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Apple to Benefit Further from Dropping Flash Memory Pricing
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Apple to Benefit Further from Dropping Flash Memory Pricing
Image: http://www.macrumors.com/images/macrumorsthreadlogo.gif (http://www.macrumors.com/2008/11/04/apple-to-benefit-further-from-dropping-flash-memory-pricing/) Forbes reports (http://www.forbes.com/technology/2008/11/04/flash-memory-apple-tech-enter-cx_bc_1104flash.html) on Apple’s “secret weapon” that has helped keep its earnings well above expectations: falling NAND-flash memory prices. And according to Forbes, there are no signs that this trend will abate anytime soon. —Quote— Tech tracker iSuppli released a report last week predicting that the dollar value of flash memory sales will decline this year and next, even as unit sales pick up. —End Quote— The benefit to Apple will be higher margins for their current products as well as the ability to incorporate higher capacity storage into future products. The dropping prices may also allow Apple and other companies to put more flash-based hard drives into their notebooks. Apple recently introduced a 128GB Solid State Drive (SSD) option for their MacBook Pro. Apple’s iPod and iPhone products could also see higher capacities over time. Article Link: Apple to Benefit Further from Dropping Flash Memory Pricing (http://www.macrumors.com/2008/11/04/apple-to-benefit-further-from-dropping-flash-memory-pricing/)
Forbes reports on Apple’s “secret weapon” that has helped keep its earnings well above expectations: falling NAND-flash memory prices. And according to Forbes, there are no signs that this trend will abate anytime soon.
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Tech tracker iSuppli released a report last week predicting that the dollar value of flash memory sales will decline this year and next, even as unit sales pick up.
The benefit to Apple will be higher margins for their current products as well as the ability to incorporate higher capacity storage into future products.
The dropping prices may also allow Apple and other companies to put more flash-based hard drives into their notebooks. Apple recently introduced a 128GB Solid State Drive (SSD) option for their MacBook Pro. Apple’s iPod and iPhone products could also see higher capacities over time.
Article Link: Apple to Benefit Further from Dropping Flash Memory Pricing
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Judge to rule on Apple’s motion for dismissal
If the bench sides with the Cupertino, CA-based computer maker, PsyStar’s counter claim and their primary line of defense will evaporate.Now that both companies have abandoned an out-of-court settlement and are jointly requesting that the court schedule a trial, not to mention use expedited procedures to see the case concluded quickly, it would [...]
Software Fix for MacBook Pro Trackpad Issue “Coming Soon”
Image: http://www.macrumors.com/images/macrumorsthreadlogo.gif (http://www.macrumors.com/2008/11/05/software-fix-for-macbook-pro-trackpad-issue-coming-soon/) Earlier this week, a number of complaints (http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/234231/new-macbook-trackpad-sparks-flurry-of-complaints.html) emerged about a trackpad issue found on the new MacBook Pros. PCPro.co.uk (http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/234231/new-macbook-trackpad-sparks-flurry-of-complaints.html) relays one customer’s experience: —Quote— “Every 50 clicks, my trackpad will stop responding for five to clicks,” reports one poster. “Generally this will resolve itself given a few seconds, and is not directly dependent on number of times the trackpad is clicked while unresponsive.” —End Quote— The problem even drew the attention of Apple according to one blogger (http://blog.bigzaphod.org/2008/11/03/email-steve-jobs-apple-calls-back/) who received a phone call from the company specifically about the issue: —Quote— He told me that Apple is researching the clicking issue. They have no resolution of it and, of course, there’s not really an official acknowledgment of it, but they are checking into it because they’ve heard the complaint frequently. —End Quote— A Just yesterday, a MacRumors reader emailed a similar complaint to Steve Jobs who responded with a short but revealing email that simply stated “Software fix coming soon.” Steve Jobs has been known to reply to emails in the past and a review of the email headers were consistent with Jobs’ previous emails. No exact timeframe on the fix was given, but this information should provide some reassurance to those affected that it seems to be correctable with a simple software update. Thanks to Max at StartupInterviews.com (http://startupinterviews.com/) Article Link: Software Fix for MacBook Pro Trackpad Issue “Coming Soon” (http://www.macrumors.com/2008/11/05/software-fix-for-macbook-pro-trackpad-issue-coming-soon/)
Earlier this week, a number of complaints emerged about a trackpad issue found on the new MacBook Pros. PCPro.co.uk relays one customer’s experience:
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“Every 50 clicks, my trackpad will stop responding for five to clicks,” reports one poster. “Generally this will resolve itself given a few seconds, and is not directly dependent on number of times the trackpad is clicked while unresponsive.”
