Archive: 2009 — page 29
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Talks Between Apple and China Mobile Break Down, Again
Interfax is reporting some of the details of Apple's and China Mobile's negotiations over the last 18-months. While wrangling for the rights to distribute the iPhone in China, China Mobile president Wang Jianzhou revealed that talks between the two companies have broken down three times…
Court Rules on Psystar's Motion for Leave to Amend
Previously, I had written in detail on the arguments presented to the Court at the January 27, 2009 hearing on Psystar's Motion for Leave to Amend . On February 6, 2009, the Court entered its Order on this Motion, granting in part and denying in…
iPhone Carrier Update
Towards the end of last week US iPhone owners began reporting that an update was available via iTunes. The update which simply described itself as "carrier settings" has since been the subject of many questions. Apple does have a knowledge base article on such updates…
Snow Leopard to Include Multi-touch Trackpad Support and CoreLocation?
AppleInsider reports that the latest build of Mac OS X Snow Leopard appears to include frameworks for CoreLocation and multi-touch. AppleInsider who cites people familiar with the latest release writes that CoreLocation frameworks are present in the OS similar to those found in the iPhone…
HD TV Trickles onto UK iTunes Store
After bring high definition TV shows to the US iTunes Store late last year Apple has finally begun offering a small selection of shows on the UK iTunes Store. So far the selection is small with only "Lost", "Ugly Betty", "Grey's Anatomy", "Brothers and Sisters"…
17-inch MacBook Pro Delayed
Apple wrote to customers Wednesday reporting that ordered 17-inch MacBook Pros will see further delays with orders not shipping for at least another two weeks. "Wrapping up the new 17-inch MacBook Pro is taking a few days longer than we projected," wrote Apple in an…
GarageBand '09 Receives Minor Update
GarageBand 5.0.1 - 26.74MB This update improves overall stability and addresses specific issues with downloading lessons from the Learn to Play Lesson Store. It is recommended for all GarageBand 09 users.
Limited Set of Developers Receive New Snow Leopard Build
It is being reported today that a limited selection of developers who have been privy to advanced releases of Apple software in the past have received a new build of Snow Leopard. Build 10A261 is said to be noticeably more stable but details are sketchy…
Updates: Keynote 4.0.4, Pages 3.0.3 and Numbers 1.0.3
Keynote 4.0.4 - 31.27MB This update addresses compatibility issues with Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007 and Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2008 as well as general compatibility issues. Pages 3.0.3 - 27.3MB This update addresses general compatibility issues. Number 1.0.3 - 26.14MB This update addresses general compatibility issues.
Quad and Dual-Core iMacs Due "within a few weeks"
In an research note published to clients today Kaufman Brothers analyst Shaw Wu gave an update on the status of Apple's much anticipated iMac update. Last week Wu g ave some reasons according to his supply chain sources on why the iMac seems to be…
Relationship Between Music Industry and Apple Remains Tense
When Apple announced at Macworld that iTunes music would be DRM-free the company also collapsed to demands from the industry to introduce a variable pricing model. Many saw the move as a sign that Apple and the music industry members were getting on better but…
Adobe Working with Apple on Flash for iPhone
Bloomberg reports that Adobe is finding it a challenge to create a version of Flash player for the iPhone according Adobe's Chief Executive Officer Shantanu Narayen. "It's a hard technical challenge, and that's part of the reason Apple and Adobe are collaborating," Narayen said today…
Complete Details of the Arguments Made in the Recent Apple v. Psystar Hearing
On January 27, 2009, Judge Alsup heard oral arguments on Psystar's Motion for Leave to Amend. The oral arguments were based not only on that motion, but also on Apple's Reply in Opposition and Psystar's Response to Apple's Opposition. The pertinent filings may be found…
More Details of 'iPhone 2,1' Revealed
After the earlier story originally posted by Mac Rumors , PinchMedia has followed up with some more evidence of the existence of "iPhone 2,1". PinchMedia offers the following additional information: First appearance of iPhone2,1 in PinchMedia's application called Pinch Analytics was early October 2008. Occurrences…
AT&T Reports Robust 2008 Growth, Led By iPhone
Earlier this week AT&T reported its fourth quarter fiscal results for 2008 , in the announcement Apple's official iPhone carrier in the United States said that it had activated 1.9 million iPhones during the quarter. The numbers are down from 2.4 million activations in AT&Ts…
iPhone Represents Over 1% of Worldwide Market Share
According to a report from ABI Research , Apple's iPhone now represents 1.1 percent of the worldwide mobile phone market and grew in dramatically from just 0.3 percent during 2007. The reports shows that the numbers put Apple on par with HTC and slightly ahead…
AT&T in Talks with Apple Over 3G-ready Notebooks?
According to a report by Fortune , AT&T has been exploring the possibility of subsidising notebooks by offering them with build-in 3G connections and associated contracts. AT&T has already begun offering such deals and over Christmas began selling a notebook in association with Acer for…
Apple Removes NVIDIA Graphics Update
The NVIDIA graphics update released earlier in the week has been unexplainably removed by Apple today. When the update was released Apple stated that it would improve cursor movement when using the Apple Mini DisplayPort to Dual-Link DVI adapter with the Mini DisplayPort-enabled MacBook Air…
Latest iPhone Software Reveals Plans for Significant iPhone Hardware Update
Mac Rumors has discovered that the latest iPhone OS update contains evidence that points towards a new iPhone. The code strings which can be found in iPhone OS version 2.2.1 designate an iPhone with the model number "iPhone2,1". For reference the current iPhone 3G is…
Apple Moves to Dual CDN Strategy, Taps Limelight for Services
Dan Rayburn a watcher of the CDN (Content Delivery Network) industry and analyst for Front & Sullivan has pointed out that Apple appears to have switched to a dual provider setup. Apple has for years used Akamai to deliver downloads from its website and over…