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<p>Results were analyzed across age and gender profiles, as well as the “iOwners” consumer segment, defined as those owning either an iPhone or iPod touch. </p>
<p>“The tablet and e-reader market is developing at a breakneck pace right now, and Apple’s entry into the market is sure to accelerate mainstream consumer adoption,” says Serge Matta,<br />
comScore executive vice president. ‚ÄúThese devices have the potential to be incredibly disruptive to the way consumers currently access digital content. While only time will tell exactly how consumer behavior will change, our research suggests that not only will a variety of markets be impacted by the introduction of these devices...</p> | <a href="/content/comscore-awareness-ipad-high-right-out-gate">Read more »</a></div></div></div>
<div class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-103325"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;"><p>Four new Apple patents have popped up at the US Patent & Trademark Office. Here's a summary of each. </p>
<p><strong>Patent number 7,683,983</strong> is for a display that emits circularly-polarized light for portable devices. One embodiment of the present invention provides a display that emits circularly-polarized light. This display includes a display mechanism that emits linearly-polarized light and a layer placed in the path of the linearly-polarized light. The layer receives the linearly-polarized light on one surface, converts the linearly-polarized light to circularly-polarized light, and then emits the circularly-polarized light from another surface. By emitting circularly-polarized light, the display reduces the perceived distortion found at some angles when the display is viewed through a linearly-polarizing filter. The inventors are John Z. Zhong, Wei Chen, Cheg Chen, Victor H.E. Yin and Shawn R. Gettemy.</p>
<p><strong>Patent number 7,683,888</strong> is for a...</p> | <a href="/content/apple-patents-range-display-technologies-text-flow">Read more »</a></div></div></div>
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<div class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-103314"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;"><p>A new Apple patent (number 7,684,192) at the US Patent & Trademark Office shows that the company is investigating improved ways to cool Mac Pros and other computers.<br />

The patent is for an apparatus for the air cooling of an electronic device. A contoured panel channels a flow of air within the housing of an electronic device so as to channel the flow of air more directly over heat producing elements such as the microprocessor and peripheral cards. A sensor can also be employed to determine whether the panel is present and properly placed. If not, measures can be taken to reduce the heat generated by the heat producing elements. For example, a warning can be displayed, or the microprocessor can be instructed to enter sleep mode. The inventors are Steven Holmes and Douglas L. Heirich.</p>
<p>Here's Apple's background and summary of the invention: "As electronic devices increase in processing power and speed, their processors generate more and more heat, thus exacerbating...</p> | <a href="/content/apple-patent-looks-improved-ways-cool-macs-air">Read more »</a></div></div></div>
<div class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-103289"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;"><p>An Apple patent (number 7,684,185) that first appeared in 2006 has re-appeared at the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office. It's for an integrated monitor and docking station. And you have to wonder if it hints at a future iteration of the iPad.</p>
<p>After all, the patent is for a portable computer -- and said portable computer doesn't appear to be an iPod or anything currently available. The docking station includes a display and a housing configured to hold the display in a manner that exposes a viewing surface of the display to view. The housing defines a docking area configured to receive a portable computer. The docking area is at least partly obscured by the display when viewed from the viewing surface side of the display at an angle substantially orthogonal to the viewing surface.</p>
<p>Traditionally a portable computer docking station requires a separate external monitor to be connected (e.g., by cable) to the docking station when a display other than the integrated...</p> | <a href="/content/could-apple-patent-hint-monitor-ipad">Read more »</a></div></div></div>
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<span class="field-content">Coming later this year (hopefully): Wi-Fi Direct...</span>
<div class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-102755"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;"><p>Coming later this year or perhaps in early 2011: Wi-Fi devices that will be able to connect in a new way that makes it more simple and convenient than ever to do things like print, share and display. </p>
<p>Ad hoc wireless networking has always been more difficult than it should be. Plus, it maxes out at 11 mbps. Wi-Fi Direct will connect at existing Wi-Fi speeds of up to 250 mbps. And Wi-Fi Direct devices will also be able to broadcast their availability and seek out other Wi-Fi Direct devices.</p>
<p>As noted by "PC World" (<a href="http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/173699/wifi_direct_could_be_the_death_of_bluetooth.html" title="http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/173699/wifi_direct_could_be_the_death_of_bluetooth.html">http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/173699/wifi_direct_could_b...</a>), with Wi-Fi Direct only one of the devices needs to be compliant with Wi-Fi Direct to establish the peer-to-peer connection. So, for example, a Wi-Fi Direct-...</p> | <a href="/content/coming-later-year-hopefully-wi-fi-direct-devices">Read more »</a></div></div></div>
<div class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-102903"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;"><p>Smart phone shipments in North America totaled 47.2 million units in 2009, an increase of 27% over the volume seen in 2008, helped by a strong fourth quarter. Apple is expected to sell 13.8 million iPhones in 2010 for a market share of 21.3%.</p>
<p>The smartphone growth is forecast to accelerate to 38% in 2010, bringing total shipments in the region to 65.1 million units, according to Canalys (<a href="http://www.canalys.com" title="http://www.canalys.com">http://www.canalys.com</a>). The research group thinks RIM will retain its leadership position in the North American market in 2010, with Apple in second place by operating system (OS) vendor share. Both vendors will grow their annual shipment volumes in the region, by 21% and 27% respectively. </p>
<p>In 2009, RIM held a 49% market share in North America, with Apple at 23%, though they will each lose a modest portion of their share this year as the total market grows at a quicker pace. RIM will remain strong in the corporate...</p> | <a href="/content/canalys-iphone-have-213-smartphone-us-market-year">Read more »</a></div></div></div>
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<div class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-102719"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;"><p>Morgan Stanley analyst Katy Huberty tells clients in a research note that China represents Apple’s next major geographic growth opportunity, and that Apple's plan to open 25 retail stores in China, announced during its shareholders meeting in February, could help drive Apple's share price  — in her "bull case" scenario -- as high as US$435 within a year.</p>
