Apple today previewed its iPhone 2.0 software, scheduled for release this June, and announced the immediate availability of a beta release of the software to selected developers and enterprise customers. The iPhone 2.0 beta release includes both the iPhone Software Development Kit (SDK) as well as new enterprise features such as support for Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync to provide secure, over-the-air push email, contacts and calendars as well as remote wipe, and the addition of Cisco IPsec VPN for encrypted access to private corporate networks.
The iPhone SDK provides developers with a rich set of APIs and tools (including programming interfaces for Core OS, Core Services, Media and Cocoa Touch technologies) to create native applications for iPhone and iPod touch. The iPhone SDK will allow developers to create applications that leverage the iPhone’s Multi-Touch user interface, animation technology, large storage, built-in three-axis accelerometer and geographical location technology to deliver truly innovative mobile applications.
Starting today, anyone can download the beta iPhone SDK for free and run the iPhone Simulator on their Mac. Apple today also introduced its new iPhone Developer Program, giving developers everything they need to create native applications, and the new App Store, a way for developers to wirelessly deliver their applications to iPhone and iPod touch users. The App Store enables developers to reach every iPhone and iPod touch user. Developers set the price for their applications — including free — and retain 70 percent of all sales revenues. Users can download free applications at no charge to either the user or developer, or purchase priced applications with just one click.
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Monday, March 10, 2008
Thursday, February 28, 2008
Apple recently unveiled new models of its Macbook models
Apple recently unveiled new models of its Macbook models, as well as its high-end Macbook Pro line, in an attempt to further boost the sales of the laptop lines.
Both models now come with the new Penryn processing chips by Intel, which were only recently released. The portable computers were also reconfigured to feature faster processors.
The Macbook now comes with the options of a 2.1 GHz or 2.4GHz Core 2 Duo processors for the white models, and the 2.4 GHz for the black models, according to CNet News. The $1,299 and $1,499 models are now with a standard 2GB of RAM - double that of the previous 1GB. An additional 1GB would have cost the user an additional $150.
The $1,299 models also come with a 160GB hard drive, from the previous 120GB, while the $1,499 black model comes with 250GB, from 160GB.
The $1,099 models come with 1GB of memory, and a 120GB memory, up from 80GB.
For the Macbook Pro models, Apple has included the formerly Macbook Air-exclusive MultiTouch trackpad technology, which allows users more flexibility in manipulation by means of pinching, swiping, and rotating displays with the use of fingertips.
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Both models now come with the new Penryn processing chips by Intel, which were only recently released. The portable computers were also reconfigured to feature faster processors.
The Macbook now comes with the options of a 2.1 GHz or 2.4GHz Core 2 Duo processors for the white models, and the 2.4 GHz for the black models, according to CNet News. The $1,299 and $1,499 models are now with a standard 2GB of RAM - double that of the previous 1GB. An additional 1GB would have cost the user an additional $150.
The $1,299 models also come with a 160GB hard drive, from the previous 120GB, while the $1,499 black model comes with 250GB, from 160GB.
The $1,099 models come with 1GB of memory, and a 120GB memory, up from 80GB.
For the Macbook Pro models, Apple has included the formerly Macbook Air-exclusive MultiTouch trackpad technology, which allows users more flexibility in manipulation by means of pinching, swiping, and rotating displays with the use of fingertips.
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Apple shares rose more than 4% on optimism over iPhone demand
Shares of Apple Inc (AAPL.O) rose more than 4 percent on Thursday amid optimism on Wall Street that the maker of consumer favorites such as the iPod media player and iPhone can weather economic troubles.
The shares rose $5.46 to $128.42 in early trade on Nasdaq, a bright contrast to slumping broader markets weighed down by mounting U.S. recession fears.
The gains come one day after Apple affirmed its iPhone sales goal for this year and promised to give details of how outside programmers can create software for the device. The move is expected to spur demand for the Web-browsing and media-playing mobile phone.
