http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/apple/ en-us Tue, 5 Jan 2010 07:26:24 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2421183/posts Apple Inc., seeking to win a larger share of the market for handheld computers, is planning to unveil a tablet PC this month, according to a person familiar with the matter. The device is scheduled to go on sale in March, said the person, who declined to be identified because details of the product are private. Offering a tablet PC would help Apple capitalize on demand from consumers for devices that can surf the Web and play movies and music. The product may also spark fresh competition for Amazon.com Inc., maker of the Kindle electronic-book reader, as well as makers... BusinessWeek http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2421183/posts#comment Tue, 5 Jan 2010 07:26:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2418834/posts Bowing to Chinese law, Apple is reportedly blocking iPhone users in China from downloading applications about two figures Beijing considers "separatists": the Dalai Lama and exiled Uighur leader Rebiya Kadeer. IDG News Service said at least five iPhone software programs related to the Tibetan spiritual leader are unavailable in Apple's China App Store along with one related to Kadeer. IDG, publisher of Macworld, Computerworld, PC World and other magazines, said the move would make Apple the latest US technology giant to censor its services in China. Asked for comment on Thursday by AFP, Trudy Muller, an Apple spokeswoman, repeated a... Nine News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2418834/posts#comment Fri, 1 Jan 2010 06:17:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2418783/posts Today's Apple tablet rumor has an optimistic zing to it--and maybe that's a great way to close out a dreary 2009. According to a blog post by former Google China president Kai-Fu Lee, Apple plans to produce nearly 10 million tablets in the still-unannounced product's first year. Lee worked for Apple more than ten years ago and left Google earlier this year, according to published reports. That figure--10 million--seems awfully high for a consumer product that's charting unknown territory. The tablet (or iSlate or iPad, if you prefer) would target an untapped market, if rumors of the device's form and... PCworld http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2418783/posts#comment Fri, 1 Jan 2010 03:45:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2418387/posts Apple wins appeal in earbud hearing-loss lawsuit By Sam Diaz, ZDNet Thursday, December 31, 2009 10:15 AM Just because something can benefit from some improvement doesn't mean that it's necessarily bad for you. That's basically what a San Francisco appeals court said when it upheld a previous ruling that Apple iPod earbuds cannot be held responsible for hearing loss, according to a Reuters report. In the ruling, a judge wrote that the plaintiffs didn't offer evidence to show that iPods earbuds were dangerous, only that they believed they could be made safer. The judge wrote: The plaintiffs do not allege... ZDNet Asia http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2418387/posts#comment Thu, 31 Dec 2009 16:02:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2417148/posts HELSINKI (Reuters) - The world's top mobile phone maker Nokia launched a new patent broadside against Apple, escalating a battle for control of the smartphone market that has already led to a flurry of lawsuits. Nokia filed a complaint with the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) on Tuesday alleging that Apple infringes Nokia patents in "virtually all of its mobile phones, portable music players, and computers" sold. The seven patents at issue relate to Nokia technology being used by Apple to create features in user interface, camera, antenna and power management technologies, it said in a statement. A Nokia spokesman... yahoo tech news http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2417148/posts#comment Tue, 29 Dec 2009 20:39:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2416048/posts Mac clone maker defends Rebel EFI, likens it to 'reading a book in the bathroom'Mac clone maker Psystar last week indefinitely suspended sales of its only product, a $50 utility that lets customers install Apple's Snow Leopard operating system on generic Intel-based computers. The company also said it would resume selling systems "in the coming days." Those machines will run Linux rather than Mac OS X. Psystar, which began selling Mac clones in April 2008, has been battling Apple in federal court in California since July 2008, when Apple sued the Doral, Fla. firm, saying it violated copyright laws by... Computerworld http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2416048/posts#comment Mon, 28 Dec 2009 03:24:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2415885/posts Please pardon the vanity ... just wanted to ask a question for a person who got an iPod Nano for Christmas. She can't use her iPod with her iTunes since (apparently) the newer iPods need to use SP3 (XP is her OS). And she can't update Windows to SP3 for the following reason: she bought the computer from a local PC discount store, which has long since gone out of business, and about 3-6 months ago started getting a message that her Windows is not legit (pop-up in the lower-right corner of the screen). She said Microsoft wants $149.99 to... