Apple patents involve touch screens, iOS devices, more
Apple has been granted several patents by the US Patent & Trademark Office. Four involve touch screens and iOS devices, while three others are design wins.
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Year: 2010
Greg’s Bite: Microsoft’s greatest dud?
By Greg Mills
When one considers the potential for Microsoft to elbow their way into the smartphone market with their “late to the party” Mobile Vista 7, there are distinct categories of customers that have to buy it in significant numbers for the product to succeed. If we examine the smartphone market that exists today from the basis of a customer category analysis, the prospects are quite grim for Microsoft. Who is going to buy it?
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Indian telecom operators working to carry the iPhone
Two Indian telecom operators are in talks with Apple. to launch an iPhone in India based on the code division multiple access (CDMA) technology in a bid to tap the growing smartphone market in one of the world’s fastest-growing mobile markets, reports the “Wall Street Journal” (http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703440004575547670261276394.html), quoting “people familiar with the matter.”
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Apple cleans up at 2010 T3 Gadget Awards
Apple won five of 19 categories in the 2010 Gadget Awards by “T3” magazine (http://www.t3.com/news/apple-wins-big-at-t3-gadget-awards-2010?=49851).
The iPhone won the Commuter Gadget of the Year, The iPad was named Innovation of the Year and Gadget of the Year. The MacBook Pro was dubbed Computer of the Year (for the second time). Apple was named Retailer of the Year.
“With the iPad 2 and iPhone 5 expected to emerge from Apple’s compound in the next 12-months, expect the ever popular Apple to feature heavily again in next year’s T3 Gadget Awards,” says “T3.”
Read MoreWalmart reportedly to start carrying iPads this week
According to reports, Walmart will begin carrying the iPad on Oct. 15. The Apple tablet will initially appear in under 1,000 stores, but be available in approximately 2,000 Walmarts by -mid-November.
In May, “Bloomberg Businessweek” reported that Walmart was expecting to offer the iPad for sale at “some U.S. stores” before the end of 2010, a move that could re-double the iPads’ retail presence. Amazon and Target are also carrying the Apple tablet.
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