Apple patents involve text-to-speech, calendaring techniques
Apple has been granted three patents by the US Patent & Trademark Office. Following is a summary of each.
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Type of Article: MacTech Blog
Greg’s Bite: RIM Crashes and Hits the Wall
Posted by Greg Mills
RIM’s server network has crashed and is currently out of service in much of the world. It is unknown how long RIM phones and devices will be out of service. RIM runs its phones through a unique system that encrypts data for security reasons and thus there might be some complications with that. Only RIM devices are affected.
Read MoreVideo uploads from mobile devices on the rise
Photobucket Corp. (http://www.photobucket.com), a dedicated photo and video sharing service, says that video uploads from mobile devices are on the rise, based on results from the company’s 2011 Summer Photo Usage survey.
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Greg’s Bite: Sprint and ClearWire — Apple takeover targets?
By Greg Mills
Apple finally condescended to grant Sprint the iPhone in a deal that rocked Wall Street. Sprint is betting the farm that selling the iPhone will pull the third string US carrier out of the dumps and back into the big time. Apple and Sprint both seem to be quite confidant that simply having iPhones available for its customer base will turn the company around.
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Greg’s Bite: The Cellular Game, Spectrum and Money
By Greg Mills
Apple has clearly revolutionized the cellular phone industry since the iPhone 1 was launched. In the past, the cellular carriers had all the power and the hardware manufacturers like Motorola, Nokia and RIM simply sold handsets to them and got the best deal they could. Cell phones were manufactured to please the networks first and then the customer who would use them. Exclusives on certain handset models were common.
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