<p>As reported by "Fortune" (<a href="http://macosg.me/2/0m" title="http://macosg.me/2/0m">http://macosg.me/2/0m</a>), Huberty expounds a positive correlation between Apple store expansion and the increase in Mac market share. Correlation does not mean causation, of course, but the trends do seem clear, notes "Fortune." </p>
<p>Apple opened 123 stores in the U.S. between Sept. 2003 and Sept. 2009 while the Mac's domestic market share grew from just over 3% to as high as 9% (before dipping below 8% last summer).</p> | <a href="/content/analyst-apple-stores-china-could-help-drive-companys-share-price-435-within-year">Read more »</a></div></div></div>
<div class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-100828"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;"><p>Now, Apple, you know I'm not going to quit hounding you until you move the Apple TV out of the "hobby" category. Anyway, here's some new research for you to consider.</p>
<p>Consumers want their Internet TV, according to market research firm In-Stat (<a href="http://www.in-stat.com" title="http://www.in-stat.com">http://www.in-stat.com</a>). Already, based on In-Stat’s new multi-client research, 26% of U.S. consumer respondents report viewing Internet TV more than once per week. However, rather than a substitute for traditional pay TV services, consumers want Over-the-Top (OTT) Internet video to compliment traditional TV offerings.</p>
<p>“Consumers want the best of both worlds: pay TV and OTT Video,” says Keith Nissen, In-Stat analyst. “Nearly 40% of consumer broadband household respondents want a combination of linear and on-demand TV, and nearly three quarters want to acquire all their video content from their pay TV operator.”</p>
<p>The recent research also found:</p>
<p>¬∞¬†...</p> | <a href="/content/consumers-want-both-pay-tv-and-over-top-video">Read more »</a></div></div></div>
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<span class="field-content">Apple firing on all cylinders to line up iPad content</span>
<div class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-102349"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;"><p>Things are busy, busy, busy as the April 3 date for the iPad to go on sale. Apple is working to drum up lots of content for the new device in a variety of areas. </p>
<p>Games are the predominant type of app being tested on the iPad, making up 44% of the total, according to info from Flurry Analytics. Entertainment apps -- including videos -- come in second with 14%. Social networking programs made up 7% of the total, followed by sports, travel, lifestyle, and utilities.</p>
<p>Apple is also reportedly working hard to get TV shows on the iPad. "The Wall Street Journal" (<a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703523204575129862264704190.html" title="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703523204575129862264704190.html">http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000142405274870352320457512986226470419...</a>) says Apple has put its magazine, newspaper and textbook projects "on backburner" as it concentrates on cutting media content deals in the weeks before the iPad's...</p> | <a href="/content/apple-firing-all-cylinders-line-ipad-content">Read more »</a></div></div></div>
<div class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-102021"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;"><p>The time is fast approaching -- heck, it's almost here -- when Apple is going to have to "fish or cut bait" as we say in the South when it comes to the company's "hobby," the Apple TV.</p>
<p>According to the "New York Times" (<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/18/technology/18webtv.html?partner=rss&emc=rss" title="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/18/technology/18webtv.html?partner=rss&emc=rss">http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/18/technology/18webtv.html?partner=rss&em...</a>), Google and Intel have teamed with Sony to develop a platform called Google TV to bring the web into the living room through a new generation of televisions and set-top boxes. And if you don't think that will be a threat to the Apple TV, think again.</p>
<p>According to the "Times," the move is an effort by Google and Intel to extend their dominance of computing to television, an arena where they have little sway. For Sony, which has struggled to retain a pricing and technological advantage in the...</p> | <a href="/content/chrome-tv-may-put-hurt-apple-tv">Read more »</a></div></div></div>
<div class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-101935"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;"><p>Coming next to the iPhone, iPod touch and iPad may be a component called iGroups. According to a new Apple patent (number 20100070758) at the US Patent & Trademark Office, Apple is working on group formation using anonymous broadcast information. </p>
<p>The invention involves a number of devices co-located at a geographic location can broadcast and receive tokens. Tokens can be exchanged using a communication link having limited communication range. Tokens that are received by a device can be stored locally on the device and/or transmitted to a trusted service operating remotely on a network. In some implementations, the tokens can be stored with corresponding timestamps to assist a trusted service in matching or otherwise correlating the tokens with other tokens provided by other devices. The trusted service can perform an analysis on the tokens and timestamps to identify devices that were co-located at the geographic location at or around a contact time which can be defined...</p> | <a href="/content/igroups-coming-iphone-ipod-touch-ipad">Read more »</a></div></div></div>
<div class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-101475"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;"><p>If Apple does indeed plan an iTunes subscription service -- and gets around to taking the Apple TV seriously -- these steps could pose a serious threat to the cable and satellite TV industries.</p>
<p>The hype of the digital conversion has long passed; however nine months after the long-awaited, frequently talked about digital transition, sales of over-the-air antennas continue to climb, reflecting not only the continued growth of over-the-air television, but a trend developing among the American people, according to Antennas Direct. As an US antenna manufacturer, it's not exactly an unbiased company, but makes some interesting points in a new report.</p>
<p>‚ÄúFrom current economic conditions, increases in cable and satellite TV rates to the expansion of over-the air channels and new technologies, there is a bright future for digital television,‚Äù says Richard Schneider, president of Antennas Direct. He believes the facts are hard to ignore and says that over-the-air television is a...</p> | <a href="/content/cable-and-satellite-tv-providers-may-have-reason-worry">Read more »</a></div></div></div>
<div class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-101484"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;"><p>Apple's ads on the Australian publication, "PC Authority" (<a href="http://www.pcauthority.com/au/" title="http://www.pcauthority.com/au/">http://www.pcauthority.com/au/</a>), may have leaked info on upcoming MacBook Pros, MacBook Airs and Mac Pros. </p>
