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• At first you might think this makes sense because, apart from the iPhone, every other product that Apple sells is known simply by it’s name
• This would mean developers now had to engineer apps for 3 different formats. Another problem, I find, is this: where would this thing fit in the product line? Education? iPod touch big brother? A simple consumption device? None of these make perfect sense to me.

• immediately after launch that their orders have been delayed by several days
• initially quoted delivery for March 16 and another had been quoted a shipping window of March 16-19, Apple has now pushed back delivery for these customers to March 20 or 21.

• Apple has added a new category in the App Store. The new category is called "Catalogs" and seems to be not yet fully deployed.
• Several existing apps have already been placed into the Catalogs category, including Catalog Spree (pictured above), SkyMall, MTG Merchant and more.

• Apple has released a new Mac app named Configurator for managing groups of iPhone, iPad and iPod touch devices for schools, businesses or other institutions.

• • Shows us that Apple wasn't quite sure what to do at the time. They ended up not following Google but doing an app centric cloud.

  • iCloud with iWork and Mountain Lion will make this worthless anyway. You can actually see things getting changed, much like with Google Docs
• The service was launched in early 2009 in concert with iWork ’09

• the carrier took more than 200,000 preorders for the iPhone 4S, according to MIC Gadget.

• outlining a number of companies making up Apple's supply chain for the device.
• utilizing Pegatron as its assembler for the device, forgoing its main partner Foxconn for this project.
• report claims that LG Display will be responsible for 70-75% of the workload for the smaller iPad, with AU Optronics handling the remainde
• report also claims that Radiant Opto-Electronics and Forhouse will be contributing backlight components for the 7.85-inch iPad.

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• Tuesday was granted a major patent pertaining to the rules and methods of electronic payment transactions,
• description of how future devices could implement the parameters to create a seamless credit card-based system with an iTunes backend.
• titled "Parental Controls," essentially establishes a set of guidelines which governs how users complete mobile electronic transactions and tightens security for device owners who have multiple accounts linked to a product or set of products.
• Limits can be based on transaction amounts, spending over a given period of time and location, among other variables, giving the primary account holder a great deal of flexibility in restricting a subsidiary account.
• In this model, the system would allow the parent to control their child's mobile transactions by setting predetermined limits
• iTunes acting as the hub through which transaction and financial information is passed.

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• Apple has reportedly offered settlements to Motorola and Samsung in patent infringement suits against its rivals, and has asked for between $5 and $15 per handset.
• settlements offered by Apple allegedly seek royalty payments and other terms from both companies.
• If true, the number is similar to what Motorola has sought in its own proposed settlement with Apple.

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• carrier Vodafone created a website ad that promoted the features of Apple's intelligent assistant.
• can even use information from your iPhone -- such as your location
• Some Siri location features only work in the U.S. at this time,
• The ASA ruled in favor of Apple and Vodafone on Wednesday, saying that the advertisement was not misleading.
• , but did show location-based weather reports
• moral of the story? Before you file a formal complaint about a tech advertisement being misleading, be sure to check the features for your own count

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