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Saturday
Dec312011

We Have Some Good Premium Domains For Sale

Here is some nice domain name we have for sale. If you are interested in any of them use the contact us form on the top or though SEDO.com. Some domains are available on affordable BuyItNow options other we are considering offers.

 iPad is booming so are Art related apps. Here is your chance to own iPadArts.com & iPadArts.net

Also iPad related that will make a good name for a blog or news site theiPadNews.com

We also have this two premium domain names that are really brand able:

Wareflex.com

WearMind.com

 

Wednesday
Nov092011

Two Logical Reason Why Siri Isn't Supported In Older Devices, Can't Handle It [apple, ios, iphone]

 

There had been a lot of talk and complaining about Siri been limited to the iPhone 4S when hacks had proven it can run on older devices.

I think there are two logical reason and while one is widely known the other one have been overlooked.

Pushing iPhone 4S Sales

This is the reason widely know. The iPhone 4S has many new internals that makes it a solid device but it carry the same look as an iPhone 4. 

Siri been so cool is a must saw feature and by been exclusive to the 4S it help it sell better. That's pretty much covers reason number one.

Siri Is Not Ready For 250 Million Devices

We like Siri, a lot of people do and we also know that Siri is on Beta so it has some testing and hiccups to overcome. 

Last week Siri suffered its first major outage and while many complained other saw it as an indication of its success and adoption and I agree with the later.

If the use of Siri by iPhone 4S users alone was enough to cause a widespread hours long outage what will tens of millions more devices do?

Evidently Apple wants to scale Siri from the iPhone 4S forward. That will give them time to improve it while at the same time avoiding angering its user by limiting Siri's outages. If Apple made Siri available to older devices the load on the service will definitely bring it down and my threaten its adoption.

So why Apple din't plan for it?

Siri carrys a significant investment and while Apple has tons of cash the company hates wasting it (not like HP Palm). So Apple decided not to invest the upfront cost needed to support older devices in case the service was a flop. After all the iPhone 4 major feature Facetime isn't a super success.

So its simple Siri may run on older devices but the backend can't handle the load.

Tuesday
Aug092011

Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 Banned In The EU For Infringing Apple's Patent [update]

 

Samsung's legal team may need to do some overtime work as it suffered a major blow today.

A judge in Germany sided with Apple and issued an injunction banning the sale and distribution of the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet. The ban will apply to all European Union countries except the Netherlands.

Apple accuses Samsung of violating key patents and copyrights relating to the iPhone & iPad designs.

"Apple alleged that the Galaxy Tab imitates the iPad and infringes on various intellectual property rights owned by Apple. Apple asked the Landgericht (district court) of Düsseldorf, Germany, to order an injunction under which Samsung is threatened with fines of up to EUR 250,000 (US$ 350,000) for each violation or imprisonment of Samsung's management in the event of continued infringement. Those are standard sanctions under German tort law for contempt of a preliminary injunction." Florina Muller FOSS Patent.

The ruling apply to the UK were the Galaxy Tab when on sale last week in a big way been reported as the fastest selling tablet in that country.

An Apple spokesperson made the following comments after today's ruling:

“It’s no coincidence that Samsung’s latest products look a lot like the iPhone and iPad, from the shape of the hardware to the user interface and even the packaging. This kind of blatant copying is wrong, and we need to protect Apple’s intellectual property when companies steal our ideas.”

Samsung will appeal for sure but it will take at least four weeks to be heard and it will be by the same judge issuing the injunction.

Germany has stricter copyright and intellectual property laws but this clearly send a message to Samsung that Apple may be right all along in their claims.

This saga is all but over and no decision have made that affect the distribution and sales in the US but if some of the many pending cases in Federal Courts and the ITC come to the same conclusion as the EU case then Samsung will need to settle with Apple or see the Galaxy Tab imports banned here as well.

UPDATE: Samsung response to the ruling:

 

"Samsung is disappointed with the court’s decision and we intend to act immediately to defend our intellectual property rights through the ongoing legal proceedings in Germany and will continue to actively defend these rights throughout the world.
The request for injunction was filed with no notice to Samsung, and the order was issued without any hearing or presentation of evidence from Samsung.
We will take all necessary measures to ensure Samsung’s innovative mobile communications devices are available to customers in Europe and around the world.
This decision by the court in Germany in no way influences other legal proceedings filed with the courts in Europe and elsewhere.”

 

Monday
Aug082011

Google Release Update To iOS App. iPod Touch & iPad Now Supported

 

Google today released an update to Google+ iOS app. When Google launched Google+ its new social project it released with a native Android app but lacked an iOS version. iOS user were left using a web interface for a while.

Then Google released a native app for iOS but it was limited to the iPhone. The iPod Touch and iPad weren’t supported.

Well, that all changed today with the latest update to the iOS app that also include some minor new features and bug fixes.

Google+ For iOS

Sunday
Jul242011

We Will Always: iPad Latest Ad [video]

Here is the latest video Ad for Apple's iPad 2. This ad focuses on the versatility and not the specs and caters to the mainstream users and not the early adopters.