Goldman Sachs analyst David Bailey, after a meeting with Apple Chief Operating Officer Tim Cook on Wednesday, said he continues to believe that "Apple's industry-leading product cycles should help it overcome softer seasonality and sets the stock up for a strong second half."
Although the shares have risen over the past two trading sessions, they are still a long way from recouping a 30 percent decline over the past three months. Investors have soured somewhat on Apple amid concerns that a slowing economy could hit sales of its Mac computers, iPods and iPhones.
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The shares rose $5.46 to $128.42 in early trade on Nasdaq, a bright contrast to slumping broader markets weighed down by mounting U.S. recession fears.
The gains come one day after Apple affirmed its iPhone sales goal for this year and promised to give details of how outside programmers can create software for the device. The move is expected to spur demand for the Web-browsing and media-playing mobile phone.
Goldman Sachs analyst David Bailey, after a meeting with Apple Chief Operating Officer Tim Cook on Wednesday, said he continues to believe that "Apple's industry-leading product cycles should help it overcome softer seasonality and sets the stock up for a strong second half."
Although the shares have risen over the past two trading sessions, they are still a long way from recouping a 30 percent decline over the past three months. Investors have soured somewhat on Apple amid concerns that a slowing economy could hit sales of its Mac computers, iPods and iPhones.
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Sunday, February 17, 2008
Smuggled iphone return to china
The strange journey of Apple’s popular iPhone, to nearly every corner of the world, shows what happens when the world’s hottest consumer product defies a company’s attempt to slowly introduce it in new markets.
The iPhone has been swept up in a frenzy of global smuggling and word-of-mouth marketing that leads friends to ask friends, “While you’re in the U.S., would you mind picking up an iPhone for me?”
These unofficial distribution networks help explain a mystery that analysts who follow Apple have been pondering: why is there a large gap between the number of iPhones that Apple says it sold last year, about 3.7 million, and the 2.3 million that are actually registered on the networks of its wireless partners in the United States and Europe?
The answer now seems clear. For months, tourists, small entrepreneurs and smugglers of electronic goods have been buying iPhones in the United States and then shipping them overseas.
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Saturday, February 16, 2008
Apple`s second major update to Mac OS X Leopard
Apple released its second major update to Mac OS X Leopard, the operating system it shipped in October. Mac OS X 10.5.2 Update, as Apple calls it, is one of the largest operating-system patches I've ever seen. The "combined update" download, which applies every fix issued so far to an unpatched copy of Leopard, weighs in at 343 megabytes, but even on a Mac with the 10.5.1 update applied, 10.5.2 was a 341-meg download.
(A conspiracy theorist could note that the mammoth size of these files forces dial-up users to drive to the nearest Apple Store to use the shop's broadband connection to grab their own copy--and maybe they'll wind up buying a new iPod while they're around.)
A note at Apple's tech-support site inventories the fixes 10.5.2 brings. Most are the usual security, stability and performance improvements, but Apple also fixed two of the bigger sources of complaints about Leopard's interface--the partially-transparent menu bar and the Dock "Stacks" that offer quick access to the contents of your Applications, Documents and Downloads folders.
You can now return the menu bar to a solid shade of light gray, and you can tweak the Stacks icons (via a right-click menu) to change their appearance, vary their order in which they display their contents, or make them act like standard folders. Those may not sound like major changes, but Mac interface-design connoisseurs had objected vociferously ("Transparent Menu Bar, Die Die Die!") to Leopard's earlier implementations of these ideas.
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(A conspiracy theorist could note that the mammoth size of these files forces dial-up users to drive to the nearest Apple Store to use the shop's broadband connection to grab their own copy--and maybe they'll wind up buying a new iPod while they're around.)
A note at Apple's tech-support site inventories the fixes 10.5.2 brings. Most are the usual security, stability and performance improvements, but Apple also fixed two of the bigger sources of complaints about Leopard's interface--the partially-transparent menu bar and the Dock "Stacks" that offer quick access to the contents of your Applications, Documents and Downloads folders.
