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Report: Jobs still in control at Apple
Natalie Weinstein | Apr 13, 2009
Apple CEO Steve Jobs introduces new MacBooks in October, his last public appearance.
(Credit: James Martin/CNET)
Apple's CEO has been on medical leave since January, but sources tell the Journal that Jobs is still running key parts of the company from his home.
He was, for example, specifically involved in the user interface for the latest version of the iPhone operating system, continues to review products, and is working on future projects, sources told the newspaper. He has made no public appearances this year.
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Bluetooth 3.0 to be official end of April
Nicole Lee | Apr 13, 2009
It's official: Bluetooth 3.0 is coming. The Bluetooth SIG (Special Interest
Group) will officially
announce Bluetooth 3.0 on April 21. It'll be significantly faster and will
enable the transfer of entire media libraries at the touch of a button. It also
promises a new feature called Enhanced Power Control that reduces the number of
disconnects.
The most interesting part of Bluetooth 3.0 is that it uses a combination of technologies that lets it operate at Wi-Fi speeds. For example, you can pair a phone with a laptop via Bluetooth, but then the data transfer between the two devices will be handed off to Wi-Fi, which makes transfer speeds a lot faster. Both devices need Bluetooth and Wi-Fi for this to happen; otherwise it will just use the Bluetooth for data transfer.
More details on actual hardware will come on April 21 when the spec is made official.
Via Crave CNET
Apple nearing 1 billion apps served
Tom Krazit | Apr 13, 2009
Almost US$13,000 in Apple gear awaits the person lucky enough to download the 1 billionth App Store app. (Credit: Apple)
Apple is approaching the 1 billion mark for applications downloaded from the App Store, and plans to give out a host of Apple gear to the lucky billionth customer.
The company put up a countdown Web page Friday as it gets closer to the mark: As of this writing, about 928 million applications have been downloaded from the App Store since it went live last July, according to the counter. Whoever manages to download the 1 billionth application will come away with a pretty good haul: A MacBook Pro, a 32GB iPod Touch, a Time Capsule, and a US$10,000 iTunes gift certificate.
Somewhere north of 30,000 applications have made their way onto the App Store to fuel those 1 billion downloads. Along with the promotion, Apple released some stats on the top downloads in both the paid and free categories: Facebook has been downloaded the most times among the free applications, while Crash Bandicoot Nitro Kart 3D has received the most downloads among paid applications.
Via CNET News
Shop Amazon from your BlackBerry
Dong Ngo | Apr 13, 2009
(Credit: Amazon)
Believe it or not, the way to help us get out of this recession is to shop as often as you can manage. And Amazon just made it even easier for you to do that, if you have a BlackBerry.
Amazon's iPhone app launched in December, and on Thursday the company released its Amazon App for BlackBerry. Like the iPhone app, this new application can be downloaded for free.
The app takes advantage of the BlackBerry's trackball for a quick and simple way to find, discover, and buy products from Amazon.com, as well as from thousands of other retailers.
Beyond that, according to Director of Amazon Mobile Sam Hall, the app also allows you to access the Amazon Remembers feature, which is an easy way to build an image list of products you want to remember for later or to make price comparisons across multiple merchants.
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KDDI announces Idda G9 GSM handset
Damian Koh | Apr 10, 2009
(Credit: Newlaunches)
If you've been drooling over the technologically advanced handsets the Japanese have been using for years, here's one that can potentially make it to your next to-buy list. Buzz on the Web is that Japanese telco KDDI has announced a new range of Idda phones starting with the GSM-enabled G9. The slider, available in three colors later this month in Japan, will cost approximately US$450. For the amount you're doling out, you'll get a 3-inch 480 x 854-pixel display, 3-megapixel camera, built-in GPS, infrared, Bluetooth, microSD expansion card slot, along with a stainless steel frame and glossy finish made from a titanium compound. There's also support for the mobile Pico projectors, though you'll have to purchase that separately.
Via Newlaunches
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