A lot of things can be patented these days, including industrial designs. And, when it comes to industrial design, Apple tends to lead the pack with slick, emotive products that just beg to be bought. To protect them from being copied willy-nilly, Apple sought to protect their design ideas by filing for patents from the…
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Breaking: Apple approves Opera Mini for iPhone AppStore!
This just in – Opera sent us a note letting us know that their speed-demon Opera Mini web browser for iPhone has just been approved by Apple for the AppStore. What does that mean? Well, once an app gets Apple’s stamp of approval, you can expect to see it hit the AppStore within 24 hours.…
Leading iPhone Game Publishers Chime in on Apple’s ‘Game Center’
As impressed as I was with yesterday’s news of Apple’s attempt at social gaming network with Game Center, I couldn’t help but wonder what some of the leading iPhone game publishers thought of the news. I specifically wanted to get some feedback from iPhone game publishers that had their own brand of social gaming network…
Apple intros WebKit2, should boost iPhone browsing
While yesterday was full of iPhone 4.0 news, Apple also quietly introduced the next generation of WebKit, which should eventually lead to better browsers on the iPod, iPhone and iPad. Dubbed “WebKit2,” the framework takes a few cues from arch-rival Google. “WebKit2 is designed from the ground up to support a split process model, where…
Apple screws non-native iPhone developers and Adobe with iPhone OS 4.0 ToS [updated]
With all the “happy, happy, joy, joy” iPhone OS 4.0 sentiments hitting the web today, we thought it might be refreshing to hear how Apple’s latest iteration of the iPhone operating system will quite possibly hurt non-native iPhone developers. The new Terms of Service (ToS) agreement mentions that iPhone apps which call on official iPhone…
Quick Fact: Apple has sold over 7.5 million iPhones since December 26, 2009
Steve Jobs got on stage today to announce iPhone OS 4.0, and along with it he said that Apple has sold over 50 million iPhones. The last time Apple gave an update as to the number of iPhones they sold was on January 25, 2010 when they published their Q1 2010 fiscal results. As of…
Apple flexes muscles with iPhone 4.0
Apple is not always the first to have features on its software, but it sure has a pimp swagger when it does roll them out. The iPhone-maker unveiled the iPhone 4.0 operating system today and it essentially matches its competitors in terms of features while still retaining a style and panache that is uniquely Apple.…
Apple Introduces Its Social Gaming Network ‘Game Center’ in iPhone OS 4.0
With all of the iPhone OS 4.0 news coming out today, one bit of news immediately struck a chord with me. Apple has taken it upon itself to unify iPhone gamers by introducing ‘Game Center’. Game Center will work similar to how Xbox LIVE & Playstation Network do. You’ll have a buddy list of friends…
Apple unveiling iPhone OS 4.0 to the world!
So, today is the day. In fact, we’re just minutes away from Apple’s scheduled press event, where they’re going to show the world what’s what with their latest iteration of the iPhone operating system – the iPhone OS 4.0. What will we see? Well, there may be some RFID tech built into iPhone 4.0 OS,…
New Apple patent reveals NFC enabled iPhone [And iPod Touch, iMac, Apple TV and Apple Remote]
See that funky looking N in the top left hand corner of that iPhone? That’s the official NFC, now known as N-Mark, logo. Apple patent 20,100,082,784, which was filed in September 2008 and published last week, is called “System and method for simplified resource sharing” and that’s exactly what NFC enables. When two NFC devices…