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The Nokia E61i – A tale of 51 buttons
If there were ever a study in contrasts, take a look below at the Nokia E61i, a smartphone Nokia launched just a few weeks before the original iPhone began shipping in June 2007. While Steve Jobs and co. touted the lack of buttons on the iPhone, Nokia went a different route and packed a whopping […]
Continue reading...Steve Jobs defends the new iTunes 10 logo
Friday, September 3, 2010
The new icon for the recently released iTunes 10 marks a departure from previous versions of the icon. In place of a music note overlayed on top of a CD, the new icon is simply a music note housed inside a Apple-esque translucent bubble. While some don’t seem to mind the update, others, predictably, aren’t always […]
Continue reading...The curious UI of iTunes 10
Thursday, September 2, 2010
Rever to Saved astutely points out a number of curious UI changes in the newly released iTunes 10. First and foremost, the grey shading on the left sidebar is particularly egregious. iTunes previously coloured its sidebar items. This enabled you to—without thinking—associate certain items with certain colours; even if you didn’t do this, each item […]
Continue reading...Apple parts ways with SurfaceInk
Friday, August 27, 2010
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For a company as keen on keeping things in-house as Apple, it might surprise you to find out that Apple has routinely worked together with outside design firms to help them create prototype devices for upcoming products and research purposes. One of those design companies is SurfaceInk, a Silicon Valley based company who had previously worked […]
Continue reading...Which Apple products will get the Liquidmetal Alloy Technology treatment?
Thursday, August 12, 2010
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Techztalk makes a case that the first Apple product to get the Liquidmetal treatment will be the MacBook Air: The MacBook Air is one of the thinnest laptop available on the market today, but it is slightly heavier at 3.0 pounds than few other ultraportable laptops that weigh around 2.5-2.7 pounds. The reason behind this slight increase […]
Continue reading...Apple licenses technology of metal and alloy design firm
Tuesday, August 10, 2010
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The Baltimore Sun reports, citing a recent SEC filing, that Apple recently inked a deal with Liquidmetal Technologies whereby Apple will be given free reign to make use of all the company’s intellectual property. According to its Website, Liquidmetal is a “leading force in the research, development and commercialization of amorphous metals. [Its] revolutionary class […]
Continue reading...Apple keeps engineering teams lean; iPhone Remote app was designed by one guy
Wednesday, August 4, 2010
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In the months preceding the release of the iPhone, it was rumored that Apple removed a key number of software engineers working on OS X 10.6 and placed them on the iPhone team to ensure that everything was ready to go in time for launch. That said, former Apple engineer and Posterous co-founder Sachin Agarwal […]
Continue reading...Apple highlights never before seen anechoic chambers where iPhone is subjected to rigorous testing
Saturday, July 17, 2010
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During Apple’s iPhone 4 press conference this past Friday, one of the points Steve Jobs drove home again and again was the fact that Apple subjects each successive iPhone to an extensive and lengthy testing process in state of the art testing facilities. There have been many pundits quick to point out that the iPhone […]
Continue reading...Does Steve Jobs actually love buttons?
Monday, June 21, 2010
When Jobs first unveiled Apple’s white Front Row remote control in 2005, he used a Keynote slide to compare it to a large remote with well over 40 buttons. “I don’t know that there’s ever been a slide that captures what Apple’s about as much as this one,” Jobs quipped. You can make a strong […]
Continue reading...HTC EVO may look good on paper, but real world usage is another story
Friday, June 18, 2010
If you examine the feature set of the HTC EVO 4G, it has all the markings of a must-have smartphone. A huge 4.3-inch touch screen, an 8 megapixel camera that can record HD video, Flash support, and even a front facing video camera for video chatting – take that, FaceTime! Not only that, but you […]
Continue reading...Designer of webOS notifications, Rich Delliger, returns to Apple
Wednesday, June 9, 2010
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During the development of the Palm Pre, a significant number of Apple engineers abandoned ship for Palm. The most notable Apple employee to head over to Palm was, of course, former Apple executive Jon Rubinstein. In any event, Palm’s raid on Apple talent naturally aroused the ire of Steve Jobs, who reportedly engaged in a […]
Continue reading...Apple Design Award winners for 2010 announced
Wednesday, June 9, 2010
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This year, Apple’s Design Awards recognized iPhone OS applications that demonstrate technical excellence, innovation, technology adoption, and quality. 2010’s lineup of winners, which were announced on Tuesday, include the following apps. Financial Times – Doodle Jump from Lima Sky – Brushes for iPhone by Steve Sprang – TabToolkit from Agile Partners – Articles for iPhone by Sophiestication – Review – […]
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Tuesday, September 14, 2010
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