The problem even drew the attention of Apple according to one blogger who received a phone call from the company specifically about the issue:
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He told me that Apple is researching the clicking issue. They have no resolution of it and, of course, there’s not really an official acknowledgment of it, but they are checking into it because they’ve heard the complaint frequently.
A Just yesterday, a MacRumors reader emailed a similar complaint to Steve Jobs who responded with a short but revealing email that simply stated “Software fix coming soon.”
Steve Jobs has been known to reply to emails in the past and a review of the email headers were consistent with Jobs’ previous emails. No exact timeframe on the fix was given, but this information should provide some reassurance to those affected that it seems to be correctable with a simple software update.
Thanks to Max at StartupInterviews.com
Article Link: Software Fix for MacBook Pro Trackpad Issue “Coming Soon”
Apple Stands Up for Equal Rights with $100K Contribution to Defeat Prop. 8 in California
UPDATE: This piece has been edited for clarity on the timeline for the legality of same-sex marriage in California. Citing the vote as an issue of “a person’s fundamental rights,” Apple today made a $100,000 contribution to the NO on 8 campaign, an effort to defeat a measure on next Tuesday’s ballot in California that would [...]
UPDATE: This piece has been edited for clarity on the timeline for the legality of same-sex marriage in California.
Citing the vote as an issue of “a person’s fundamental rights,” Apple today made a $100,000 contribution to the NO on 8 campaign, an effort to defeat a measure on next Tuesday’s ballot in California that would overturn the state’s laws permitting same-sex couples to marry.
Apple’s contribution and public stance supporting the No on 8 campaign is noteworthy not only because it is rare for the company to take a public position on political matters, but also because it helps combat the effects of millions of dollars that have been spent by out-of-state religious groups on TV advertisements threatening dire consequences if gays are allowed the right to marry.
California gays and lesbians were first able to marry in 2004, when San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom arranged for ceremonies at City Hall. Conflicting rulings at the state level confused the issue until the California Supreme Court ruled this year to allow gay marriages throughout the state on equal protection grounds.
The Apple announcement came on the heels of similar public support for defeating the Proposition from Google. Sergey Brin, CEO of the Mountain View-based company wrote in the company blog, “we respect the strongly-held beliefs that people have on both sides of this argument [but] we see this fundamentally as an issue of equality. We hope that California voters will vote no on Proposition 8 — we should not eliminate anyone’s fundamental rights, whatever their sexuality, to marry the person they love.”
Apple’s Hot News release on the matter says, “Apple views this as a civil rights issue, rather than just a political issue, and is therefore speaking out publicly against Proposition 8.”
Hedges could cause Apple falls
An investment analyst has cited Apple as an example of a firm whose stock could take an undeserved hit thanks to the way hedge funds operate. However, the piece may simply act as a self-fulfilling prophecy.The warning comes in a piece by Scott Rothbort, [...]
iPhone v. Android part XVII: Control Freak Design v. Open-Source Indifference
The T-Mobile G1 has only been out for a couple of days, but new problems with the first generation of Google’s entry into the phone business continue to materialize just about every hour on the hour. Still the most shocking is the lack of corporate e-mail and calendaring support, with Google assuming that a third-party [...]
The T-Mobile G1 has only been out for a couple of days, but new problems with the first generation of Google’s entry into the phone business continue to materialize just about every hour on the hour. Still the most shocking is the lack of corporate e-mail and calendaring support, with Google assuming that a third-party developer will just magically figure out how to do Exchange ActiveSync and Lotus integration.Today, the big news is that Google plans to send out a software update at some point with a touchscreen keyboard so that it becomes possible to enter text while using the phone in vertical portrait orientation. Yes, in case you missed it earlier, it’s impossible to even type in a URL while browsing the web in the preferred one-handed iPhone style orientation. Granted, the G1 has a physical QWERTY and a pretty decent one at that, but it’s incredible that any company could ship a phone this intricate without realizing this could be a deal-breaker in actual human use. It’s like they didn’t even test their ideas out before sending them to final production.
I bring all of this up, because it’s another piece of evidence that even though an open-source model works incredibly well when working on technical feasibility and optimization, it’s pretty poor at making a consumer-facing complex system work well together. It’s the same reason that Linux has incredibly low-level networking and multithreading code, and it’s still impossible to expect a decent graphical user interface.
