A plethora of Apple patents have appeared at the US Patent & Trademark Office. Following is a summary of each.
Patent number D617,334 is for a graphical user interface or a portion thereof. In other words, the iPhone OS interface (now iOS). The inventor is Imran Chaudhri.
Patent number D617,339 is for the ornamental design for an icon of a display screen. The inventors are Bas Ording and Imran Chaudhri.
Read MoreI didn’t do too well in my predictions of what Apple CEO Steve Jobs would announce at his Worldwide Developer Conference keynote. But overall I wasn’t too disappointed. Well, as “un-disappointed” as I could be with the lack of any Mac love.
Read MoreOur friend Jeff Ganyard at MacSpeech/Nuance Communications made an interesting comment this afternoon at WWDC…
While Apple doesn’t typically parade all of their executives across a keynote anyway, this year’s keynote did have one noticeable omission — Phil Schiller, Apple’s Senior Vice President, Worldwide Product Marketing. Scott Forstall, Jonathan Ive, Bob Mansfield, and others were part of keynote (either live or in video), but not Phil. This is a contrast from the past.
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By Greg Mills
While there is certainly a lot of software already available for iPad, the transition path for consumers to migrate from laptops or desktops to the iPad will require the iLife suite and other consumer grade programs to become adapted to the Cocoa Touch methods of the user interface.
Read MoreApple will kick off its annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) today with a keynote address by CEO Steve Jobs at 10 a.m. (Pacific). I’ve culled through all the rumors and here’s what I’m predicting.
Jobs will introduce the next gen iPhone, which will have a front-facing camera for video and group chat. The smartphone will be introduced and demoed — but won’t go on sale for another 2-3 weeks.
Jobs will introduce iTunes.com, a web-based version of iTunes.
The CEO will introduce new Mac Pros and Mac minis, as well as 27-inch Cinema Displays.
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