Archive | March 30th, 2010

Andy Ihnatko on what elevates the iPhone above all other smartphones

30. March 2010

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Andy Ihnatko nails a key difference between the iPhone and everything else: If there’s a single feature that elevates the iPhone from the rest of the pack, it’s the way that it urges and enables me to maximize the amount of time I spend thinking and doing and creating, each and every day. I’ve got […]

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Elan Microelectronics files ITC complaint against Apple, seeks to ban import of iPad and iPhone

30. March 2010

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Apple once again finds itself at the center of a controversy brought before the International Trade Commission (ITC), a governing body tasked with preventing unfair trade practices and equipped with the power to outright ban the import of a company’s products. Bloomberg News is reporting that the Taiwanese based company Elan Microelectronics has asked the […]

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Tony Fadell, iPod Godfather, steps down as special advisor to Steve Jobs

30. March 2010

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When you work at a company as large as Apple, your accomplishments and contributions to a device even as revolutionary and important as the iPod often go unnoticed to the public at large. One notable exception to the rule is Tony Fadell, a former Apple employee often referred to as the “godfather of the iPod.” […]

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Former Apple board member Jerry York was “disgusted” at the secrecy surrounding Jobs’ liver transplant

30. March 2010

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When Apple announced that Steve Jobs wouldn’t deliver the 2009 Macworld keynote, speculation ran wild about what, if anything, had befallen Apple’s trusty leader. Was Jobs taking a step back from the limelight? Had his cancer resurfaced, or spread? Was he attempting to groom a successor by letting other Apple executives take center stage? Shortly […]

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“iPhone HD” rumored to include double resolution display, front facing camera, and A4 processor

30. March 2010

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When it rains it pours. On Monday evening the WSJ posted an article detailing Apple’s plans to release the iPhone on Verizon. Well “detailing” might be too strong a word, a fact that Daring Fireball’s John Gruber made sure to drive home when he labeled the Journal’s report as a “lame entry in the iPhone […]

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