Here are the latest Apple rumors from the blogosphere:
“New ‘leaked’ photos posted late Sunday claim to show the logic board of the next generation “iPhone 5.” The photos show the front and rear of a logic board distinctly different from that on the iPhone 4 and 4S.” — “The Mac Observer” (http://www.macobserver.com)
“Following on the heels of our report from Wednesday about Apple’s preparations for developer seeds of OS X 10.8.1, Apple has now released the first build of the Mountain Lion update to developers.” — “Mac Rumors” (http://www.macrumors.com)
“A mini Dock Connector expected to make its debut on Apple’s new iPhone next month sports 9 official points of contact and takes design cues from the company’s patented and ‘idiot proof’ MagSafe adapter.” — “AppleInsider” (http://www.appleinsider.com)
“An avid Mac OS X 10.8 rummager reckons Apple may give the boot to optical drives — a suggestion based merely on the contents of a configuration file. The fanboi found the .plist file in the latest version of OS X, Mountain Lion. The document refers to future iMac and Mac Pro machines and includes options for booting, say, Microsoft Windows from a USB stick – presumably because a DVD drive may be absent.” — “The Register” (theregister.co.uk)
“AT&T is planning to launch a new iPhone during the third or fourth week of September, claims a source with the US carrier. The person remarks that the company is maintaining an all-hands-on-deck schedule for its workers during that time period, one that will extend all the way into mid-October. A second source adds that a large training event for regional workers has in fact been rescheduled from the first week of October as a result of a conflict with a “huge announcement.” — “MacNN” (http://www.macnn.com)
“Over the past couple of weeks, we’ve been receiving reports that Apple has been laying off a number of recently-hired staff members at its retail stores. Most of the reports have been coming from Apple retail employees in the United Kingdom, but several of these reports claim that similar actions are taking place at stores around the world. We’ve also been receiving reports of long-term cutbacks in hours for part-time staff in the United States and Canada.” — “Mac Rumors” (http://www.macrumors.com)