http://www.osnews.com/ Exploring the Future of Computing en-us Copyright 2001-2012, David Adams OSNews version 4 donotreply@osnews.com (Adam Scheinberg) donotreply@osnews.com (Thom Holwerda) Wed, 15 Feb 2012 07:27:09 GMT http://www.osnews.com/images/osnews.gif http://www.osnews.com/ 120 http://www.osnews.com/story/25612/Samsung_doesn_t_think_Apple_can_compete_in_the_TV_market/ http://www.osnews.com/story/25612/Samsung_doesn_t_think_Apple_can_compete_in_the_TV_market/ Today Samsung AV product lead Chris Moseley had comments about Apple's rumored entrance into the television marketplace that sound eerily similar to that which Palm CEO Ed Colligan's said a few years back about how Apple's ability to simply walk into this market and figure it out like they had managed to do after years of research. Tue, 14 Feb 2012 17:24:30 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (David Adams) Apple 31 http://www.osnews.com/topics/14 News http://www.osnews.com/story/25598/European_independent_Apple_resellers_on_verge_of_Bankruptcy/ http://www.osnews.com/story/25598/European_independent_Apple_resellers_on_verge_of_Bankruptcy/ Way back in 2005, only a few months after I joined the OSNews team, I interviewed Wim Schermer, founder and then-owner of the largest chain of Apple "Premium Reseller" stores in The Netherlands, MacSupport (now iCentre). In fact, Wim Schermer was the first Dutchman to buy a Macintosh - the original Macintosh, that is - in The Netherlands, and went on to start his Apple reseller business in 1988. While the interview covered many aspects, one thing always stuck with me: Schermer was concerned about what would happen to his business if Apple were to open an official Apple Store in The Netherlands. Seven years later, his concerns are becoming reality. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:15:32 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Thom Holwerda) Apple 48 http://www.osnews.com/topics/14 Feature http://www.osnews.com/story/25548/Why_Apple_Just_Realised_the_Company_s_First_True_Post-PC_Quarter/ http://www.osnews.com/story/25548/Why_Apple_Just_Realised_the_Company_s_First_True_Post-PC_Quarter/ This is what we call an epic blunder of epic proportions. The article that used to be here, was submitted to us in full, with Tom Krazit as the submitter. As it turns out, though, this article is already published at PaidContent.org, so it's pretty clear someone kindly submitted it to us, but included the whole of that article. For some reason, I let it slip through without checking if it was actually an original - which I normally always do. Nobody contacted us so far, but I'm still incredibly sorry about this. Be sure to click this link and send traffic to PaidContent.org. Fri, 27 Jan 2012 20:02:20 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Thom Holwerda) Apple 120 http://www.osnews.com/topics/14 News Tom Krazit http://www.osnews.com/story/25538/Apple_Reports_Bizarre_First_Quarter_Results/ http://www.osnews.com/story/25538/Apple_Reports_Bizarre_First_Quarter_Results/ Apple reported its quarterly results, and thanks to the iPhone 4S and the iPad, Apple is putting out bizarre figures - 37 million iPhones, 15.5 million iPads. "The Company sold 37.04 million iPhones in the quarter, representing 128 percent unit growth over the year-ago quarter. Apple sold 15.43 million iPads during the quarter, a 111 percent unit increase over the year-ago quarter. The Company sold 5.2 million Macs during the quarter, a 26 percent unit increase over the year-ago quarter. Apple sold 15.4 million iPods, a 21 percent unit decline from the year-ago quarter." Is this the end of Android's dominance, or just a single uberquarter due to the new iPhone? Tue, 24 Jan 2012 22:08:28 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Thom Holwerda) Apple 95 http://www.osnews.com/topics/14 News http://www.osnews.com/story/25526/Apple_s_Education_Event_On_the_Road_to_Vendor_Lock-in/ http://www.osnews.com/story/25526/Apple_s_Education_Event_On_the_Road_to_Vendor_Lock-in/ Apple's education event just ended, and just as Ars Technica said, Apple announced better support for textbooks, as well as a textbook authoring tool. The textbook authoring tool is heavily inspired by Keynote and Pages, and hence, I already know