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1. Foxconn preps Apple tablet for 2010 launch

   (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

   Apple has selected Foxconn to manufacture its shiny tablet PC. According to DigiTimes, the enigmatic device will be available during the first quarter of 2010, with an expected initial production run of ...

2. Apple offers $50 shades for 15-inch MacBook Pro

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Apple has graciously decided to allow owners of the 15-inch MacBook Pro to add an anti-glare display for $50. The upgrade option is already available for 17-inch models, although 13-inch Pro units remain ...

3. TG Daily’s Dads and Grads Product Giveaway: Play along and win!

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

   ... black fabric cable and sleek in-line microphone. V-MODA's VIBE II with Microphone is available at the Apple Store and online at Apple.com in Nero (black) and Chrome Rouge for $119. Check out www.v-moda.com. ...

4. Global smartphone sales surge as mobile phone shipments plummet

   (Mobility/Mobility Features)

   ... by Research In Motion (RIM) and Apple demonstrated that services and applications were  "instrumental" to smartphones' success. "Much of the smartphone growth during the first quarter of 2009 was ...

5. Apple rumor season: High on speculation, low on details

   (Mobility/Mobility Opinion)

   Opinion – Yes, it is the time of the year again. Just about one month before Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference we are seeing “industry sources” shifting into high gear to provide media with ideas ...

6. Verizon eyes partnership with Apple

   (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

   Verizon Wireless is reportedly considering a partnership with Apple. According to Business Week, the companies are currently thrashing out the distribution terms for two new iPhone-like units. Verizon ...

7. Apple sued over touchscreen rights

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

   Elan Microelectronics, a Taiwanese chip designer is suing Apple, as of Tuesday, for alleged patent infringement involving two touchscreen patents in the iPhone, iPod touch and MacBook.Chicago (IL) - ...

8. Up next for the iPhone: Video calls

   (Mobility/Mobility Opinion)

   ... megapixel camera, enabling Apple to further distance itself from its rivals in the music space and go after the digital camera market as well. Chicago (IL) - By now, it appears to be clear that the ...

9. Palm Pre to kill the iPhone?

   (Mobility/Mobility Features)

   ... signaling from remote servers (see our iPhone OS 3.0 review, and here). Software updates for the Palm Pre are allowed over the air, and application availability will be similar to that seen in Apple's ...

10. Better late than never: RIM’s Blackberry App World now online

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    ... Blackberrys equipped with a trackball.   The Blackberry App World is the first serious rival to Apple’s App Store, which opened almost eight months ago, on July 11, 2008. Despite the substantial delay ...

11. The second Android cellphone arrives by Easter

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    ... improvements. Combined with devices from other vendors, Android will flex its muscles this year to show us what it's got against Apple's 15 million user base. EXTRA: SLIDESHOWS Chicago (IL) - T-Mobile's G1 ...

12. Major firmware update for Android G1 scheduled for Easter

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    ... since T-Mobile launched the handset last November (if we exclude minor maintenance releases). In the meantime, Apple's iPhone is seeing regular updates -- at least one firmware update per quarter. Apple's ...

13. Second-gen LG Prada, not the iPhone, rules the fashion cellphone market

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    The premium cellphone market has proven very lucrative, being dominated by high-end smartphones bound to expensive two-year service contracts. Apple has been the first to see the hidden potential in ...

14. Analysts say Dell is planning its own Smartphone

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    ... working closely with component suppliers and manufacturers while paying attention to the cellphone market. Dell will have great competition in the smartphone market. Just last year alone Apple, HTC, ...

15. iSteam for iPhone earns a bunch of 22-year olds $100,000 in one month

    (Software/Software Features)

    After suffering through virtual beer drinking, boobs and farts, Apple's iPhone gets a new unique entertainment application dubbed iSteam. It turns your device into a foggy glass surface, perfectly ...

16. A view of CES: Storm clouds give way due to a little Apple-sourced magic

    (Opinion/Opinion Features)

    ... Doom and gloom surrounded the show initially, but were surprisingly dissipated by a company we had given up on entirely. This company used a little Apple magic to not only save themselves but put the ...

