March 2nd, 2010
Apple isn’t content with just counter-suing Nokia over patents, Cupertino has actually gone ahead and filed a suit against HTC for infringing 20 of its patents. While nothing is very clear as of now and just as the Nokia vs Apple battle seems long drawn with ITC and multiple suits coming in picture, we can expect similar action between Apple and HTC in coming weeks / months.
All Apple discloses officially is that the patent infringement is related to the “iPhone’s user interface, underlying architecture and hardware.” Here is the official release: (more…)
Categories: Apple, Tech Industry News, smartphones |
Tags: Apple, apple lawsuit, apple sues htc, HTC, htc lawsuit, iphone patents, patent, patent fight, patents | 3 Comments
January 28th, 2010
With so much hype and hoopla around the Apple press event and their to be launched products in 2010 (read Apple’s very own tablet and the 4th generation iPhone). Our own Annkur was invited with his crystal bowl by Bloomberg UTV to help with the predictions and clear the air about the future on Apple. Predict he did on the 4th gen iPhones; but I guess we have to wait a little while to see if they come true.
In the meantime, while Annkur is waiting with his fingers crossed, you can go ahead and watch him making those revolutionary predictions (Jump post 1:00).
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Categories: Apple, Videos, iphone |
Tags: annkur, Apple, Bloomberg, Bloomberg UTV, media, onlygizmos in media, predictions, UTV | 3 Comments
January 27th, 2010
Steve Jobs just unveiled the iPad on stage and much as expected its runs the iPhons OS 4.0 (guessing) and the design of the tablet though is to my surprise just a oversized iPhone itself. While I hear people going WOW about this, frankly there is nothing really magical about the Apple tablet. No groundbreaking hardware and something like the Lenovo Hybrid was better innovation IMO.
And the problem of carrying a tablet shaped device and typing on it on the go still remains. A 5″ iPhone (or a 4.3″ atleast) would have pleased me much more. Though we are still hearing more from Steve’s keynote, lets see
Update:
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Categories: Apple, Launch Pad, Tech Industry News, eReaders & Tablets |
Tags: Apple, apple a4, apple tablet, ipad, tablet | 10 Comments
January 19th, 2010
Feels good to have some confirmation on an Apple rumor that promises something revolutionary. No its not the Apple tablet going official but atleast the Apple event for January 27th which is expected to be the launch platform the iSlate and possibly reveal a new iPhone / iPhoneOS. While I still remain confused on what the iSlate would offer, we have some idea of what the iPhone OS 4.0 can show up.
Firstly it is expected that the iPhone OS 4.0 would run on the tablet aswell as the iPhone / iTouch. Amongst the new features multitasking is something we have waited for long enough and its time for the iPhone to adopt it. However we might also see Apple’s own Maps application that is rumored to be in works and will eventually replace the Google Maps native app on the touch and the iPhone. But for now all excitement waiting for the iSlate… i.e. if its coming 
(Apple is marketing the event as “come see our latest creation” which certainly points at a NEW product!)
Categories: Apple, rumor |
Tags: Apple, apple event, apple tablet, iphone 4.0, islate, tablet | 1 Comment
January 15th, 2010
Yesterday we read about Google’s superphone Nexusone being sued. Today we woke upto the news of the bunchof best selling smartphones being sued. Kodak whose revenues have been consistently dropping has decided to make some quick bucks by suing Apple and RIM.
Kodak shares have risen by over two pc. since (more…)
Categories: Android, Apple, Cameras, Tech Industry News, iphone |
Tags: Apple, apple sued, Google smartphone, kodak, litigation, rim | No Comments
January 14th, 2010
Apple has proudly sold 3 billion apps on the iPhone platform. But the pirated apps market is booming and estimations suggest that it has dented Apple’s revenues considerably. Had the pirated apps been purchased legally by Apple; app developers would have got an additional $450 million in revenues. For Apple alone ,considering that they charge 30% of app revenue as commission the amount of loss comes close to $140 million.
While some smart developers like Ben did fight pirated apps in a very innovative manner, Apple has largely remained silent about the issue. Though even Apple has tried its best to get Jailbreaking labeled as illegal. Hackers in any platform would also prevail, its just that Apple has to ensure that these Hackers do not take too much away from the developers by means of piracy. App Store being a key iPhone USP the issue is delicate for sure. (more…)
Categories: Apple, Tech Industry News, iphone |
Tags: app store, Apple, jailbreaking, piracy, pirated downloads | No Comments
January 1st, 2010
Ka-ifu Lee, the ex-president of Google China has posted his hands-on experience of the Apple Tablet on his microblog. The translation of the post reads “The Apple Tablet looks like a bigger iPhone that sports an awesome UI packed in a beautiful 10.1-inch screen. The tablet combines the functions of both netbook and kindle, an ebook reader. It has virtual keyboard for text entry and a webcam for video conferencing”.
