Apple has been granted a patent (number 7844902) by the US Patent & Trademark Office for an apparatus and method for handling special windows in a display. It could foreshadow some changes in upcoming versions of Mac OS X.
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Apple has been granted a patent (number 7843449) for a three-dimensional display system. Don’t expect Macs with 3D displays anytime soon, but they may be coming — and without the need for special glasses, if Apple has its way. After all, Intel’s Sandy Bridge processor will debut in January and will certainly arrive in Macs next year. And the processor offers native support for 3D stereoscopic video playback (as well as Blu-ray and USB 3.0).
Read MoreI’m pretty sure we’ll never see Apple support for Blu-ray playback on the Mac platform because Steve Jobs is convinced all movie purchasing will soon be via download (I think he’s wrong), but I’m still hoping that Apple will at least provide the “hooks” in Mac OS X to allow third parties to release plug-and-play Blu-ray players for my favorite computing platform.
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By Greg Mills
As an Apple fan and a believer in the wisdom of most of what comes out of Cupertino, I bought the most recent Apple TV device and have used it quite a bit since it was first launched. As I noted in this space on a number of occasions I think there is an opening for Apple to challenge the cable/satellite TV content providers, since a lot of people hate them, but it won’t be easy and it is not happening yet for Apple. The numbers aren’t right yet.
Read MorePriceGrabber, a part of Experian, has released its second holiday spending consumer behavior report, “A Deep Dive into Online Holiday Spending Trends.” And it’s good news for the iPhone and iPad.
In PriceGrabber’s holiday survey, consumers were asked which smartphone they would prefer to receive as a gift this holiday season. The iPhone took the lead, with 47% of consumers choosing the iPhone 4 over other smartphones. Twenty-two percent of shoppers prefer the Motorola Droid, and 13% choose the RIM Blackberry Torch as the smartphone they would like to receive.
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