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Apple on the defensive: Jailbreaking your iPhone may be legal but it’ll still void your warranty

admin — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 16:48:16 +0000

No idea how this will fly in court, but here we go. Apple says that jailbreaking your iPhone, while now as legal as can be, will still void your warranty. Besides, said Apple, the number of people who actually go to the trouble of jailbreaking their iPhone is so small that it’s really not worth getting too excited over.To cut Apple a little bit of slack, yesterday’s ruling (I guess you’d call it a ruling) was probably the biggest tech story of the past several years. It’s going to take a little while for Apple Legal to figure out how best to approach jailbreaking. The fact is that it’s now 100 percent legal. Apple isn’t under any obligation to provide you an official Jailbreak.app, courtesy of Software Update, but it cannot outright say, “Sorry, we’re banning this.”

An Apple spokesperson told Cult of Mac:

Apple’s goal has always been to insure that our customers have a great experience with their iPhone and we know that jailbreaking can severely degrade the experience. As we’ve said before, the vast majority of customers do not jailbreak their iPhones as this can violate the warranty and can cause the iPhone to become unstable and not work reliably.
There’s no doubting the sincerity of the statement, on the whole, but that last gibe, that jailbreaking will cause your iPhone to misbehave, well, no. If jailbreaking were so troublesome you wouldn’t see entire communities devoted to it.But again, I’m willing to cut Apple a little slack here. It’s only coming against the biggest tech story for the past several years. These things take time to figure out.

Apple’s Innovative New… Battery Charger?

admin — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 16:23:59 +0000

Apple unleashed a range of new and updated products earlier today — everything from new Mac Pros to new iMacs to a new Magic Trackpad device. Lost in the shuffle was a tiny new product Apple also unveiled: the Apple Battery Charger.
But just because it’s not as big or a pricey as Apple’s other new toys, don’t think Apple loves it any less. In fact, when I spoke to Apple today about their new products, they made sure to dedicate some time to talking all about this new battery charger.
Apple says it’s proud of its new “sleek and very compact” battery charger because they managed to take a product that other companies have been doing for a while and perfect it. “The honest truth is that most [manufacturers] don’t care about these,” an Apple representative told me. This allowed Apple to come in and create a product that performs ten times better than the industry average, they say. What they mean by this is that their battery charger uses only 30 milliwatts when it completes a charge cycle thanks to sensors — many other draw 300 or more milliwatts in the same setting. “We’ve engineering these chargers to have the lowest power vampire draw of any AA chargers,” Apple says.
Vampire draw. Nice.
Apple is selling this charger for $29 but that comes with 6 rechargeable AA NiMH batteries. “These are very long shelf-life batteries,” I was told. Apple’s website claim they can last up to 10 years. “No more late night trips to Walgreens,” an Apple representative joked.
So why six? Apple envisions people using two of them in their wireless keyboards, two in their Magic Mouse or new Magic Trackpad, and then two that will remain in the charger in case the others run out.
No word on the margins Apple is seeing on these bad boys.

10 Best Apple iPad Stands

admin — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 14:19:53 +0000

While you don’t have to worry about how to hold your iPad, there will be times when you want to go hands-free.We’ve scoured the Internet (Internet) for the best iPad stands known to man, and have pulled together a top 10 list of products we’d be happy to see holding our devices in place.So, if you’re in the market for an iPad stand or holder, have a look at our choices below and let us know your favorites in the comments.

Apple Has Sold 1 Million iPads

admin — Mon, 03 May 2010 18:37:29 +0000

Apple has officially confirmed it has sold 1 million iPads. The company sold its one millionth iPad on Friday, April 30, just 28 days after the device’s release. More than 12 million apps from the App Store and 1.5 million e-books have been downloaded from the new iBookstore.
“One million iPads in 28 days—that’s less than half of the 74 days
it took to achieve this milestone with iPhone,” said Steve Jobs,
Apple’s CEO. “Demand continues to exceed supply and we’re
working hard to get this magical product into the hands of even
more customers.”
So, now that the iPad 3G is finally available, what everyone wants
to know is: How well is this thing selling?
According to Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster, it’s selling very
well — pretty much as well as the Wi-Fi only iPad, in fact. About
300,000 3G iPads were sold on launch weekend.
Munster surveyed 50 Apple stores to arrive at this number. He
concluded that the iPad 3G is essentially sold out, as only one
store in 50 didn’t sell all of the iPads it had in stock by Sunday.
Munster estimates that the overall number of iPads sold is over 1
million, and expects overall sales in 2010 will reach 4.3 million.
If Apple indeed sold 1 million iPads, we will probably hear it from
Apple very soon — the company likes to brag about big numbers.
On the other hand, Munster was wrong before, so we should
probably take his estimates with a grain of salt.

Apple’s iPad touchscreen computer given once-over

admin — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 18:47:16 +0000

Apple has launched a touchscreen tablet called the iPad, which can be used to watch films, play games and browse the web.

It is not the first such device on the market, with competitors Dell and HP showing off similar ideas at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES).

But Apple believes its advantage lies in the ability to synchronise information and thousands of apps between the iPad and iPhone.

Maggie Shiels was given a once-over of the new toy.