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Following up on the information iMore received yesterday on potential ZFS hooks in iOS 5.1, a reliable source let us know that Apple has been investing heavily in ZFS appliances from Oracle. (Whether or not this will be made public is unknown; it doesn’t seem to be right now.)
Some fresh pictures of a camera-equipped iPod nano have slipped out, indicating that Apple’s music player may be due for an update soon. Aside from the camera, the overall design doesn’t seem to have changed much from the previous generation.
BGR was given screenshots from sources who claim to have access to the iPad 3, indicating it will come packed with a quad-core A6 chip and support LTE speeds.
Seth Weintraub from 9to5Mac has a source within Foxconn that claims Apple is readying the iPhone 5 — as it’s apparently being called — for production in time for a summer release. The leak also claims:
Sony has announced a new 13 megapixel back-illuminated CMOS image sensor that may be included in the next iPhone’s camera.
BGR was tipped on a few references to x2 iPad graphics — the kind required for Retina displays — in the new iBooks 2, adding fuel to the iPad 3 rumour fire.
Japanese news site macotakara claims Apple will hold an iPad 3 launch event in early February. The report cites sources in the U.S. as well as within the Asian supply
Deep within iOS 5.1 beta 3 are mentions to two next-generation iPad 3 code names, J1AP and J2AP, as well as ongoing references to Facebook.
9to5 Mac has uncovered what could be Apple’s plan to bring Siri dictation to the iPad once iOS 5.1 is released.
Our own tipster Sonny Dickson was looking through the
Randomly accurate rumor site Digitimes suggests that, according to industry sources out of Taiwan, Apple will release a Retina display iPad 3 in March, then turn around and ship a
