Today, the world has lost one of her great visionaries and leaders. Steve Jobs has always been a role model for me, and the news of his passing today is very sad indeed.
Steve Jobs: 1955-2011
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Rumor: iPhone 4S, not iPhone 5
Time to put all the iPhone 5 rumors to rest. In a recent iTunes 10.5 beta release, people have found references to the iPhone 4S, not iPhone 5, in the .plist files.
Can’t wait until Tuesday to see what Apple CEO Tim Cook has up his sleeve.
[Via 9To5Mac.com…]
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iPhone 5 Event Scheduled for Oct. 4, 10am PT
It’s official, Apple’s CEO, Tim Cook, will take the wraps off of the new iPhone 5 at a media event. The October 4 media event will get under way at 10am PT at Apple’s headquarters.
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BlackBerry PlayBook Next Up for Deep Discounts?
With today’s revelation that RIM has only sold 200,000 BlackBerry PlayBooks in the last quarter.
During the conference call to discuss RIM’s performance, co-CEO Jim Balsillie “noted that the company plans to offer price cuts on the not-so-popular BlackBerry PlayBook in the form of rebates, and an incentive program for enterprise sales.”
Could the BlackBerry PlayBook be the next tablet that will under go a fireside sale like the now discontinued HP TouchPad tablet?
I won’t buy another tablet for $300, but I will buy a $99 tablet to play with.
[Via BoyGeniusReport.com…]
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Rumor: Second Wave of TouchPads Due Late October
According to a new article up on PreCentral, HP is planning to produce a second wave of TouchPads with an order for between 100,000 – 200,000 units.
HP has said that this second run of units is intended to fill unexpected customer demand, but DigiTimes, via PreCentral, suggests that this second run it to use up the spares that have been produced, but not yet assembled into TouchPads.
“[W]e’ve suspected from the start that there were other forces at play here. True to form, Digitimes claims to have the details, stating that HP’s plan is for the second wave of TouchPads to land in late October (and you thought it was outdated when it launched in July), with somewhere between 100,000 and 200,000 units to be produced.
The line about unfulfilled demand is only part of the story – HP also has to deal with parts suppliers who were stuck in a lurch when HP cancelled the TouchPad, not to mention the financial consequences of breaking their order contracts with said suppliers.”
Are you planning on being one of the up to 200,000 people trying to get in on a TouchPad? I will be because it will be the perfect bookend to my Palm Foleo.
Keep checking the HP Online Store to purchase your closeout TouchPad.
[Via PreCentral.net…]
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Rumors Suggest iPhone 5 On Schedule for “Fall” Launch
A pair of iPhone 5 launch rumors suggest that the new Apple phone is on track for an October launch. Both This Is My Next and Boy Genius Report have documents suggesting that iPhone 5 will go live in October.
BGR has gotten their hands on an Best Buy document that says that the iPhone 5 will become available for pre-order the first week of October. The same notice indicated that Sprint will be included along side AT&T and Verizon when the phone launches.
Along the same lines, another Best Buy document indicates that stores will be receiving a new Apple fixture according to This Is My Next.
“To be clear, this isn’t a run-of-the-mill installation for the big box — our tipster tells us that the request that a manager be on-hand at 6AM is out of the ordinary (they usually show up at 7AM for inventory), and that a similar arrangement was scheduled for the iPhone 4 launch.”
It looks like things are still on track for a “fall” release of the iPhone 5 this year. (By the way, “summer” ends on September 21.) Could we be looking at an end of September reveal, followed a week later of pre-sales, followed two weeks later by a full on AT&T, Verizon, and Sprint retail launch? Let’s hope so, because my Palm Pre Original is starting to look really old.
[Via This Is My Next.com, BGR.com…]
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Rumor: Samsung Looking to Buy webOS from HP? [UPDATED]
Palm employees and fanatics alike have lived through many near death experiences with their company, hardware, and software. The latest rumor, if true, may give webOS a new lease on life after HP announced a drastic cut back on webOS hardware, canceling the HP TouchPad and greatly reducing the markets the HP Pre3 would be released in.
Now, according to DigiTimes, via AllThingsD’s blog, Samsung may be talking to HP about acquiring webOS.“The latest: That Samsung is mulling a bid for webOS as a way of reducing its reliance on Google’s Android OS and competing more effectively with Apple. Samsung could conceivably pick up where HP left off, bringing the operating system not just to phones and tablets, but to PCs as well. Added bonus: the accompanying IP would likely prove helpful in the company’s patent battle with Apple.”
Publicly, at least, HP has pledged to continue to develop webOS for use on the company’s PCs; which they are also looking to spin off, in a move similar to the one that IBM made a few years so.Update:“Samsung CEO Gee-Sung Choi has struck down any such thoughts (and unlike Leo Apotheker, Choi has a firm grasp of what’s going on in his company), saying outright to reporters at the IFA conference in Berlin that Samsung would “never” pursue a purchase of webOS. Bloomberg reported that a Samsung spokesperson confirmed the statement. He went on to say that “It’s not right that acquiring an operating system is becoming a fashion,” and that creating an OS is “harder than people outside think.”
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Facebook for webOS Updated
HP’s Palm unit has released an update to their Facebook application. The maintenance update includes an Exhibition update for webOS smartphones running webOS 2.x. (If you are one of the many webOS users who are locked into webOS 1.4.5, this update will do little for you.)
To get the Facebook for webOS 1.5.562 update for your webOS device, use the Software Manager application, or use the HP App Catalog to search for the Facebook application.
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Apple Releases iTunes 10.4.1 Update
With all the fun and excitement that we’ve been experiencing here on the east coast (earthquakes, hurricanes, and power outages) you may not have seen that Apple has released a maintenance updates to iTunes 10.
The maintenance update to iTunes 10.4.1 fixes issues with things like the addition of artwork, unresponsiveness when purchasing HD movies, issues launching iTunes after waking your Mac, VoiceOver support, and issues between iTunes and some third-party keyboards with multimedia controls.
The 12MB update is available now via the Apple Software Update control panel.
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A Letter from Steve Jobs
To the Apple Board of Directors and the Apple Community:
I have always said if there ever came a day when I could no longer meet my duties and expectations as Apple’s CEO, I would be the first to let you know. Unfortunately, that day has come.
I hereby resign as CEO of Apple. I would like to serve, if the Board sees fit, as Chairman of the Board, director and Apple employee.
As far as my successor goes, I strongly recommend that we execute our succession plan and name Tim Cook as CEO of Apple.
I believe Apple’s brightest and most innovative days are ahead of it. And I look forward to watching and contributing to its success in a new role.
I have made some of the best friends of my life at Apple, and I thank you all for the many years of being able to work alongside you.
Steve
I wish both Steve Jobs and Tim Cook the best of luck.
[Via Apple PR website…]