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2415885/posts#comment Sun, 27 Dec 2009 20:40:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2414831/posts "Apple Inc. shares reached their all-time high on Thursday as excitement builds over the expected release of its tablet computer," Gabriel Madway and Doris Frankel report for Reuters. "Although Apple has never acknowledged that a device exists, anticipation is peaking as the company enters the new year." MacDailyNews Note: Today's NASDAQ trading was shortened session. The market is now closed and will also be closed on Friday. Madway and Frankel continue, "On Wednesday, the Financial Times reported on its blog that the company has rented a stage at a venue in San Francisco and will make a 'major product announcement'... Mac Daily News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2414831/posts#comment Fri, 25 Dec 2009 04:52:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2414499/posts The year 2009 will go on record as one of Apple's best years ever, as I explained in the "10 things Apple did right in 2009" list. This second, did-wrong list looks at the mistakes, and there were plenty. But one did-wrong is pervasive throughout nearly all of them. Apple failed to innovate the way it did during the last recession. Apple CEO Steve Jobs and his senior executives took many of the actions affecting 2009 during 2001 and early 2002. With that introduction, I present the list of 10 things Apple did wrong in 2009 -- in no order... Betanews http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2414499/posts#comment Thu, 24 Dec 2009 15:49:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2414495/posts Apple's 2009 execution was nothing short of spectacular, given the sour economy and CEO Steve Jobs' medical leave. Apple executives handled both circumstances, which might have sunk another company, with finesse and subtle but direct aggressiveness. I had a difficult time narrowing the did-good list to just 10 items. I'll post a did-wrong list later today or just after midnight tomorrow. For now, I present the list of 10 things Apple did right in 2009 -- in no order of importance. They're all important. Apple: 1. Kept Mac prices high. While Windows PC competitors slashed computer prices -- and so... Betanews http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2414495/posts#comment Thu, 24 Dec 2009 15:46:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2414342/posts 2000-2009 Product winner revealedCall them the Noughties (‘00s) if you will but the decade now passing into history has had its fair share of industry/culture/commerce-shaking products and technologies. PC Advisor editors and expert contributors, with reader feedback from pcadvisor.co.uk's 300,000 registered users, have nominated ten products, technologies, people and companies that have defined the decade 2000-2009 and will still hold influence over the next. See all nominations for the PC Advisor Awards 2010 The Product Of The DecadeThe Product Of The Decade had to be something so influential that it shook up not just its product category but everything around... PC Advisor (UK) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2414342/posts#comment Thu, 24 Dec 2009 08:31:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2414325/posts By the pricking of my thumbs,something tablet this way comes... Apple tablet definitely coming in 7" size? by Boy Genius Blog on December 23rd, 2009 at 9:41am WeÂ’re really going out on a limb here, but one of our very connected sources let us know that theyÂ’ve heard very solid information about AppleÂ’s upcoming tablet. It has been widely reported recently that the size of the tablet is 10″, but there was also talk about a 7″ model. Our connect said there is 100% a 7″ Apple tablet, to be announced in January, and whether this is in addition to... The Boy Genius Report; Business Insider, The NY Times; The Financial Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2414325/posts#comment Thu, 24 Dec 2009 07:27:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2411015/posts Mac clone maker's lawyer says another attorney misquoted; Psystar not out of business, but site is down Although Mac clone maker Psystar has turned off the lights at its Web site, the firm is not shutting down permanently, the company's lawyer said today.Contrary to a report on Thursday by the Dow Jones Newswire (subscription required), Psystar is not shutting down for good, said K.A.D. Camara, of the Houston, Texas firm Camara & Sibley LLP. Camara represents Psystar in a lawsuit the company filed in a Miami federal court last August that accuses Apple of violating several antitrust laws. Computerworld http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2411015/posts#comment Sat, 19 Dec 2009 07:45:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2409409/posts They call themselves the Worldwide Loyalty Team. Among some employees, they are known as the Apple Gestapo, a group of moles always spying in headquarters and stores, reporting directly to Jobs and Oppenheimer. Here's how they hunt people down."You may want to know about their Worldwide Loyalty Team," Tom told me recently in an email. I read what he had to say. It felt like a description of the Gestapo, without the torture and killing part.Tom never lived in Nazi Germany, back in the time when the Geheime Staatspolize had the power to get into any house or any office,... gizmodo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2409409/posts#comment Thu, 17 Dec 2009 11:54:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2408517/posts After months of contentious litigation, Judge Alsup today granted Apple’s request for a permanent injunction and ruled that the injunction encompasses not only includes Snow Leopard, but Psystar’s Rebel EFI software as well. As a quick reminder, Rebel EFI is a piece of downloadable software available on Psystar’s website that allows users to install OS X onto non-Apple hardware. The order notes that Psystar has until December 31, 2009 to cease all infringing activities, with the Court specifically stating that Psystar “must immediately begin this process, and take the quickest path to compliance; thus, if compliance can be achieved within... Edible Apple http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2408517/posts#comment Wed, 16 Dec 2009 07:16:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2405687/posts Apple beat Google to LaLa deal after failed bid for AdMob - report By Brian Garner Published: Thursday, December 10, 2009 at 08:00 PM EST Google was in serous discussions with music streaming service Lala before it was sold to Apple earlier this month. Google and Apple have been battling to purchase some of the same companies in an attempt to gain leverage in the highly competitive tech sector. According to the Wall Street Journal, Google had been in serious talks with online music streaming company La La Media Inc. before Apple closed the $85 million deal earlier this month.... AppleInsider http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2405687/posts#comment Fri, 11 Dec 2009 21:13:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2405673/posts Why Apple should keep a closer eye on prolific app store developers In the most recent example of a developer attempting to milk Apple customers out of their hard earned money, a Chinese-based development company named Molinker engaged in a scheme to artificially inflate the number of positive reviews that appeared alongside many of their apps, which altogether totaled over 1,000. By Yoni Heisler Fri, 12/11/09 - 2:17am. It's no secret that a well-reviewed and popular iPhone app can potentially net a developer hundreds of thousands of dollars.  