In addition to reviving the rumor (which may or may not turn out to be true) of an iPhone mini, the “Wall Street Journal” thinks Apple may eliminate internal storage altogether. The solution, per the “WSJ”? Making MobileMe — now US$99 per year –a free service that would serve as a “locker” for personal memorabilia such as photos, music and videos, eliminating the need for devices to carry memory.
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Apple has been granted two patents by the US Patent & Trademark Office. Patent number 7889139 is for a handheld electronic device with cable grounding and involves iOS devices.
Read MoreI’ve said it before and now a survey backs me up: despite mobile device functionality becoming ever more sophisticated, research by mobile media company BuzzCity (http://www.buzzcity.com/) shows that mobiles are actually sustaining, not replacing, consumer demand for computers.
The global research, which surveyed 5,000 people, found that computing tools remain important and even aspirational, for mobile Internet users. Fifty-one percent of mobile Internet users don’t have daily access to fixed line Internet, and 23% don’t use the fixed Internet at all.
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By Greg Mills
If anything, the apparently sudden meltdown at Nokia’s software division where the CEO threw up his hands in dismay, then fired hundreds of software staffers who had worked there for years, shows how profoundly Apple has shaken up the cell phone industry and that half-baked won’t sell.
Read MoreBuy-anywhere electronic versions of books, magazines and newspapers will drive the digital publishing market, according to ABI Research’s (http://www.abiresearch.com) latest study of “Digital Publishing for Portable Devices,” which foresees digital content sales growing to nearly $16.5 billion worldwide in 2016, more than five times their 2010 level.
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