You can now return the menu bar to a solid shade of light gray, and you can tweak the Stacks icons (via a right-click menu) to change their appearance, vary their order in which they display their contents, or make them act like standard folders. Those may not sound like major changes, but Mac interface-design connoisseurs had objected vociferously ("Transparent Menu Bar, Die Die Die!") to Leopard's earlier implementations of these ideas.
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Friday, February 15, 2008
iPhone and Android are Internet clients
The iPhone and the Google Android platform, which was finally shown-off (sort of) in Barcelona this week, aren’t mobile telephones.
They are Internet clients.
Internet clients use exponentially more data bandwidth than ordinary digital phones, which use thin streams of compressed data. Maybe several exponentials.
Operators are thinking of expanding their networks into homes and offices to handle the extra load.
The Android clients shown in Barcelona aren’t much. What they mainly prove is that the specification can be built and deployed quickly.
While the Apple iPhone roll-out has gone at a predictable pace, with one vendor delivering specified numbers to a handful of networks, the Android roll-out will be far more helter-skelter.
That’s because the Android is designed to work anywhere, first on any GSM network and then, with a little tinkering, anywhere else
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They are Internet clients.
Internet clients use exponentially more data bandwidth than ordinary digital phones, which use thin streams of compressed data. Maybe several exponentials.
Operators are thinking of expanding their networks into homes and offices to handle the extra load.
The Android clients shown in Barcelona aren’t much. What they mainly prove is that the specification can be built and deployed quickly.
While the Apple iPhone roll-out has gone at a predictable pace, with one vendor delivering specified numbers to a handful of networks, the Android roll-out will be far more helter-skelter.
That’s because the Android is designed to work anywhere, first on any GSM network and then, with a little tinkering, anywhere else
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The Lenovo: ThinkPad X300's development
When Apple announced its MacBook Air in January, many people were in awe over the notebook's sleek design, relatively light weight and thin frame. Even many die-hard PC fans admitted that the design of the MacBook Air was quite attractive to the eyes.
Opinions began to sour, however, when people realized what Apple had to leave out in order to achieve the "cut down" dimensions of the MacBook Air. Apple left out a network port, optical drive, removable battery and only included one USB port. To make matters worse, users can not upgrade the memory on the device and despite the "Air" moniker; there is no integrated support for EV-DO or HSDPA.
So while Apple was getting flak for its lack of features on its MacBook Air, Lenovo had its own lightweight ultra-portable notebook brewing in the background: the ThinkPad X300. DailyTech brought you coverage of the device when it first leaked as well as Walt Mossberg's initial impressions of the device and final specifications.
The X300 corrects all of the MacBook Air's missteps and adds one major disappointment of its own. The X300 includes all of the features missing from the MacBook Air listed above in addition to Wireless USB, a fingerprint reader, 13.3" 1440x900 LED-backlit display and the ability to add a secondary battery.
The sole disappointment in my eyes is the processor speed when compared to the MacBook Air. Lenovo includes a 1.2GHz Core 2 Duo processor with the X300 compared to the 1.6GHz and 1.8GHz Core 2 Duo processors available with the MacBook Air. On the plus side, the 12W processor used in the X300 is more power efficient than the 20W processors used in the MacBook Air which should lead to greater battery life
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Friday, February 8, 2008
Apple chopdown the production of iPods, iPhones
Two research analysts have reported in recent days that Apple is aggressively cutting back production on iPods and iPhones, while increasing production on Mac computers.
Craig Berger, an analyst with FBR Research, told clients in a research note this week that Apple has reduced orders for iPhones and iPods for the second time in two months. Berger concludes that Apple is experiencing weak sell-through in the fourth calendar quarter of 2007 or in the early going this year.
"For both iPods and iPhones, we believe Apple was previously targeting a roughly 50 percent quarter-over-quarter decline for first quarter units, whereas we now think the firm is targeting a 60 percent quarter-over-quarter unit decline for first-quarter units," he wrote.
iPod Touch Weakness
It seems that the iPod Touch may have seen the weakest sales. Berger reported production orders for the Touch have fallen the most. The device may suffer from being less than an iPhone, since it has no phone capabilities but is substantially more expensive than Apple's music-playing iPhones. The touch relies on Wi-Fi for connectivity, so users who aren't in range of a Wi-Fi connection simply can't get online.
