Tech News Leak: iPad 5 could replace iPad 4 next year, hints analyst. (Dr Mobiles Limited, Apple, iPhone Repair, Auckland)

The iPad 4’s stay at the cutting-edge of tablet tech might be as short as five months, an industry analyst forecasts, as Apple becomes embroiled in a slate specs-war with its Android rivals.

At the iPad mini press call earlier this week, Apple surprised tech-watchers by also unveiling a fourth-generation version of its top-end tablet – a mere eight months after the current third-generation iPad hit store shelves.

However, anyone eyeing the iPad 4 when it officially goes on sale next month may want to consider that the latest model might itself be superannuated in a few months time.

That’s because, according to KGI Securities analyst Ming-Ci Kuo at least, the rising tide of rival tablets will put pressure on Cupertino to continue sweetening the appeal of its top-of-the-range slates, with the result that refresh cycles will get much more regular.

That suggests we could get an iPad 5 as soon as early next year - most likely in February, which has until now been marked by a new iPad every year since the first model dropped back in 2009.

In a note to investors, Kuo stated: "Though the iPad mini is expected to be successful, we think launching the lighter, thinner 9.7-inch iPad as quickly as possible matters more for Apple strategically.”

Any new device is however likely to be an iterative update of the iPad 4, which is itself a relatively minor update from the current-gen model.

The slate retains its predecessor’s appearance, and only major changes are the addition of 4G connectivity, twice the processing power via an A6X processor and the same Lightning dock connector as the iPhone 5.

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Smartphone News Update 2012: Samsung Galaxy S4 to feature Exynos 5450 processor (Samsung Galaxy S3, Repair, unlock, Auckland)

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The next iteration of Samsung’s flagship Android smartphone, the handset unofficially dubbed the Galaxy S4, will sport an Exynos 5 series chipset, rumours suggest.

Shadowy sources familiar with the South Korean phone-maker’s plans claim that the S4 will be powered by the next-generation Exynos 5450 processor with four Cortex-A15 cores at 2GHz and a staggering eight-core Mali-658 GPU.

Just to put these into perspective, the newly unveiled Google Nexus 10 tablet is powered by an Exynos 5 chip with two Cortex-A15 cores at 1.7GHz and a Mali-604 GPU (same as the new Chromebook), making the mooted specs of the S4 nothing short of jaw-dropping.

According to the tipsters, to counter the battery drain effect that such a powerful chip can have, Samsung will underclock it to 1.7GHz per core. To further conserve power it’ll use an energy-efficient 28nm manufacturing process, in addition to on-die LTE support.

Although it’s highly unlikely given that flagship Galaxy kits have reached A-list status much like the iPhone, which now has its own event, there’s chatter that the S4 might make its first appearance at the Mobile World Congress expo in February.

What’s more probable is that Samsung will announce the handset at one of its Unpacked press gatherings in March at the earliest.

Keep your hats on for more S4 news and rumours in the months ahead.

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Apple iPhone 5: All the things you need know about iOS 6.0.1 (tech news update, Dr Mobiles Limited, 095555344, Auckland)

Apple released their first update to iOS 6, which originally came out last month. In this 6.0.1 update, Apple ended up fixing quite a few bugs that were plaguing iOS devices that were upgraded to iOS 6. The update fixes a bug where horizontal lines were displaying across the keyboard, as well as an issue that sometimes caused the camera flash to not go off.

Apple also fixed a few other bugs and issues that users have been complaining about recently, including a bug that prevented iPhone 5 users from installing software updates over-the-air via WiFi, and they also improved WiFi reliability of the iPhone 5 and the new 5th-generation iPod Touch when connected to encrypted WPA2 networks.

Other fixes on the changelog include a fix that prevented iPhones from using data in some instances, consolidation of the “Use Cellular Data” switch in iTunes Match, a fix for a “Passcode Lock” bug that allowed access to Passbook details from lock screen, and finally a fix for a bug that affected some Exchange meetings.

Frankly, we’re not surprised by the update, since it was rumored a couple weeks ago that it would be coming soon, and that Apple usually releases incremental updates to its major versions of iOS anyway, but despite the update not being a huge surprise, it’s still a very welcomed update that will finally silence the complainers who were having issues with the initial release of iOS 6.

UPDATE 1: With the release of iOS 6.0.1, Apple has seeded iOS 6.1 to developers with a build number of 10B5095f. New features include the ability to integrate Apple’s new mapping service into third-party apps, as well as an improvement in Passbook, and a few minor enhancements to Safari.

UPDATE 2: A lot of readers are reporting that the new update doesn’t play well with Facebook’s app, so until Facebook issues an update, we’d recommend waiting it out if you rely on the mobile version of Facebook often, but if you already updated to iOS 6.0.1, you can use the Facebook mobile web app for the time being

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