» crave.cnet.co.uk/mobiles/0,39029···_cid=96The iPhone may be the greatest handheld surfing device ever to rock the mobile Web, and a fabulous media player to boot. It may be the highest-rated mobile phone on CNET UK, rocking the pockets of half of our crack editorial team. It's certainly the touchscreen face that launched a thousand apps. But as an actual call-making phone, it's rubbish, and we aim to prove it.
And then says why in rest of commentary. 1 comment comments? said by Smalldog :Around this time last week, the venerable forums at MacFixit.com went read-only as they were integrated into the forums at cnet.com. MacFixit moderators and nearly all of the most prolific contributors moved to their new home at » www.finetunedmac.com/forums/ instead of moving to cnet.com, so the online troubleshooting community can continue to thrive. FineTunedMac is wholly supported by contributions from the moderators and the generosity of a few very dedicated contributors. Im happy the community will live on as the old forums merge with the sprawling cnet.com, and the technical services team at Small Dog will continue to use and contribute to the effort. You can sign up for a free account at FineTunedMac.com right now! See also » www.finetunedmac.com/forums/ubbt···11#Post11 comment Apple and Mac clone maker Psystar spent much of 2008 trading allegations in court filings. And with the companies ongoing legal dispute not slated to go to trial until November, count on 2009 to feature more legal jousting over Psystars efforts to sell computers running the Mac operating system. » tech.yahoo.com/news/macworld/200···starcasecomments? One of Apple's most persistent European critics regarding the use of digital-rights management technology on the iTunes Store has dropped its complaint following the company announcement that iTunes music would soon be DRM-free. Norway's consumer ombudsman, Bjoern Erik Thon, said Wednesday that he would drop his complaint against iTunes before Norway's Market Council, telling Agence France Presse "we have no reason to pursue them anymore." Norway has been particularly vocal among European critics regarding the way Apple had used DRM technologies on the iTunes store to limit the use of purchased iTunes songs to iPods. » news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-10157···ksArea.0comments? Apple Planning Video-Call iPhone( old news - 09:27PM Tuesday Feb 03 2009) Recent stories on Apple's iPhone patent have focused on Cupertino's threatened legal action against Palm, which is launching the iPhone-like Pre smartphone. But a closer examination of the Apple patent yields much more interesting news. Namely, Apple is considering adding a video record feature to the iPhone -- an omission users have long complained about -- and it may soon become a handheld videophone platform, with support for mobile video-conferencing calls. » www.informationweek.com/blog/mai···t_p.htmlcomments? Apple has won a US patent for touch-screen controls and gained a potential legal weapon against iPhone competitors.
US Patent 7,479,949 is awarded to "(Steve) Jobs et al" for a method of "detecting one or more finger contacts with the touch screen display" to command computing devices. story continues..1 comment Mac at 25: What's next for Apple's Mac?( old news - 03:44PM Friday Jan 23 2009) By Tom Krazit Twenty-five years after the debut of the Macintosh, the product that is the soul of Apple is not necessarily its vehicle to the future. It was a quarter-century ago that Super Bowl XVIII viewers saw the now-famous introductory ad for Apple's Macintosh, formally released two days later. story continues..comments? iPhone coming to Wal-Mart( old news - 05:54AM Sunday Nov 23 2008) We are pleased to announce that Wal-Mart has reached agreement with Apple to offer iPhone 3G in Wal-Mart and Wal-Mart-managed Sams Club* Connection Centers nationwide beginning December 28, 2008. AT&T will support Wal-Mart and Sams Club with the activation process for iPhone 3G, and we need all National Retail employees engaged to ensure a successful launch. • More herecomments? Apple the most admired company in 2008( old news - 11:55AM Wednesday Oct 29 2008) comments? Problems with the new Macbook( old news - 02:16AM Wednesday Oct 29 2008) Some buyers of Apples fancy new Macbooks are complaining about a loose battery/HDD latch and slanted function keys on the keyboard. Apparently, Apple agreed to refund or replace certain notebooks, unless the notebook isnt build-to-order and dead on arrival. These new notebooks also come with liquid detection sensors to help service technicians figure out whether spilled liquid affected a malfunctioning notebook and deny a free repair as a result. • More herecomments? HSBC could order 200,000 iPhones( old news - 09:54AM Wednesday Aug 13 2008) Global banking giant HSBC is considering ditching the BlackBerry and adopting Apple's iPhone as its standard staff mobile device, a move that could result in an order for some 200,000 iPhones. » www.zdnet.com.au/news/hardware/s···,00.htm1 comment Blogs and other Internet news sites also took note of a gaunt-looking Steve Jobs. Concern over APPLE Steve Jobss physical appearance
read a headline on the Drudge Report, which linked, without further comment, to photos showing the Apple CEO on stage at the Apple conference. » blogs.wsj.com/biztech/2008/06/10···news_wsj1 comment New iPhone is already here( old news - 09:47PM Wednesday Jun 04 2008) Jobs' secretive computer and gadget company, has been quietly positioning millions of units of a mysterious new product--almost certainly the new iPhone--in key markets since March. And yet, incredibly, not one credible image of Apple's new product has yet been published. » www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-f···14.storycomments? Hutchison Telecommunications International Ltd. said Thursday it signed an agreement with Apple Inc. to offer the popular iPhone in Hong Kong and Macau later this year. Terms of the deal were not released. » www.thejakartapost.com/news/2008···au.htmlcomments? APPLE LICENSING SAFARI?( old news - 11:59AM Wednesday May 28 2008) comments? Apple's Mac sales up 50 percent in April( old news - 03:27PM Tuesday May 20 2008) » www.appleinsider.com/articles/08···il.htmlMac unit sales growing 50 percent year-over-year for the month of April compared to just 17 percent growth by the broader market. iPods reveals that sales of the media players were up 15 percent in units and 10 percent in dollar sales during April. Lehman analyst also reiterated his belief that Apple will introduce an updated line of Mac notebooks in time for the back-school season that heats up in the July time frame, which will include redesigned MacBooks, MacBook Pros and more MacBook Airs. comments? WHITE PLAINS - Smile, you're busted. A tech-savvy White Plains woman whose apartment was burglarized solved the crime herself after she was able to log on to her stolen laptop, photograph one of the suspects with it and get photos of another, police said. story continues..1 comment 1 comment » www.beet.tv/2008/04/ftc-should-stop.htmlHe was rather nonchalant about it when he mentioned it and didn't stop to elaborate. So I guess it must be true! ;-) If you're bored easily by Uncle Walt, you can find the magic statement in about the last minute of the video. comments?
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