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Sunday, February 3, 2008
Intel's MacBook Air Chip will be available to PC laptop Makers Also
Intel is allegedly starting to ship its miniaturized 65-nanometer Core 2 Duo processor which is used in Apple's MacBook Air laptop to other manufacturers. This means we will start to see soon similar offerings from PC makers. The first customers are apparently Lenovo and Fujitsu.
The chip, miniaturized 65-nanometer Core 2 Duo which is 60 percent smaller than the typical Merom chip and uses less power at comparable speeds, was designed by Intel at Apple's request. The Mac maker asked Intel last year to provide a chip which is smaller yet it doesn't overheat when fit into a tight spot.
The MacBook Air laptop is less than 1 inch thick, features a backlit 13-inch screen, a full-size keyboard and a pad responsive to Apple's multi-touch control gestures. The MacBook Air has the following measurements: Height - 0.16-0.76 inch, Width - 12.8 inches, Depth: 8.94 inches. Selling in the US for $1,799, the laptop is powered by Intel's miniaturized 65-nanometer 1.6 GHZ Core 2 Duo processor, with an available 1.8GHZ upgrade. It has 2 GB of RAM, battery life of 5 hours and an 80 GB hard drive.
The new chip is a much better compromise between speed and power consumption (~heat). Intel already has special versions of Core 2 Duo processors designed for ultraportable notebooks, usually defined as notebooks weighing 3 pounds or less. They are the LV (low-voltage) and ULV (ulta-low-voltage) versions, but their performance is pretty flimsy compared with their larger brothers. The new design is almost as good as a full-size, full-power chip when it comes to performance.
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The chip, miniaturized 65-nanometer Core 2 Duo which is 60 percent smaller than the typical Merom chip and uses less power at comparable speeds, was designed by Intel at Apple's request. The Mac maker asked Intel last year to provide a chip which is smaller yet it doesn't overheat when fit into a tight spot.
The MacBook Air laptop is less than 1 inch thick, features a backlit 13-inch screen, a full-size keyboard and a pad responsive to Apple's multi-touch control gestures. The MacBook Air has the following measurements: Height - 0.16-0.76 inch, Width - 12.8 inches, Depth: 8.94 inches. Selling in the US for $1,799, the laptop is powered by Intel's miniaturized 65-nanometer 1.6 GHZ Core 2 Duo processor, with an available 1.8GHZ upgrade. It has 2 GB of RAM, battery life of 5 hours and an 80 GB hard drive.
The new chip is a much better compromise between speed and power consumption (~heat). Intel already has special versions of Core 2 Duo processors designed for ultraportable notebooks, usually defined as notebooks weighing 3 pounds or less. They are the LV (low-voltage) and ULV (ulta-low-voltage) versions, but their performance is pretty flimsy compared with their larger brothers. The new design is almost as good as a full-size, full-power chip when it comes to performance.
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Saturday, February 2, 2008
Apple has postponed the release of the Apple TV software update
Apple has postponed the release of the Apple TV software update by a week or two, saying it needed more time to finish the upgrade that would let people rent movies directly from their televisions.
The company also said on Wednesday it had started shipping the MacBook Air, the ultra-thin notebook introduced at Macworld in San Francisco this month. The Air, which costs $1,799, weighs about 3 pounds, has a 13.3-inch display, and is 0.16 of an inch thick at its thinnest point.
In delaying the Apple TV upgrade, the company said the software wasn't quite finished. "Apple now plans to make the free software download available to existing Apple TV customers in another week or two," the company said in a statement. Apple chief executive Steve Jobs had said during his Macworld keynote that the software would be ready by the end of January.
The software update will allow people to rent movies from Apple's iTunes online music store directly from their TVs. Apple expects to have more than 1,000 movie titles available by the end of February, including more than 100 high-definition titles.
