Type of Article: MacTech Blog

By Greg Mills

Google’s got balls.

That crude statement has a whole rainbow of meanings, depending on who you are.  

To Steve Jobs it meant Eric Schmidt, Apple board member and CEO of Google at the time, had stolen the look and feel of iPhone to inspire Android. Apple’s thermonuclear legal war was launched. Jobs appeared to be upset.

In a note to clients — as reported by “AppleInsider” (http://www.appleinsider.com) — BMO Capital analyst Keith Bachman said he expects Apple to post a “significant miss”for its fourth fiscal quarter of 2012 as Mac sales continue to be cannibalized by the company’s iPad tablet line. I have to disagree.

An Apple patent (number 201200177222) for dynamic audio parameter adjustment using touch sensing has appeared at the U.S Patent & Trademark Office. It’s designed to improve audio quality in headsets and earpieces for the iPhone.

An Apple patent (number 2012176277) for electronic devices having multi-purpose cowling structures and a compass mounted on a flex circuit has appeared at the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office. It’s designed to offer more power, longer battery life and less weight in portable devices.

An Apple patent (number 20120177239) for a removable case design offering wind noise protection for the iPhone has appeared at the U.S Patent & Trademark Office. It would sport a windscreen over the smartphone’s microphone to improve sound quality.