iPad, the latest from Apple
Apple Inc.’s chief executive Steve Jobs, on Wednesday unveiled the latest and the most hyped gadget from Apple, iPad!
iPad, a touchscreen tablet computer is the latest buzz from the highly innovative company which has shaped up many trend setting products in the two and a half decades.
After innovations like the Macintosh computers, iPod, itunes, iPod, iTunes Store, iPhone, The App store, the Cupertino, California based company has now come up with the latest iPad, half inch thin, the slimmest tablet with 9.7 inch diagonal screen and 1024×768 display resolution.
The device shall have 16 to 64 GB flash storage, built in speaker and microphones, accelerometer and compass. It offers 10 hours battery with one month standby.
Apple wins iPod hearing loss lawsuit
On Wednesday, a US appeals court upheld the dismissal of a class action lawsuit filed against the giant Apple Inc., claiming that the iPod was defective and could cause hearing loss.
The San Francisco-based US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit upheald the ruling of a district court, saying, “The plaintiffs simply do not plead facts showing that hearing loss from iPod use is actual or imminent.”
The court added, “The iPod has an ‘ordinary purpose of listening to music and nothing they allege suggests iPods are unsafe for that use or defective.”
This suit against Apple was filed by Joseph Birdsong of Louisiana and Bruce Waggoner of California. They alleged that Apple’s much hyped iPod “is defective because it poses an unreasonable risk of noise induced hearing loss.”
Nokia blames apple for patent violation
Carrying on with it’s legal fight with the American giant apple, Nokia alleged on Tuesday that Apple’s almost all the products violate Nokia’s patents and not just their iPhone.
On Tuesday, Nokia also said that the company has filed a complaint against Apple with the US International Trade Commission.
The Finnish phone making giant Nokia, said that Apple’s iPhone, iPods and also the computers, violate its intellectual property rights.
Earlier, Nokia has sued Apple over the massively popular iPhone, claiming it infringes on 10 of its patents related to phone calls and Wi-Fi access.
Later, apple countered with a fresh lawsuit alleging that Nokia has copied aspects of the iPhone in its own phones.
Amazon Christmas day e-book sales beat print sales
In a statement released on Saturday by the internet retail giant, amazon.com, the company saw the sales of electronic books rising much sharper than the hard-copy books this Christmas.
As published in the statement released, Amazon said, “On Christmas Day, for the first time ever, customers purchased more Kindle books than physical books.”
The statement also revealed that the company’s own e-book reader, the Kindle, “has become the most gifted item in Amazon’s history.”
The Amazon e-books can also be read on Apple iPnone and iPod Touch devices. It’s Kindle online store boasts a library of 390,000 digitized books.
According to estimates in October, Kindle has a nearly 60 per cent share of the US market followed by Sony Reader with 35 per cent.
Another close competitor is Nook, a new device by the US bookstore giant Barnes & Noble.
Apple’s new 4-gigabyte iPod shuffle
Apple Inc. on Wednesday announced their small 4 gigabyte iPod, the newer version of the Shuffle that Apple claims is the smallest digital music player till date.
The new third-generation Shuffle is a slim aluminum rectangle less than 2 inches long. It takes only half the space as the second generation version however with the added feature of double music storage space i.e. up to 4 gigabytes. Apple achieved this jaw-dropping form by removing most of the buttons from the body of the USD 79 device. Those were instead built into the headphone cord.
The new device also has an added feature called VoiceOver, which can, at the push of a button speaks the song and artist name or rattles off play lists that the owner has loaded onto his device.
The first-generation Shuffle launched in 2005 could hold about 240 songs whereas this improvised third generation device can carry 1,000 songs.
The new Shuffle available in silver or black aluminum with a shiny stainless steel clip is expected to go on sale on Thursday. Joswiak added that Apple’s own earphones will be the only option for early buyers; however other companies are in a process to come up with compatible headphones as well as adapters for regular headphones.
Amazon unveils Kindle Application for iPhone
Amazon on Wednesday unveiled its plan to develop an application that would allow the iPod and iPhone users to access the same content as on the USD 359 Kindle, electronic book reader from Amazon.com.