<p>Apple's online Australian store lists the lowest priced versions of the MacBook Pro, MacBook Air and Mac Pro at A$1,599, A$1,999 and A$3,599, respectively. However, an ad at "PC Authority" shows price jumps of A$300, A$400 and A$900, respectively.</p>
<p>"Then again, considering the expectation that the mobile computers will get Core i7 CPUs while the Mac Pro will get all dressed up with Core i7-980X regalia, this development is perhaps not all that surprising," says "engadget" (<a href="http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/17/new-macbook-pro-air-and-mac-pro-pricing-potentially-leaked-by-a/" title="http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/17/new-macbook-pro-air-and-mac-pro-pricing-potentially-leaked-by-a/">http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/17/...</a></p> | <a href="/content/ad-may-hint-upcoming-macbook-pro-macbook-air-mac-pro-revs">Read more »</a></div></div></div>
<div class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-101478"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;"><p>Apple has banned protective screen film from its retail and online stores, according to the "iLounge" web site (<a href="http://www.ilounge.com/index.php/news/comments/apple-bans-protective-screen-film-from-apple-store/" title="http://www.ilounge.com/index.php/news/comments/apple-bans-protective-screen-film-from-apple-store/">http://www.ilounge.com/index.php/news/comments/apple-bans-protective-scr...</a>), which says this will affect both cases and individual film packages beginning in May. </p>
<p>In communications with vendors that have been ongoing for ‚Äúsome time now,‚Äù according to one company, Apple has said that it will remove¬†both film-only solutions from its stores, as well as any case or other accessory that includes film protection as part of its package, such as cases that include film screen protectors. According to sources, the ban will impact all forms of screen film, including completely clear film, anti-glare film, and mirrored film, regardless of whether the purpose...</p> | <a href="/content/apple-removes-protective-screens-apple-stores">Read more »</a></div></div></div>
<div class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-101460"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;"><p>Caris & Company analyst Robert Cihra says growth in the overall personal computer market for 2010 is trending upwards of 15 to 20%, fueled by greater than 90% growth in combined sales of netbooks and notebooks. However, it's the iMac that will account for 25% of worldwide desktop growth, he says.</p>
<p>In a note to clients -- as reported by "AppleInsider" (<a href="http://www.appleinsider.com" title="http://www.appleinsider.com">http://www.appleinsider.com</a>) -- Cihra said desktop sales are showing signs of life for the first time in 24 months, given strong performance of the iMac line that could boost year-over-year shipments by approximately 3%, compared to last year's 12% slippage. </p>
<p>"We continue to model note/netbook accounting for greater than 90% of PC unit growth in 2010, but with desktops at least now looking like they‚Äôve stopped eroding and can resume at least some low single-digit recovery after 2 years of decline, driven by emerging markets, corporate...</p> | <a href="/content/analyst-imac-account-25-worldwide-desktop-growth">Read more »</a></div></div></div>
<div class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-101455"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;"><p>The global mobile apps economy is set to be worth $17.5billion by 2012, according to an independent report commissioned by GetJar (<a href="http://www.getjar.com/" title="http://www.getjar.com/">http://www.getjar.com/</a>), the world’s second largest app store. </p>
<p>Mobile app downloads across all types of handset are also expected to increase from over seven billion downloads in 2009 to almost 50 billion in 2012 -- a year-on-year growth rate of 92%.<br />
This would mean that the value of apps sold would be greater than the value of CDs sold in 2012 ($13.83 billion).</p>
<p>To understand the potential of the “global mobile apps economy,” GetJar commissioned independent consulting firm Chetan Sharma Consulting to lift the lid on the rapidly expanding global apps market. The aim of the project was to analyze the potential and real value of the mobile apps market worldwide, using first hand data.</p>
<p>It is clear that by 2012, off-deck paid-for apps will be the biggest revenue...</p> | <a href="/content/study-mobile-apps-will-outsell-cds-2012">Read more »</a></div></div></div>
<div class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-100852"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;"><p>Some pundits have said that Apple is in danger of becoming the next Microsoft -- as in "evil empire" Microsoft. I personally don’t think that’s going to happen, but find the possibility fascinating. I never would have believed anyone would have asked it when I begin my Mac journalism career almost 20 years ago doing reviews for the late, lamented "MacSense" site.</p>
<p>At the time, Apple was always -- ALWAYS -- described in the press as “beleaguered” or “troubled.” Many pundits didn’t think the company would last -- and it was, indeed, usually bleeding money. Then the stars aligned, Steve Jobs returned and you know the rest of the story. The iMac, the iPod, the iPhone, now the iPad.</p>
<p>The Mac still has a much smaller percentage of the computer market than Windows (though that number is growing), Apple is now THE tech company, known for its inventive products, great marketing and ultra cool factor. So I guess it's inevitable that some feel Apple's on the verge of becoming the...</p> | <a href="/content/some-feel-apple-may-become-new-evil-empire">Read more »</a></div></div></div>
<div class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-101193"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;"><p>On Tuesday, the Federal Communications Commission delivered the National Broadband Plan (<a href="http://www.broadband.gov/" title="http://www.broadband.gov/">http://www.broadband.gov/</a>) to Congress. I wasn't a big fan of the bazillion dollar US stimulus package, nor am I a fan of big government, but our nation's "digital divide" must be addressed. </p>
<p>The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act) was signed into law on February 17, 2009. The Broadband Initiatives funded in the Act are intended to accelerate broadband deployment across the United States. The Recovery Act authorizes the FCC to create a National Broadband Plan, that “shall seek to ensure that all people of the United States have access to broadband capability and shall establish benchmarks for meeting that goal.” </p>
<p>We're the only industrialized nation without a national policy to promote universal, high-speed Internet access. Part of the National Broadband Plan looks to free an...</p> | <a href="/content/im-not-fan-big-government-our-digital-divide-must-be-addressed">Read more »</a></div></div></div>
<div class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-101140"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;"><p>Smartphone users are downloading increasing numbers of apps, and more of the apps they download come at a price. The result is a supercharged mobile app gold rush that’s shattering Yankee Group’s (<a href="http://www.yankeegroup.com" title="http://www.yankeegroup.com">http://www.yankeegroup.com</a>) previous revenue estimates and reaching a whopping US$11 billion by 2014.</p>
