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Microsoft’s Steve Ballmer Praises iPhone
“The Seattle Times is reporting that Steve Ballmer, who notoriously laughed at the iPhone, had some good things to say about it last week in a speech he gave at the computer-science building at the University of Washington. “Apple’s done a very nice job that allows people to monetize and commercialize their intellectual property,” he said.” Link
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Tubes: Sexy App Avoided Apple Purge, Made Thousands
“Tubes, an app that features more than 120 pictures of lingerie-clad women, was making about $30 a day before the porn purge started on February 15, according to TechCrunch. As sexy apps were gradually removed from the App Store, Tubes found its profits growing until the app was pulling in about $1600 a day. The app cost 99 cents per download.” [Link]
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Apple Sues HTC Over User Interface & More
“Apple just sued HTC for infringing on 20 patents ‘related to the iPhone’s user interface, underlying architecture and hardware.’ The guns are out. Steve Jobs’ biting take on the lawsuit: ‘We can sit by and watch competitors steal our patented inventions, or we can do something about it. We’ve decided to do something about it. We think competition is healthy, but competitors should create their own original technology, not steal ours.’” [Link]
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Apple: We Used Child Labor To Build iPhone, iPod, Macs
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“Apple Inc. said three of its suppliers hired 11 underage workers to help build the iPhone, iPod and Macintosh computer last year, a violation it uncovered as part of its onsite audit of 102 factories. ‘Apple discovered three facilities that had previously hired 15-year-old workers in countries where the minimum age for employment is 16,’ the company said in a 24-page report on ‘Supplier Responsibility’ posted on its Web site. The workers were ‘no longer in active employment at the time of our audit.’” [Link]
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Survey: iPad Interest Higher Than iPhone
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“A new survey has found that 13 percent of respondents are likely to buy Apple’s forthcoming iPad, a number greater than the 9 percent who planned to purchase an iPhone before its launch in 2007. Details of the survey from RBC/ChangeWave were released Tuesday by RBC Capital Markets analyst Mike Abramsky.” [Link]
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Apple Bans “Sexual” Apps From App Store
“iPhone developer ChilliFresh posted (via TechCrunch) that they received an email from Apple tonight indicating that their iPhone app Wobble iBoobs had been pulled from the App Store. The email revealed that Apple was now removing overtly sexual content due to customer complaints” [Link]
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Bing Could Be Default Search On iPhone
“BusinessWeek is reporting and solidifying what was previously an almost unthinkable rumor: that Bing might become the default search engine on the iPhone (and iPod Touch). The way BusinessWeek frames it this becomes a case of ‘the enemy of my enemy is my friend.’” Link
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Report: Apple Tablet, New iPhone OS, iLife To Debut At Apple Event
“Clayton Morris said the event will focus on the three products, but new iPhone hardware will not be introduced. However, he said, iPhone OS 4.0 (which he referred to as ‘iPhone 4′) will be a part of the proceedings. ‘I spoke to a source at Apple this morning, before the invite hit my inbox, who said the event would likely focus on three projects: The tablet device, iPhone 4, and a new round of iLife 2010 software,’ Morris wrote. ‘While we won’t see new iPhone hardware just yet, we will see the next-generation software.’” Link
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Apple Wants Nokia Phones Banned From U.S.
“The ongoing patent battle between Apple and Nokia escalated Friday, when Apple moved to block imports of Nokia cell phones to the U.S. Apple made its request in a complaint filed with the International Trade Commission, an independent federal agency that examines issues including unfair trade practices involving patent, trademark, and copyright infringement.” Link
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Vodafone Sells 50,000 iPhones At UK Launch
“The newest iPhone provider in the UK, which joins recent entrant Orange and original exclusive carrier O2, sold a reported 50,000 handsets when it officially started selling the iPhone on January 14. It’s an impressive number for a launch this late, when the iPhone 3GS has already been on the market for six months. Even more impressive is the fact that it beat Orange’s launch day total of 30,000 by a wide, 20,000 handset margin, only two months after that company’s introduction of the device.” Link
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Steve Wozniak Switches From iPhone To Google Nexus One
“The cofounder of Apple — the company that made him millions — told NBC Bay Area a dirty little secret. He’s ditched the iPhone for Google’s Nexus One. Well, not ditched, exactly — but he did say it was his favorite gadget.” Link
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Kodak To Sue Apple Over iPhone Patents
“The Eastman Kodak Company announced Thursday that it filed a lawsuit against Apple with the U.S. International Trade Commission, alleging that the iPhone infringes a Kodak patent related to previewing images.” Link
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Report: $450 Million Lost To Apple App Store Piracy
“Apple and the companies that sell software for the iPhone and iPod touch at the App Store have lost over $450 million to piracy since the store opened in July 2008 according to an analysis by 24/7 Wall St. There have been over 3 billion applications downloaded since the App program began. ” Link
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Study: iPhone Touchscreen Accuracy Higher Than Droid Phones
“A test comparing the accuracy and sensitivity of smartphone touchscreens across various makers gave the iPhone top marks ahead of HTC’s Droid Eris and the Google-branded Nexus One, and much better results than the Motorola Droid. ” Link
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iPhone Apps Connect With Blu-Ray, DVD
“NBC Universal and 20th Century Fox have launched interactive apps that tap into DVD or Blu-ray discs to augment viewing. The apps provide information about the film and stars and connect you with friends to chat about the movie while you watch.” Link
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AT&T Stops iPhone Sales In New York City
“Online sales of the phone were apparently suspended Sunday. Prospective customers attempting to buy an iPhone through the Web site and using a New York area ZIP code get a message saying, ‘We’re sorry, there are no Packages & Deals available at this time. Please check back later.’ However, changing ZIP codes to other U.S. metro areas yields a bevy of iPhone choices.” Link
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Report: Apple Testing Next Generation iPhone
“According to the Apple rumour site, MacRumors.com, Apple have begun field testing their new version of the iPhone. According to the site, iPhone developer Pandav informed MacRumors that they have spotted usage records for an unreleased iPhone in their application analytics’s. The application which revealed the possibly updated model was an iPhone application named iBART – a public transportation guide for the San Francisco train system. ” Link
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Windows Mobile Loses 1/3 Of Market Share
“Windows Mobile lost 28 percent of its smartphone market share between last year’s third quarter and this year’s third quarter, according to market researcher Gartner. Figures released Thursday by Gartner show that Microsoft’s mobile OS had 11 percent of the global smartphone market in Q3 2008. A year later, it had 7.9 percent.” Link
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Apple Looking For Game Developer For iPhone, iPod Touch
“Apple is looking to hire a game and media software engineer for its iPhone and iPod touch team, perhaps signaling that the company intends to expand its first-party software offerings. The listing posted this week is noteworthy because Apple has only released four applications on its iPhone App Store since it first launched, and only one of them — Texas Hold’em — is a game. The $4.99 virtual card game was released in 2008.” Link
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iPhone is 17% Of Smartphone Market
“In less than two and a half years on the market, Apple’s iPhone has managed nearly a fifth of the total global smartphone market, thanks to nearly 50 percent year-over-year growth in sales in the third quarter of 2009.” Link
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