Apple is in hot war over intellectual rights with Samsung but its dependance on the Korean hardware giant production is just going to grow in 2012. While in 2011 Apple spent nearly $7.8 billion on Samsung-made parts but in 2012, this number will grow further to $11 billion.

"The amount of the current contract is around $9.7 billion, butis expected to rise to $11 billion by the end of this year as Apple is planning to release a smaller iPad, probably with a 7.85-inch screen, and to sell more of its MacBook Air PCs using Samsung faster solid state drive storage," said Samsung executive told The Korea Times speaking on the condition of confidentiality.

Now, while the focus of the executive message the fact that Apple will spend more on Samsung parts, having a confirmation of the real possibility for a 7.85-inch iPad (iPad mini) from a Samsung official is probably even bigger news.

Conan O'Brien never misses a new Apple release without making a good Joke out of it, and we have already witnessed Conan takes on the iPad 2 and Siri.

This hilarious comedian now pointed its mocking gun to the Apple new iPad, since nothing really negative can be said about a 9.7-inch screen loaded with more than 3.1 million pixels, he went in a different direction.

It is not the screen itself, but rather what people usually do with even the most high-tech toys that is in the crosshairs of Team CoCo in the video below, I will Not spoil it for you!

Steve Jobs were right, iphone is a Magical device, Non of Apple iPhone 4S owners realized that you can suddenly turn your 3G device into a 4G device with a magical software update, Most of them are so excited to see that after downloading the new iOS update their phone now shows a "4G" icon. Those who realize that just is not possible are finding out that this a bug in the Apple Software.

But What is this problem ? Apple has never launched a 4G device before. The new iPad, which goes on sale next week, will be the first. The new iPad will run iOS 5.1, the same software that iPhone 4S owners are updating to. So, the long and the short of it is most likely Apple changed the operating system display so that the 4G icon would start showing up, but somehow whatever algorithm it used to determine if a user is in a 4G zone is being triggered by iPhone 4S customers.

Apple has just released the iTunes 10.6 Update, with support for 1080p HD movies and TV shows following the launch of a new updated iPad and new updated Apple TV.

"iTunes 10.6 adds the ability to play 1080p HD movies and TV shows from the iTunes Store," says Apple. "This release also includes many improvements for iTunes Match."

The new update, which comes in at 81.4MB, will also add improved song matching, improved album artwork handling, downloading and display, and. says Apple, addresses an issue where songs may skip when playing from iCloud. Go to your iTunes and click Help > Check for Updates > Update!

As we announced before the Next Gen iPad will be announced on 7, March and here we are. Today, Tim Cook, Apple CEO, announced the Next-Gen iPad named "The New iPad"... Yes Not iPad 3, Not iPad HD.. just "The New iPad". The event started with the announcement of iOS 5.1 as it is available from today.

Packing a Retina IPS display with the mind-blowing resolution of 2048 x 1536 pixels and Quad-core GPU along with a A5X Dual-core Chipset, this shapes up to be one of the hottest slates on the market. check the link Below for Full specs

New iPad Full Specifications

Here are all the technical details about the new iPad Retina display:

- Resolution of 2048x1536 pixels
- Pixel density of 264 pixels per inch
- 40% better color saturation
- 3.1 million pixels total
- 1 million more pixels than an HD TV

The New iPad will have New gestures, new effects, multi-touch editing, and you can beam photos directly between devices with Photo Beaming, Photo Journals and brushes for Editing and sharing photos from iOS device to another iOS device.

The New iPad Now has a Personal Hotspot too, So you can share your 4G-LTE super fast connection with other devices via Wifi, Also it has 10 Hours of battery life and 9-hours on 4G with the same 9.4mm.

The New iPad Prices starts with 16GB for $499, If you want 4G it is $629, $729 and $829.

Apple stock is down in an up market today, after the new iPad announcement. The drop passed 1% at the time of writing this, so we are curious about the close and the next few days.

Apple shares had a great run-up until the announcement and speculators are probably getting out in droves now, cashing in on handsome profit margins, especially if they bought options a month or so ago.

Apple iPad event is LIVE, First things CEO Tim Cook had on his list of announcements. With iOS sales reaching the stunning 64 million just this last quarter, the operating system that is powering those Apple devices got bumped up to iOS 5.1.

With it Siri is ending up on more phones than ever. The humble virtual assistant has now learned Japanese in addition to the three existing languages English, German and French.

"Siri in Japanese is a part of iOS 5.1. It is available today. And we are rolling it out in Japan over the next few weeks," Tim Cook said. In addition to having iOS 5.1, Apple users will get something more in their iTunes cloud storage movie support.

Currently, Apple Store is down and that phenomenon occurs each time Apple is about to make a major announcement. Of course, we are all expecting for the latest and greatest iPad to date to be unveiled at an official Apple event. For Now, apple store websites show a little yellow note saying: "We will be back soon."

The End will Start in 1 Hour, Stay Tuned!

Reports we received confirm that the Apple next-generation iPad will be called the "iPad HD", not the iPad 3. Also on other hands, Apple is buying smaller screens for an "iPad mini" from samsung, samsung said the smaller version of iPad is coming this year.

Gizmodo reported on the potential iPad HD name last week, citing accessory listings from Belkin and Griffin. So combining our info with what Gizmodo has confirmed, it seems like a very strong indication that Apple will be announcing the iPad HD Next Wednesday.

via Gizmodo

Not all of us know that iPhone uses Corning Glass on its screen. However, Apple never confirmed this officially before, Apple even removed Corning from its 2011 list of suppliers. But NOW, Apple has finally verified that it is indeed using the company latest glass technology in a statement about the over half a million jobs Apple has created (statement link below).

"Corning employees in Kentucky and New York who create the majority of the glass for iPhone," Apple credits the company in its Job Creation report.

Apple Jobs creation Statement