<p>In the new report, “The Mobile App Gold Rush Speeds Up,” the research group sees several factors -- increased smartphone shipments, more app stores and more expensive apps -- combining to nearly double forecasted mobile app revenue, from $537 million to $1.6 billion in 2010 alone. While most app developers and store owners will garner a share of the riches, users of Apple’s iPhone and AT&T’s network download the most apps and generate the most revenue. </p>
<p>‚ÄúApple‚Äôs innovative one-click technology and AT&T‚Äôs exclusive deal for the iPhone put them ahead for now,‚Äù says Carl Howe, director at Yankee...</p> | <a href="/content/yankee-group-mobile-app-demand-soaring">Read more »</a></div></div></div>
<div class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-101110"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;"><p>Apple has won patents from the US Patent & Trademark Office for the Aperture tool for straightening digital images and for a computer housing design that displays the illuminated Apple logo. Aperture is the company's software for pro and semi-pro photographers.</p>
<p>Patent number 7679625 is for a digital image straightening tool. Per the patent, as the user operates the straighten control, the rotational orientation of a selected image is changed. According to one embodiment, a grid is superimposed over the image while the straighten control is being operated, to assist the user in selecting the proper rotational orientation. In addition, after a rotational adjustment, the image is automatically cropped to ensure that the orientation of the peripheral shape of the image remains unchanged. The inventors are Joshua D. Fagans, Jeffrey L. Robbin, Timothy B. Martin and Timothy E. Wasko.</p>
<p>Patent number 7,679,894 is for a display housing for a computing device. An improved...</p> | <a href="/content/apple-granted-patents-aperture-tool-computer-housing-design">Read more »</a></div></div></div>
<div class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-101086"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;"><p>Some pundits have said that Apple is in danger of becoming the next Microsoft -- as in "evil empire" Microsoft. I personally don’t think that’s going to happen, but find the possibility fascinating. </p>
<p>In fact, I never would have believed anyone would have even posited the scenario when I begin my Mac journalism career almost 20 years ago doing reviews for the late, lamented "MacSense" site. At the time, Apple was always -- ALWAYS -- described in the press as “beleaguered” or “troubled.” Many pundits didn’t think the company would last -- and it was, indeed, often bleeding money. Then the stars aligned, Steve Jobs returned and you know the rest of the story. The iMac, the iPod, the iPhone, now the iPad.</p>
<p>The Mac still has a much smaller percentage of the computer market than Windows (though that number is growing), Apple is now THE tech company, known for its inventive products, great marketing and ultra cool factor. So I guess it's inevitable that some feel Apple's on...</p> | <a href="/content/some-feel-apple-may-become-new-evil-empire-0">Read more »</a></div></div></div>
<p>The former Sun Microsystems former Vice-President (five various positions), Chief Operating Officer, President, and Chief Executive Officer Jonathan Schwartz, wrote on his "What I Couldn't Say" blog (<a href="http://jonathanischwartz.wordpress.com/2010/03/09/good-artists-copy-great-artists-steal" title="http://jonathanischwartz.wordpress.com/2010/03/09/good-artists-copy-great-artists-steal">http://jonathanischwartz.wordpress.com/2010/03/09/good-artists-copy-grea...</a>) last week about a 2003 threat of future legal action that he claims Steve Jobs made to his office in a telephone call while raising the idea  that the graphical effects of a Sun prototype Linux desktop may be violating Apple's intellectual property (if Sun commercialised that prototype). </p>
<p>Schwartz wrote his reply was simple and left Steve Jobs silent without¬†a response.¬†The reply mentioned how he had been watching a recent¬†presentation of Jobs and how Apple's newly released Keynote¬†...</p> | <a href="/content/donovans-views-more-jonathan-schwartz-revelations">Read more »</a></div></div></div>
<div class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-100907"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;"><p>In a note to clients today, Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster expects Mac sales for the current fiscal quarter to beat the Street's estimates and anticipates iPod sales will meet those estimates. He bases his prognosis on data from the NPA research group.</p>
<p>Munster says that NPD retail data points to sales of 2.8 to 2.9 million Mac units sold for the March quarter. The Street estimate is 2.7. Munster is forecasting Mac unit growth of 26 to 315 year-over-year.</p>
<p>The analyst adds that NPD data points to sales of nine to 10 million iPods for the March quarter., compared to a Street consensus of under nine million. He's predicting a 7% percent increase in year-over-year sales.</p> | <a href="/content/analyst-mac-ipod-sales-looking-beat-street-estimates">Read more »</a></div></div></div>
<div class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-100850"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;"><p>In January, Apple hired Richard DeVaul as a senior prototype scientist, apparently to work on wearable computers. </p>
<p>Previously, DeVaul was the founder and president of AWare Technologies, a company that now makes Activity AWareness products and core technology. However, it was formed in 2004 as a contract research company focused on ambulatory monitoring for soldiers and athletes. The company successfully executed SBIR Phase II and STTR contracts with the US Army, and participated in the DARPA ASSIST BAA as part of the IBM/MIT/Georgia Tech team. In addition, AWare has provided athletic motion analysis services to Olympic sport organizations.</p>
<p>A graduate of Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), DeVaul has also served as a research assistant at MIT. orked with Professor Alex "Sandy" Pentland as part of the Human Dyanmics group at the MIT Media Lab. Ph.D. dissertation on "The Memory Glasses," a heads-up display¬† that focused on the problems associated with wearable...</p> | <a href="/content/new-apple-prototype-scientist-work-wearable-computers">Read more »</a></div></div></div>
<p>As alluded to in the late January 2009's article, "Donovan’s Views: distorted grudges" (<a href="http://www.macsimumnews.com/index.php/archive/donvans_views_distorted_grudges" title="http://www.macsimumnews.com/index.php/archive/donvans_views_distorted_grudges">http://www.macsimumnews.com/index.php/archive/donvans_views_distorted_gr...</a>), I have a strict reading policy. I hope tech journalists, editors and reporters should note it when doing their job. </p>
<p>What is the policy? I stop reading or watching immediately any report that includes appearances of Rob Enderle or John Dvorak's voice or words and the reporter that chose to include them will enter my discredited list. I don't care what network or publication, its size, or precious reputation, it is simply my strict policy. </p>
<p>Yet I found myself actually reading all of the individual tweets between technology writer and author Glenn Fleishman and¬†self-professed former...</p> | <a href="/content/donovans-views-fleishman-vs-enderle-mano-mano">Read more »</a></div></div></div>
