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Archive for December, 2009

While we normally avoid purely speculative pieces here on MacRumors, John Gruber has posted a particularly interesting opinion piece on what void or need the Apple Tablet might fill. Gruber acknowledges that this is not based on inside knowledge, bu…

Softbank this week revealed plans to give its iPhone 1Seg TV tuner an official iPhone app. The upcoming TV Mobile app will let those with an iPhone 3G or 3GS watch over-the-air TV from the tuner without having to keep the peripheral near the Apple device as they do today. Rather than create [...]

31 Dec, 2009

Apple tablet team in a "cone of silence"

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Apple has maintained a level of secrecy surrounding its tablet project not seen since the iPhone about three years ago, John Gruber says. Referencing sources at Apple, the historically accurate technology writer reiterates that a Get Smart-like “cone of silence” exists surrounding those developing the tablet and virtually no information comes from those directly [...]

HoudahSpot 2.6.1

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31 Dec, 2009

WakeMate provides quiet Bluetooth alarm for iPhone

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In an attempt to help users get a better night’s sleep, a company called WakeMate has introduced a product that will pair with the iPhone and other Bluetooth handsets to detect a user’s sleep patterns and wake them up within a 20 minute window that is said to be the most efficient and healthy for [...]

In a pair of articles published over the past week, Hardmac reveals that Apple has been working to fight against fraud perpetrated against the company by third-party authorized service centers. According to the initial report published last week, th…

Jacknife 1.3.7

Jacknife is versatile enterprise software for businesses and organizations. It includes several specific types of programs and you may choose which to use simply by selecting a program type in settings.
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31 Dec, 2009

Orange to launch "HD" calls in 2010

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Orange UK today said it would be one of the first carriers to upgrade its call quality with plans to launch “high definition” calls. The HD Voice service will use a new speech transmission format known as Wideband Adaptive Multi-Rate (WB-AMR) that allocates multiple times more bandwidth to a call than normal 3G voice [...]

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31 Dec, 2009

Apple TV sales inch ahead, AirPort loses ground

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Most of Apple’s networking peripherals sold only adequately during 2009, according to data from the NPD Group. The firm notes that Apple TV sales were up less than 10 percent in 2009, continuing a lethargic trend that emerged in 2008. The product has not been helped materially by the release of the Apple [...]


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