Hardware
Intel gets Atoms out ahead of CES – The Register
The chips are built around Intel’s Medfield 32nm process technology, and the company is touting not only the power and processing savings that come from that, but also the slimness of the design for the tablet market. ARM and Apple/Samsung … Continue reading
Apple (AAPL) ‘iTV’ Begins Shaping-Up, May Have Bespoke Chipset – StreetInsider.com
According to Digitimes, Apple will then finalize orders for hardware and components by the end of the second quarter in 2012. Are you missing key trading opportunities? Upgrade to StreetInsider Premium and get a step ahead of the market – … Continue reading
Why Apple Needs to Sell More than Just a Television Set with the Apple TV – Forbes
It would be a departure from tradition for Apple to license the manufacture of hardware to other manufacturers, but if it can control the OS (and they weren’t scared off by Apple’s historic pulling of the plug on the third … Continue reading
Apple May Hurt Shareholders With Patent War – Yahoo Finance
That would help slow gains by Amazon, whose push into hardware makes it a threat to Apple. The move also would make Samsung more reliant on Apple, lessening its dependence on Google. ‘Divided Loyalties’ “If I’m Apple, I want divided … Continue reading
Apple Reported to Utilize Custom ARM Chips in New Apple TV Sets – Forbes
The chips would be ARM-based custom chips similar to those released in the iPad in 2010 and in the Apple TV set-top box rather than the Intel chips found in many other Apple products. Foxconn Electronics will assemble the television sets.
New JXD S7100 MID Feels Awfully Familiar – Hot Hardware
If the website and slogan (“We are different”) that are clear Apple rip-offs are any indication, JXD’s new S7100 MID borrows heavily from other companies…and presumably doesn’t have the rights to anything the device does. The S7100 is …
Apple Seen Hurting Shareholders Pursuing Jobs’s Patent War: Tech – Bloomberg
For now, the company’s approach is costing rivals millions of dollars in fees, distracting management and preventing them from emulating Apple’s products more boldly, said Ron Epstein, a former attorney at Intel Corp. who now runs patent …
The Lean King: Outsourcing Sales Helps Ex-Apple Engineer Build Wireless Powerhouse – Forbes
30, Ubiquiti netted $64 million on $243 million in sales. That 26% net margin is the highest of any publicly traded computer hardware firm, according to FactSet Research Systems. (Apple came in second, at 24%.) Pera owns 64% of Ubiquiti … Continue reading
Invest in mobile, not PC in 2012 say financial analysts – EDN.com
SAN FRANCISCO—Investment bank Canaccord Genuity has unveiled its top tech picks for 2012, with Qualcomm Inc and Apple Inc topping the list, while investors were warned to be wary of buying Intel Corp stock in the coming months. The strongest … Continue reading
OSCulator for Mac – CNet
OSCulator is a software that can be used with many different hardware devices and software … or external synthesizers. You can control Apple’s Keynote too using virtual keyboard strokes.