<div class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-100806"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;"><p>Steve Jobs has allegedly told a Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) government official exactly why no retail store is planned for the country -- ”super crazy” import taxes, he wrote in an e-mail, according to to the "ifoAppleStore" site (<a href="http://www.ifoapplestore.com/db/2010/03/15/no-to-retail-store-in-brazil-high-tariffs/" title="http://www.ifoapplestore.com/db/2010/03/15/no-to-retail-store-in-brazil-high-tariffs/">http://www.ifoapplestore.com/db/2010/03/15/no-to-retail-store-in-brazil-...</a>). </p>
<p>Jobs‚Äô remark highlights an on-going trade dispute between the U.S. and Brazil over cotton trade, and how international affairs can affect the selection of store sites, the article adds. As reported by "MacMagazine Brazil" (<a href="http://macmagazine.uol.com.br/2010/03/14/steve-jobs-diz-nao-a-convite-para-abrir-apple-retail-store-oficial-no-brasil" title="http://macmagazine.uol.com.br/2010/03/14/steve-jobs-diz-nao-a-convite-para-abrir-apple-retail-store-oficial-no-brasil">http://...</a></p> | <a href="/content/high-tariffs-nix-apple-retail-store-brazil">Read more »</a></div></div></div>
<div class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-100778"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;"><p>Fourth quarter mobile handset sales almost always outpace the performance seen in the rest of a year. But according to the latest market data from ABI Research (<a href="http://www.abiresearch.com" title="http://www.abiresearch.com">http://www.abiresearch.com</a>), the final quarter of 2009 was remarkable for the strength of smartphone shipment growth compared to the rather lackluster preceding nine months.<br />
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“4Q 2009 saw 25% more smartphones shipped than 3Q,” says analyst Michael Morgan. "Granted, the fourth quarter is usually better than the third, but 3Q saw only a 3.6% growth over the second quarter. The robust strength of this market’s recovery is very encouraging indeed.”<br />
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Individual vendors had plenty to be pleased about. Apple had its best smartphone quarter on record. Nokia did extremely well, shipping 21 million smartphones compared to its usual 15-16 million. BlackBerry had a strong showing as well.<br />
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The good performance was driven...</p> | <a href="/content/abi-research-smartphone-market-reborn-4q-2009">Read more »</a></div></div></div>
<div class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-100777"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;"><p>After a severely constrained first half, steeply discounted computers along with improving economic conditions steered the global computer market back into the black in the latter half of 2009. According to the International Data Corporation (IDC) "Worldwide Quarterly PC Tracker,"the yearly growth rate for the worldwide computer market in 2009 was 2.9%.</p>
<p>Portable computers remained the key market driver, with shipments increasing 18.4% in 2009 compared to 2008. Consumer purchases of portables were the sole driver of the market, growing at 38.5%, according to IDC (<a href="http://www.idc.com" title="http://www.idc.com">http://www.idc.com</a>). Commercial shipments were severely strained but showed signs of life near the end of the year as fourth quarter growth came in just under 1%, providing a glimpse of an anticipated commercial refresh in 2010. As a harbinger that the pace of ASP declines will moderate, mininotebook growth slowed in the fourth quarter as the volume of other...</p> | <a href="/content/idc-computer-market-rebound-will-drive-double-digit-growth-through-2014">Read more »</a></div></div></div>
<div class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-100725"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;"><p>Credant Technologies (<a href="http://www.credant.com" title="http://www.credant.com">http://www.credant.com</a>), an endpoint data security specialist, says laptop users should turn off their Wi-Fi signals before stowing their laptop in the boot of their car or stashing their laptop in the office cupboard or desk drawer, apparently out of sight of thieves.<br />
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Why? Due to the widespread availability of low-cost keyfob WiFi detectors and sophisticated directional detectors that can be used by thieves to detect the presence of an out-of-sight laptop," he added. Plus, auction sites are selling WiFi detection kit for "pocket money prices," says Credant.<br />
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Apparently, the real focus of identity thieves is the company laptop, which, as well as being a saleable item in its own right, can also contain valuable company data that can potentially be sold to the highest bidder online. Just because the latest laptops have a set time -- sometimes up to 30 minutes -- before...</p> | <a href="/content/turn-wi-fi-help-prevent-laptop-theft">Read more »</a></div></div></div>
<div class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-100050"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;"><p>In a report for "PC Mag" (<a href="http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2361204,00.asp" title="http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2361204,00.asp">http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2361204,00.asp</a>), Sascha Segan says that the rise of the iPhone OS-based iPad could be the beginning of the end for the Mac platform. I understand his reasoning, but that's just not going to happen.</p>
<p>Segan says that if Apple could have a do-over, it would use the iPhone OS for its computer line. He thinks that the iPad should be thought of as "the new Mac -- a "new mode of home-based computing that Apple hopes will bubble up through its product line."</p>
<p>"This means no independent software stores, fewer open-source projects, and perhaps a blanket ban on BitTorrent, Flash, and Firefox," Segan writes. "It means a much more restricted peripheral market. The Mac will no longer be a PC as we know it -- it will be an 'end-to-end experience' like the iPhone."</p>
<p>According to his prognosis,...</p> | <a href="/content/ipad-beginning-end-mac-no">Read more »</a></div></div></div>
<div class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-100044"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;"><p>iPhone owners are not only most satisfied with their phones, they are most likely to buy their next phone from Apple, as well, according to a recent study from Strategy Analytics (<a href="http://www.strategyanalytics.com" title="http://www.strategyanalytics.com">http://www.strategyanalytics.com</a>), which found a strong correlation between satisfaction and repeat purchase intentions.</p>
<p>The research group's report, “iPhone Owners Most Satisfied and Likely to Repeat Purchase,” analyzes satisfaction across 12 features, as well as repeat purchase intentions for leading mobile phone manufacturers. Key findings include:</p>
<p>° Over half of the device users surveyed are less than satisfied with their current web browsing experience;</p>
<p>° Owners of 12-key keypad products in the US are least satisfied with the text input experience; and</p>
