An Apple patent (number 7751853) for a female receptacle data pin connector for a media player system at the US Patent & Trademark Office. It indicates that Apple wants to improve ways to connect a media player (such as the iPhone, iPod and iPad) to external devices.
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Apple’s second-generation iPhone, the iPhone 3G, is the most recycled handset in the UK, according to phone recycling comparison site, Sell My Mobile.
“Telegraph” (http://macosg.me/2/he) says the iPhone 3G is the most popular phone to be recycled in the UK this month, with owners getting up to £170 in exchange for their unwanted iPhone. According to Sell My Mobile, the 8GB and 16GB models of the iPhone 3G, as well as the 16GB iPhone 3GS, the third-generation iPhone, were the most-recycled handsets in June.
Read MorexcelMe — a provider of online iPhone/iPad development and marketing training — has announced a free, one-hour webinar entitled “Secrets to Marketing you iPhone/iPad Apps.”
Participants will learn from xcelMe’s Jeff Hughes, a consultant and best-selling author, the key areas of focus “to successfully market your iPhone and iPad apps.” The webinar will be held July 8 at 6 pm (Pacific). This event will not be recorded. You can register at https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/491610778 .
Read MoreEltima Software has updated SyncMate (http://www.sync-mac.com/), software for syncing data between a Mac to Windows Mobile handheld devices, to version 2.6. The new version adds Bonjour support.
It also adds 64-bit operation on Macs and support for multimedia syncing. Version 2.6 also syncs Safari bookmarks across the Mac and Windows versions of the web browser.
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Apple’s monthly iPad orders to Taiwan makers surpassed two million units for July and the volume are expected to maintain above the level in the future, according to Mingchi Kuo, senior analyst for Digitimes Research (http://www.digitimes.com/news/a20100706PD214.html).
Apple is estimated to have outsourced 2.3-2.35 million iPads to Taiwan players in July with 58-60% for the Wi-Fi and 3G hybrid model despite Wi-Fi only models having stronger sales in the first half of 2010, Kuo added.
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