Intuit Puts Quicken on iPhone
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The personal finance software will be offered as a service for $3 monthly.
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Intuit has publicly unveiled the Fall 2004 version of QuickBase Solution. QuickBase Solution is a Web-based tool with unified data, process and communication management functions. Features includes a new spreadsheet application with database-style application creation, e-mail notifications and form builders, field level access permissions, and more.
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With a promise to create new types of online banking services, financial software vendor Intuit has agreed to buy financial services provider Digital Insight for $1.35 billion in cash.
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(InfoWorld) - Apple will follow up its debut iPhone with a cheaper version based on the iPod nano, a JPMorgan financial analyst said yesterday, echoing comments last week by bloggers scouring the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office database. Kevin Chang, a Taiwan-based analyst with New York's JPMorgan Chase, said that Apple will release a less-expensive iPhone in the fourth quarter, according to Reuters. Chang, who based his forecast on unnamed sources in the supply channel and an Apple application with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office filed last week, said a follow-up to the current iPhone could be based on the iPod nano, Apple's flash drive-based music player. "We believe that iPod nano will be converted into a phone because it's probably the only way for Apple to launch a lower-end phone without severely cannibalizing iPod nano," Chang told Reuters. At $300, a scaled-down nano-based iPhone might sell as many as 30 million to 40 million units in 2008, Chang argued. Apple's CEO, Steve Jobs, has fixed the iPhone sales target through 2008 at 10 million handsets. Apple's iPod nano currently sells for between $149 and $249. Chang's take comes after bloggers last week noticed a July 5 patent application titled "Touch pad with symbols based on mode" that, they theorized, could serve as the interface for an entry-level iPhone. Both Unwired View and MyiTablet, for instance, noted that the patent described a touchpad-based device that would serve as only phone and iPod. Unlike the current iPhone, the cheaper alternative would not boast a large screen or allow Internet browsing. The patent application spells out a touchpad similar to the iPod's click-wheel that would change modes -- and its display -- depending on the application. When in phone mode, for example, the circular touchpad could show dialing numbers in a style reminiscent of long-obsolete rotary phones. Switch to music mode, and the touchscreen reverts to a traditional iPod click-wheel for traversing artist or genre lists. Apple introduced the iPhone on June 29 to fanfare and long lines of customers.
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Apple's plan to release a software kit that lets people create legitimate add-ons for the iPhone could make the device appeal to an even wider audience.
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Apple decided this week to require a credit card or debit card to buy an iPhone, and there's now a two-iPhone limit at its retail stores.
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Sybase confirmed it has plans to offer full client support for the iPhone within its Information Anywhere Suite.
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Intuit on Thursday addressed problems with QuickBooks Pro 2006, pushing a new patch to users. However, the patch itself disables the program's upgrade mechanism, which makes some users suspicious of the company's intentions.
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IGG Software's iBank 3 update supports transactions via iPhone as well as the newest Mac OS.
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Intuit Inc. INTU.O will feature   several of Google Inc.'s GOOG.O products, including search   and advertising, in its QuickBooks accounting software aimed at   small businesses, the companies said on Wednesday.
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Synchronica offers mail without pushing Software companies are rushing to supply iPhone users with the functionality that Apple forgot to include. Undaunted by their inability to install software on the handset they have adopted a variety of approaches to making their software work without a client on the device.â¦
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People looking to walk into an Apple retailer and buy an&#160;iPhone&#160;with cash will be out of luck. The company is now accepting only credit or debit card payments for the devices so they can track who purchases the phone, according to an employee at the Apple Store in New York&#39;s SoHo neighborhood.The new policy is Apple&#39;s attempt to prevent people from purchasing and then unlocking and reselling iPhones, a situation that has been a problem for the company. Apple won&#39;t let anyone without a credit card or debit card in their name purchase iPhones, according to an unidentified Apple Store employee in a phone interview.&quot;We need to track the purchases of the iPhone [because] we have people buying the phones, unlocking the phones and selling them,&quot; she said.A report by the Associated Press last week said Apple was limiting the purchases to two devices and allowing users to purchase them only with credit or debit cards. According to store employees, the two-device limit has always been in place, but the noncash policy is new.Apple&#39;s public relations team did not respond to multiple requests for comment on the new policy. However, it&#39;s no secret the company is trying to stem the tide of unlocked and resold phones, now totaling about 250,000. Apple Chief Operating Officer Tim Cook mentioned that number last week in a quarterly results conference call as the difference between the number of handsets sold -- approximately 1.4 million -- and those actually connecting via AT&amp;T Wireless, the iPhone&#39;s exclusive U.S. carrier.If one analyst&#39;s estimate is correct, those unlocked phones are costing Apple millions of dollars. Piper Jaffrey analyst Gene Munster said that he believes Apple receives US$18 per iPhone per month from AT&amp;T Wireless, based on iPhone-related revenue Apple reported in its latest quarterly earnings , totaling more than $4.5 million in lost revenue.REFERENCES:AT&amp;T paying Apple $18 per iPhone per month?, Macworld.co.uk, Oct. 25, 2007Apple: 250,000 iPhones unlocked from AT&amp;T, Network World (US), Oct. 25, 2007
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After months of silence on the matter, Apple finally announced Wednesday that it plans to enable developers to create native third-party applications for the iPhone (not just Web-based applications), and will deliver an SDK in February. The delay has been blamed on security concerns.
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Microsoft has exposed a little more information as to what&#39;s inside Office 2008 for Mac, this time looking at user-focused Excel Ledger Sheets.Ledger Sheets use Excel but are designed to make it simple to handle common budget management tasks using pre-formulated cells.Ledger Sheets are accessible from the Elements Gallery and are designed to be useful for people who don&#39;t necessarily make great use of Excel. There&#39;s templates for checks, accounts, and investment portfolios, all pre-populated with appropriate formulas.It&#39;s the third update to the company&#39;s Office-focused Web site as&#160;Microsoft engages in its campaign to generate interest&#160;in the&#160;Jan. 15, 2008, release&#160;of its suite of productivity tools.Most recently the company confirmed better Exchange support in the future version of Entourage, particularly in terms of calendar event syncing in workgroups.Microsoft also recently explained Toolbox, a collection of tools for Office for Mac which combines the original Toolbox and Formatting Palettes.Office 2008 for Mac will also offer better document handling and formatting and more powerful publishing tools for users.The company also recently revealed My Day, a stand-alone application that provides an at-a-glance view of daily schedule and tasks to help users stay on top of priorities.Office 2008 for Mac will support the Office Open XML file format and the package will be a Universal Binary that runs on both Power PC and Intel-based Macs.Three versions of the suite will be available: the basic package includes all the Office applications. The Home and Student Edition is targeted at consumers and includes a three-user license. The Special Media Edition comes with all Office software and the Expression Media for Mac image-management application.Macworld.co.uk is an InfoWorld affiliate.
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InfoWorld - NetSuite&#39;s users can start accessing the company&#39;s hosted midmarket applications suite via their iPhones as businesses start to investigate the possibilities of using the&#160;much hyped Apple mobile device&#160;at work.
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Consumers planning to buy the iPhone at the end of the month will need an iTunes Store account to activate the device.
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In an apparent about-face, Apple Inc. will allow third-party applications to work directly on the iPhone, Chief Executive Steve Jobs said in a posting on the company's Web site Wednesday.