it's going to be top-notch and very pleasant to use. In addition, the company also repositioned iTunes U as a Blackboard competitor. As great as all these new tools are, several large red flags went up in my mind: I remember what it was like being the only student who didn't use Windows. Update: "Any e-textbook author that wants access to the iPad-toting masses must make his or her work an exclusive to iBooks 2." Thu, 19 Jan 2012 17:41:56 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Thom Holwerda) Apple 91 http://www.osnews.com/topics/14 Editorial http://www.osnews.com/story/25525/Whited00r_Brings_iOS5_Features_to_Older_Devices/ http://www.osnews.com/story/25525/Whited00r_Brings_iOS5_Features_to_Older_Devices/ Custom ROMs on mobile devices have been a staple-mate of the mobile industry since the Windows Mobile PocketPC CE Phone Edition Whatever days. Android took over here, with a lively custom ROM scene, allowing you to tailor your device to your own needs - including updates to operating system versions your device maker of carrier doesn't allow. Custom iOS ROMs, on the other hand, are pretty damn rare, so it's interesting to see a custom iOS ROM that brings several iOS 5 features to devices that can't actually run iOS 5. Welcome to Whited00r. Thu, 19 Jan 2012 15:53:26 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Thom Holwerda) Apple 10 http://www.osnews.com/topics/14 News http://www.osnews.com/story/25519/Apple_To_Announce_Tools_Platform_for_Textbook_Publishing/ http://www.osnews.com/story/25519/Apple_To_Announce_Tools_Platform_for_Textbook_Publishing/ "Apple is slated to announce the fruits of its labor on improving the use of technology in education at its special media event on Thursday, January 19. While speculation has so far centered on digital textbooks, sources close to the matter have confirmed to Ars that Apple will announce tools to help create interactive e-books - the 'GarageBand for e-books', so to speak - and expand its current platform to distribute them to iPhone and iPad users." While the textbook industry needs some massive disruption, am I the only one who thinks a solution over which Apple has total editorial control and which is limited entirely to Apple PCs and iOS devices is a really stupid idea? That's like going from Scylla to Charybdis. Tue, 17 Jan 2012 13:54:55 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Thom Holwerda) Apple 13 http://www.osnews.com/topics/14 News http://www.osnews.com/story/25437/Apple_To_Usher_in_High_DPI_Era_/ http://www.osnews.com/story/25437/Apple_To_Usher_in_High_DPI_Era_/ Apple makes the best consumer laptops. For me, there's absolutely no denying that this is the case. Apple has had this lead over the competition since the iBook G3 Dual USB 12.1" and 14", and has never lost it. Right now, the rumour mill is abuzz about Apple supposedly prepping to launch a MacBook Pro with a retina display - 2880x1800. Sat, 17 Dec 2011 00:17:56 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Thom Holwerda) Apple 56 http://www.osnews.com/topics/14 News http://www.osnews.com/story/25432/Will_iOS_Still_Be_Developers_Sweetheart_In_2012_/ http://www.osnews.com/story/25432/Will_iOS_Still_Be_Developers_Sweetheart_In_2012_/ The Guardian reports on some statistics showing developer income and download statistics for Android vs iOS apps. From The Guardian "Will more developers remove their iOS blinkers in 2012 ? There is some new research to chew over on this matter. We'll start with analytics firm Flurry, which regularly publishes stats on trends among the 55,000 developers using its tools in their apps" Thu, 15 Dec 2011 21:17:08 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (David Adams) Apple 3 http://www.osnews.com/topics/14 News fran http://www.osnews.com/story/25414/Apple_Made_a_Deal_with_the_Devil_No_Worse_A_Patent_Troll_/ http://www.osnews.com/story/25414/Apple_Made_a_Deal_with_the_Devil_No_Worse_A_Patent_Troll_/ Just when I thought the company I once admired greatly couldn't sink any lower. "Over the last two years, Apple has been engaged in vicious legal battles over smartphone patents, many of which are aimed at squelching (or squeezing money out of) manufacturers of devices running Android. And now, for some reason, it has given valuable