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Apple Consuming Lion’s Share of NAND Memory, Hesitant to Negotiate with Suppliers This Quarter

Even as time goes by, tech parts don’t always get cheaper. Per DigiTimes, Apple, which already consumes the lion’s share of the global NAND flash memory supply, is apparently reluctant to negotiate with suppliers in 2010 due to high prices. Although the demand for NAND memory in devices such as memory cards and flash drives […]

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iPhone Patents

iPhone “Electronic Key” Patent Surfaces

The Daily Telegraph is reporting that a new Apple patent has recently been published which describes a method in which the iPhone, or another Apple portable, could act as a sort of electronic key. The technique could be used for cars, offices, homes, or lockers and almost anything that could have an electronic receiver mounted […]

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iPhone News Software

Syncing Issues Cited Between iPhone OS 3.x and iTunes 9.x

As useful and convenient as iPhones and iTunes tend to be, there may be some serious issues left to resolve. Per reader Martin Joyce, a number of users have been experiencing syncing issues between their iPod and iPhone handsets running iPhone OS 3.x and iTunes 9.x. The issue, which is being discussed at length over […]

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iPad iPhone iPod News

Apple Hunting for Engineering Manager to Bring iPhone OS to “New Platforms”

A recent job posting from Apple may demonstrate that Apple plans to grow the iPhone OS. Per MacNN, the company is currently searching for an engineering manager to be based out of Cupertino. The person should specifically be responsible for a team handling low levels of the iPhone OS, including the “bring-up of new hardware […]

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iPhone News

Powermat Designing Wireless Battery Packs for iPhone, Blackberry, Other Handsets

Powermat, a firm that specializes in wireless charge pads for handsets, has announced that the company will begin making wireless battery packs that will enable handsets to be recharged without the need for an accessory device to pick up the charge. Per Macworld UK, the present Powermat charging approach is to embed a rechargable cell […]