Author: dsellers

Apple, cast your iPhone eyes toward China

If Apple really wants to sell an additional boatload (or a thousand boatloads) of iPhones, it should be eyeing China — and TD-SCDMA.

According to the latest research from Strategy Analytics, China’s 3G TD-SCDMA handset shipments will grow 600% during 2010. Yep, 600%. With the backing of the world’s largest mobile operator, China Mobile, TD-SCDMA will be one of the fastest growing mobile technologies in the world, making China an important 3G market.

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Proavio introduces 3G SAS Expander desktop storage solutions

Proavio, U.S.A. (http://www.proavio.com), a developer of storage systems and tools for digital media production, has introduced the new EditBox EB8Sx, a3G SAS expansion solution for video.

Featuring a native internal 3G SAS design, the EB8Sx offers users the choice to use SATA disks for most media applications or enterprise SAS hard disk for DI, VFX and full resolution grading requirements. Designed for today’s commercial post facilities in mind, the EB8Sx is capable of scaling capacity to over 100TB or RAID-5 protected storage.

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Apple releases MacBook Pro Software Update 1.3

Apple has released MacBook Pro Software Update 1.3 (http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1026) for all 15-inch and 17-inch MacBook Pro mid-2010 models. It contains improvements for graphics stability for high-performance video and gaming applications, as well as various bug fixes. 

MacBook Pro Software Update 1.3 is a 258.32MB download and requires Mac OS X 10.6.3. You can obtain it via the Software Update component of Mac OS X’s Systems Preferences app.

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iPhone/iPod/iPad apps for April 13

Here are the latest iPhone/iPod touch/iPod/iPad apps announced. You can find ’em at the Apple App Store (http://www.itunes.com/appstore/).

Opera has announced that its mobile browser, Opera Mini has been approved for iPhone and iPod touch, and is available for free.

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