Archive | January, 2010
Apple fights back – seeks to ban all imports of Nokia phones
The ongoing patent dispute between Nokia and Apple has both companies pulling out their big guns. Nokia got things started in October when it sued Apple for allegedly infringing on a number of patents relating to wireless LAN standards and GSM/UMTS networks. In early December, Apple countersued claiming that Nokia phones infringe on 13 Apple’s […]
Continue reading...Report: Apple tablet in full production, annual shipments of 10M anticipated
16. January 2010
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A research note from AVI Securities analyst Matt Thornton yesterday reports that the Apple Tablet is currently “in full production”, and that Apple’s insatiable demand for NAND flash is currently causing a worldwide shortage. Citing a source with manufactures a component for the upcoming tablet, Thornton anticipates that Apple will ship 10 million units of […]
Continue reading...Apple sets up donation page on iTunes for Haiti earthquake relief
15. January 2010
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Apple is lending its hand to help out with the relief efforts in Haiti following the devastating earthquate that occurred there last week. Apple has since set up a donation page on the iTunes main page where users can make a charitable donation to the American Red Cross in 6 varying denominations, from $5 all the way up […]
Continue reading...Avie Tevanian, Steve Jobs’ old right hand man, to join Elevation Partners
15. January 2010
You may not have heard of Avadis “Avie” Tevanian, but if you’re reading this website, odds are that you’re very familiar with his work. Tevanian originally came over to Apple from NeXT when Apple purchased the company back in 2007. During his time at Apple, Tevanian served as the Senior Vice President of Software Engineering […]
Continue reading...Apple hires M&A specialist to make corporate acquisitions a quicker and simpler process
15. January 2010
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As opposed to some of the larger tech companies, like Microsoft and Google, Apple doesn’t really go on start-up spending sprees, which might come as a surprise given that it has well over $30 billion in cold hard cash sitting in the bank. On the contrary, Apple has only purchased a grand total of 11 […]
Continue reading...Will change in iPhone accounting skyrocket Apple Stock to $376 and beyond?
15. January 2010
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In 2010, Apple will begin including the full sale price of each iPhone sold into its earnings, as opposed to now where Apple defers the cost of an iPhone over a 24 month period. This revenue deferment often results in analysts underestimating Apple’s financial health as its earnings reports don’t accurately reflect just how much […]
Continue reading...Apple all but confirms existence of tablet with cease and desist letter to Gawker
14. January 2010
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Apple today all but confirmed the existence of a tablet when it sent a cease and desist letter to Gawker demanding it that it immediately stop running a contest whereby it would pay tipsers huge sums of cash for tangible and verifiable information about Apple rumored tablet device. For example, Valleywag, a Gawker web property, has a standing […]
Continue reading...Rumor: Next-Gen iPhone to come with touch sensitive casing
14. January 2010
Goldman Sachs analyst Robert Chen recently stated in an interview that the 4th gen iPhone will feature a touchscreen backpanel, akin to the recently released Mighty Mouse. “Apple’s going to put a lot of innovation, not just on the hardware, but also on the software of the new iPhone,” Chen noted. Chen also corroborates earlier […]
Continue reading...Gruber adds credence to BGR report of “out of control” multitouch Tablet
13. January 2010
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Earlier today, BGR relayed the following about Apple’s rumored tablet: The tablet’s multi-touch gestures are “out of control.” It’s powered by an incredibly fast ARM CPU It runs on the iPhone kernel. The internal model number is K48AP. There hasn’t been an updated iPhone OS build because there’s too much tablet-related code/references in the OS […]
Continue reading...App Store Piracy costs developers and Apple $450 million
13. January 2010
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24/7 Wall Street reports that piracy of iPhone apps has cost developers over $450 million in proceeds. This, of course, assumes that all pirates would have otherwise purchased the apps by legal means. There have been over 3 billion downloads since the inception of the App Store. Assuming the proportion of those that are paid […]
Continue reading...Apple already has patent for more informative iPhone homescreen
13. January 2010
Not too long ago, the folks over at teehanlax provided some pretty compelling mockups of an overtly more informative and useful iPhone home screen (when locked). And some vertical scrolling action would also be a nice touch… Apple obviously isn’t going to let any third party developer screw with its homescreen, but don’t fear that Apple doesn’t see […]
Continue reading...Apple Tablet to be “iPhone on Steroids”
13. January 2010
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Citing a reliable Apple source, Boy Genius Report earlier today dropped a number of interesting tidbits about the forthcoming Apple tablet. The source claims that the multi-touch gestures are “out of control”, that the device will be powered by an incredibly fast ARM CPU, and that the tablet will run on the iPhone kernel. Notably, […]
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16. January 2010
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