Library of Congress Impacts the Digital World

Among the newest six classes of works (COW) additions which provide exceptions to copyright law, the Librarian of Congress said yesterday that it was legal to circumvent a phone’s controls to allow use of “lawfully obtained” software (COW 2) and to which service provider (COW3) you could connect.   

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Tags: Great Conspiracy Theories, iPhone, iPhone & AT&T
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iOS4 in a 3G World

Duly warned NOT to load iOS 4.0 on my 3G iPhone, Bill Read posted the following on FB which is “spot on.”  Give it a view!  

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pdk2cJpSXLg

Now I feel compeled to go purchase the new iPhone 4.  I guess this would be similar to loading Snow Leopard on my Apple Cube or Windows XP on a 386 (for those who remember).

Tags: iPhone, iPhone 4.0 Apple
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Riding the iPhone 4 Wave

At 6AM this morning, my cell phone’s text message fired off , “WOW! Line for iPhone 4 is so much worse that the one we tackled for the iPad. There have been people here since 10PM last night.”  Our iPhone App development group, so anxious to test our Apps on the new iPhone 4, braved the crowd in order to achieve this objective.  Hard work and dedication seldom goes unrewarded in that we were identified and interviewed this afternoon by ABC News Channel 4 regarding our iPhone/iPad App development efforts.  News at (maybe 6PM), 7PM and 11PM…  (more…)

Tags: App, iPhone 4.0 Apple
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$119 Million Plus and Growing

Nope, I didn’t go to the Apple Store in light of yesterday’s fiasco in my on-line ordering attempts.  So Apple’s first day sales revenue of +$119 million didn’t include my $299 order.     (more…)

Tags: Apple, iPhone 4.0 Apple
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Yes, Yes, I Want a New iPhone

Yes, yes!!!  I want the new iPhone… so logging onto the www.Apple.com web site, the process of “pre-ordering” the new iPhone 4.0 began at 8:00AM, sharp.  Encountering my first series of questions:  new service or replacing existing? answer – Replacing existing.  Next, Apple must check eligibility for my AT&T account. Answering the three validation questions, the spiral wheel began a turning.  Turning it did for minutes, which then turned into five, which turned into fifteen, at which point the program was left running in the background as my attention turned to the work load of the morning.  Occasionally checking… spiral wheel still turning.  (more…)

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iPhone 4.0 Forging Ahead

The All New iPhone 4.0

eController App on the new iPhone 4

 The new iPhone offers video calling, the latest evolution of personal area networking (PAN).  With its brand new design, retina display, 5-megapixel camera with HD video recording, the new iPhone will be providing refuge to some parasitic players…   (more…)

Tags: Apple, ESC Forward Looking, iPhone 4.0 Apple
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AppleTV's Future

A “hobby” is how Steve Jobs still refers to AppleTV three years after its launch in 2007.  The NY Times reports from the D8 conference, Jobs expressed his views on set-top boxes…   (more…)

Tags: Apple, Apple Rumors, ESC Forward Looking, Technology Ahead
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Caveat Emptor @ BestBuy

Ad Circular in PostCourier 05/23/2010

Negative comments surfaced again this week regarding BestBuy’s selling practices and alleged misrepresentation of “sales” items as those having a discounted price.  Last Sunday’s Post Courier included a sales circular from BestBuy (depicted above) offering for sale a MacBook computer at a price of $999.99.  Visiting Apple’s web site, we noted that: a) Apple discontinued that unit for a newer model on May 11^th, b) the replacement model with its newest features and design is available for the same price as BestBuy discontinued model, c) for about $200 less, the MC207LL/A is available elsewhere on the internet.     (more…)

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Should Integrators Create Their Own iPhone Apps? – CE Pro Article from CE Pro

CE Pro|  Should Integrators Create Their Own iPhone Apps?  eLifespaces created iPhone apps for own home control, home theater layout and energy monitoring — they don’t make a lot of money but they pay off in other ways.  Tom LeBlanc reports, Should Integrators Create Their Own iPhone Apps? – CE Pro Article from CE Pro.

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One Million iPads Sold

Apple iPad & eController App

A press release from Apple this morning says the company “sold its one millionth iPad on Friday, just 28 days after its introduction on April 3.”  For Apple stockholders… that equates to roughly $200 million in gross profit.  Cliff note translation:  iPad kicks out $7.14 million per day in Apple gross profits!  OMG!   (more…)

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Industry Links

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  Rumor: iPhone 5 with 4-inch screen expected this summer | Apple Talk - CNET News

• New Privacy Concerns
  
  
  
  

  Google’s new privacy policy: Should you be concerned? — Tech News and Analysis

• Bye Bye iPod Classic
  
  
  
  

  Apple may discontinue the iPod shuffle and classic | TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog

• New Hacker Frontier
  
  
  
  

  Companies See Opportunity in Stopping Cellphone Hackers - NYTimes.com

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