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TOTA - APPLE iPHONE & iPAD & Mobile News Thread PT1 (CLOSED) (pg. 456)
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| Nick Cenik |
| quote: | Originally posted by malek
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| VDub |
| What do you guys have against Lenny Kravitz??? |
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| E2EK1EL |
Apple Has Outright Ownership of Nortel Patents?
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Apple put up $2 billion of its consortium's $4.5 billion winning bid for Nortel's patents, giving it outright ownership of certain patents, according to I, Cringely.
Cringely reports that RIM and Ericsson joined together to contribute $1.1 billion towards the bid with Ericsson getting a fully paid-up license and RIM getting a paid-up license plus possibly some carry forward operating losses from Nortel.
Microsoft and Sony were said to have contributed another $1 billion and EMC contributed $400 million for sole ownership of an unspecified subset of patents.
Apple is said to have contributed the largest portion for sole ownership of patents that will strengthen itself against Google and Android.
Finally Apple put up $2 billion for outright ownership of Nortel's Long Term Evolution (4G) patents as well as another package of patents supposedly intended to hobble Android.
Cringely expects Google to file an anti-trust lawsuit almost immediately.
Anyone wanna buy an IP4 prototype? $70,000 w/ 7 days to go on eBay.
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Apple becomes latest ‘Anonymous’ hacker target
Notorious hacker collective “Anonymous Operations” on Sunday published data it claims to have obtained by breaching a server belonging to Apple. The data, which consisted of 27 usernames and passwords, was allegedly taken during from surveys stored on an Apple server. Though the group said on one of its Twitter accounts that it is “busy elsewhere,” and therefore will seemingly not be targeting Apple again in the near future, it claims to have exploited a security flaw common to several companies when it gained access to Apple’s server. Anonymous said the breach was part of its AntiSec movement, short for anti-security, which is aimed at “exposing corporate and government data and humiliating security firms.” |
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Asian manufacturer lands 15 million iPhone 5 orders for September launch
According to Digitimes, Taiwan-based Apple product manufacturer, Pegatron, has landed 15 million iPhone 5 orders from Apple. This is the same manufacturer that builds the CDMA iPhone 4. The report says that these 15 million devices are expected to ship in September, as we previously reported, and the upgrade will not be major. In addition, new “manpower” for factories has been hired to handle the iPhone 5 production load.
Taiwan-based notebook maker Pegatron Technology is estimated to have landed orders for 15 million iPhone 5s (iPhone 4S) from Apple and is set to start shipping in September of 2011, according to sources from upstream component makers. In response, Pegatron declined to comment about its cooperation with clients.
The next version of the iPhone recently reached its final testing stage and is expected to pack the dual-core A5 processor found in the iPad 2, an improved camera with an 8 megapixel sensor (possibly Sony-built), and a design akin to the design of the iPhone 4. There has been some debate as to whether or not this next-generation handset will be a minor upgrade or a major upgrade, but most sources have pointed to a minor upgrade; at least for the device’s exterior.
In addition, the next-generation iPhone is said to feature a dual GSM+CDMA cellular chip. This would allow Apple to product one handset that can connect to both CDMA (Verizon in the U.S.) and GSM (AT&T in the U.S.) networks. Additionally, there has been some talk about a T-Mobile variant of the next iPhone, with a next-generation T-Mobile iPhone reportedly being in testing (with an A5 chip!) and T-Mobile explaining the relative popularity of the device on their network. |
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iPad 2 Jailbreak Gets Leaked Again
Another person has shamelessly leaked Comex's unfinished jailbreak of the iPad 2. This time its Ryan Vanniekerk who managed to find the files after Comex had moved them to a different location on his server.
Since these files are unfinished, buggy, and stolen from Comex we had not planned to publish the story; however, other iPhone related sites have been posting about Vanniekerk's how to. We've been told that these beta jailbreaks could do permanent damage to your device and thus we strongly recommend users do not attempt this jailbreak and wait for the official release which is expected soon.
As we noted earlier you can follow us on Twitter and Facebook for updates using the links at the bottom of the page. |
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With over 70 million iPhones sold and continually growing at an alarming rate,
the Apple iPhone has produced its very own stereotypical user. Which one are you?
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How Apple Stays Ahead of Its Competition
Here's an interesting explanation of how Apple uses its cash to stay ahead of its competition. The information comes via an anonymous poster on Quora, in response to the question: 'What would make sense for Apple to use its $51+ billion in cash for a strategic acquisition?'
Basically, Apple is said to invest in the construction of factories in order to obtain exclusive rights to the output of that factory for a set period of time.
Tim Cook hinted that was the case in a conference call this January where he announced that Apple has entered into secret long term component supply contracts worth $3.9 billion over the next two years.
"On the operational side of house," Cook stated, "we've historically entered into agreements with others to supply; largest one was with flash memory suppliers back in 2005 that totaled over a $1 billion, because flash would become increasingly import across product line and industry."
Continue reading below for the more detailed explanation...
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When new component technologies (touchscreens, chips, LED displays) first come out, they are very expensive to produce, and building a factory that can produce them in mass quantities is even more expensive. Oftentimes, the upfront capital expenditure can be so huge and the margins are small enough (and shrink over time as the component is rapidly commoditized) that the companies who would build these factories cannot raise sufficient investment capital to cover the costs.
