Archive | September, 2010
Windows Phone 7 to launch this October?
Tecrux reports: Microsoft is said to launch Windows Phone 7 by October this year. According to certain reports Microsoft will show off its phone at an event in New York City on October 11 while the OS will make its debut in Europe on October 21st. This news is still a rumor but more importantly there […]
Continue reading...Ars Technica has glowing reviews for Parallels Desktop 6
28. September 2010
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Ars Technica has an insanely long and detailed review of Parallels Desktop 6. 10 pages worth! But Ars brings the goods per usual and if you’re looking to run Windows apps on your Mac, you’d be well advised to pore through the entire review. If you’re just casually interested in virtualization, here’s how Ars sums […]
Continue reading...Apple gets disproportionate amount of attention from tech media
27. September 2010
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There’s no shortage of Apple related websites on the web. You’ve got sites dedicated to rumors, news, gaming, history, and a slew of other niches. Meanwhile, if you want to find a similar ecosystem of websites and blogs dedicated to companies like Dell and HP, you’re in for quite a disappointment. In light of that, […]
Continue reading...Amidst 200,000 pre-orders, China Unicom struggling to meet iPhone 4 demand
27. September 2010
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This past weekend, the iPhone 4 debuted in China to thousands of Apple fans who couldn’t wait to get their hands on Apple’s new toy, antenna issues be damned. China Unicom, which for now is the exclusive iPhone carrier in China, noted that it had already processed 50,000 iPhone 4 pre-orders leading up to this […]
Continue reading...iAds on target to take 21% of mobile ad market this year; Google’s share poised to drop
27. September 2010
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It’s hard to know, exactly, just how successful Apple’s foray into mobile advertising is going thus far. On one hand, Apple has been able to ink deals with top companies such as Campbell Soup and Nissan, and indeed, some advertisers are reporting much higher than average user interaction with Apple’s more engaging iAds. Yet still, […]
Continue reading...UK Med School to hand out iPhones to students
27. September 2010
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Leeds University announced plans to give its fourth and fifth year medical students iPhone 3GSs to help them access progress files, assessment modules, and other pertinent course and patient information on the go. All told, over 520 med students will be given iPhones and Leeds notes that it’s the first medical school to institute such […]
Continue reading...European FaceTime ads strike emotional chord without using any dialogue
27. September 2010
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With Louis Armstrong’s “When You’re Smiling” as the backdrop, Apple’s FaceTime ads strike an emotional chord by showing how the iPhone 4 can help bring people together even when circumstances put them in different cities. Below are FaceTime ads making the rounds in Europe and not for broadcast here in the US. The commercials follow […]
Continue reading...Is Apple ignoring its professional users for the same of the average consumer?
27. September 2010
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Is Apple ignoring its loyal cadre of professional users? Brook Willard seems to think so. In a long write up from this past July, Willard writes in part: For the sake of argument, there are two types of users of Apple’s professional lineup. First, there are the users that I will shamelessly lump into “Group […]
Continue reading...Justice Department puts an end to non-solicitation agreements for Apple and co.
27. September 2010
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The Justice Department on Friday announced that it reached a settlement with Adobe, Apple, Google, Intel, Intuit, and Pixar that effectively precludes them from entering into non-solicitation agreements with one another. Not too long ago, it came to light that Apple and Google, for example, had both agreed not to poach one another’s employees. As […]
Continue reading...Outgoing Nokia exec pees on handset makers who choose Android
26. September 2010
It’s no secret that Nokia is still struggling to come up with a worthy competitor to the iPhone. Hell, Nokia is still struggling to hold onto whatever vestiges of smartphone relevancy it had way back when. Not only is Apple lapping Nokia with successive iterations of the iPhone, but the emergence of Android is also […]
Continue reading...New patent designs from Apple showcase new dock connector for horizontal docking
25. September 2010
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Patently Apple recently unearthed the following patent illustrations for Apple’s iPad. As you can tell, the illustrations all feature a 30-pin dock connector located on the side of the device, a location which would enable landscape docking. Apple of course files patents for many products and designs it has no intention of ever shipping, but […]
Continue reading...FaceTime not supported feature in number of Middle Eastern countries
25. September 2010
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Pictured in the top portion of this photo is what most people see when they look at an iPhone 4 advertisement. Curiously, the bottom portion of the photo is what you’d see if you live in certain countries in the Middle East such as Saudi Arabia, Jordan, and Qatar. Now given the propensity for certain […]
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28. September 2010
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