Apple Day – everything about Apple, iPod, iPhone, iTouch, iMac, iBook

Apple Day – everything about Apple, iPod, iPhone, iTouch, iMac, iBook

Entries for October, 2009

New 27-inch iMac is “Stunning”

Reviewer Ken Mingis (computerworld.com) writes that “Apple’s new 27-inch iMac can be described in one word: stunning.” Citing its super-high-resolution LED-backlit display, speed, and industrial design, Mingis concludes: “With an absolutely stunning screen, a lot of under-the-hood performance improvements, the wireless keyboard and the new mouse, and flexibility that makes it fit in at work [...]

How Apple’s Magic Mouse Works

As with so many spellbinding things these days, Apple’s Magic Mouse sadly turned out to be science. iFixit took the Magic Mouse apart as quickly as you’d expect and left us with the below juicy pic of the sensors to mull over.
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19 Weird And Wonderful Ways To Hold Your iPhone In Place

There really are a ton of iPhone docks out there. Some commercial, with lots of value-added bells, whistles, and gongs. Others hand-made, low-tech, quick and dirty, and just as effective in the long run. And in the end, all serve the same purpose: hold your iDevice in place while it charges and [...]

Speech-to-Speech Translator Developed For iPhone

Ponca City, We love you writes “Dr. Dobbs reports that Alex Waibel, professor of computer science and language technologies at Carnegie Mellon University, has developed an iPhone application that turns the iPhone into a translator that converts English speech into Spanish, or vice versa. Users simply speak a sentence or two at a time into [...]

Nokia Suit Against Apple Seen as Battle of Two Goliaths

Apple this week vowed to “vigorously” defend itself against an iPhone-related patent infringement suit from Nokia, the world’s largest handset maker. In its annual Form 10-K (PDF) with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for the fiscal year 2009, Apple noted the lawsuit with Nokia, which alleges that the iPhone infringes on ten wireless….
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Apple TV 3.0 Software Features Simpler, Faster Interface

The new Apple TV 3.0 software features a redesigned main menu that makes navigating your favorite content simpler and faster, and makes enjoying the largest selection of on-demand HD movie rentals and purchases, HD TV shows, music and podcasts from the iTunes Store even better on your TV. You can now enjoy iTunes Extras and [...]

Apple Introduces Magic Mouse

Today Apple introduced the new wireless Magic Mouse, the first mouse to use Apple’s revolutionary Multi-Touch technology. Pioneered on iPhone, iPod touch and Mac notebook trackpads, Multi-Touch allows customers to navigate using intuitive finger gestures. Instead of mechanical buttons, scroll wheels or scroll balls, the entire top of the Magic Mouse is a seamless Multi-Touch [...]

The Apple App Store breaks the 100,000 approved applications

Currently, the service shows around 93,000 applications are actually available on the App Store at this moment. Many predict the 200,000 mark will be in sight early/mid next year, with 250,000 apps by the end of 2010
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Nokia Sues Apple For Patent Infringement In iPhone

AVee writes “Engadget (amongst many others) reports that Nokia is suing Apple because the iPhone infringes on 10 Nokia patents related to GSM, UTMS and WiFi. While the press release doesn’t contain much detail, it does state that Apple didn’t agree to ‘appropriate terms for Nokia’s intellectual property,’ which sounds like there have been negotiations [...]

Cult of Mac Contest: Name Mystery Apple Object, Win T-shirt

The third in a series of five t-shirt giveaways, correctly name this mystery Apple item and you could win a T-shirt.
Not just any T-shirt: choose from the Apple-inspired designs at Mighttees, which include the I Love Lisa we wrote about, a retro-style logo and Steve Jobs in typeface.
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Apple Updates MacBook

Apple today updated its popular MacBook with a new, durable polycarbonate unibody design featuring a brilliant LED-backlit display, a glass Multi-Touch trackpad and Apple’s innovative built-in battery for up to seven hours of battery life. Inheriting technology and design features from the MacBook Pro line, the new MacBook is an ideal consumer notebook for students [...]

Blackra1n RC2 Is Released, ‘New’ iPhone 3GS And iPod Touch Now Supported

Release Candidate 2 (RC2) for Blackra1n, iPhone hacker George Hotz’s software for 1-click jailbreaking, has been released for all existing iPhone and iPod Touch devices. It adds support for new iPhone 3GS and iPod Touch 8GB and fixes almost every bug present in the previous version. However, it will NOT unlock the device, enabling it to be [...]

New 27-inch iMac “the all-in-one to beat”

Reviewer Jonathan Rougeot (computershopper.com) rates the new 27-inch iMac 8.7/10 and makes it an Editors’ Choice, noting that “no one’s yet been able to match both the style and performance of Apple’s flagship desktop line.” Calling out the “stylish” new Multi-Touch Magic Mouse, “slim, wireless keyboard,” and “jaw-dropping” edgeless LED-backlit display, Rougeot concludes: “Apple has [...]

Improving Patient Care with iPhone

With thousands of doctors, nurses, and administrators, the Memorial Hermann Healthcare System depends on the latest mobile technologies to streamline its services and deliver better patient care. iPhone and state-of-the-art medical apps like AirStrip OB let Memorial Hermann physicians keep their fingers on patients’ pulses even when they can’t be at their bedsides.
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Apple, Others Hit With Lawsuit On Ethernet Patents

bth nods an AppleInsider story on a patent troll who has gotten hold of fundamental Ethernet patents and is wielding them broadly. Three guesses which US Appeals Court the lawsuit was filed in. “A Texas company has targeted a number of technology companies, including Apple, in a new lawsuit regarding a handful of computer networking [...]