But the potential to make a lot of money inevitably causes... Network World http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2405673/posts#comment Fri, 11 Dec 2009 20:53:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2405642/posts iPhone App Store reaches 300,000 available apps by end of November 2010? Submitted by David Kuan - 12.11.2009 According to IDC, Apple's App Store for the iPhone and iPod Touch will hit the 300,000 apps mark before 2011. This may seem like an amazingly large number, but Apple passed the 100,000 apps available for download milestone last month. In addition, more than 200,000 have been submitted, at a rate of 8,500 new apps and updates every week. It's not hard to imagine Apple approving its 300,000th app well before the end of the year. Unless, of course, app developers put... The Industry Standard http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2405642/posts#comment Fri, 11 Dec 2009 19:53:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2405623/posts AT&T and the All-You-Can-Eat Dilemma By Chris Maxcer MacNewsWorld 12/11/09 4:00 AM PT Some AT&T customers are fuming about comments a company executive made recently about why the carrier is having such rotten network issues -- some users tend to use up an awful lot of bandwidth. AT&T certainly isn't the hero of this story, but it is worth taking a closer look at what was really said why some of it actually makes sense. Listen. Wow. If you're reading this, there's a decent chance you've seen the inundation of whiny news stories and blog posts over the widely reported... MacNewsWorld http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2405623/posts#comment Fri, 11 Dec 2009 19:34:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2405505/posts Apple Says Nokia Missed The Boat And “Chose To Copy The iPhone” Instead by Erick Schonfeld on December 11, 2009 Now that Apple has responded to Nokia’s patent lawsuit filed last October with its own countersuit today, we have a clearer picture of what the dispute is all about. As suspected, it is about money, specifically the patent licensing fees Nokia is trying to get out of Apple for wireless patents it holds and it alleges are infringed by the iPhone. But more broadly, it is about Nokia missing the boat on the shift from conventional phones to mobile computers... TechCrunch http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2405505/posts#comment Fri, 11 Dec 2009 17:18:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2404260/posts Why Apple succeeds, and always will By Joe Wilcox Published December 9, 2009, 9:45 AM Simply put: Apple doesn't play by the rules. It reinvents them. Apple applies what I call "David Thinking" to its broader business, product development and marketing. Apple is David to Microsoft Goliath -- and other ones, too. Goliath plays by one set of rules. David choses to change the rules, which favor his strengths rather than those of Goliath. David Thinking is most provocative and surprising when Goliath acts like David. After all, David sometimes becomes Goliath; Apple is a giant in music with iPod... Betanews http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2404260/posts#comment Thu, 10 Dec 2009 02:29:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2404068/posts AT&T Inc. plans to take steps toward curtailing excessive data usage by some iPhone customers as it battles growth in both wireless traffic and perceptions of network problems. Ralph de la Vega, who run's AT&T's wireless and consumer businesses, said Wednesday the company will introduce "incentives" to encourage customers to cut back on their data usage. Mr. de la Vega said AT&T's strategy wasn't set yet, but said the incentives wouldn't affect the majority of AT&T's subscribers. He said details will likely be available early next year. The wireless industry has been wrestling with the exponentially growing use of data... Wall Street Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2404068/posts#comment Wed, 9 Dec 2009 22:41:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2403528/posts Apple releases MacBook Pro EFI Firmware Update 1.8 Apple releases MacBook EFI Firmware Update 1.4 Apple releases SuperDrive Firmware Update 3.0 Apple releases AirPort Client Update 2009-002 which is recommended for all Macs Click on the Blue or BLack Apple Menu on the upper left of the Menu Bar, then select Software Update. . ." and follow the dialog box prompts to update your Mac if necessary... Apple Inc. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2403528/posts#comment Wed, 9 Dec 2009 07:28:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2403098/posts Apple can be copied, but can it be beat? By Jim Dalrymple DECEMBER 8, 2009, 8:15 AM PT Apple has some of the best selling computers in the market, it’s the No. 1 music distributor, it sells movies, TV shows, iPods and it’s changing the mobile space with the iPhone and App Store. It’s also one of the most copied companies in the world, but can anyone beat them? It’s almost funny to watch companies line up to put out products that mimic Apple’s look and functionality. Apple puts out a new iPod and all of a sudden there are... The Loop http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2403098/posts#comment Tue, 8 Dec 2009 19:58:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2403019/posts Dragon Dictation comes to the iPhone. Wow. by Mel Martin on Dec 8th 2009 at 12:00AM Put this into the 'I didn't think they could ever get this to work on an iPhone' category. I'm talking about Dragon Dictation [iTunes link] from Nuance, the developers of the very popular Dragon Naturally Speaking for the PC. Nuance also provides the speech recognition engine for MacSpeech Dictate on the Mac platform. To dictate on the iPhone you just launch the app, press the record button, and start talking. Your dictation can be a brief sentence, or a much longer treatise. Once the... TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2403019/posts#comment Tue, 8 Dec 2009 18:34:48 GMT