Apple has been granted several patents by the US Patent & Trademark Office, including design patents for the iPad dock, MacBook Air and multi-touch technology. Following is a summary of each.
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Foxconn Electronics’ plants in Shenzhen, China have recently been notified they will ship Apple’s iPad 2 within the next 100 days with initial shipments to reach 400,000-600,000 units, according to “DigiTimes” (http://www.digitimes.com/news/a20101206PD224.html), quoting “sources from Taiwan-based component makers.”
The article says the “iPad 2” will ship as soon as the end of February in 2011. Apple originally planned to start mass production in January, but because the device’s firmware is currently still in testing, Apple has been postponing the schedule, “DigiTimes” says.
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Apple has overtaken Nokia for the first time to become the number one smartphone vendor in Australia, reports the “Sydney Morning Herald” (http://www.smh.com.au/digital-life/mobiles/apple-pips-nokia-to-become-no1-smartphone-maker-in-australia-20101207-18nci.html).
The iPhone now accounts for 36.5%of the smartphone market, compared to Nokia’s 30.5% share, according to IDC’s “Q3 Mobile Device Tracker” report. However, Google’s Android platform is growing even faster than Apple’s iOS with a 21%, up from 7.1% in quarter two (Q2) and only 2.1% in Q1.
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Blizzard Entertainment is now shipping World of Warcraft: Cataclysm (http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/cataclysm/), the third expansion for the subscription-based massively multiplayer online role-playing game.
The expansion is available on DVD-ROM for Mac OS X and Window at a suggested retail price of US$39.99 and is also offered as a digital download from the Blizzard Store. A special Collector’s Edition packed with bonus items will be available exclusively in retail stores for a suggested retail price of $79.99.
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BoxTone (http://www.boxtone.com), which specializes in proactive Mobile Service Management (MSM) software, today announced results from a survey of nearly 950 Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) members, which indicates that iPad deployments are accelerating in large part due to the mobile device’s compelling point-of-care applications and uses.
Key findings include:
° More than 25% of the HIMSS respondents plan to deploy the iPad and other iOS devices immediately, and nearly 70% plan to deploy the devices within the next year.
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