Rumor: The iPhone 4S Only Has 512MB of RAM [IPhone]

By Kelly Hodgkins Oct 11, 2011 12:29 AM 39,522 229

We hoped Apple had beefed up the RAM in the iPhone 4S, but those hopes may be dashed. Two recent unconfirmed reports suggest the iPhone 4S may ship with 512MB of RAM like the iPhone 4, not 1GB as expected.

This information comes from an Infinity Blade developer and the website Appvv. The developers behind Infinity Blade should be familiar with the hardware specs of the phone since its game will launch as the flagship title. And Appvv apparently has some advance knowledge of the handset as it posted a video of Siri in action.

If this rumor pans out, then the iPhone 4S may be less attractive to many users, a situation that could open the door for other platforms like Windows Phone to grab some market share. [Eurogamer and Appvv and via MacRumors]

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Rumor: Google Wants Hulu Really, Really Bad [Hulu]

All Things D's Peter Kafka says that Google is willing to offer significantly more than what Amazon, Yahoo or Dish Network would be willing to offer in the bidding war for Hulu. But they also want more than what's being offered.

Kafka doesn't have exact details from his sources, but he believes Google wants more exclusive content for a longer period of time.

Google seems to want something much more than that, and is willing to pay much more to get it. If you want to speculate, you could imagine Google asking for access to more content, for a longer period of time, and perhaps offering up a couple billion dollars more.

Since that's not what Hulu's owners have put on the table, "normally we would have thrown people out if they'd said that," says an executive familiar with the sales process. But Google "indicated that there's enough money" involved so that Hulu's owners are at least thinking about continuing the discussion.

But money alone won't guarantee a successful acquisition for Google. Studios and networks are notoriously gun shy about making their content freely available and given how new and unpredictable online TV still is, locking themselves into a long-term deal is something they probably don't want to do (hello Starz!). And though Google's willingness to toss cash at Hulu is promising, we still want Amazon to prevail in this fatal four-way. [AllThingsD]

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AppleInsider Rumor Purports Apple iCloud Runs on Microsoft, Amazon Servers [Blip]

The enemy of my enemy is my data center server provider, or something. Anyway, rumor says Apple is using Microsoft and Amazon servers to power iCloud. How cozy! [AppleInsider]

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The iPhone 5 Rumor Roundup Redux [Iphone 5]

A lot's happened since the last time we put all the iPhone 5 rumors in one place for you. So here's an up-to-date look at what we're expecting from Apple's next iPhone.

We're going to tackle the iPhone 5 and iPhone 4S rumors separately, since they're often at odds with each other and very well might be talking about two completely different pieces of hardware.

Some time in July, an iPhone 5 prototype reportedly went missing. There are some questions left unanswered, but Apple has been actively trying to recover the handset, with at least some form of assistance from the SF Police Department.

Let's get this out of the way first: We still don't think that the next iPhone is going to have LTE. But there have been a few rumors about Apple testing LTE tech on iPhones and in their retail stores, so it remains an outside possibility. More likely is that they're running a typically long product cycle and this is early testing for next generation.

An icon in Apple's Photo Stream app has sparked a fresh round of wider screen/tinier iPhone design talk. Our best guess is that the icon translates into an iPhone 5 that is shrunk significantly, with a screen that's a scoche (3.7 inches?) larger, but with the same resolution and proportions. We've seen a number of cases and informed renderings that suggest the phone is skinnier, shorter, and wider, so that seems like a good bet.

And for what it's worth, a new round of 3rd party case analysis from MacRumors backs up ThisIsMyNext's earlier "teardrop" renders, and sizes the screen at a bigger-than-expected 4 inches. Yet somehow their rendering came out smaller than the cases we've already seen. Interesting.

We're pretty sure that the iPhone is going to be available on all four major carriers, or at least on Sprint, even if they don't want to talk about it just yet. Verizon's changed its mind on 3G Facetime, no longer swearing it off completely, but now saying it only wants it to be available to customers on a tiered data plan, which could be a harbinger of how carriers try to force users off of grandfathered unlimited data plans.

We're also relatively certain it'll make the jump to an 8MP camera, improving on the iPhone 4's 5MP sensor, and should continue the iPhone's run as the best phone camera.

The iPhone 4S is the name the tech blogosphere has bestowed upon a less-than-hoped-for refresh of this year's iPhone, and more recently, a rumored budget-friendly 8GB iPhone 4. The best evidence that we've seen for this phone being a reality has come in the past few weeks, when leaked images of purported iPhone 5 (or 4S) parts have surfaced. Some of the model numbers and much of the design suggest an incremental refresh to the iPhone, and they are convincing (and numerous) enough to be taken seriously.

