Apple Inc. reported strong fiscal third quarter revenue and profits on a lift from strong demand for the company's third-generation iPhones and continuing improvement in application sales at the App Store.

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The technology is here, and Apple retail is sharper than your average coutoure boutique. Could an Apple dress be in the works? You heard it here first.

The Lumalive group at Philips Research is exploring the intersection between the company's LED business and the emerging market for wearable electronics. The group got its start when some early prototypes shown at the 2005 IFA conference in Berlin snagged interest.

Source: EE Times

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iPhone Leads U.S. Smartphone Sales

SAN FRANCISO—Apple Inc.'s iPhone 3G was the top-selling smartphone in the U.S. from June through August, capturing 24 percent of the market, according to market research firm NPD Group.

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Ah, I long for the good old days of the Commodore 64. Anyone remember firmware in ROM? Turn on the power and 3s later the computer is ready to go.

Apple iPhone Update

Apple sometime tomorrow afternoon is expected unleash the fourth software update for the iPhone since the handset made its U.S. debut back on June 29th.

Boss, sorry I'm late. Honest, I was on time for work, but I had to flash the EPROM in my Prius before it would let me pull out of the driveway.

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iPhone Hello World Native App

- (void) applicationDidFinishLaunching: (id) unused
{
UIWindow *window;

window = [[UIWindow alloc] initWithContentRect: [UIHardware
fullScreenApplicationContentRect]];

pbCell = [[UIImageAndTextTableCell alloc] init];
[pbCell setTitle: @"Hello world!\n"];

UIPushButton *button = [[UIThreePartButton alloc] initWithTitle:
@"Touch Me"];
buttonCell = [[UITableCell alloc] init];
[buttonCell addSubview: button];
[button sizeToFit];

UITable *table = [[UITable alloc] initWithFrame: CGRectMake(0.0f, 48.0f,
320.0f, 480.0f - 16.0f - 32.0f)];
UITableColumn *col = [[UITableColumn alloc] initWithTitle: @"HelloApp"
identifier: @"hello" width: 320.0f];

[window orderFront: self];
[window makeKey: self];
[window _setHidden: NO];

[table addTableColumn: col];
[table setDataSource: self];
[table setDelegate: self];
[table reloadData];

UINavigationBar *nav = [[UINavigationBar alloc] initWithFrame: CGRectMake(
0.0f, 0.0f, 320.0f, 48.0f)];
[nav showButtonsWithLeftTitle: @"Foo" rightTitle: @"Bar" leftBack: YES];
[nav setBarStyle: 0];

struct CGRect rect = [UIHardware fullScreenApplicationContentRect];
rect.origin.x = rect.origin.y = 0.0f;
UIView *mainView;
mainView = [[UIView alloc] initWithFrame: rect];
[mainView addSubview: nav];
[mainView addSubview: table];

[window setContentView: mainView];
}

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iPhoneSIMfree Is Now Available For Purchase

Looks like you can now begin unlocking iPhones at your earliest convenience. Engadget claims that iPhoneSIMfree's software is now available for purchase online from four online retailers.

Here is a look at iPhoneSIMfree's commercial launch:

Wireless Imports in the US, iPhoneWorldwideUnlock in Australia, 1digitalphone in Germany, and iPhone4arab in Saudi Arabia (currently down) have all purchased bulk licenses from the iPhoneSIMfree team and are selling individual unlocks for around $100 (Update: that price is just from the US etailer, it seems; looks like the Aussies are letting it go for under 50 bucks American. Also, the hackintosh community is already busy at work trying to snatch these sites' code as we speak).

How long do you think it will take until users start distributing iPhoneSIMfree's code across the Web? And how many of you have actually tried this unlock tool yet? Please, let us know.

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EE Times: iPhone Clones Teardown

Manhasset, NY — On taking their video camera inside the first clone of the Apple iPhone, Semiconductor Insights' teardown specialists found it to be an almost laughable takeoff of Apple's latest success story. However, its analysts also noted that teardowns of subsequent clones indicate that counterfeiters are capitalizing upon existing designs and more time to bring their fakes up to a quality level that equals and will soon surpass that of not only the iPhone, but all systems they're intent on faking.

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Apple, which recently paid innovator Creative Labs about $100M for the right to use the iPod user interface, has filed a patent application which uses "original technology" already available in a shipping product.

Apple touchscreen patent to raise bar
The U.S. Patent & Trademark Office today published a revolutionary Apple patent application titled 'mechanical overlay,' which depicts a new touchscreen technology that can serve as a keyboard, audio mixer, iPod clickwheel, and much more. The patent reveals potential plans for Apple to revolutionize its computing and iPod usage experience, replacing traditional keyboards and clickwheels with touchscreens displaying programmable images while accepting touch-sensitive input. The patent describes, among other details, a 'multipoint touch method' that receives multiple touches on the surface of the touchscreen, coupled with tactile as well as audio feedback of touches.

Naturally, I am sure that JazzMutant will look forward to a similar $100M payout after Apple rolls out MacBooks based on the patent application and then launches suit against the Lemur control surface for "copying" Apple innovation. Or is the Apple technology physical where the existing JazzMutant technology is virtual?

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Hacker To License iPod Code

London -
Just months after Apple Computer was found guilty of breaking Norwegian law with its iTunes downloading service, a native of the nippy European country has just returned the favor.

John Lech Johansen, a 22-year-old hacker known to those of his ilk as "DVD Jon," claims to have cracked the code that Apple uses to tie iTunes files exclusively to iPod players.

Labels: iphone, ipod