patentlyapple.com - 10/22/2009
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The US Patent & Trademark Office published a patent application from Apple today that reveals various concepts behind a newly advanced service in development that entails subsidizing an incredible array of hardware from Apple. The hardware ranges from their sizzling hot iPhone to Apple TV - the ...
gizmodo.com - 10/20/2009
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gizmodo.com —
The Apple's Magic Mouse doesn't have anything on
its surface. It's an aluminum base topped off with...
a smooth multitouch surface. It felt weird to use, but leagues ahead of the Mighty Mouse. I may go back to mice. The strangest thing, in theory, is ...
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Apple Magic Mouse Hands On [Apple]
engadget.com - 10/22/2009
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engadget.com —
You know, a lot of patent applications are
company attempts to guard against the future however it...
might play out. But sometimes they predict the product pipeline as did this application for what ultimately became Apple's new Magic Mouse . So ...
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Apple patent application reveals ad-supported OS, ...
tipard.com - 10/21/2009
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tipard.com —
Tipard Apple TV Converter Suite for Mac is
bundled with two software, Mac Apple TV Video Converter...
and Mac DVD to Apple TV Converter, which can Convert DVD/video to Apple TV video MP4 and Apple TV audio MP3 and AAC, M4A for Mac with lossless output quality as well as without long time and great ...
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How to convert DVD and Video to Apple TV on Mac
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Patent app shows Apple prepping to rock PC, CE markets with advertising-subsidized hardware
MacDailyNews —
... reports. "This isn't for everyone, especially if ads in your face are something you want to avoid at all costs. But for the mass market, this is a whole new ballgame!" Purcher reports, "Steve Jobs is noted in Apple's credits for this patent and we could be assured that his name all but tells us that this program isn't a fantasy of an Apple engineer. The implications of such a marketing move could rock the industry." Find tons more info and patent illustrations in the full article here . [Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader "Fred Mertz" for the heads up.] ...
Apple applies for patent on OS with embedded advertising
Macworld —
... to expect, and hopefully these gizmos would be heavily subsidized. I’m not interested in a Mac with this “feature” under any conditions, but offer me an iPhone with a free monthly plan? Maybe. Just maybe. Final note for the panic-inclined: Apple files tons of patents, and only a few of them ever see the light of day outside of Cupertino. It’s quite possible that Apple only did this to prevent Microsoft from getting there first; that’s the point of patenting intellectual property. Some blogs have noted that the first author of this patent is Steve Jobs, and infer that this ...
Linkpost | 10.23.2009
TechBlog —
... - Build your own Hackintosh. • Apple Prepares to Rock the Market with Hardware Subsidizing Program - Would you use Mac OS X for free if it came with ads you were forced to watch? • ...
Gimme a minute — just two more ads before it lets me use the Finder again
GMSV —
... “). In a patent application published Thursday (and credited to Steve Jobs and four others), Apple outlined a system in which software (from Apple or third parties) and hardware (ranging from computers to phones to set-top boxes) could be offered at a reduced price, subsidized by built-in advertising. And the ads would be of an insidious nature, requiring prompt interaction from the user, disabling certain functions or the entire product until a response is received, and equipped to detect efforts to disable or bypass the system. The application also notes the option of ...
Apple Patents Ad-Supported, Subsidized Mac OS
Fast Company - Technology —
... A new Apple patent suggests the company might subsidize the price of its computers with a complex advertising program that maintains the attention of the user and can lock the computer if the user spaces out. ...
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The Register 10/23/2009
Ergonomics, we've heard of it Review For a company that pioneered the widespread use of the mouse as a computer controller, Apple has a surprisingly bad record at making good ones, particularly since the return of Steve Jobs and, with him, ...
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