patentlyapple.com - 10/22/2009
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The US Patent & Trademark Office published a patent application from Apple today that reveals various concepts behind a newly advanced service in development that entails subsidizing an incredible array of hardware from Apple. The hardware ranges from their sizzling hot iPhone to Apple TV - the ...
gizmodo.com - 10/20/2009
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gizmodo.com —
The Apple's Magic Mouse doesn't have anything on
its surface. It's an aluminum base topped off with...
a smooth multitouch surface. It felt weird to use, but leagues ahead of the Mighty Mouse. I may go back to mice. The strangest thing, in theory, is ...
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Apple Magic Mouse Hands On [Apple]
macrumors.com - 10/16/2009
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macrumors.com —
Over the past several days, a number of
analysts have raised the possibility that Apple may have...
some trouble meeting expectations for quarterly iPhone sales, currently pegged at about 7 million, at its earnings report scheduled for next Monday.
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Will Apple Meet Quarterly iPhone Sales Expectations Next ...
macrumors.com - 10/15/2009
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macrumors.com —
Apple today issued a media alert announcing details
for the October 19th release of its financial results...
for the fourth fiscal quarter (third calendar quarter) of 2009. The results will cover sales from June 27th, 2009 through September 26th, 2009, ...
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Apple to Release Q4 2009 Financial Results on October 19th
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Patent app shows Apple prepping to rock PC, CE markets with advertising-subsidized hardware
MacDailyNews —
... reports. "This isn't for everyone, especially if ads in your face are something you want to avoid at all costs. But for the mass market, this is a whole new ballgame!" Purcher reports, "Steve Jobs is noted in Apple's credits for this patent and we could be assured that his name all but tells us that this program isn't a fantasy of an Apple engineer. The implications of such a marketing move could rock the industry." Find tons more info and patent illustrations in the full article here . [Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader "Fred Mertz" for the heads up.] ...
Apple applies for patent on OS with embedded advertising
Macworld —
... to expect, and hopefully these gizmos would be heavily subsidized. I’m not interested in a Mac with this “feature” under any conditions, but offer me an iPhone with a free monthly plan? Maybe. Just maybe. Final note for the panic-inclined: Apple files tons of patents, and only a few of them ever see the light of day outside of Cupertino. It’s quite possible that Apple only did this to prevent Microsoft from getting there first; that’s the point of patenting intellectual property. Some blogs have noted that the first author of this patent is Steve Jobs, and infer that this ...
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