Apple Day – Apple, iPod, iPad, iPhone, iTouch, iMac, iBook
Apple Day – Apple, iPod, iPad, iPhone, iTouch, iMac, iBook
We’ve been down this path countless times, but rumors are once again heating up that Apple and Verizon are actively discussing the possibility of creating an iPhone to work on Big Red’s airwaves, according to USA Today’s infamous “people familiar with the situation.” Could the iPhone come to Verizon Wireless next year?! More: continued here
The next version of the Bluetooth short-range wireless protocol officially launched this week, promising an eightfold speed increase that could help device makers like Apple offer true wireless syncing on their handheld products in about a year’s time. More: continued here
Wireless radio component specifications contained within beta distributions of iPhone 3.0 firmware reveal support for a new chip enabling low power 802.11n that’s bound for Apple’s third-generation iPod touch. It’s therefore also likely to be included with new iPhone models. More: continued here
Everybody loves the idea of cheap VoIP calls on cell phones. Everybody, that is, except for wireless carriers who charge usurious fees for voice and data plans. Cellular providers around the globe are placing restrictions on Skype for iPhone and other Internet phone services, and that’s bad news for consumers. More: continued here
Apple is exploring the possibility of including a wireless “remote wand” with future versions of its Apple TV media system that would provide users with precise control over a cursor on the Apple TV screen in very much the same way a conventual mouse controls a cursor on a PC. It would also unlock three-dimensional…
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The new Mac mini models provide the most significant upgrades to the line yet, offering slightly better CPU performance, considerably improved video capabilities, increased expandability, and better wireless technology. The result is that for the first time, the Mac mini is a computer that’s truly capable of handling the iLife suite. More than ever, it’s…
Somewhat lost in the shuffle of Tuesday’s product announcements was news of the new wired keyboard Apple will bundle standard with all new iMacs, a compact design modeled after the aluminum wireless keyboard, which omits the numeric keypad traditionally found on the right side of the device. The new keyboard requires Mac OS X 10.5.6,…
Apple is poised to introduce new versions of its Time Capsule wireless backup appliance and AirPort Extreme 802.11n wireless routers, regulatory filings with the Federal Communications Commission reveal. More: continued here
Speaking of iPhone art (see our colleague Nicole Martinelli’s post following this one), iCloseBy.com, developers of several popular Apple iPod Touch and iPhone apps, announced an ‘Emotional Networking’ wireless world art project Friday. iWallFlower.com is a web site which displays in real time, drawings being made by iPod Touch and iPhone users from around the…
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At the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, AT&T announced that they would be officially rolling out 4G or Long-Term Evolution technology by 2011. The best part is, Verizon is also going to use the technology even earlier. Long-Term Evolution or LTE as the cool kids like to call it, is a wireless technology that can…
Most users are probably well aware by now that Emoji icons are a cute Japanese version of what we call “emoticons” used by all Japanese wireless carriers. Emoji icons are not enabled on iPhones outside of Japan but all iPhones are equipped with the ability to display them, they just have to be unlocked. […]…
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It’s here, finally! As promised, iPhone owners can start the year fresh free from the shackles of AT&T. The increasingly famous iPhone Dev-Team released their groundbreaking hack dubbed yellowsn0w – which will free up the iPhone 3G for other wireless carriers. But the application hasn’t exactly lived up to our expectations. Apparently it…
So this one was kind of a surprise. I asked Sony for a loan so that I could test out their new S-AIRPLAY iPod-based system and a monstrous box arrived at my door within a week. From the pictures online I thought this thing was a lot smaller! I spent just over three weeks with…
Bright Prospects for iPhone Battery Life, Cost on the Horizon 11:14 pm, December 8th, 2008, Lonnie Lazar A pair of electronics Phd candidates at Ottowa, Ontario’s Carleton University may have invented a process for wirelessly connecting the circuits of a mobile device to its antenna, consuming 12 times less power than traditional, wired-transmitter modules and…
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Nokia has taken a critical step toward creating an open-source wireless environment, terming the closing of its deal to Symbian a “fundamental step” in creating the Symbian Foundation. The Symbian Foundation is a cross-industry collaboration that will use Symbian’s open software to rival Google’s Android and the LiMo Foundation’s own Linux operating systems. From InformationWeek:…