Year: 2010

USB Fever releases new iPhone 4 products

USB Fever has released five new products for the iPhone 4. The Back Cover Case for with 3D Graphics Football (http://www.usbfever.com/index_eproduct_view.php?products_id=2082) is an US$12.99 case with a football theme.

The Back Cover Case with 3D Graphics Butterfly (http://www.usbfever.com/index_eproduct_view.php?products_id=2078) is the case with a butterfly theme, the
Back Cover Case 3D Graphics Butterfly 2 (http://www.usbfever.com/index_eproduct_view.php?products_id=2079) has another butterfly theme, while the

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New version of Objective-Basic released

A new version of Objective-Basic (http://www.objective-basic.com/) — the BASIC programming language for Mac — has been released. Objective-Basic is related to Visual Basic and Objective-C.

It’s an object-oriented, compiled, modern programming language.Objective-Basic supports Interface Builder and uses the default Apple compiler to create native Mac applications.

You may also directly use Cocoa API [application programming interface] calls within your code. Objective-Basic is free for personal use; for commercial apps you can get an unlimited license for US$35.

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AirPrint for iOS being downgraded?

“Last minute stability and compatibility problems” with Apple’s AirPrint for iOS devices may have forced the company to delay Mac and Windows support indefinitely, reports “AppleInsider” (http://www.appleinsider.com).

Originally, Apple said that AirPrint automatically finds printers on local networks and can print text, photos and graphics to them wirelessly over Wi-Fi without the need to install drivers or download software. HP’s existing and upcoming ePrint enabled printers were supposed to be the first to support printing direct from iOS devices.

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Gartner: Apple now world’s fourth largest phone maker

According to new info from the Gartner research group (http://www.gartner.com) Apple has overtaken Research in Motion to become the world’s fourth largest manufacturer of smartphones and cell phones.

On the downside, Gartner says sales of Google Android devices by Samsung, HTC, Motorola, Sony and others were greater than that of the iPhone. During the third quarter, Apple had 16.7% of the worldwide smartphone market compared to 25.5% for Android devices, 36.6% for Symbia devices, 14.8% for RIM and 2.8% for Windows Mobile.

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