17. Rumor mill dishes out iPhone nano

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    ... also expect a big announcement - such as the currently rumored iPhone nano. If we believe media reports, then Apple could prepare a device that is wider and thicker than the iPhone 3G. The selling point ...

18. Apple gets official acceleration spec for Snow Leopard

    (Software/Software Features)

    ... including graphics processing units. Besides the previously announced array of companies supporting OpenCL, Nvidia said that it has added OpenCL to its GPU computing developer toolkit. Apple’s upcoming Mac ...

19. iPhone now boots Linux, soon to boot Android?

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    ... that the Linux 2.6 kernel has been ported to Apple's iPhone platform, with support for the first and second generation iPhones as well as the first generation iPod touch," the official announcement states. ...

20. Another iPhone challenger: HTC Touch HD

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    ... animations and eye candy that matches the iPhone, although Apple's handset still leads in ease of use. A new Stocks tab uses widgets to pull the latest stock quotes off the Internet, while a re-designed ...

21. Apple preparing multi-touch iMacs?

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

      Apple has been quite clear about the multi-touch in desktop and notebook computers – this feature will not be available in the near term. However, contrary to the public statement, we received ...

22. Showdown: iPhone vs. Blackberry Storm

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

      Feature – Even if we have seen some serious attempts of larger cellphone manufacturers to replicate Apple’s iPhone this year, the Apple device remains the benchmark in the smartphone segment. ...

23. Blackberry Storm to debut on Nov 21 for $199.99

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    ... time for the Christmas season. The device, RIM’s first touchscreen device that resembles that general appearance of Apple’s iPhone will be available at Verizon Wireless stores beginning on November 21 ...

24. Google G1 phone cheaper to build than Apple’s iPhone

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

      HTC is able to build the G1 phone for a much lower bill of materials (BOM) than what Apple has to shell out for the iPhone 3G,. According to iSuppli, the hardware cost difference between the two ...

25. iPhone surpasses RAZR as most popular consumer handset in the U.S.

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

      Apple's iPhone has displaced Motorola Razr as America's top-selling consumer handset in the third quarter of the year, according to market research firm NPD. Despite Motorola’s financial problems ...

26. Side by side: Windows 7 vs. OS X Snow Leopard

    (Software/Software Features)

      Feature - We could not stop thinking about how well Windows 7 may stack up to Apple’s Mac OS X Snow Leopard. Microsoft has shown Windows 7 for the first time earlier today and there is every indication ...

27. Windows 7: Clean UI, multi-touch and more speed

    (Software/Software Features)

    ... even referred to Apple’s Mac vs. PC ads, describing them as part of the feedback Microsoft listened to. A likeable, much more approachable Microsoft. Imagine that.    New features in Windows ...

28. Five products Apple should build

    (Opinion/Opinion Features)

      Feature - Watching Apple announce and market products - or not announce and market products some people expect from the company - can be a highly interesting process. All new Apple products rolled ...

29. G1 & Co.: Top 10 cellphones for your Christmas shopping list

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    ... cellphones that have turned into mini computers that do much more than voice calls – and yes, there are alternatives to Apple’s iPhone and the hyped Android G1 phone. Here are our favorites for this year’s ...

30. Update: T-Mobile’s Android G1: The verdict is in

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    ...  Here is what was said: Ars Technica: "In the shadow of the iPhone" Ars Technica believes that the G1 is burdened with the high standards set by Apple and others. The publication noted that that G1 ...

31. Rumor round-up: New Apple laptops

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

      Speculating what products Apple may introduce at one of its secretive events has become a popular game on the Internet. And since Apple announced such an event, since it indicated that it will ...

32. RIM’s Blackberry Storm: Is the iPhone losing its edge?

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    ... actually take it for a spin, but it appears that Blackberry has come up with a nice phone just in time. Apple was trying to make its way into businesses, but has not made much progress yet. The Storm could ...

33. Suddenly, the iPhone looks really old

    (Opinion/Opinion Features)

    ... 5800 came virtually out of nowhere and seems to have all the right ingredients to challenge Apple. From what we have seen so far, this is one fantastic, cool device with very few compromises. It looks ...

34. Nokia 5800 XpressMusic: Beating Apple at its own game

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

      It took Nokia some time to come up with an adequate answer to Apple’s iPhone: The 5800 XpressMusic touchscreen phone could be considered the first serious rival for the iPhone and it seems that ...