This is the first time that Kindle’s content would be available on a cell phone. The leading online retailer, Amazon.com plans to roll out this new application which could be downloaded from Apple’s online application store. It would enable the Apple device users to read the same electronic books, magazines and newspapers that Kindle owners can buy on the website, Amazon.com. Similarly to the Kindle book reader, the application will allow the users to change the text size on the screen, and add bookmarks, notes and highlight.
However, the Apple application does not connect to the Kindle store and hence the users must have an access to the Web browser on their iPhone, iPod or computer to buy the content.
Amazon’s vice president for the Kindle, Ian Freed said that Amazon has been working on the application for several months. Freed said that the company sees the software as a way to introduce non-Kindle owners to the device, potentially turning them into Kindle buyers.
“It also gives Kindle owners an additional way to read their content while on the go,” he added further.
However the application for mobile users will not include the recently included text-to-speech feature Amazon built into the latest Kindle, Kindle 2.
Apple Announces fastest web browser Safari 4
Apple on Tuesday announced the public beta of Safari 4 boasting it to be the fastest web browser. Built on the world’s most advanced browser technologies, according to Apple, Safari 4 loads HTML web pages three times faster than IE 7 and also three times faster than Firefox 3. The Nitro engine in Safari 4 runs JavaScript 4.2 times faster than its earlier version, Safari 3.
Whether on a Mac, PC, iPhone, or iPod touch, Safari 4 aims at redefining the browser, providing the most pleasant mode to experience the Internet.
One of the newly added 150 innovative features include Top Sites, a visual preview of the most frequently visited pages; complete history search, search through titles, web addresses and the complete text of recently viewed pages.
Philip Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing has this to say, “Apple created Safari to bring innovation, speed and open standards back into web browsers, and today it takes another big step forward. Safari 4 is the fastest and most efficient browser for Mac and Windows, with great integration of HTML 5 and CSS 3 web standards that enables the next generation of interactive web applications.”
Safari 4 also includes HTML 5 support for offline technologies. Safari 4 is also the first browser to pass the Web Standards Project’s Acid3 test, which examines how well a browser adheres to CSS, JavaScript, XML and SVG web standards.
Safari 4 is available immediately as a free download at http://www.apple.com/safari
Apple crosses $10bn amidst recession
Amid the feared recession, IT giant Apple has contradicted all predictions by crossing the phenomenal USD 10 billion mark in terms of the revenue generated in the quarter ending in December. With Apple’s iPod, iPhone and Macintosh Computers’ sales hitting an all time high, the company’s gross income rose to $1.61 billion in the first quarter of the financial year 2009, as compared to the previous year’s $1.58 billion, a rise of 1.89%. However the three products that contributed to the unparalleled success individually saw a growth of 3%, 88% and 9% respectively in their sales.
While the world speculated on the slowdown in the US economy and its subsequent effects on the global market, many of the analysts on the subject, foreseeing a reduced demand, announced a tough time ahead for the Information Technology (IT) sector. However Apple’s sales earned the company a record quarterly profit.
“Even in these economically challenging times, we are incredibly pleased to report our best quarterly revenue and earnings in Apple history - surpassing 10 billion US dollars in quarterly revenue for the first time ever,” said the proud Apple chief executive Steve Jobs.
Creator of iPod Quits Apple
A major shuffle in the management at Apple Inc saw Tony Fadell, the creator of the wildly popular iPod, leaving the company with his wife to devote more time to their young family.
Fadell has been credited with being the first to envision the iPod and at the time of leaving he was serving as the Senior Vice President of the company’s iPod division. Fadell quit the full-time position after seven years with Apple Inc but he will continue to stay on as the personal advisor to company CEO Steve Jobs.
Fadell’s exit comes at a time when the iPod stands at a critical juncture facing competition from new entrants in the market for portable digital media players. Still, next generation devices from Apple like the iPod Nano and iPod Touch consistently outsell their nearest competitors by huge margins all over the world.
Fadell will be replaced by Mark Papermaster who will head the iPod and iPhone divisions and report directly to Steve Jobs. Papermaster arrives at Apple after a long 25-year stint at IBM where he was closely associated with the development of several crucial projects. This has led to IBM accusing Papermaster of compromising company secrets to a competitor and even suing him for breach of non-compete agreement.
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