Apple’s focus on freakishly detailed design and engineering can have its own failings, of course (most specifically in leaving out any features that Steve Jobs can’t understand the value of), but it also tends to lead to solutions that were considered as full experiences instead of a collection of features. It all works together well, instead of working well in spite of contradictory features. The holistic approach Apple takes to product design is the reason we love it. Android’s haphazard approach of fixing things as they become crises. Google will mostly catch up eventually, but I have to pity T-Mobile for being forced to fight back with such an unfinished product. The G1 is so far behind that it’s hard to imagine anyone who isn’t a hobbyist being pleased with the first kludgy Android phone.
Android Roadmap via HTC Source via Gizmodo
Apple Activates Podcast Downloads in 2.2 Firmware
Image: http://www.macrumors.com/images/macrumorsthreadlogo.gif (http://www.macrumors.com/2008/11/06/apple-activates-podcast-downloads-in-2-2-firmware/) Image: http://images.macrumors.com/article/2008/11/06/051903-apps22b.jpg German blog Schimanke.com publishes (http://schimanke.com/index.php?/archives/574-Podcasts-ueber-iPhone-OS-2.2-nun-verfuegbar.html) new screenshots from the iPhone 2.2 firmware that reveal that Apple has activated iTunes and App Store features that will make their debut in the next iPhone update. Prior to this past week, these new features had not been fully enabled. The new iTunes Store screenshots confirm that Apple will be delivering over-the-air downloads for both video and audio podcasts. The screenshots also show off the new App Store category view with icons embedded. Additional 2.2 features previously revealed (http://www.macrumors.com/2008/10/06/iphone-2-2-hidden-features-google-street-view-emoji-auto-correction-off/) include the addition of Google Street View (http://www.iphoneyap.com/album.php?albumid=11&pictureid=53) and Japanese Emoji icons. Meanwhile, there has been no evidence of background “push” notifications which were originally promised in September. Unconfirmed whispers (http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=592878) suggest that the Apple has delayed the push notification service due to major issues with the initial implementation. Apple seeded Beta 2 (http://www.macrumors.com/2008/10/24/iphone-firmware-2-2-beta-2-enables-street-view/) of the 2.2 iPhone firmware to developers in late October but has given no indication when we can expect a public release. Article Link: Apple Activates Podcast Downloads in 2.2 Firmware (http://www.macrumors.com/2008/11/06/apple-activates-podcast-downloads-in-2-2-firmware/)
German blog Schimanke.com publishes new screenshots from the iPhone 2.2 firmware that reveal that Apple has activated iTunes and App Store features that will make their debut in the next iPhone update. Prior to this past week, these new features had not been fully enabled.
The new iTunes Store screenshots confirm that Apple will be delivering over-the-air downloads for both video and audio podcasts.
The screenshots also show off the new App Store category view with icons embedded. Additional 2.2 features previously revealed include the addition of Google Street View and Japanese Emoji icons.
Meanwhile, there has been no evidence of background “push” notifications which were originally promised in September. Unconfirmed whispers suggest that the Apple has delayed the push notification service due to major issues with the initial implementation.
Apple seeded Beta 2 of the 2.2 iPhone firmware to developers in late October but has given no indication when we can expect a public release.
Article Link: Apple Activates Podcast Downloads in 2.2 Firmware
Apple supporters champion Obama connections
Apple devotees had something else to celebrate on Tuesday night: the firm’s technology was spotted in use at Barack Obama’s victory party in Illinois.A picture published on Flickr by celebrity photographer David Katz shows Obama’s running mate Joe Biden and his son Hunter using a MacBook Air to access [...]
Preview: Cashmere Cases for All Your Apple Gear
Custom made or off the rack, these cashmere cases from Italian company iKashmir, or IK for short, dress your Apple gear in style. We’re especially fond of the black kimono models, but more classic button-down men’s and women’s sweater styles are also in the mix. Available for your iPod, iPhone and laptop in [...]
Custom made or off the rack, these cashmere cases from Italian company iKashmir, or IK for short, dress your Apple gear in style. We’re especially fond of the black kimono models, but more classic button-down men’s and women’s sweater styles are also in the mix.
Available for your iPod, iPhone and laptop in range of colors and in wool felt, right now you’ll have to visit the Milan showroom to get them.
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