Michal Ždanský Apple has a new interesting patent, it will deliver over 640 iPads to American schools, the development center is slowly recovering, the possible introduction of new MacBooks with Haswell and several other interesting things from the world of Apple brings the 30th Apple Week.
Display manufacturer AUO will not supply panels for iPad mini 2 (23/7)
Taiwanese display manufacturer AUO has reportedly been dropped from the list of suppliers for the iPad mini 2. AUO was one of the three suppliers along with LG and Sharp for the original iPad mini, but failed to win another contract from Apple due to its inability to develop a display with high light transmission. There is speculation whether AUO could replace Samsung. The Taiwanese company previously secured a contract with Apple mainly thanks to the low prices of the displays.
Source: PatentlyApple.com
Apple's patent will allow iPhone to share files during a call (July 23)
A new Apple patent could theoretically allow files and other information to be sent during a phone call. A recently granted patent shows a new menu when activating call hold. In this interactive menu, the user can choose which files to share with the other party, from photos, music to location or calendar events. The user can also further preset data types for individual groups in the directory. However, this new feature would only work between two iPhones. The patent was already filed in 2011.
Source: AppleInsider.com
Apple to deliver 640 iPads to US schools by 000 (2014/26)
This year, Apple will deliver 31 iPads to schools in Los Angeles County, and next year the number will rise to a total of 000 tablets, which will be distributed among a total of 640 schools. The school union of the district decided on this unanimously, and thus they gave iPads priority over solutions from Microsoft and Samsung. One school iPad will cost $000 including pre-installed software and textbooks. Apple thus won a contract worth 1 million dollars and this is so far the largest sale of tablets to educational institutions since its introduction.
Source: AppleInsider.com
Apple ads from the 80s appear on YouTube (26/7)
Old Apple ads from the 80s appeared on the account EveryAppleAds. They provide a more complete picture of Apple's marketing, which has often been narrowed down to just the famous "1984" ad.
These spots feature both the Macintosh and the Apple II and generally show the usefulness of personal computers at work and school. The first ad focuses on the Macintosh's ability to communicate among coworkers, and the second positions the Apple II as a student-friendly tool.
Perhaps coincidentally, these ads appear right before the movie "jOBS" hits theaters. This film is set in the 80s and tells the story of both the Apple II and the original Macintosh. We can look forward to it in cinemas from August 16.
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Source: MacRumors.com
The Apple Developer Center is slowly returning to service (July 26)
After more than a week when Apple's developer center was out of service, the portal is slowly coming back online. According to the latest update to the center's status page, several services have returned to service, namely Certificates, Identifiers & Profiles, Software Downloads, Safari Dev Center, iOS Dev Center, and Mac Dev Center. Some other services, such as the developer forum and technical support, remain down and will likely return over the next few days. The reason for dropping the portal was alleged hacker attack, its origin is still unknown despite the admission of one British security researcher, whose admission to testing vulnerabilities in the system and influence on the whole event is being questioned.
Source: MacWorld.com
New Retina MacBook Pros with Haswell should appear in October (26/7)
According to the diary China Times the new MacBook Pros with Retina display, which will contain the economical Intel processor of the Haswell generation, should appear only in October. The delay is said to have been caused by problems with high-resolution displays, the production and subsequent implementation of which is complex. KGI Securities, on the other hand, believes that MacBooks will appear as early as mid-September. The company introduced the first Apple laptops with these processors in June and extended the battery life of the MacBook Air to a great 12 hours of operation. MacBook Pros with and without Retina display are likely to be introduced alongside the new iPhone.
Source: AppleInsider.com
The presentation of the two new iPhones on September 6 is apparently not taking place (July 27)
Although several sources, including the very accurate analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, were leaning towards the introduction of both new iPhones (the successor to the iPhone 5 and the new, cheaper iPhone) as early as September 6th, it does not seem to happen that soon. Blogger Jim Dalrymple, who is very close and always has absolutely accurate information from Apple, only expressed himself with a post "Nope" on his blog loopinsight.com. With this, Dalrymple killed the hopes of introducing iPhones so soon.
Apple's CFO, Peter Oppenheimer, said in a recent call with shareholders that Apple will have a "very busy fall and that we will know more 'in October.'
Source: MacRumors.com
In short:
- 22.: Apple released the fourth developer preview of the upcoming OS X 10.9 Mavericks operating system. The update brought LinkedIn integration in the notification center and the ability to scroll between pages/windows in it.
- 26.: Strategy Analytics came up with the claim that Samsung is more profitable in the last quarter in the sale of phones. However, it appears that this is a misinterpretation of the available numbers, especially since other devices besides mobile phones were also included in Samsung's profit.
- 26. 7.: Peter Oppenheimer, Apple's CFO, sold over 37 of his shares for a total value of $16,4 million. This was done under the Employee Stock Sales Regulatory Act of 2011. Oppenheimer still owns less than 5000 shares worth $2,1 million.
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