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iOS 4.3 to Launch on March 11th
During yesterday’s iPad 2 media event Apple announced that the new iOS 4.3 is to be released on March 11th.
"With more than 160 million iOS devices worldwide, including over 100 million iPhones, the growth of the iOS platform has been unprecedented," said Steve Jobs, Apple's CEO. "iOS 4.3 adds even more features to the world's most advanced mobile operating system, across three blockbuster devices-iPad, iPhone and iPod touch-providing an ecosystem that offers customers an incredibly rich experience and developers unlimited opportunities."
iOS 4.3 will include a number of new features such as:
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Mac OS X 10.7 Lion iChat supports Yahoo Messenger protocol
According to blogger iMarck90, Mac OS X Lion's iChat app supports Yahoo Messenger and can transfer text, voice and video chat over Yahoo's IM protocol.
When iChat was introduced by Apple, it was an instant messenger client for proprietary chat protocol of AOL. Later it got a Jabber/XMPP support.
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Mac OS X Lion's interface in screenshots
Along with new architectural features new version of Mac OS X also sports new look for the iCal, Mail and Finder, and some other applications look slightly different due to adoption of design elements implemented in the iPad. AppleInsider received the screenshots of new Lion's interface, and we're posting them below.
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First Developer Preview of Lion Hits The Mac App Store
Apple announced alongside new MacBook Pros the first developer preview of OS X 10.7 Lion, first demoed last October.
Apple today released a developer preview of Mac OS X Lion, which takes some of the best ideas from iPad and brings them back to the Mac for the eighth major release of the world's most advanced operating system. The Lion preview is available to Mac Developer Program members through the Mac App Store, and the final version of Lion will ship to customers this summer.
Apple also outlines a number of features to be found in Lion:
Walmart Sold Man a Fake iPad
One man from Atlanta has recently visited local Walmart store to purchase an iPad, but when he came home he found it was a fake. The thing he bought was of aluminum case with Apple logo and paper homescreen under a fake glass on the front. Most probably it was a store display unit, which shouldn't be sold.
Eventually the man decided to sue Walmart, as the latter doesn't plan to refund him and blames Apple as it is them who handle operations with actual devices and store demo units.
Some local news speculates that the man could purchase a real iPad and then swap it with fake.
Abramsky: Apple may benefit from partnership between Microsoft and Nokia
This week Mike Abramsky from RBC Capital Markets released another note to investors, where he said that partnership between Microsoft and Nokia can "inadvertently help" Google Android, Apple and possibly RIM.
This Friday, at conference in London Stephen Elop, who was a Microsoft's Business Division head and now is a CEO at Nokia, along with Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer announced the strategic alliance.
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Manuals on Amazon Suggest Late July Launch for Lion
The Amazon UK website placed several manuals for the upcoming Mac OS X 10.7 Lion that will be released late in July. That fact might suggest that the operating system will also launch around that time. It seems that the OS will be released right after WWDC, this year expected to be from July 5 to July 9. The cover of one of the Mac OS X Lion manuals makes reference to the already announced Launchpad and Mission Control features but also references the dock, most of which was demonstrated last year at the Lion announcement. Noteworthy to say that the release date of these guidebooks is a good indication of product launches. For example, Amazon information predicted the release date Microsoft Office 2011 for Mac.
Apple Is Revamping Notification System For iOS
Cult of Mac reports that Apple is working on a new notification system for iOS.
Apple’s pop-up notification system for new text messages, voicemails and the like has often been criticized as one of the weakest parts of the iOS. Notifications are intrusive, modal and often cryptic. It’s a mess.
And to build new technology into the operating system, the company is going to acquire a small iOS development firm that currently offers a notification system in the App Store. Cult of Mac suggests that it might be Boxcar, which offers an iOS application providing push notifications for a variety of services.
Apple surpassed Motorola and Sony in handset sales
Table 1
Worldwide Mobile Device Sales to End Users in 2010 (Thousands of Units)
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Company |
2010 |
2010Market Share (%) |
2009 |
2009 Market Share (%) |
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Nokia |
461,318.2 |
28.9 |
440,881.6 |
36.4 |
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Samsung |
281,065.8 |
17.6 |
235,772.0 |
19.5 |
|
LG Electronics |
114,154.6 |
7.1 |
121,972.1 |
10.1 |
|
Research In Motion |
47,451.6 |
3.0 |
34,346.6 |
2.8 |
|
Apple |
46,598.3 |
2.9 |
24,889.7 |
2.1 |
|
Sony Ericsson |
41,819.2 |
2.6 |
54,956.6 |
4.5 |
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Motorola |
38,553.7 |
2.4 |
58,475.2 |
4.8 |
|
ZTE |
28,768.7 |
1.8 |
16,026.1 |
1.3 |
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HTC |
24,688.4 |
1.5 |
10,811.9 |
0.9 |
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Huawei |
23,814.7 |
1.5 |
13,490.6 |
1.1 |
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Others |
488,569.3 |
30.6 |
199,617.2 |
16.5 |
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Total |
1,596,802.4 |
100.0 |
1,211,239.6 |
100.0 |
Source: Gartner (February 2011)
Today Gartner revealed the results of another research, where it was found that Apple's achievements in 2010 had led to the situation when the company's competitors experienced reduced sales and eventually lost significant market shares.
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Sony unveiled its next-gen PSP and Android game store
Today at the media event in Tokyo Sony unveiled its next-gen PlayStation Portable that will challenge Apple's iOS as a game platform.
The device's codename is NGP (Next Generation Portable) and it was built around five concepts: Revolutionary UI, Location-based Entertainment, Social Connectivity and Converging Real and Virtual Reality. And here are the characteristics of the device according to Engadget:
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Verizon will offer unlimited data plan for iPhone 4 buyers
This week Engadget unveiled a leaked photo of new Verizon pricing, which shows that the carrier will soon cancel its 150MB data plan, and those who will buy new 3G smartphones will be required to pay $29.99 for every month of unlimited data allowance.
New changes will take place after Verizon will launch CDMA-version of the iPhone 4 on Feb. 10.
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White iPhone 4 makes an appearance on Three, Orange UK, AT&T
Last week the rumored white iPhone 4 appeared in Best Buy database. And recently the device has been listed in AT&T's Online Account Management system as an option for users managing their accounts online. Both 16GB and 32GB versions of the phone listed in the model picker, which could definitely suggest that the company is getting ready to finally make them available. The carrier's online account tool obviously doesn’t t include any indication as far as when we might expect white iPhone 4 models.
Steve Jobs takes medical leave of absence
Yesterday Apple has issued new press release, which included a note from its CEO Steve Jobs. In this document he notified the company's employees that Tim Cook (who is Chief Operating Officer at Apple) will replace him for some time in Apple's day to day operations.
"At my request, the board of directors has granted me a medical leave of absence so I can focus on my health. I will continue as CEO and be involved in major strategic decisions for the company."
LG Is Disappointed By Windows Phone 7 Sales
This week James Choi, who is a marketing strategy and planning team director at LG, have an interesting interview to Pocket-lint, where he expressed his disappointment about Microsoft's Windows Phone 7:
"From an industry perspective we had a high expectation, but from a consumer point of view the visibility is less than we expected".