In a big “oops” for the Android platform, a year-long study by WDS (http://www.wds.co) of more than 600,000 technical support calls has found that Android devices are more likely to develop a hardware fault than many of their smartphone competitors.
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Apple is working on even more ways to associate media content items with geographical data, per a new patent (number 20110148936) at the US Patent & Trademark Office. It relates to presenting digital media, for example, digital photographs, digital video, and the like.
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An Apple patent (number 20110153044) for a directional audio interface for a portable media device has appeared at the US Patent & Trademark Office. It involves controlling iOS devices through an audio interface.
Methods and apparatus for a user to interact with and control a portable media device through an audio user interface are discolsed. The audio user interface includes one or more audible control nodes perceived by the user to be spatially located at different points about the user of the portable media device.
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A new Apple patent (number 201110154200) for “enhancing media content with content-aware resources” has appeared at the US Patent & Trademark Office. It shows what Apple is considering for future versions of the Apple TV (or perhaps an Apple-branded television set, if you buy the latest rumors).
Read MoreApple is reportedly teaming up with a “major” OEM (original equipment manufacturer) to make Apple-branded television sets, reports “DailyTech” (http://macte.ch/qon3M), quoting an unnamed “former Apple executive.”
According to source Apple plans to “blow Netflix and all those other guys away” by bundling Apple TV + iTunes inside physical television sets. “You’ll go into an Apple retail store and be able to walk out with a TV,” the unnamed source reportedly told “DailyTech.” “It’s perfect.”
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