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1.4 million missing iPhones not Really Missing, Says Analyst
Calculations that claim Apple Inc. is "missing" 1.4 million iPhones may be missing the point, according to an analyst, who said Monday that talk of uncounted phones overlooks the fact that the mobile market is only a small part of Apple's overall business.
"Stock analysts have been paying lots of attention to the iPhone numbers," said Ezra Gottheil, an analyst at Technology Business Research Inc., "and clearly the revenue [mobile service] providers give back to Apple affect profitability. But if you look at Apple, it's solidly profitable without the iPhone. The iPhone just takes it up to another level."
Gottheil was responding to calculations by Toni Sacconaghi, an analyst at Bernstein Research, that were widely reported last week. Sacconaghi used the 3.7 million iPhones reported sold by Apple and the 2 million activations cited by AT&T Inc. to conclude that about 1.4 million of the devices are either in inventory or have been unlocked.
"Some unknown number of iPhones are being unlocked by purchasers and some, probably a larger number, are being unlocked for resale," said Gottheil. "Some are in inventory. Some will be returned. And some are being used for the non-phone features, as iPhone Touches, until the owners can change their wireless contracts.
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Saturday, January 26, 2008
World`s thinnest laptop by Apple
Apple finally has entered the subnotebook market, introducing a lightweight laptop meant to please road warriors. But, typical of Apple, the company took a different approach from its competitors. The result is a beautiful, amazingly thin computer, but one whose unusual trade-offs may turn off some frequent travelers.
The new aluminum-clad MacBook Air, which I've been testing for several days, is billed as the world's thinnest notebook computer. Its thickest point measures just three-quarters of an inch, which is slimmer than the thinnest point on some other subnotebooks. And it employs some innovative software features, such as fingertip gestures for its touchpad that are similar to those on Apple's iPhone.
Apple refused to make the most common compromise computer makers employ to create their littlest laptops. Other subnotebooks -- a category generally defined as weighing three pounds or less -- have screens of just 10 to 12 inches and compressed keyboards. The three-pound MacBook Air, by contrast, features a 13.3-inch display and a full-size keyboard.
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Tuesday, January 8, 2008
Apple made a deal with movie studio
According to BusinessWeek Apple is close to signing distribution deals with one of the top movie studios that would give Apple access to newly released films.
The Financial Times has reported that Apple has already signed an agreement with Twentieth Century Fox. The company is nearing deals with Warner Bros., Paramount Pictures, and Lionsgate BusinessWeek said. Magazine reported that some of the deals may be announced at the Macworld conference, which will start on January 14.
While Apple has dominated music, it's been slow going in video.
Apple CEO Steve Jobs has had to overcome fears in Hollywood that the movie industry could end up like the music industry: handing over too much control to Jobs. Maybe the best known example of this is the music industry's inability to get Jobs to allow flexible pricing for songs.
But according to BusinessWeek, Jobs is winning over the studios by sweetening the pot. Jobs once capped the price he was willing to pay for each movie sold through iTunes at $14, the magazine reported. He has now agreed to pay closer to the $17 wholesale price that Wal-Mart and other physical retailers pay.
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The Financial Times has reported that Apple has already signed an agreement with Twentieth Century Fox. The company is nearing deals with Warner Bros., Paramount Pictures, and Lionsgate BusinessWeek said. Magazine reported that some of the deals may be announced at the Macworld conference, which will start on January 14.
While Apple has dominated music, it's been slow going in video.
Apple CEO Steve Jobs has had to overcome fears in Hollywood that the movie industry could end up like the music industry: handing over too much control to Jobs. Maybe the best known example of this is the music industry's inability to get Jobs to allow flexible pricing for songs.
But according to BusinessWeek, Jobs is winning over the studios by sweetening the pot. Jobs once capped the price he was willing to pay for each movie sold through iTunes at $14, the magazine reported. He has now agreed to pay closer to the $17 wholesale price that Wal-Mart and other physical retailers pay.
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