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As the iPods get smaller and smaller, so too - apparently - does the cost of the device's ever shrinking components. According to the latest findings from our tear-down pals at iSuppli, the 8GB sixth-generation iPod nano roughly costs $43 to construct. iSuppli recalls that the fourth generation nano was only slightly less expensive to produce at around $41.

“Instead of piling on ...

Amid increasing signs of a break in the Apple-Google cold war, Google has apparently received approval from Apple for a Google Voice iPhone app, according to a report out this morning. TechCrunch's Jason Kincaid says he has "gotten word" that the app they submitted back in 2009 had been taken out of deep freeze and approved. Google is presently reworking the app for iOS 4 compatibility, and it is expected to be ...

Earlier tonight I had seen Chpwn tweet about the new Apple TV firmware, which is indeed actually iOS based as we had hoped for. The firmware is even available to download from Apple's servers, before the product has even hit hands of anxious pre-order customers.

Shortly after hearing of this, the Dev-Team posted a small update to their recent demo of SHAtter, stating that SHAtter has been successfully used ...

As we reported last week, RIM - makers of the BlackBerry smartphone - have unveiled this week their long awaited answer to the iPad. Research in Motion was initially expected to call the 7-inch multi-touch tablet a "BlackPad." But on Monday, Mike Lazardis, president and co-CEO of RIM, unveiled the BlackBerry "PlayBook," which clearly takes aim at the Apple product that, until now, has largely ...

A new study by the Pew Research Center confirms what a lot of people already know, and Steve Jobs haters love to hate on: the media likes to write about Apple. Of 400 different technology-related stories, Pew found, about one in every six of them were about Apple, and most showed the company and its products in a favorable light. In general, the most common topic was the danger of texting while ...

The CEO of Google revealed in an interview that Google and Apple had renewed the contract that keeps Google as default search engine on the iPhone. Eric Schmidt made reference to the deal in an interview with Charlie Rose, though he didn't give more detail about how much the arrangement would cost his company. Industry insiders say that an arrangement like this usually costs hundreds of millions ...

Another day, another lawsuit for Apple.

According to the latest litigation hurled at the folks in Cupertino, a New Jersey based company called Multi-Format Inc. says that the way in which Apple delivers digital content (movies, TV shows, and any video segments) through iTunes directly violates a patent held by the people at Multi-Format Inc.

More specifically, the East Coast company in question ...

Late last night, many customers who preordered their new Apple TV began receiving notifications (see above) that their updated $99 product is shipping, with an estimated arrival date of September 30th. So despite earlier concerns that Apple may not meet its end-of-the-month launch deadline, it now appears that the company will successfully beat the clock this time.

The concerns ...

Thanks to a great response from the MMi community, this week we have 2 incredible themes that flooded my inbox for nominations. Enjoy these, this one is for you Retina users.

Refined HD
Anonomys


Refined HD is designed by Anonomys, and features a very complete and polished theme, optimized for the Retina displays in our iPhone 4 (Hopefully the iPod Touch 4G too). This is one of David's first themes, and clearly, the MMi community has welcomed him warmly by nominating his theme as one of the best iPhone ...

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If you've been keeping up with the Jailbreak scene, the SHAtter exploit is something you should be familiar with by now.

The Dev-Team has recently reported that they have begun testing the exploit, which was developed by @pod2g a few months after @p0sixninja of the Chronic Dev Team discovered the crash, into a beta version of PwnageTool to get a head ...

On September 22nd, a new service and app was added the iTunes App Store without much notice. A company called MediaFriends has created Hey Wire, a service which allows anyone with an iPhone, iPod touch, iPad, Mac or PC to send text messages to people around the world for free. HeyWire is the first and currently only multi-platform texting and chat service that delivers free international messaging with a real phone number. ...