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Apple to Refresh Mac Pro, MacBook Air and Debut Web-based iTunes?
May 30th
Kaufman Bros analyst Shaw Wu says Apple could use WWDC to refresh the Mac Pro and MacBook; as well as debut a web-based iTunes.com service.
Besides the iPhone, “other announcements we are picking up that could potentially be made are iTunes.com, a web-based version of its iTunes client, and new Mac refreshes with faster processors and graphics, namely the Mac Pro and MacBook Air, which were last refreshed in March and June 2009, respectively,” he wrote in a note to clients this morning.
Digital Daily believes the Mac Pro and MacBook Air updates are feasible but doubts that iTunes.com will be ready in time. John Paczkowski quotes his colleague Peter Kafta who noted in April that Apple’s conversations with labels were “preliminary at best. So if you’re expecting to hear about an ‘iTunes.com’ offering in the near future–like during Apple’s June 7 developer conference–you’re likely to be disappointed.”
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AT&T Says 4 out of 10 iPhone Sales Are to Enterprise
May 30th
AT&T says 4 out of 10 iPhone sales are made to enterprise customers, according to a ZDNet report.
The site relays comments made by AT&T Business Solutions Unit CEO, Ron Spears:
Four out of 10 sales of the iPhone are made to enterprise users. When the iPhone came out, what most people heard in the first year from ‘07 to ‘08 was oh my God, it’s not BlackBerry secure. This is not going to work on the enterprise space.
At the end of the day, it’s just software. That’s all it is. And by the time the 3G came out in ‘08 they had solved about 80% of the security issues. By the time the 3GS came out last summer, most CIOs will tell you today they have very few issues around the security that they need provided as they have come to know that RIM can do it because of the way RIM provides their solution.
So enterprises today view the iPhone as a mobile computer. It happens to have a voice application on it. But what’s important is what you can do with it, and the way you can mobilize workforces, and specific parts of your workforce, not the entire workforce.
When asked about Android in the enterprise, Spears said:
I haven’t seen the Android platform yet in the enterprise space. Not to say it won’t come, but pretty much that platform has been built with a very specific focus to consumers. Over time, my guess is there will be an evolution that’s kind of hard to ignore the enterprise space. Read More
Crash Bandicoot Nitro Kart 2 Now in App Store
May 27th
The sequel to the popular, Crash Bandicoot Nitro Kart 3D, is now available in the App Store for iPhone and iPod touch.
Fans can race as Crash or one of nine other characters on 12 unique tracks for a wild ride as they gather power-ups and a multitude of weapons to slow down opponents. Friends can also challenge each other in the all new multiplayer mode. Four players can race against each other, over the internet, in three different modes.
You can purchase Crash Bandicoot Nitro Kart 2 from the App Store for $9.99.
Apple Reveals New Service to Self Publish to the iBookstore
May 27th
Apple has revealed a new service through which you can self publish your book on the iBookstore.
? ISBNs for all titles you intend to distribute
? You must be able to deliver your book content in EPUB format, passing EpubCheck 1.0.5. Financial Requirements:
? A US Tax ID
? A valid iTunes Store account, with a credit card on file
? Apple does not pay partners until they meet payment requirements and earning thresholds in each territory. You should consider this before applying to work directly with Apple as you may receive payments faster by working with an Apple-approved aggregator. Read More [via MacLife]
The service involves an application made via
iTunes Connect. You can find the requirements below… Book Content Requirements:? ISBNs for all titles you intend to distribute
? You must be able to deliver your book content in EPUB format, passing EpubCheck 1.0.5. Financial Requirements:
? A US Tax ID
? A valid iTunes Store account, with a credit card on file
? Apple does not pay partners until they meet payment requirements and earning thresholds in each territory. You should consider this before applying to work directly with Apple as you may receive payments faster by working with an Apple-approved aggregator. Read More [via MacLife]
iPhone Vulnerability Makes It Easy to Access Your Pin Protected Data
May 27th
A data protection vulnerability has been discovered with non-jailbroken pin protected 3GS iPhones that bypasses authentication and accesses data
The vulnerability was discovered by Bernd Marienfeldt and applies to various firmware versions.
This data protection flaw exposes music, photos, videos, podcasts, voice recordings, Google safe browsing datclothse, game contents… by in my opinion the quickest compromising read/write access discovered so far, without leaving any track record by the attacker. It’s about to imagine how many enterprises (e.g. Fortune 100) actually do rely on the expectation that their iPhone 3GS’s whole content is protected by encryption with an PIN code based authentication in place to unlock it.The contents sample have been collected off a non jail broken iPhone 3GS (with latest iPhone OS installed, all apps fully up to date and immediately PIN lock enabled) by simply connecting it powered off via USB to a Linux Lucid Lynx PC (10.04) and then switched back on – being automatically mounted with given insecurity and never been attached to the PC before.
Merienfeldt believes the allowed write access could also lead into triggering a buffer overflow. Apple thinks they understand why this can happen but cannot provide timing or further details on the release of a fix.
