Apple Day – Apple, iPod, iPad, iPhone, iTouch, iMac, iBook

July 21, 2011
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MacBook Air shipments strong; Apple eyes InterDigital; Patent group sues again

Shipments of Apple’s just-released MacBook Air will “remain strong” throughout this summer, possibly topping 1.5 million units, according to industry sources. Meanwhile, Apple is reportedly weighing a bid to purchase InterDigital for its wireless technology patents. Also, a patent licensing … Continue reading

July 21, 2011
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Apple Contributing $2.6 Billion Toward Nortel Patent Purchase

Earlier this month, an Apple-led consortium beat out Google in an auction of thousands of patents from bankrupt Nortel, bidding $4.5 billion for the entire package of patents. As noted by @SammyWalrusIV (via Business Insider), Apple 10-Q quarterly report filed … Continue reading

July 21, 2011
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Apple Tops Nokia to Become World’s Top Smartphone Vendor

As noted by the Financial Times, Apple has officially passed Nokia to become the world’s top smartphone vendor. Apple’s rapid growth paired with a sharp drop in shipments for Nokia allowed Apple to turn a 5.5 million unit deficit during … Continue reading

July 21, 2011
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Adobe Suggests Disabled Hardware Acceleration for Flash Player in OS X Lion

TUAW reports that Adobe has posted a list of known issues for its products running on OS X Lion. The list is unfortunately extensive, but the company’s discussion of Flash Player issues stands out for the revelation that OS X … Continue reading

July 21, 2011
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Notes of Interest on OS X Lion, MacBook Air, Mac Mini, and Display Announcements

With a flurry of new hardware releases appearing alongside OS X Lion today, here are a few notes of interest that we wanted to make sure our readers noticed:OS X Lion- While Apple initially touted OS X Lion as being … Continue reading

July 14, 2011
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One-Third Of iPhone 4 Users Mistakenly Think They Have A 4G Capable Smartphone

According to a new survey by Retrevo, people actually “believe” that the “4” in their iPhone 4 stands for 4G, which is the next generation wireless standard in wireless telecommunication, capable of blistering fast data downloads and uploads. More: continued … Continue reading