Apple Day – Apple, iPod, iPad, iPhone, iTouch, iMac, iBook
Apple Day – Apple, iPod, iPad, iPhone, iTouch, iMac, iBook
Apple suffered some network problems during the recent WWDC keynote. Analysis suggests that the cause may have been the iPhone 4’s WiFi drivers, not the proliferation of mobile WAPs. More: continued here
Facing growing competition from Google Android and an amassing army of appealing smartphones, Steve Jobs played defense Monday. At Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference where Jobs introduced the iPhone 4, he also spent a good amount of time selling his already popular platform to his audience of developers. More: continued here
Sure, you can use Flash and HTML 5 graphic components in tandem in a way that would show up fine on Apple devices. But why bother? It costs extra money, and the two scripting languages are increasingly similar in their capabilities to deliver very rich, browser-based content including multimedia and mini-applications. More: continued here
More users of Valve’s Steam gaming service ran a version of Apple’s Mac OS X in its first month of availability than the 64-bit versions of Windows XP and Windows Vista combined, according to a new hardware survey. A total of 8.46 percent of Steam users in May 2010 were on some version of Apple’s…
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Under fire for its App Store not being more open, recently, Apple’s response has been that there is a portion of its devices that is totally open: the web. If developers don’t like some of the App Store’s restrictions, they should make a web app, Apple reasons. More: continued here
If you’re excited about the forthcoming iPhone OS 4.0 update, you’re not alone. Here’s how you can have a smooth upgrade by getting ready for the latest and greatest ahead of time. More: continued here
Despite a larger variety of devices running the Google Android operating system available on the market, Apple’s iPhone operating system still outgained its rival in terms of Web presence in the month of May. More: continued here
AT&T announced some changes to the iPhone data plans, but iPad 3G owners are affected, too: AT&T is doing away with the $30/month unlimited data plan. Instead you’ll pay $25/month for 2GB: More: continued here
That’s right: The most yearned-for feature of Skype for iPhone, making calls over 3G, is finally here. The new app just landed in the app store, and by all accounts the 3G calls hold up fairly well. More: continued here
As Apple released the iPad today across Europe and Japan, a key supplier in China continued fortifying factory buildings with anti-suicide nets and bracing against a growing tide of public criticism about working conditions after 10 apparent employee suicides this year — including one this week More: continued here
There is “significant” demand for Apple’s cellular delight — with about 16.8 percent of Verizon’s subscribers having “extreme interest” in the product compared to 7.5 percent in the overall population. What does this mean? It means that, if given the chance (i.e. if the iPhone came to Verizon), about 17 percent of current users would…
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A cascade of stories about how iPads actually might save the planet, including the latest, which finds an investment firm using the gadgets in lieu of printing out single-use copies of investment materials, and saving thousands of dollars a month in the process. More: continued here
Apple is selling more than 200,000 iPads per week, says Mike Abramsky, an RBC Capital Markets analyst. That’s almost twice the rate of Mac computers, which average about 110,000 units sold each week. More: continued here
Chinese newspaper Southern Weekly sent 20-year-old reporter Liu Zhi Yi undercover in Foxconn’s factory in Shenzhen, China. For 28 days, he experienced dreadful conditions that the factory’s 400,000 employees endure, churning out iPods, iPads, and iPhones for Apple nonstop. More: continued here
I didn’t plan to pick a fight with Steve Jobs last night. It just sort of happened: An iPad advertisement ticked me off; I sent the Apple CEO an angry email; he told me about “freedom from porn.” More: continued here