What Apple does is use its cash hoard to pay for the construction cost (or a significant fraction of it) of the factory in exchange for exclusive rights to the output production of the factory for a set period of time (maybe 6 - 36 months), and then for a discounted rate afterwards. This yields two advantages:
1. Apple has access to new component technology months or years before its rivals. This allows it to release groundbreaking products that are actually impossible to duplicate. Remember how for up to a year or so after the introduction of the iPhone, none of the would-be iPhone clones could even get a capacitive touchscreen to work as well as the iPhone's? It wasn't just the software - Apple simply has access to new components earlier, before anyone else in the world can gain access to it in mass quantities to make a consumer device. One extraordinary example of this is the aluminum machining technology used to make Apple's laptops - this remains a trade secret that Apple continues to have exclusive access to and allows them to make laptops with (for now) unsurpassed strength and lightness.
2. Eventually its competitors catch up in component production technology, but by then Apple has their arrangement in place whereby it can source those parts at a lower cost due to the discounted rate they have negotiated with the (now) most-experienced and skilled provider of those parts - who has probably also brought his production costs down too. This discount is also potentially subsidized by its competitors buying those same parts from that provider - the part is now commoditized so the factory is allowed to produce them for all buyers, but Apple gets special pricing.
Apple is not just crushing its rivals through superiority in design, Steve Jobs's deep experience in hardware mass production (early Apple, NeXT) has been brought to bear in creating an unrivaled exclusive supply chain of advanced technology literally years ahead of anyone else on the planet. If it feels like new Apple products appear futuristic, it is because Apple really is sending back technology from the future.
Once those technologies (or more accurately, their mass production techniques) become sufficiently commoditized, Apple is then able to compete effectively on cost and undercut rivals. It's a myth that Apple only makes premium products - it makes them all right, but that is because they are literally more advanced than anything else (i.e. the price premium is not just for design), and once the product line is no longer premium, they are produced more cheaply than competitor equivalents, yielding higher margins, more cash, which results in more ability to continue the cycle. |
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Jailbreakme 3.0 is live.
Install PDF Patcher 2 To Fix JailbreakMe 3.0 Vulnerability
JailbreakMe 3.0 – one of the easiest solutions to jailbreak iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch that was released by Comex earlier today uses a userland exploit to jailbreak and install Cydia on an iOS device.
Experts have raised concerns that the vulnerability in iOS could be exploited in a similar way by malicious websites to install malware.
It is also expected that Apple will release iOS 4.3.4 software update to patch the exploit very soon. If you don’t want to upgrade to iOS 4.3.4, but don’t want to be exposed to the security vulnerability then you will be relieved to know that there is a solution for you.
Comex has also released a patch called PDF Patcher 2 on Cydia to fix the vulnerability associated with viewing malicious PDF files. It can be installed on any firmware version.
You can follow these instructions to install the PDF Patcher 2 on your jailbroken iOS device:
Launch Cydia from your jailbroken iOS device homescreen.
Tap on the Search tab and search for PDF Patcher 2.
Tap on PDF Patcher 2 from the search results and then tap on the ‘Install’ button.
Then Tap on the ‘Confirm’ button to install the patch on your iOS device.
With this you have the best of both worlds, you have patched the vulnerability that is likely to be fixed by Apple in iOS 4.3.4 and you also get to keep your jailbreak. |
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Former Flextronics exec pleads guilty to leaking iPhone, iPad secrets
Former executive at Apple supplier Flextronics Walter Shimoon pleaded guilty to two counts of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and one count of security fraud in a Manhattan court on Tuesday. The charges stem from a crackdown on “expert networks,” which make money by connecting hedge funds and financial institutions with industry insiders such as Shimoon. The practice, which had gone widely unmonitored for years, is now said to be under the Securities and Exchange Commission’s microscope. Shimoon was arrested late last year and accused of leaking insider iPhone and iPod sales figures in the third and fourth quarters of 2009. He also leaked details surrounding the iPhone 3GS, which was unreleased at the time, and the still unannounced iPad. Shimoon is scheduled to be sentenced in July 2013 according to The New York Times. |
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| djeso |
| quote: | Originally posted by E2EK1EL
Apple Awarded Broad Patent for iPhone, Could Mean Trouble for Rivals
Apple has been awarded an incredible broad patent on its iPhone which could spell trouble for rival smartphone makers, according to a PCMag report.
The site discovered that three and a half years after its application, Apple has been awarded U.S. patent number 7,966,578 for "[a] computer-implemented method, for use in conjunction with a portable multifunction device with a touch screen display, [that] comprises displaying a portion of page content, including a frame displaying a portion of frame content and also including other content of the page, on the touch screen display."
A source who asked not to be named told PCMag that Apple's patent essentially gives it ownership of the capacitive multitouch interface the company pioneered with its iPhone. Similar interfaces have been used by companies like HTC, Samsung, Motorola, RIM, and Nokia. The source also said that the patent seems broad enough to cover any mobile device that uses finger movements to operate a touchscreen. This means that other media players or even tablets could infringe on the patent.
FOSSPatents told PCMag that, "This patent covers a kind of functionality without which it will be hard to build a competitive smartphone. Unless this patent becomes invalidated, it would allow Apple to stifle innovation and bully competitors."
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Yeah and that would be really be good :) I mean if apple products are so great why do they worry about competition so much (hmm... I wonder) |
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Well if you think about it, w/o the iPhone there wouldn't be the Android OS and their massive army of iPhone rip offs.
I don't think Apple has ever worried about the competition, concerned is more like it. They've stepped up their game (god i hate that line) a few times when it's was needed.
The Patient is just too broad IMO. |
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