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Apple's Battery Problems -- Now with iPods!

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2008-08-19 18:20:15 by Editor in VoIP & Gadgets Blog
...Apple is blaming a problem its problem with overheating iPods in Japan on faulty batteries In response to reports that Japan is investigating incidents of iPod nanos getting hot enough to scorch paper placed nearby , Apple acknowledged that "in very rare cases" first-generation iPod nanos sold between September 2005 and December 2006 can...
 
Tags: apple, apple delays, apple cell phone, battery, single battery supplier, supplier, gadgets blog home, gadgets blog, ipod nano units
 
 
 
 
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VimpelCom has signed a contract with Apple

2008-08-28 18:07:00 by Maximus in Just Another Mobile Phone Blog
 
...Apple to sell iPhone 3G in Russia. It is expected that sales will begin later this year, more exact date has not yet been named. Interestingly, the contract with Apple VimpelCom yet signed on 13 August, his company did not disclose terms. Thus, VimpelCom became the first Russian operator, officially announced the signing of a contract to sell...
 
Tags: apple, vimpelcom, contract, iphone, apple monthly, iphone sales, apple vimpelcom, sign long-term contract, sales
 
 
 
 
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Leaked: Apple Filing Illustrates Multitouch Tablet Technology

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2008-08-28 10:12:58 by Brian X. Chen in Gadget Lab
...Apple's patent filing demonstrating the technology AppleInsider claims it discovered the report , containing 52 pages describing how the tablet will detect simultaneous touches and motions. The tablet would take the existing touchscreen technology on the iPhone a step further: While the handset only detects two fingers, the tablet would...
 
Tags: tablet, mac tablet, tablet macs appleinsider, apple, appleinsider, appleinsider claims, technology, correct button, button
 
 
 
 
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Leaked Apple Patent Filing is Full of New Multitouch Tech For a Mac Tablet [Mac Tablet]

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2008-08-28 11:58:30 by John Mahoney in Gizmodo
Appleinsider has gotten their hands on a large patent filing from Apple that we haven't seen before, and it's loaded with plans for how a multitouch interface would work on a tablet Mac running full-blown OS X. It covers how small interface buttons will be handled, iPhone-like scrolling through lists, details on a full multi-touch keyboard, and...
 
Tags: patent, pop-up monocle zoom, apple, pop, multiple finger keystrokes, single finger swipes, mac tablet front, touch, window control buttons
 
 
 
 
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How to port Pitfall 2 to the Apple IIe. Image: not Pitfall 2.

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2008-08-28 17:45:19 by John Brownlee in Boing Boing Gadgets
...Apple II, then following it up with a casual name dropping of his work on Looking Glass' Terra Nova and System Shock : two of my favorite games ever. My involvement with Pitfall II was as the sole coder for the Apple-II version of the game. When I "ported" games in those days, the games were simple enough that the procedure was to throw the...
 
Tags: games, apple, favorite games, exhaustive interview, terra nova, huge games, interview, pitfall, system shock
 
 
 
 
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Apple files a multi-touch tablet patent

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2008-08-28 11:55:11 by Editor in Ubergizmo
...Apple files patents related to some kind of tablet computer. It has been described as a "big iPhone", or as a full-fledged tablet, but on the latest images, it looks like a large mobile internet device (MID). It's probably the right format: big enough to read and use the fingers but most likely thin and light. Images in the photo gallery show...
 
Tags: tablet, multi-touch tablet patent, apple files, apple files patents, tablet computer, mobile internet device, photo gallery, images, virtual keyboard
 
 
 
 
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Apple acknowledges iPhone passcode flaw, promises fix next month

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2008-08-28 17:04:00 by Chris Ziegler in Engadget
 
...Apple's taking a pretty lackadaisical attitude toward one of the most easily avoided security flaws in recent memory, calling the iPhone's passcode lock bypass a "minor iPhone security issue" and saying that a fix will be rolled out in September. Thanks, Apple; we suppose it'd be a little too much trouble to ask for a fix sooner, even though...
 
Tags: fix, apple, pretty lackadaisical attitude, passcode lock bypass, fix sooner, handhelds apple, recent memory, flaw, easily
 
 
 
 
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The Linux Space Cube, apple-sized computer

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2008-08-28 15:33:45 by Conner Flynn in SlipperyBrick
...apple. And they crammed a lot inside. A 300 MHz processor, 16MB of onboard flash memory, 64MB of SDRAM, and a 1GB CompactFlash card loaded with Red Hat Linux. On the outside, its got a single USB port, VGA, Ethernet port, RS232 port, and mic and speaker plugs The entire deal is powered by a 5V plug. But thats not all. Its also got a Space...
 
Tags: space, space cube, space wire port, cube, red hat linux, onboard flash memory, people, future people, 1gb compactflash card
 
 
 
 
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The iPhone 3G's Problem May Have Been Found and Fixed [Apple]

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2008-08-28 12:30:00 by Mark Wilson in Gizmodo
...Apple and AT&T have both been pretty quiet about what could be going wrong with the iPhone 3G, a new source from inside AT&T has finally broken the silence on the " bug fixes " offered in the latest firmware 2.0.2. So was it fixing the iPhone or the iPhone's network ? Well, sorta both Essentially, the 2.0.2 updated the iPhone to ask for less...
 
Tags: iphone, iphone users, att, inside att, simply, tower simply, firmware, power, bug fixes