Taiwanese notebook manufacturer Quanta Computer has secured a contract with Apple Inc. to build the first successor to the iPhone, according to reports.
On Tuesday, Taiwan’s two largest financial newspapers said the company, which already manufacturers certain MacBook models for Apple, will start churning out iPhones this September at an initial run rate of about 5 million handsets.
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Apple will show off new MacBook Pro notebooks along with a full demonstration of the next operating system, Mac OS X 10.5 (a.k.a. Leopard), at next month’s Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC), a Wall Street analyst predicted Wednesday.
PiperJaffray analyst Gene Munster rejected rumors that Apple will tout its iPhone at the conference, which opens June 11 in San Francisco. Instead, Apple will launch the new cellular phone in late June. At WWDC, Munster wrote in a note to investors, CEO Steve Jobs and crew will flesh out the remaining undisclosed features of Leopard, announce updated or new MacBook Pro models, and perhaps unveil a revamped iMac desktop lineup. “We believe the Street would react positively to such product announcements,” he said.
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Apple Computer, for the first time in India, will be organizing the “You’re your Mac Demo series” workshops in eight cities across the country for consumers to get a better understanding of Apple’s products and solutions.
The workshops, to be held at the Imagine chain of stores, will be held every weekend covering varied topics to suit the needs from a Mac beginner to an experienced Mac user. Click here to see details of the demo days.
The workshop will address topics that will provide a foundation for new Mac users and get them accustomed to the Mac platform and other advanced topics as well.
People attending the Demo series stand a chance of winning an iPod nano during the weekend.
Businessweek profiles “Metro” — a prototype laptop designed by Intel and Ziba Design. The 0.7 inch thick laptop is the world’s thinnest notebook and weighs only 2.25 pounds.
Unlike other prototype designs, this design is to go intro production later this year with an unspecified manufacturer, according to Businessweek.
The motivation for the design was to attempt to boost notebook sales by improving visual design to appeal to a larger market.
“Intel wants to stimulate the conversation,” says Roger Kay, president of consultancy Endpoint Technologies Associates. Besides making the machine thin, they’re also using materials aimed to communicate high quality and coolness. Made of champagne-colored magnesium, the laptop is decorated with subtle gold accents.
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Man, you gotta love it when Apple and Microsoft take these little swipes at each other. Rex Sorgatz apparently visited Microsoft’s Zune HQ and spotted this plastic “iPod Amnesty Bin” sitting at the entrance, complete with its not-so-subtle message. We’re leaning towards the Microsoft stunt end of things (you think they had a “PowerBook Amnesty Bin” outside of J Allard’s office?) since if you look closely, you’ll notice all the full size iPods look like the same 4G model. Oh, someone also seems to have dropped in a 2G shuffle — maybe a staffer with access to one of those rumored flash Zunes?
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Even while at the top of its game, Apple Inc. can seemingly find faults with just about anything, including a bit of itself. The Mac maker is constantly evaluating the market segments in which it wishes to participate and those which it does not. It’s an application of love-hate methodology that inevitably produces its share of casualties.
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USA Today recently chose 25 inventions they felt had changed people’s lives in the last 25 years. Along with cell phones, laptops and DVDs, USA Today chose iPod as their #8 life changing gadget. It has, they suggest, reinvented the way people walk down sidewalks. Presumably before the iPod, no one had apparently ever heard of, let alone used, the Sony Walkman. But that’s just a small quibble. We here at TUAW aren’t argumentative. If USA Today says that the iPod is life changing, who are we to argue?
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According to news reports, Apple’s much hyped product, Apple TV will make its Indian debut early in June. The Apple TV device, that can be used to wirelessly transfer multimedia data from a computer to a television set, will reportedly be priced at Rs. 18,700 and will be available across the country, including Apple’s 11 Imagine stores.
The wireless device has a 40 GB hard disk drive that can store 50 hours of movies, 9,000 songs and 25,000 pictures. It is also compatible with the rival Windows platform besides the usual Mac systems.
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We can’t say we’d be first in line to get a dose of Schizophrenia or anything, but Janssen L.P.’s Virtual Hallucinations system shows promise of helping cops, paramedics, and social workers understand a bit more of what the afflicted go through. The technology consists of set of goggles and earphones that envelope you in one of two interactive scenarios that a typical Schizophrenic might face, including being a passenger on a bus in which the other riders continually vanish and reappear while stray birds attempt to invade the inside. The system is reportedly being trialed in a half dozen or so states, and professionals that had made it through the mind warp seem to have a new outlook on respecting and dealing with those with mental illnesses. Of course, if you’re just interested in creeping yourself out, there’s always easier alternatives.
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