35. Top 10 Mobile Phone Screwups

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    ... know why Apple likes iPhone batteries sealed. What's next? Cars with sealed reservoirs that can be refueled only at Shell gas stations? Android G: No headphone jack The first Android-powered Google phone ...

36. Apple and Palm new targets in touchscreen patent crusade

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    ... the original complaint against Dell, Typhoon and co-plaintiff Nova Technologies today said that suit has been filed against ten more companies, including Apple, Nokia and Palm.  Seattle (WA) ...

37. 50% chance of a new multi-touch Apple device at WWDC, says analyst

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

      The stakes in the Apple Newton multi-touch tablet guessing game have just been raised: American Technology Research analyst Shawn Wu believes there is a one in two chance that we will be seeing ...

38. Windows 7 multi-touch LCD demonstrated

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    ... LCD displays, but we have to admit that the company’s new LCDs reveal a whole new level of interactivity on your PC.   Imagine Apple’s iPhone display on a large scale: Albatron integrated sensors ...

39. The mother of all iPhone patents: Steve Jobs credited with the invention of the iPhone

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

      The US Patent & Trademark Office has published the original and most comprehensive patent describing Apple’s iPhone: The company outlines its smartphone in a ginourmos document on 371 pages ...

40. Samsung Instinct: How bad marketing could cripple a great product

    (Opinion/Opinion Features)

      Opinion - Now that SonyEricsson's Xperia X1 has officially been postponed to Q4, we are certain that you soon will see predictions that Apple's 3G iPhone, if it really launches in June, could ...

41. Next OLPC laptop to get touch-sensitive displays

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    ... laptop has beaten Apple and other laptop vendors in offering multi-touch in a notebook. Yes, XO-2 will not hit the market before 2010. Also, it's more likely Apple will in the meantime bring multi-touch ...

42. All-In-One PCs going mainstream: Will Apple or Microsoft get multi touch first?

    (Opinion/Opinion Features)

      Analyst Opinion - It is clear that Microsoft and Apple take direction from each other. Both firms were known as the original “Pirates of Silicon Valley” after all. At the Wall Street Journal’s ...

43. Touch-screen shipments to reach 833 million units by 2013, says iSuppli

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Brief)

    Spurred by the popularity of Apple's iPhone and its elegant user interface, global shipments of touch-screen display modules are expected to more than double from 2008 to 2012, according to research ...

44. Apple takes aim at iPhone clones

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

      It appears that Apple’s legal team is gearing up to dessicate the continuing flood of iPhone clones, especially those that are available on the Chinese market and are making their way to Europe ...

45. Will we ever see an iPhone killer?

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

      Ever since Apple first showed its iPhone in January of 2007, cellphone makers appear to have accelerated their innovation efforts to create new types of phones or at least phones that offer the ...

46. Sony’s crapware incident: The right idea gone terribly wrong

    (Opinion/Opinion Features)

    ... two notebooks next to each other makes you wonder why Apple was able to come up with a surface that does not show fingerprints, a magnetic power plug and a configuration that boots in less than 30 seconds ...

47. The HTC Shift + ThinkPad X300 + The MacBook Air = Perfect Notebook

    (Opinion/Opinion Features)

    ... and the Apple is one of the most beautiful notebooks that is currently available. In addition, the perfect product needs the battery life and wireless capabilities shared by the Lenovo and HTC products ...

48. Tim Sweeney, Part 3: Unreal Engine 4.0 aims at next-gen console war

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    ... computers. Humans are tactile beings, so things such as touchscreens fundamentally improve the user interface. TG Daily: That brings us back to the iPhone, which we talked about earlier. Apple appears ...

49. Xperia X1 challenges the iPhone

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Apple will be facing a new iPhone challenger from the Windows camp in the second half of this year. SonyEricsson’s new Xperia X1 copies not only has a similar size as the Apple phone, but also offers ...

50. iPod Touch more advanced than iPhone, sorta

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    ... iPhone’s modular two-PCB design as well as an integration of touch-screen circuitry on the main PCB – and not on the touch-screen module. “Apple products always seem to push the envelope ...