By Greg Mills
Apple’s iPad has seen faster acceptance in the main stream of electronic devices than anything else so to date, including regular DVD players made by a lot of companies. So much for the predictions iPad wouldn’t sell — as made by other well known tech company CEOs.
Read MoreIntel is developing a tool that will make it easier for developers to port iPhone applications to Intel-based smartphones, tablets and other devices, a company executive said Tuesday, reports the IDG News Service (http://www.macworld.com/article/154632/2010/10/intel_mobile_apps.html). Which makes me wonder: if Intel is doing this, could it and Apple also team up to run the iOS apps on the Intel chips used in Macs?
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Five new patents have appeared at the US Patent & Trademark Office. Here’s a summary of each.
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An Apple patent (number 20100253638) — which first appeared in 2009 — underscores the fact that the company is working on touchscreen Macs. The patent, “Integrated Touch Sensitive Display Gate Driver,” describes a circuit that would switch between display and touch modes, enabling and disabling an integrated touch sensitive display when necessary.
Read MoreQualcomm (http://www.qualcomm.com) has stopped sales of all FLO TV (http://www.flotv.com) products with service to the devices being halted in spring of next year. Why? The company is reportedly holding talks with various other parties for use of the technology and services. So maybe Apple should buy FLO TV for use with its iOS devices and perhaps even the Mac.
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