Hardware

Apple still in talks with China Mobile, but in ‘no rush’ to forge a deal – Apple Insider

But despite all of that, Apple is apparently not in a hurry to provide the iPhone officially to China Mobile subscribers. Instead, he said, effort is focused on developing a 4G TD-LTE iPhone, so that a future hardware upgrade with … Continue reading

Intel’s newest lands in an old standard: Commodore 64 – CNET News

That model competed with the Apple II and Atari computers. Well, a lot has changed in 30 years. After resurrecting the Commodore name in April of 2010, the company came out with an Intel Atom-based design in April of this … Continue reading

Eric Schmidt defends Google, mourns Apple’s co-founder Steve Jobs’ death – Economic Times

SEOUL: Google chairman Eric Schmidt has mourned Steve Jobs’ death but defended Google as a great innovator despite the Apple co-founder’s allegations that the Internet search giant stole innovations from the iPhone. Schmidt told reporters …

Apple Products Are No Longer ‘Expensive’ – All Business

For those of you that don’t know, ultrabooks are the Windows-based alternative to Apple’s super slim MacBook Air that was developed by Intel. Ultrabooks rival and sometimes even exceed the MacBook Air in terms of raw hardware specs. They also … Continue reading

Apple Won’t "Make Billions" Off Android, May Even Pay Google – Forbes

As a hardware manufacturer, post-merger, Google could end up paying Apple or vice versa. Apple and Motorola are already in court over patent conflicts. (Here is a completely dissenting view — that Motorola’s patents are worthless and Google …

Apple Slashes $250 Off 13-Inch MacBook Air, 1.86 GHz, 128GB SSD – Softpedia

The offers saves you $200, according to Apple. A Refurbished MacBook Air 1.86 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, on the other hand, features the 13.3-inch display, 2GB memory, and the same 128GB NAND flash storage (as well as the rest … Continue reading

San Jose Mercury News, Calif., Troy Wolverton column [San Jose Mercury News, Calif.] – TMCnet

Pushed by Intel (INTC), other computer makers have been trying to copy Apple’s success. Intel has come up with a concept it calls the ultrabook, which is something like a MacBook Air without Apple’s Mac OS X running on it. … Continue reading

Study: Ultrabooks to Make Up 40 Percent of Notebooks by 2015 – PC Magazine

Intel has led the ultrabook charge, touting its “new” category at the Intel Developer Forum in September—though Apple could be credited for laying the groundwork for a thin-and-light notebook revolution with its MacBook Air, the first edition of which …

Step Aside, Tablets – the Ultrabooks Are Coming – TechNewsWorld

Apple worked with Intel, and the MacBook Air improved dramatically. The current product is actually more than acceptable, and I’ve noticed that a lot of early iPad users have switched their iPads out for MacBook Airs. However, Intel is now … Continue reading

Wolverton: New Acer Ultrabook is no MacBook Air, but it’s not bad – San Jose Mercury News

Pushed by Intel (INTC), other computer makers have been trying to copy Apple’s success. Intel has come up with a concept it calls the ultrabook, which is something like a MacBook Air without Apple’s Mac OS X running on it. … Continue reading