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Apple Delays Leopard Until October

Apple is putting off its next release of Mac OS X, codenamed Leopard, until October 2007...and blames all the effort it's putting into developing the iPhone.

Apple announced yesterday that it will delay the next version of it’s Mac OS X operating system (version 10.5, codenamed “Leopard”) until October, 2007. In a statement, the company says that it had planned to release the software in early June at its World Wide Developer Conference (WWDC) that opens June 11; however, attendees will instead be treated to a “near final” beta version of the operating system.

What’s to blame for the delay? That would be the Apple iPhone. The company says that in its effort to complete work on what the mobile industry seems to already think will be a paradigm-shifting device, it has had to divert development and quality assurance resources from its Mac OS X team to the iPhone team. However, Apple says the iPhone has passed several of its required certification tests and is on schedule for its late June rollout.

Mac OS X 10.5 “Leopard” is slated to include several new technologies, inclugin an automated backup system (“Time Machine“), a virtual workspace organizer (“Spaces“), parental controls, and updates to key Mac OS X components like Mail, Dashboard, and Spotlight.

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What's happened? This week, China's Quality Certification Center released information about a battery (EB-BS04898ABY) with a maximum capacity of 4,855mAh. That's the same capacity as was previously seen in the Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra, and fans have taken this certification to mean the Galaxy S26 Ultra will not see a capacity increase after all.

The Samsung Galaxy Ultra models have had the same battery capacity for the last five years.

What's happened? Samsung has officially announced the Galaxy Tab S10 Lite, a budget-friendly alternative to the Galaxy Tab S10. The device has been rumored for months, but this is the first time Samsung has officially acknowledged its existence.

The Galaxy Tab S10 Lite will have a 10.9-inch display and a peak brightness of 600 nits — a bit on the lower side, versus the iPad Pro's maximum brightness of 1,600 nits.