<p>¬∞¬†In Western Europe, although LG owners indicate higher satisfaction levels, that information does not necessarily translate to higher...</p> | <a href="/content/strategy-analytics-iphone-owners-most-likely-repeat-purchase">Read more »</a></div></div></div>
<div class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-99909"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;"><p>A plethora of Apple patents have appeared at the US Patent & Trademark Office. Here's a summary of each.</p>
<p><strong>Patent number 2010062905</strong> involves a method for a quickstart workout generation and calibration. Systems and methods for generating a quick start workout template and calibrating an electronic device using the workout template are provided. The electronic device may create and store a workout template to be used in conjunction with a workout. The workout template may be selected in a quick start fashion to restart the same workout. The workout template may be defined at least in part by a selection of any suitable workout goal and/or any suitable associated media. If the media associated with the workout goal is changed or is removed, a new workout template may be created. The electronic device may be calibrated or recalibrated using the workout template. If the electronic device is calibrated or re-calibrated with respect to a particular sensor, the...</p> | <a href="/content/apple-patents-range-quickstart-workout-generation-extraction-obfuscation">Read more »</a></div></div></div>
<div class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-99908"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;"><p>Apple wants you to work out harder by competing against a virtual competitor per a new patent (number 2010062818) at the US Patent & Trademark Office. The patent is for a portable electronic device for providing real-time interaction between a user performing an exercise routine and a virtual competitor. </p>
<p>Some embodiments of the portable electronic device may include a sensor for receiving a plurality of user performance metrics associated with the user, a processor for generating a comparison between the plurality of user performance metrics and a competitor workout file associated with the virtual competitor, and a display for displaying a summary of the comparison in real-time. The inventors are Allen P. Haughay, Jeffrey T. Lee and Irwin W. Graves Jr. </p>
<p>Here's Apple's background and summary of the invention: "Fitness enthusiasts sometimes need new sources of motivation, such as when training indoors during inclement weather. Modern health clubs partly serve this...</p> | <a href="/content/apple-patent-offers-virtual-competitor-during-workout-routine">Read more »</a></div></div></div>
<div class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-99677"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;"><p>I'm enough of a dinosaur that I want my albums in CD form, for the most part. However, I have bought some iTunes LPs and, if I decided to go all digital in the future, this is the format I'd prefer.</p>
<p>Unfortunately, it seems the iTunes LP isn't doing well. But let's back up. When the format was unveiled in September 2009 as part of iTunes 9, it was described by Apple as "the evolution of the music album" that delivers "a rich, immersive experience for select albums on the iTunes Store by combining beautiful design with expanded visual features like live performance videos, lyrics, artwork, liner notes, interviews, photos, album credits and more." In other words, it was intended to evoke the feeling of spinning an LP record and holding the jacket in your hands.</p>
<p>However, according to some sources, the format doesn't seem to be taking off. Paul Bonanos, writing for "Salon" (...</p> | <a href="/content/albums-itunes-lps-and-ipad">Read more »</a></div></div></div>
<div class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-99669"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;"><p>New data from Trefis (<a href="http://www.trefis.com" title="http://www.trefis.com">http://www.trefis.com</a>), a new financial platform that allows you to see how a company's products impact its stock, says the iPhone could overtake the Blackberry in market share in 2011.</p>
<p>As reported by "Forbes" (<a href="http://blogs.forbes.com/greatspeculations/2010/03/05/iphone-could-overtake-blackberry-market-share-in-2011/" title="http://blogs.forbes.com/greatspeculations/2010/03/05/iphone-could-overtake-blackberry-market-share-in-2011/">http://blogs.forbes.com/greatspeculations/2010/03/05/iphone-could-overta...</a>), Trefis says RIM’s market share lead over Apple has been shrinking and Apple will be able to overtake RIM market share by early 2011. Trefis believes sales of the iPhone will eventually outpace BlackBerry sales for the following reasons:</p>
<p>¬∞¬†Apple‚Äôs ecosystem of consumer products (Macs, iPad, Apple TV) and services (iTunes, iPhone apps) make the iPhone a more...</p> | <a href="/content/iphone-could-overtake-blackberry-market-share-next-year">Read more »</a></div></div></div>
<div class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-99449"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;"><p>Now that Vale is bringing its Steam, Valve’s gaming service, and Source, Valve’s gaming engine, to the Mac, the Mac gaming situation should improve. </p>
<p>Not that it's been terrible. However, gamers have long complained about the lack of Mac games -- at least compared to the bazillion gaming titles for the PeeCee. </p>
<p>Steamworks for the Mac supports all of the Steamworks application programming interfaces, and Valve has added a new feature, called Steam Play, which allows customers who purchase the product for the Mac or Windows to play on the other platform free of charge. For example, Steam Play, in combination with the Steam Cloud, allows a gamer playing on their work PC to go home and pick up playing the same game at the same point on their home Mac.</p>
<p>"The inclusion of WebKit into Steam, and of OpenGL into Source gives us a lot of flexibility in how we move these technologies forward," Steam development director John Cook told "IT Wire" (...</p> | <a href="/content/gaming-mac-picking-stream">Read more »</a></div></div></div>
<div class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-99432"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;"><p>Apple could have the bestselling e-book reader of all time in just three months on the market, according to an estimate from FBR Capital analyst Craig Berger. </p>
<p>In a note to clients -- as noted by the "Latest Electronics" site (<a href="http://www.latestelectronics-dennis.com/?p=3117" title="http://www.latestelectronics-dennis.com/?p=3117">http://www.latestelectronics-dennis.com/?p=3117</a>) he thinks Apple is set to ship five million iPads just in the first half of 2010. At this rate, the tablet would push past Amazon’s unofficial lifetime record of three million Kindles in just the three-month span between early April and the end of June.</p>
<p>Saturday, April 3 is when the iPad will go on sale in the U.S. At least the Wi-Fi only version will; the Wi-Fi + 3G model will hit US store sleeves in late April. </p>
<p>In addition, all models of iPad will be available in Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Spain, Switzerland and the UK in late April. Beginning a...</p> | <a href="/content/analyst-ipad-will-beat-kindles-all-time-sales-three-months">Read more »</a></div></div></div>
