Could future Apple TVs have DVD functions? A new Apple patent at the US Patent & Trademark Office hints that this could be the case, noting that “this technology could be aimed at a digital video recorder.” At the very least the patent shows that the long term future for all of Apple’s devices involves solid-state memory.
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Apple apparently plans on improving tethering in upcoming iOS devices — and perhaps Macs, based on a new patent at the US Patent & Trademark Office. Tethering is using a cell phone as a modem for your laptop or other device.
Creating a connection either with cables or wirelessly “tethers” your cell phone to your other mobile device. This can usually be done through Bluetooth wireless technology or cables (such as USB), allowing the device without built-in access to connect to the Internet, using the other device as a modem.
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By Greg Mills
The combination of the recent conference call regarding the financial quarter and the “Back to the Mac” event on Thursday leaves a number of unsettled issues. I still insist a Hobby App for iOS must be on the way, and I was disappointed iWeb 4 wasn’t part of iLife.
Read MoreMac users were surely comforted by yesterday’s “Back to the Mac” event in which a new Mac OS X (Lion), a new iLife, a new MacBook Air and lots of professed love for our favorite computing platform was served up.
One of the most interesting factoids unveiled by Apple CEO Steve Jobs and Chief Operating Officer Tim Cook was that the Mac segment of Apple were a standalone company — which they said Apple had no intention of doing — would be number 110 on the Fortune 500 list. And the Mac accounts for a third of Apple’s revenue.
Read MoreToday Apple will host the much anticipated “Back to the Mac” media event, in which Jobs & Company will tell us what’s new for the Mac will preview the next version of Mac OS X. Let’s look at the speculation and see what’s likely.
We’ll definitely get some info on the next version of Mac OS X and, based on the logo on the invitation to the event, it will be dubbed Mac OS X 10.7 (“Lion”). Although some folks are skeptical, I think we’ll see the beginning of a merge of Mac OS X and the iOS that will bring touch commands to future Macs.
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