The details posted here comprises of mostly what has been already leaked. The 10″ screen have been rumored to be supplied by Foxconn. The iPhone like UI have been leaked before by some alleged hands-on of the Apple Tablet. An e-book reader (more…)
Categories: Apple, eReaders & Tablets, rumor |
Tags: Apple, apple tablet, apple tablet launch, apple tablet launch date, apple tablet specs, iguide, islate, magic slate | 2 Comments
September 24th, 2009
The console wars are all set to enter a new phase. Consider the evidence: Microsoft has revealed the Xbox 360 Elite and is readying a much more radical device for late 2010, complete with the player-as-a-controller Project Natal. Sony has come out with a slimmer PS3 and is looking to come out with UMD-less PSP Go in a month or two, even while working on bringing out a motion-sensing edition of the PS3 a bit later (yep, with the PS3 wand).
There is a name missing out there, right? Well, yes, it is that of the company that is actually been leading both Microsoft and Sony by the nose in the console business over the last year and a half – Nintendo. The Wii made fair mincemeat of the PS3 and Xbox 360, while the Nintendo DS has pretty much buried the Sony PSP.
But will that state of affairs continue? Both Sony and Microsoft are working hard to neutralise the Wii’s motion-sensing edge and the (more…)
Categories: Gaming, Reviews |
Tags: Apple, DS, iphone, ipod touch, microsoft, nintendo, ps3, sony, wii, Xbox 360 | 1 Comment
August 20th, 2009
The Apple iPhone has been a revolution. The iTouch has changed the way smartphones are thought of, something that has truly empowered the handheld. From killer apps to ground breaking UI, the Apple iPhone has placed itself as the most desired gadget for many. Here is a quick look at the achievements of the Apple iPhone in the past two years.
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Categories: Apple, Reviews, iphone |
Tags: Apple, apple iphone, iphone milestones, iphone records, iphone sales | 10 Comments
July 7th, 2009
Apple certainly had grand plans for the iPhone platform. Powered by a great hardware+software duo the Apple phone is all set to innovate beyond our expectations. Various patents filed by Apple over the years (and recently) gives us a clear idea of what the company is planning. Your dream gadgets are being designed and in great style.
Long back we heard how Apple planned to make stolen iPod’s unusable for thieves. Here the stolen gadget won’t charge up unless authenticated. The technology is not yet implemented but for the moment iPhone 3.0 does offer a GPS based locate option. A series of recent patents give us an idea of what Apple has (more…)
Categories: Apple, Future WIP |
Tags: Apple, biometric security, fingerprint, future, innovation, iphone, patents | 1 Comment
June 26th, 2009
The new Apple 3G S costs just a few $$$ extra to Apple even after several upgrades from the iPhone 3G. iSuppli, the company known for tearing down gadgets and then estimating the cost of each component one at a time, has estimated the cost of new iPhone 3G S to be $179. Which means that the new iPhone costs Apple just $5 more than the iPhone 3G.
The 16GB iPhone 3G S costed $172.46 with a manufacturing cost of $6.50, making a total of $178.96 per handset. Though the cost given by iSuppli does not include other costs such as the cost to develop iPhone software, royalty paid, packaging & shipment, advertisements & promotions to name a few. However AT&T pays quite higher to Apple than $199 offered price tag offered (more…)
Categories: Apple, Tech Industry News |
Tags: 3gs, Apple, AT&T, i supply, iphone 3gs, iphone 3gs cost, iphone manufacturing | 1 Comment
June 7th, 2009
Mac users have been waiting for a Mac version of Google Chrome for a long time now. Finally a Mac version of Chrome is now available for download. However Google does not recommend downloading the Mac version of Chrome to general public.
Chrome for Mac is in its early development stage and not yet ready for general users. Thiis Mac version of Chrome is uncomplete and is recommended for developers only.
Still, if you wish to give it a try, the installation is simple and the looks of Chrome resembles that of Safari 4 to keep the Apple feel on your Mac OS. Some aspects of chrome are faster than the Safari or Firefox. But, the Flash based pages like YouTube do not work and you cannot edit the settings easily.
via [BGR]
Categories: Apple, Softwares, Tech Industry News |
Tags: Apple, browser, chrome, chrome for mac, google chrome, mac | No Comments
May 20th, 2009
iPhoneHelp has news on the upcoming iPhone hardware update. According to latest and very strong rumors the iPhone 3.0 would see minor updates in all departments, include a compass, video editing and more. Here are a few:
- 3.2 Megapixel camera with good video support
- Double processor and Ram
- Apple logo on the back would glow
- Rubber like back vs the plastic in iPhone 3G and iPhone 1st Gen
- 8GB to be discontinued, 16GB and 32GB to be unveiled
- Sleeker design
- OLED display
- Will hit stores on 17th July?
The mention of the rubber back looks similar to a leaked iPhone casing spotted back in Feb. Anyone excited?
Categories: Apple, Leaked / Spyshots, rumor |
Tags: Apple, iphone 3.0, iphone pro, iphone rumors, iphonehelp, pro | No Comments
May 10th, 2009
Magnetometer or a compass is already a feature on the T-mobiles’s G1. The BGR’s debug of the Apple 3.0 suggest that the iPhone would too sport a magnetometer. The magnetometer requires special hardware support. So, i guess it would be availabe only on the new iPhone (3rd gen).
