Iphone 5 at the Apple Store Jacksonville Town Center

Just prior to the release of a major new Apple product at the Jacksonville Town Center, the internet typically becomes consumed with device mockups and plenty of heated speculation. A new set of iPhone 5 device mockups making the rounds could be giving consumers a glimpse of what’s to come on launch day at the The Apple Store in Jacksonville Town Center.

MacRumors recently commissioned a professional set of mockup images based on leaked design specifications that are allegedly for the iPhone 5.

Not only do the images line up with previous interpretations of the handset, but they also have Chinese manufacturers hard at work on producing new iPhone cases, reports the site.

The design specs give precise measurements of the device as well as which portions need to remain open for power, audio/video inputs and button controls. As shown in the photo above, specs call for a wide space near the bottom of the phone, which could indicate that the home button will take on a more horizontal, oval shape. The screen is also wider and the device itself has a tear-drop thickness — with the bottom end of the phone being the thinnest part.

Assuming the case design specifications are accurate, the commissioned mockup images will look very similar to the final product. Many are speculating that Apple will release the iPhone 5 by mid September in the U.S. and internationally by the end of October.

Personally, I think the iPhone 5 in Jacksonville renderings are gorgeous. If these images are a glimpse into the future, I’d be more than willing to camp outside an Apple store at Jacksonville Town Center for a chance to become one of the first people to get their hands on it.

[via MacRumors]

iPhone passes BlackBerry among users

iPhone passes BlackBerry among users
Jacksonville Business Journal – by Jeff Clabaugh , Washington Business Journal
Date: Friday, June 3, 2011, 1:03pm EDT
Related: Technology, Retailing & Restaurants

Related News
Apple changes app subscription rules
Apple unveils iCloud
Tech Wednesday: Prey Software review
New iPhone may add Sprint, T-Mobile
Apple introduces new iMacs
Apple’s iPhone has passed Research in Motion’s BlackBerry among U.S. smartphone users.
ComScore, based in Reston, Va., says smartphones running Google’s Android operating system continue to dominate the smartphone market. Palm, the company that pioneered smartphones, continues to decline, barely registering in comScore’s latest user survey.
Google’s Android accounted for 36.4 percent of U.S. smartphone users in April, up 5.2 percent from January. Apple is now No. 2, with 26 percent smartphone market share, up 1.3 percent from January. Research in Motion fell 4.7 percent to 25.7 percent of the smartphone market.
Phones running Microsoft’s operating system accounted for 6.7 percent of the smartphone market, while Palm users fell to just 2.6 percent.
ComScore (Nasdaq: SCOR) said 74.6 million U.S. consumers owned a smartphone as of April, up 13 percent from January.
Apple Inc. (Nasdaq: AAPL), based in Cupertino, Calif., has a store at the St. Johns Town Center in Jacksonville.

Read more: iPhone passes BlackBerry among users | Jacksonville Business Journal

iPad 2 at Jacksonville Town Center on March 11th!

According to the Wall Street Journal, “people familiar with the matter” say that the iPad 2 available in the Apple Store at the Jacksonville Town Center will be lighter, sleeker and even thinner than its predecessor. The tablet available in the Apple Store at the Jacksonville Town Center will have a front-facing camera, unlike the dual-camera on the new Motorola Xoom, that will enable a Facetime video conferencing app.

The announcement of the launch of the Apple iPad 2 is expected in the Apple Store at the Jacksonville Town Center on march 11th. The iPad2 available in the Jacksonville Town Center on March 11th is hot off the heels of Motorola’s Xoom tablet US launch this month available at Verizon stores.

Never a company to be outdone by its competitors, Apple is believed to be deep into development for the next edition of the iPad—the Apple iPad 2. Of course, the notoriously enigmatic technology giant hasn’t acknowledged that it’s working on the follow-up to one its most successful products, but hasn’t denied it either.

With the tablet computer market heating up with new devices from Motorola, Samsung and other competitors, Apple is already in the works to come roaring back with its latest edition.

Since the iPad US launch at the Apple Store in Jacksonville Town Center last April, the iPad has been a proven success for Apple. The company has sold 14.8 million devices globally, mainly through Apple Store and online sales has sparked a worldwide hunger for tablet computers.

iPhone 5 from Jacksonville Town Center will offer “Wave and Pay!”

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/0a835462-28c0-11e0-aa18-00144feab49a.html#axzz1C95W3KXG

The Apple Store In Jacksonville Town Center will EVENTUALLY will offer iPhone 5 which Apple will install “wave and pay” technology for the next version of its iPhone. This will boost mobile commerce and potentially giving Apple a big piece of the multibillion-dollar transaction industry.

The Apple iPhone 5, due out this year at Jacksonville Town Center, is likely to incorporate technology called Near-Field Communication, which incorporates financial account information and ties that data to specific devices, according to Asian suppliers and others who have been in talks with Apple.

“I do believe Apple’s iPhone 5 will have NFC embedded,” said Bill Gajda, Visa’s head of mobile innovation, one of those in ­discussions with Apple.

Apple declined to comment.

Large retailers who have stores in Jacksonville Town Center who do not yet have NFC scanners would have to spend heavily to switch to new terminals, Mr Doherty warned, though it would be easy for smaller outlets that rent such terminals to start leasing NFC-capable machines instead.

US wave and pay trials have, thus far, been small. Visa has been working with some card­issuing banks, for example, who mail small cards with financial credentials that can be inserted into the iPhone and other smartphones.