<div class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-99423"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;"><p>The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) -- an organization founded to promote rights in the online and networked world -- has blasted the iPhone Developer Program License Agreement, saying that the "entire family of devices built on the iPhone OS (iPhone, iPod touch, iPad) have been designed to run only software that is approved by Apple - a major shift from the norms of the personal computer market."</p>
<p>"Overall, the Agreement is a very one-sided contract, favoring Apple at every turn," says the EFI. "That's not unusual where end-user license agreements are concerned (and not all the terms may ultimately be enforceable), but it's a bit of a surprise as applied to the more than 100,000 developers for the iPhone, including many large public companies. How can Apple get away with it? Because it is the sole gateway to the more than 40 million iPhones that have been sold. In other words, it's only because Apple still "owns" the customer, long after each iPhone (and soon, iPad) is...</p> | <a href="/content/efi-criticizes-iphone-developer-program-license-agreement">Read more »</a></div></div></div>
<div class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-99358"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;"><p>Apple has won three design patents from the US Patent & Trademark Office. They involve a power supply, the iPod shuffle and the MacBook Air</p>
<p>Patent number D11,415 is for the ornamental design of a power supply. Patent number D611,470 is for the ornamental design of an electronic device (the Apple remote). Patent number D611,469 is for the ornamental design of another electronic device (the MacBook Air).</p>
<p>The inventors on all the patents are Bartley K. Andrew, Daniel J. Coster, Daniele De Iuliis, Evans Hankey, Richard P. Howarth, Jonathan P. Ive, Steve Jobs, Robert Duncan Kerr, Shin Nishibori, Matthew Dean Rohrbach, Peter Russell-Clarke, Douglas B. Satzger, Christopher J. Stringer, Eugene Antony Whange and Rico Zorkendorfer. Three other patents by Apple have also appeared at the US Patent & Trademark Office. Following is a summary of each. </p>
<p><strong>Patent number 7,675,529</strong> is for a method and apparatus to scale graphical user interfaces. To scale a...</p> | <a href="/content/apple-wins-design-patents-ipod-shuffle-macbook-air">Read more »</a></div></div></div>
<div class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-99329"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;"><p>According to Broadpoint analyst Brian Marshall, the sale of applications, e-books, newspapers and magazines for the iPad is predicted to equal nearly 30% of the revenue Apple will earn from selling the hardware by the end of 2011.</p>
<p>In a note to clients -- as noted by "AppleInsider" (<a href="http://www.appleinsider.com" title="http://www.appleinsider.com">http://www.appleinsider.com</a>), the analyst believes content revenue will top 10 percent of total iPad hardware revenue by December of 2010, and a year later that number will nearly triple. He's increased his forecast for iPad shipments in the 2010 calendar year to four million units, up from a previous prediction of 2.2 million. </p>
<p>Marshall told clients that "if the device lives up to its potential," he could see it shipping more than seven million in this year alone. "We believe the iPad offers a rich media experience that will translate into a content-based recurring revenue stream over time," he says.</p>
<p>...</p> | <a href="/content/analyst-ipad-content-equal-almost-30-revenue-sales-device-itself">Read more »</a></div></div></div>
<div class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-99288"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;"><p>Oppenheimer analyst Yair Reiner has issued a behind-the-scenes report on the patent suits Apple filed last week against HTC, the Taiwanese smartphone maker. As noted by "Fortune" (<a href="http://brainstormtech.blogs.fortune.cnn.com/2010/03/09/apple-talks-tough-to-handset-makers/?source=yahoo_quote" title="http://brainstormtech.blogs.fortune.cnn.com/2010/03/09/apple-talks-tough-to-handset-makers/?source=yahoo_quote">http://brainstormtech.blogs.fortune.cnn.com/2010/03/09/apple-talks-tough...</a>), Reiner told clients:</p>
<p>"Starting in January, Apple launched a series of C-Level discussions with tier-1 handset makers to underscore its growing displeasure at seeing its iPhone-related IP [intellectual property] infringed. The lawsuit filed against HTC thus appears to be Apple's way of putting a public, lawyered-up exclamation point on a series of blunt conversations that have been occurring behind closed doors.</p>
<p>"Our checks also suggest that these warning shots are...</p> | <a href="/content/analyst-apples-lawsuit-against-htc-warning-shot-would-be-iphone-killers">Read more »</a></div></div></div>
<div class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-99071"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;"><p>Recently I pondered (<a href="http://www.macsimumnews.com/index.php/archive/is_closer_integration_between_the_mac_os_x_and_iphone_os_in_the_future" title="http://www.macsimumnews.com/index.php/archive/is_closer_integration_between_the_mac_os_x_and_iphone_os_in_the_future">http://www.macsimumnews.com/index.php/archive/is_closer_integration_betw...</a>) whether closer integration between Mac OS X proper and the iPhone OS was coming. Regarding that convergence, I would like to see Apple either license or get into the business of helping a lot of different companies upgrade their interfaces. </p>
<p>Like what? Home phones, office phone systems, auto information displays and controls, ATM machines, home information and security systems, etc. I could go on, but you get the idea. </p>
<p>Now I don't think Apple will license the Mac or iPhone OS. However, there many areas where Apple isn't likely to get directly involved or where the company has little or no interest in making hardware/...</p> | <a href="/content/how-about-division-help-companies-integrate-iphoneipad-hardware-their-systems">Read more »</a></div></div></div>
<div class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-99039"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;"><p>Using recent figures from the NPD research firm (<a href="http://www.npd.com" title="http://www.npd.com">http://www.npd.com</a>) Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster is predicting a continued upward swing in Mac sales in the months ahead.</p>
<p>"We expect the strong year-over-year growth in NPD data that we saw in January to continue in the month of February," he wrote in a note on Monday -- as noted by "TheStreet.com" (<a href="http://www.thestreet.com/_yahoo/story/10697430/1/apple-dell-h-p-poised-for-pc-rebound.html?cm_ven=YAHOO&cm_cat=FREE&cm_ite=NA" title="http://www.thestreet.com/_yahoo/story/10697430/1/apple-dell-h-p-poised-for-pc-rebound.html?cm_ven=YAHOO&cm_cat=FREE&cm_ite=NA">http://www.thestreet.com/_yahoo/story/10697430/1/apple-dell-h-p-poised-f...</a>). "We believe this represents a buying opportunity ahead of NPD data for the month of February on March 15."</p>
<p>Mac shipments climbed 33% during the first fiscal quarter of this year reaching 3.36...</p> | <a href="/content/analyst-predicts-continued-upward-swing-mac-sales">Read more »</a></div></div></div>