Read More [via Robert]
Apple is Now Worth More Than Microsoft
May 27th
Today Apple became worth more than Microsoft with a market capitalization 2.94 billion higher than its arch rival.
Apple closed the day with a market cap of 222.12 billion and Microsoft closed the day with 219.18 billion.
The only American company with a market cap greater than Apple’s is Exxon Mobil.
iPhone Dev-Team Releases Developer Jailbreak for iPhone OS 4.0b4
May 27th
The iPhone Dev-Team has released a jailbreak for developers using iPhone OS 4.0 beta 4.
The jailbreak is performed using a special .9.5 beta of RedSn0w.
This BETA release supports:
? iPhone 3G only (for now)
? Mac OSX only (for now)
? the 4.0beta1/beta4 FW only (for now)
AT&T Could Lose 6 Million Subscribers If Verizon Gets iPhone
May 27th
Davenport & Company analyst Drake Johnstone believes AT&T could lose up to 6 million subscribers if Verizon gets the iPhone.
2) Family Talk/Business Plans – Digital Daily says 80% of AT&T’s customers are on these plans which would make it difficult to switch. Read More
“Over the past several years, AT&T indicated that 40 percent of its new iPhone customers came from other carriers,” Johnstone theorized. “We estimate that AT&T has 15 million iPhone customers (as of Q-1 10) and believe that AT&T could lose as many as 6 million, or 40 percent, of its iPhone customers when Verizon begins selling the iPhone in 2011. We are reducing AT&T’s 2011 wireless subscriber additions from 6 million to 2 million (most of these new additions may be lower value connected devices such as eReaders instead of higher value long- term wireless customers), since we believe that Verizon could obtain Apple’s approval to sell and provide wireless service for the iPhone as early as mid-2011.”
Digital Daily notes that there are two things that could prevent this from happening.
1) Early Termination Fees – Its very interesting that AT&T
nearly doubled their ETFs just days ago.2) Family Talk/Business Plans – Digital Daily says 80% of AT&T’s customers are on these plans which would make it difficult to switch. Read More
BiteSMS 4.8 Gives Quick Reply a New Look
May 27th
BiteSMS 4.8, a replacement to the built-in Apple messaging application for the iPhone, has been released with a new look to Quick Reply.
What’s New In This Version:
? It’s all about the NEW LOOK Quick Reply, including contact picture and timestamp
? Added Activator support
? Added back the delivery prefix feature (removed in Release 4.7) – mostly for UK O2 users. So biteSMS now supports the iPhoneDelivery application and Prefixes.
? When pressing Quick List with only one message pending, Quick Reply will now open, so less touch events.
? In the biteSMS app, the contact pictures now have nice rounded corners.
? Improved the speed of touch events and animations when using Quick Reply and Quick Compose buttons.
? Improved Privacy support in the new Quick Reply.
? You can now tap the Quick List icon when a Quick Reply is displayed – this in effect does a Later action for you.
? For Google “ad clicks” that result in the display of a web page we no longer exit out of biteSMS, but instead render the web page inside biteSMS.
? Fixed up bugs with the “Currently Used” messages counter for messages sent via your mobile carrier.
? Fixed up a bunch of other bugs and inconsistences. Just to let you know that for the upcoming Apple Firmware 4.0 Release in June, biteSMS will be ready! We have completed most of the work, and are in the final testing stages. So expect a biteSMS release 4.9 very soon!
? It’s all about the NEW LOOK Quick Reply, including contact picture and timestamp
? Added Activator support
? Added back the delivery prefix feature (removed in Release 4.7) – mostly for UK O2 users. So biteSMS now supports the iPhoneDelivery application and Prefixes.
? When pressing Quick List with only one message pending, Quick Reply will now open, so less touch events.
? In the biteSMS app, the contact pictures now have nice rounded corners.
? Improved the speed of touch events and animations when using Quick Reply and Quick Compose buttons.
? Improved Privacy support in the new Quick Reply.
? You can now tap the Quick List icon when a Quick Reply is displayed – this in effect does a Later action for you.
? For Google “ad clicks” that result in the display of a web page we no longer exit out of biteSMS, but instead render the web page inside biteSMS.
? Fixed up bugs with the “Currently Used” messages counter for messages sent via your mobile carrier.
? Fixed up a bunch of other bugs and inconsistences. Just to let you know that for the upcoming Apple Firmware 4.0 Release in June, biteSMS will be ready! We have completed most of the work, and are in the final testing stages. So expect a biteSMS release 4.9 very soon!
You can download BiteSMS from the BigBoss Cydia Repository.
Apple Filming Video Chat Commercial for New iPhone?
May 27th
American Beauty director Sam Mendes may be putting together a series of commercials for the new iPhone, according to Engadget.
The site has heard that the new device is being internally referred to as the Mammoth/N90.
A trusted source has confirmed to us that the ads will feature at least one spot where a mother and daughter are having a video chat conversation using the new front-facing camera that’s been spied on the face of that iPhone floating around Vietnam and Northern California.A Twitter search has turned up evidence to support these claims with an actress and actor both heading to auditions for a new Apple commercial.
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