TSMC will be the supplier for the quad-core Apple

Analysts have long tried to link the interests of Apple and Taiwanese contract chipmaker TSMC. California company is clearly not going to stop the prosecution of Samsung that not only competes with it in the segment of smartphones and tablets, but it is also a supplier of flash drives, processors and other components for the most similar products Apple. Continue the "war" in this state, would be tantamount to purchase ammunition from the enemy.

The research firm Citigroup Global Markets said that TSMC will be the sole supplier of 20-nanometer chips for a new generation of Apple in the next one or two years. According to observers, the U.S. consumer electronics giant has decided to use their new products quad 20-nanometer processors, and TSMC has made good progress in the development of these advanced standards.

Judge JT Su said that Apple began testing the 20-nm process technology TSMC in August of this year, and in November, may issue a pilot batch of processors. Mass printing chips could begin in late 2013 - as a result of significantly increasing the chances that TSMC will increase the cost of capital for the development of capacity to $ 11-12 billion in 2013 and 2014.

Analysts suggest that Apple develops its own quad-core ARM-processors are not just for the Tablet PC iPad, but also for TV iTV, which goes so many rumors, and even for a new series of laptops MacBook. Chips for smartphones iPhone, he predicted, with the transition to the 20-nm dual-core remain to improve energy efficiency.

HTCLock Pro: Advanced iPhone lock screen with elements of HTC Android

Original-jailbreak tweak  HTCLock , released in early last summer, was able to score a thousand downloads from users who wish to transform their iPhone lock screen in HTC Sense style, Branded skins for the Android operating system from the famous Taiwanese manufacturer.

Active lock screen phones HTC has a wide, by the standards of iOS, functionality. In order to bring the phone to alert requires a "pull" from the bottom of the ring. When you point to a specific ring label can immediately call one of the applications, such as "Phone", "camera", "communication" or "Mail".

Tweek HTCLock repeats HTC Sense interface capabilities for smartphones iPhone and iPods iPod touch. After installing it on lock screen appear the same hours, the ring and the active elements. By default, there are links to YouTube, Mail and Safari. The fourth circle with a padlock is responsible for opening the device.

According to numerous requests from users by HTCLock decided to release an extended version with additional features tweaks and improvements. There is also major improvements preference pane that allows you to modify the behavior of a wide range expansion.

First, with HTCLock Pro can be further customized to lock screen active applications, which are the four sub-App 1, App 2, App 3 and App 4. Second, the developer has three choices to replace the standard ring, which is also good. In addition, the settings can be hidden dock bar on the lock screen, or turn on vibrate function which is triggered at the time the device desktop.

In HTCLock Pro developer rewrote the code, resulting in smoother operation made animation. Now, the utility can be recommended as a full replacement of the standard lock screen in iOS.

Set HTCLock and HTCLock Pro only possible on devices subjected to the procedure of jailbreaking. To do this, download Absinthe 2.x for Windows, Mac OS X or Linux, to literally one click to jailbreak iOS 5.1.1.

HTCLock Pro is available for download from Cydia ModMyi repository for $ 0.99.