BGR has its hands on Best Buy docs that detail iPhone 5 pre-order and launch week information. According to the docs, leaked from an insider, preorders could begin as early as this week with an official launch slated for the first week in October. It should be noted that Best Buy also states in the slides that even these hazy date ranges are subject to change.

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This Is What Amazon's Kindle Tablet Looks Like [Rumor]

Behold the new Amazon Kindle! A full color 7-inch tablet that is basically a front to all their books, music, movies and products, just like we imagined. TechCrunch has a nice description, so we made a nice mock-up.

This is what it will have, according to TechCrunch:

Hardware

• Full color 7-inch touchscreen.
• Unlike the iPad, it will probably only support two finger multi-touch, not ten fingers.
• It apparently has one single-core processor.
• Maybe only 6GB of storage—possibly more cloud oriented
• No physical buttons on the front
• No camera
• Rubberized back, like the BlackBerry PlayBook.

Software

• It's built on a forked version of Android (apparently older than 2.2), but there are no visible Google apps of any kind—you'll be able to get Android apps through Amazon's appstore
• It has Apple Cover Flow-ish user interface, with all the content—books, movies and music—showing in a carousel. The UI is "very responsive," unlike the Nook Color.
• In portrait mode, it has a dock where users can add their favorites. It hides in landscape mode.
• The book reader app is much like the iOS and Android Kindle app.
• The music app connects to Amazon Cloud.
• Logically, the Amazon Kindle will provide a storefront for the whole of Amazon (I imagine this looks a lot like the Amazon Window Shopping application on the iPad).

Apparently the tablet is not in production yet, but they are very close, with a release in November. And the big deal? It will only cost $250. And, it might come with a free Amazon Prime subscription, which is normally $79 a year.

The first true iPad competitor

I like their idea a lot. In fact, this may very well be the first true iPad competitor because of four key factors:

First, Amazon will be the first company to have the complete ecosystem. Like Apple's closed garden, but plugging into all of Amazon's products and services.

Then, they count with the customer base. They can attack their customers from their store and offer them this device as a simple, quite inexpensive tablet that acts as an extension to their content and services.

The third factor, and perhaps the most important, is that the Amazon Kindle will offer a super simple user interface that is centered around the content itself. If what you want is give consumers access to stuff to consume, that seems like the best option. Anyone would be able to use it. Their approach is a lot better than replicating Apple's app-oriented iOS interface, like every other iPad-clone maker does.

And finally, their tablet will plug directly into a very strong cloud solution. Unlike Apple—who is now only about to deploy the unproven iCloud after multiple previous failures—Amazon has a lot of experience in cloud services for serving content. If they manage to offer the same experience as in the desktop—and there's no reason to think otherwise—Apple will have a formidable enemy. Not an iPad killer, but certainly a real enemy that could damage them. [TechCrunch]

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The Samsung Impulse 4G Might Be AT&T's First LTE Phone [Rumor]

Boy Genius Report received this image from a tipster who claims that it's the Samsung Impulse 4G, which will run on AT&T's LTE network and would be the carrier's first such device.

Little else is known about the phone, though judging from the image, it's Android based (Boy Genius points out its similarity to the Droid Charge). [BGR]

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Reuters Says Cheap-O 8 GB iPhone 4 Arriving "Within Weeks" [Rumor]

The mythological "cheap iPhone" is coming, according to equally mythological "people with knowledge of the matter," reports Reuters. And it's coming soon, they say: a less expensive 8 GB version within weeks. Run, rumor, run!

Does an 8 GB version make sense? Sure—Apple already sells a budget 8 GB 3GS for a mere $50, so when the new hotness arrives, they'll probably want to phase out that old bag and replace it with a new econo-phone. And an 8 GB iPhone 4 would sit nicely beside a shiny, expensive new iPhone 5. But we'll wait and see! Only those "with knowledge of the matter" know for sure. [Reuters via 9to5Mac]

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Samsung May Buy HP's PC Business Says Digitimes [Rumor]

Samsung has reportedly talked to manufacturers like Quanta Computers and Pegatron about outsourcing notebook orders. The Korean company is supposedly eyeing HP's PC business and needs outside manufacturing help. It's an interesting proposition; maybe it'll move beyond a rumor. [Digitimes]

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