<div class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-99022"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;"><p>Many of the trends that influenced the worldwide computer market in 2009 will continue to resonate in 2010, but their impact will change as new market forces come into play. The news is good for Apple laptops and the iMac and, well, not bad for the iPad.</p>
<p>According to the International Data Corporation (IDC), the lower prices brought on by last year’s challenging economy will create new opportunities for emerging sub form factors, such as ultrathin portables and all-in-one desktops.</p>
<p>“We’re expecting consumer and commercial personal computer buyers alike to be more experimental with new types of computer, especially because of their lower price points,” says Bob O’Donnell, program vice president, Clients and Displays. “Hardware vendors and software developers should seize the opportunity to promote differentiation by rewriting the computing experience to match the new variety of Personal Computer sub form factors arriving in the market.”</p>
<p>IDC‚Äôs predictions for...</p> | <a href="/content/idc-computer-market-predictions-look-good-imac-apple-portables">Read more »</a></div></div></div>
<div class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-99003"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;"><p>It appears that the pundits who predicted that Blu-ray would never make it are wrong. It’s been an uphill battle—especially once the economy bottomed out—but the next gen optical technology continues to gain ground, if slowly.</p>
<p>Overall, worldwide DVD and Blu-ray player and recorder unit shipments declined to 137 million units in 2008. The In-Stat research group expects a modest increase in 2009, with a more healthy increase in 2010, spurred by high volume shipments of Blu-ray players.</p>
<p>Standard Definition DVD players will decline at a slow but steady rate as consumers opt for Blu-ray for replacement or upgrades in the primary television room. DVD players will continue to ship in areas where HD programming is less accessible including Latin America, the Middle East, Africa, and parts of Asia, and for secondary television sets within a household.</p>
<p>In North America, significant price drops of Blu-ray players are driving unit shipments to triple in 2009. With Blu-ray...</p> | <a href="/content/blu-ray-still-slowly-gaining-ground">Read more »</a></div></div></div>
<div class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-98724"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;"><p>In a note to clients, Merrill Lynch analyst Scott Craig thinks Apple will see 33 million iPhones this year even without a deal with Verizon deal, as many folks have expected -- or at least hoped for (including Yours Truly).</p>
<p>However, for Apple to continue to grow the iPhone market, it has to had more carriers at some point, he told clients. If Apple did indeed add a Verizon iPhone to its offering, Craig predicts that would see another eight million of the devices sold in 2011. </p>
<p>Without a Verizon deal, Craig told clients he's upping his ‚Äúbase case‚Äù for the iPhone next year. He thinks 2011 units could go as high as 55 million if more carriers, including Verizon, are added by Apple.</p> | <a href="/content/analyst-apple-will-sell-33-million-iphones-year-even-without-verizon">Read more »</a></div></div></div>
<div class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-98679"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;"><p>A ChangeWave (<a href="http://www.changewave.com" title="http://www.changewave.com">http://www.changewave.com</a>) survey of 3,171 consumers -- conducted in the aftermath of the January iPad announcement -- shows a huge wave of pre-launch demand for the iPad and offers key evidence that the Apple tablet will have a major impact on the e-Reader, laptop and home entertainment markets.</p>
<p>In particular, while a handful of e-Reader manufacturers – most prominently Amazon – clearly have a major head start, the survey findings show the iPad is poised to profoundly shake up this market. Among consumers who already own an eBook reader, the Amazon Kindle (68%) towers over its next closest rival, the Sony Reader (10%). But to gauge the potential impact of the iPad on this market, we asked eBook reader owners whether they would have purchased their current e-Reader if the Apple iPad had also been available.</p>
<p>One part of ChangeWave's survey asked "Now think back to when you purchased...</p> | <a href="/content/changewave-huge-wave-ipad-demand-striking-amazon">Read more »</a></div></div></div>
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<p>Systems and methods for associating a remote controller with a device are provided. The systems and methods generally relate to receiving a request from a remote controller to pair the remote controller to a device at several devices and determining at each of the several devices the strength of the wireless pairing request signal received by that device. If a device determines that its received signal is the strongest, the device may be paired with the remote controller. If instead a device determines that its received signal is not the strongest, it may ignore subsequent communications received from the remote controller. The inventor is Nicholas Vincent King. </p>
<p>Here's...</p> | <a href="/content/apple-remote-go-universal">Read more »</a></div></div></div>
<div class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-98428"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;"><p>For those new to the column, Macsimum Migration is our term for companies moving from Wintel machines to Macs -- or at least adding or increasing the number of Macs they use. A Migration Kit is an overview of Mac OS products for a particular occupation, such as dentistry, accounting, etc.) This week we look at inventory/stock control software for the Mac. </p>
<p><strong>BestellWas!</strong></p>
<p>BestellWas! (<a href="http://www.everling-net.de/" title="http://www.everling-net.de/">http://www.everling-net.de/</a>) is a German merchandise and inventory control system for a small or middle size mail order business. Package modules include contact management, article and services management with automatic inventory control, accounting as well as mass mailing functions. The Mac OS X software is ready for use with the Euro and offers many reporting features.</p>
<p><strong>Business Open</strong></p>
<p>Business Open (<a href="http://www.gubus.de/" title="http://www.gubus.de/">http://...</a></p> | <a href="/content/migration-kit-inventorystock-control-software-mac-os-x">Read more »</a></div></div></div>
<div class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-98427"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;"><p>I don't have an iPhone due to the crappy AT&T wireless service in my area. But -- in the hopes that AT&T will improve its service or, better yet, we'll see a "Verizon iPhone" -- I have a suggestion for an upcoming version of Apple's smartphone. </p>
<p>Let's have a Junk Call button for your phone. Wouldn't it be great to have our phones, especially the iPhone to have a button that allows me to send a sales call to a junk call folder? </p>
<p>Any further calls from that number get handled a specific way (e.g. no ring, just disconnect the call or send the disconnected or no longer working tones to the caller). In other words, it would handle things much as Phone Valet does on the Mac.</p> | <a href="/content/how-about-junk-call-button-iphone">Read more »</a></div></div></div>
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