A U.S. Trade Commission judge has dealt a potentially fatal blow to HTC and the wider Android community by ruling that the company infringes two Apple patents with its Android devices. Specifically, the judge found that HTC infringes patents 5,946,647 and 6,343,263. The first relates to receiving information that can then be used by a [...]
Apple Announces The New iMac
July 10, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Apple updated its iMac with next generation quad-core processors, powerful new graphics, groundbreaking high-speed Thunderbolt I/O technology and a new FaceTime HD camera. According to Apple, the new iMac is up to 70 percent faster and iMac is the first desktop computer on the market to include groundbreaking Thunderbolt I/O technology.
The new iMac has the following new features:
LED-Backlit Displays:
The new iMac has LED-backlit 21.5- or 27-inch display.
Up to 1.7x Faster Processors:
The new iMac introduces quad- core processing in every model.
Up to 3x Faster Graphics:
All-new AMD Radeon HD graphics lend some “whoa” to all things visual.
Ultrafast Thunderbolt I/O:
Connect high-speed peripherals for ultrafast data transfer.
FaceTime HD Camera:
The new iMac includes a built-in FaceTime HD camera and Apple’s innovative FaceTime software for crisp, widescreen video calling the whole family can enjoy.
Multi-Touch Two Ways:
Click, swipe, scroll, and more using Magic Mouse or Magic Trackpad.
Click Here to see complete features.
The new iMac is available through the Apple Store (www.apple.com), Apple’s retail stores and Apple Authorized Resellers. The 21.5-inch iMac is available in two configurations: one with a 2.5 GHz quad-core Intel Core i5, AMD Radeon HD 6750M and 500GB hard drive for a suggested retail price of $ 1,199 (US); and one with a 2.7 GHz quad-core Intel Core i5, AMD Radeon HD 6770M and 1TB hard drive for a suggested retail price of $ 1,499 (US). The new 27-inch iMac is available in two models: one with a 2.7 GHz quad-core Intel Core i5, AMD Radeon HD 6770M and 1TB hard drive for a suggested retail price of $ 1,699 (US); and one with a 3.1 GHz quad-core Intel Core i5, AMD Radeon HD 6970M and 1TB hard drive for a suggested retail price of $ 1,999 (US).
Apple introduces new free Cloud service iCloud
July 9, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Apple today introduced a new service called iCloud. iCloud is a set of free new cloud services that work seamlessly with applications on your iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, Mac or PC to automatically and wirelessly store your content in iCloud and automatically and wirelessly push it to all your devices. When anything changes on one of your devices, all of your devices are wirelessly updated almost instantly. iCloud will be available with iOS 5.
Users can sign up for iCloud for free on an iPhone, iPad or iPod touch running iOS 5 or a Mac running Mac OS X Lion with a valid Apple ID. iCloud includes 5GB of free cloud storage for Mail, Document Storage and Backup. Purchased music, apps, books and Photo Stream do not count against the storage limit. iTunes Match will be available for $ 24.99 per year (US only).
The features of iCloud includes:
* The former MobileMe services—Contacts, Calendar and Mail—all completely re-architected and rewritten to work seamlessly with iCloud. Users can share calendars with friends and family, and the ad-free push Mail account is hosted at me.com. Your inbox and mailboxes are kept up-to-date across all your iOS devices and computers.
* The App Store and iBookstore now download purchased iOS apps and books to all your devices, not just the device they were purchased on. In addition, the App Store and iBookstore now let you see your purchase history, and simply tapping the iCloud icon will download any apps and books to any iOS device (up to 10 devices) at no additional cost.
* iCloud Storage seamlessly stores all documents created using iCloud Storage APIs, and automatically pushes them to all your devices.
* iCloud’s innovative Photo Stream service automatically uploads the photos you take or import on any of your devices and wirelessly pushes them to all your devices and computers.
* iTunes in the Cloud lets you download your previously purchased iTunes music to all your iOS devices at no additional cost, and new music purchases can be downloaded automatically to all your devices