The Magnetometer would support many other interesting feature besides a needle pointing towards the North pole. The magnetometer, coupled with your GPS chip and the camera, would give you detailed information about where you are and which direction you need to go along with the names and descriptions of the Buildings you see around you. Sounds like lot of work.
via [AppleInsider]
Categories: Apple, Leaked / Spyshots |
Tags: Apple, apple iphone, apple magnetometer, iphone 3.0, iphone magnetometer, iphone3, magnetometer | 2 Comments
March 28th, 2009
One reason I still don’t have a Mac is that I can’t afford one. So here I live with 3x PC’s and 1x Notebook all powered by Windows. This latest Microsoft AD campaign shows off the ground reality of owning a PC. PRICE!! video downstairs
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Categories: Tech Industry News, Videos, microsoft |
Tags: ads, Apple, commercial, laptop hunter, mac vs pc, microsofdt ad, microsoft, microsoft vs apple, promo, video | 3 Comments
March 27th, 2009
iTunes is bringing in a change in the pricing strategy from Apr 7. Originally it was suppossed to launch on Apr 1. But apple knwos that you have lots of friends who are going to fool you on the ‘Fools Day’. So they just decided that they’ll do it some other day.
The new pricing strategy says that the popular songs would cost $1.29 and the not so popular songs would cost 69 cents, everything else lieing in between. The popular songs would mostly include the classics, chartbusters and new songs from popular artist. The not-so-popular category includes new artists and ols flops or not-so-populars as they call it.
Users still would have a better option through amazone where any song would cost $0.99. So, when people start downloading a song apparently it would become popular and its price would go up. Now that it costs $1.29, less people would download it and the song again becomes less popular. I hope it works that way. I’ll just have to wait for the song to become less popular and then buy it.
And for all those whose friends always make fun of for having a bad choice when it come to music, start feeling lucky.
‘$1.29 per popular song’ – no wonder the piracy industry earns millions even in recession.
Via Gizmodo
Categories: Market Watch, Tech Industry News |
Tags: Apple, apple itunes, itunes, itunes pricing | 1 Comment
March 20th, 2009
Computer Choppers are offering you something that apple would have planned to offer a 3-6 months from now. The new iPod Shuffle is now available in your favorite colour thanks to the plating and colour anodizing done by the computer choppers.
While regular colours shown in the picture would cost you 50$ premium over your iPod cost, some special colours like copper, rose gold and platinum may cost you somewhere around 200$.
And for a few of those who like their gizmo to be a status symbol, you can even have a few diamonds embossed on your iPod.
Categories: Apple, PMP - Portable Media |
Tags: Apple, customize ipod, ipod shuffle | 2 Comments
February 22nd, 2009
After music and phone, what if Apple decides to take a second look at Notebooks? A laptop with no keyboard? Well thats exactly what this parody video tries to explore… video downstairs
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Categories: Apple, Humour, Videos, Weird or not? |
Tags: Apple, fun, Humour, parody, video | No Comments
February 12th, 2009
Palm CEO Ed Colligan has officilly confirmed that PalmOS is dead! Palm shall now focus on the new webOS that debuts with the Palm PRE. Windows Mobile is also in.
“We will transition to WebOS as our core operating system and will continue to support Windows Mobile products for the enterprise market. “
Ed also applied some ice to the Apple vs Palm situation and played down rumors of a upcoming legal battle between the two companies.
Palm had “no issues with Apple” patents and is “very respectful of other companies” patent portfolios,
Via Crunchgear / CultofMac
Categories: Apple, Tech Industry News |
Tags: Apple, apple vs palm, palm, palm os, palm pre, pre, webos | 1 Comment
February 11th, 2009
The G1 / Android created much hype before going public a few months back. But it was anything buy an iPhone killer. A good phone with good features and nice web integration. Powered by Google and a very capable hardware manufactuere HTC the G1 certainly could have done better. And here comes an explanation to why a mojor feature such as multitouch on G1 was left out by Google.
Apple holds patent relating to multitouch, though disputed on how that exactly that applies and how any of its competitors have infringed upon Apple’s patent(s); an insider reveals that Google complied to Apple’s advice and disabled the multitouch support on Android despite both the hardware and software platform being capable of supporting multitouch. Also revealed is that a standard 3.5mm headphone jack was also left out of the G1 just to please Apple.
While Google and Apple are known to be friends with a common rival (yes the BIG M); Google’s CEO Eric Schmidt is also on Apple’s Board. Thus the report suggests that Google avoided souring its ties with Apple by challenging its patents as openly as Palm did with the PRE.
While this remains to be a rumor, knowing that Google is known to respond to any such public news we can expect to hear from them on this soon!
An Android hack demonstrating its multitouch capabilities downstairs on video.
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Categories: Android, Apple, Tech Industry News, rumor |
Tags: Android, Apple, Google, legal, rumor | 7 Comments
