may make a modern reader chuckle, the 1977 IPO plan says, “Apple Computers’ Management team is young and relatively in-experienced in the high volume consumer electronics business.”

The Macintosh business plan, dated 12 July 1981 and set in antique Mac fonts that look primitive to a modern eye, contains the exhortation “and today is the first day of the rest of your life…”

It compares the performance of the $1,500