patents to a patent troll - which is using them to sue many of the top technology companies in the world." Sat, 10 Dec 2011 10:09:06 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Thom Holwerda) Apple 47 http://www.osnews.com/topics/14 News Valhalla http://www.osnews.com/story/25402/Apple_Loses_iPad_Trademark_Case_in_China/ http://www.osnews.com/story/25402/Apple_Loses_iPad_Trademark_Case_in_China/ "Apple could face disruption to its iPad sales in China after a court rejected its claim to own the iPad trademark in the country and a rival sought to halt sales of the tablet device in two Chinese cities. The developments are the latest in a long-running dispute between Apple and Proview Technology (Shenzhen), a struggling Taiwanese-owned company that registered trademarks for the name IPAD in many countries long before Apple conceived its smash hit tablet computer." Apple is clearly copying from this innovative Chinese company. If Apple fanatics are actually consistent (*), they would condemn Apple for this clear case of theft. Wed, 07 Dec 2011 22:41:12 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Thom Holwerda) Apple 31 http://www.osnews.com/topics/14 News http://www.osnews.com/story/25329/Gassee_Thank_God_Apple_Didn_t_Buy_Be/ http://www.osnews.com/story/25329/Gassee_Thank_God_Apple_Didn_t_Buy_Be/ It's no secret OSNews has a bit of a thing for the BeOS. I can only speak for myself, obviously, but relatively speaking, BeOS was the best operating system ever made. The man who started all this was Jean-Louis Gassee, former executive at Apple, who founded Be, Inc. in 1991. In the second half of the '90s, Apple was looking for a replacement for its heavily outdated Mac OS, after several failed attempts at developing its own - it came down to Steve Jobs NeXT, or BeOS. Be didn't make it, and Gassee is happier for it. Mon, 14 Nov 2011 21:32:29 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Thom Holwerda) Apple 86 http://www.osnews.com/topics/14 News cristoper http://www.osnews.com/story/25312/iOS_5_Irregularities_Between_iPads_And_iPhones/ http://www.osnews.com/story/25312/iOS_5_Irregularities_Between_iPads_And_iPhones/ InfoWorld's Galen Gruman offers a breakdown of iOS 5 capabilities that work differently across devices. From multitasking gestures, to calendar views, to image editing, not all of iOS 5's limited-availability functions make sense. 'Don't worry â€" it's not your mind playing tricks when that feature you thought you saw doesn't appear on the device you currently have in hand.' Tue, 08 Nov 2011 21:01:03 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (OSNews Staff) Apple 4 http://www.osnews.com/topics/14 News snydeq http://www.osnews.com/story/25279/Rumour_Apple_Contemplates_Axing_Mac_Pro_Line/ http://www.osnews.com/story/25279/Rumour_Apple_Contemplates_Axing_Mac_Pro_Line/ While it's just a rumour, this shouldn't come as a surprise to anyone who hasn't been living under a rock the past five years, and in all honesty, I'm pretty sure it's actually true. AppleInsider is reporting that Apple is contemplating axing its iconic Mac Pro. Mon, 31 Oct 2011 23:17:11 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Thom Holwerda) Apple 73 http://www.osnews.com/topics/14 News http://www.osnews.com/story/25277/Managing_Macs_In_The_Mac_OS_X_Lion_Era/ http://www.osnews.com/story/25277/Managing_Macs_In_The_Mac_OS_X_Lion_Era/ User interest and bring-your-own-tech policies are pushing Macs beyond their traditional business niches. InfoWorld's Ryan Faas provides a Mac management guide to help you extend your existing support strategies to Mac workstations, providing tips, techniques, and a list of 22 essential Mac tools for embracing Macs as they become more prevalent in your business environment. 'Macs can no longer be managed independent of other processes and infrastructure. They must be integrated with your existing directory service. They require an efficient, scalable deployment model that hooks into asset management. They require secure, auditable patch management and a device and user management solution that secures each Mac's core OS components and apps.' Mon, 31 Oct 2011 14:33:47 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (OSNews Staff) Apple 3 http://www.osnews.com/topics/14 News snydeq