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References discovered in the underlying code of Apple’s iOS mobile operating system suggest that some cross-platform features of Mac OS X iChat could make their way to the iPhone, iPad and iPod touch.

Though the code discovered by developer John Heaton, and highlighted by TUAW, doesn’t specifically mention iChat, it does include strings related to outside services AOL Instant Messenger and Jabber. The iMessage application found in iOS 5 allows text messaging, but does not currently connect to third-party chat services like AIM.

But the iChat software built into Mac OS X does connect to services like AIM, Jabber and others, like Yahoo Messenger. The code references discovered by Heaton suggest that Apple was at one point testing similar functionality in iMessage for iOS 5.

Also interesting is the fact that the “IMService” code in iOS 5 mentions both the iMessage and FaceTime services. Currently, iMessage and FaceTime are separate applications in iOS 5, with the iPhone handing off FaceTime duties to the handset’s native “Phone” application, and the iPad and iPod touch featuring a separate application specifically for FaceTime. The code might suggest that FaceTime could eventually become integrated in iMessage.

Even on the Mac, FaceTime and iChat are different applications without integration. And there is currently no support for iMessage in Mac OS X, though there has been evidence that Apple could bring iMessage support to iChat in Mac OS X 10.7 Lion.

iMessage is Apple’s new proprietary chat client that debuted with the launch of iOS 5 in October. For iPhone users, it handles text messaging responsibilities, but it also allows for free messaging between iPhone users, as well as iPad and iPod touch users, in a manner similar to Research in Motion’s BlackBerry Messenger.

The iMessage software is based on the same push technology that Apple developed for use in iOS application notifications, push e-mail and contacts.

Like iMessage, FaceTime originally debuted on the iPhone and was not available on Macs. But earlier this year, Apple released a dedicated FaceTime application on the Mac App Store for 99 cents.

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Σύμφωνα με δημοσίευμα της Digitimes και αν η Apple πρόκειται να ανακοινώσει το iPad επόμενης γενιάς στις αρχές του χρόνου, όπως έκανε και με τα προηγούμενα iPad, οι προμηθευτές θα πρέπει να έχουν αρχίσει να στέλνουν τα parts για τη νέα συσκευή μέχρι τώρα.

Η αναφορά της Digitimes σήμερα μας ενημερώνει ότι η Apple άρχισε να δέχεται  iPad 3 panels από τη Samsung και τη Sharp. Αναφορά στο CNet τον προηγούμενο μήνα δείχνει ότι το iPad 3 υπάρχει η πιθανότητα να έχει Retina display με ανάλυση 2048×1536, εάν μπορούνε να παράγουν η Samsung ή η LG σε τεράστιες ποσότητες. Η Apple κάνει έρευνες για να τοποθετήσει οθόνες dual-LED στο iPad 3, οι οποίες θα διατηρήσουν και θα δυναμώσουν την φωτεινότητα των panel υψηλής ανάλυσης.

Θα πρέπει να σημειώσουμε εδώ, ότι οι πληροφορίες της Digitimes δεν είναι πάντα αξιόπιστες και μάλιστα ότι πέρυσι  αναφέρει ότι πρόκειται να κυκλοφορήσουν δύο iPad μέσα στο 2011, ένα στις αρχές της χρονιάς και ένα προς το τέλος της.

[ 9to5Mac ]

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An overabundance of iPad 2 components purchased by Apple last quarter has allowed the company to actually draw down its orders ahead of the holidays due to an excess of parts, which will allow it to build between 4 million and 5 million units.

Last quarter, Apple sold a record 11.2 million iPad units, representing a year over year sales increase of 166 percent. But the company actually placed orders for components that could build between 15 and 16 million iPad units, according to DigiTimes.

Apple now has a stockpile of between 4 million and 5 million iPad 2 units in its supply chain, which has put the company in a position to adjust its orders for the current holiday quarter. Specifically, panel shipments for Samsung, LG and Chimei Innolux are said to be affected in the quarter.

“Due to inventory adjustments at Apple, LG Display saw its shipments of 9.7-inch panels to Apple decline from three million units in September to 2.5 million units in October,” the report said. “Samsung managed to keep its shipments of 9.7-inch panels flat at two million units in October, while CMI slashed its shipments from 700,000 units to 350,000 units during the same month, said the sources.”

While Apple is allegedly drawing down inventory for its current-generation iPad 2, the company is already gearing up for its third-generation iPad, expected to debut in early 2012. The report said that both Samsung and Sharp are already shipping panels for the next-generation iPad, while TPK Holding and Wintek are expected to ship panels for the third-generation tablet in November and December.

Earlier this month, the same publication indicated that Apple is stockpiling about 2 million third-generation iPad units by the end of 2011. The device is expected to be thinner and have a higher-resolution screen than the current iPad 2.

As for the rumored drawdown in purchases of iPad 2 components, Taiwan’s Commercial Times claimed earlier this month that Apple had cut orders not only for the iPad 2, but also for the iPhone 4S, leading into the fourth quarter of calendar 2011. The report claimed that sales were not as high as Apple anticipated, and the company’s stock subsequently dropped off.

But analysts on Wall Street dismissed concerns about the iPhone 4S, as the newly launched handset has been consistently selling out at Apple retail stores, while new international launches have drawn huge crowds around the world.

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