IPod Dock in an Apple Keyboard?
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Anonymous sources feed the rumor mill with tales of an upgraded input device. In Gear Factor.
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A U.S. patent granted to Apple on Thursday seems to support reports that the company is working on an ultramobile PC to compete with Microsoft and its hardware partners in that market.The patent filed with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office defines &quot;a docking area configured to receive a portable computer,&quot; according to the filing. Apple and the legal firm of Van Pelt, Yi and James LLP filed the patent application on July 3, 2006.According to the patent, the docking station will serve as a monitor for a portable computer and also enable connections between data lines and devices and the portable device when it is docked in the station. It also will enable the portable device to communicate with the docking station using Bluetooth and IEEE 80.2.11 wireless connections.Rumors have been swirling that Apple is working with Intel to use a new generation of ultramobile processors as the basis for a new line of devices, but so far the companies have not confirmed that. Microsoft released a Windows-based ultramobile PC platform code-named Origami in 2006, and some of its hardware partners, including Sony and Samsung, have released devices based on the OS. So far, the devices have not garnered widespread interest from customers.Apple&#39;s interest in an ultramobile PC would make sense based on the popularity of its iPhone device, which was released last June and was widely hailed as the best gadget of 2007. The iPhone has a user friendly interface with the ability to check e-mail and surf the Web, so it would not be a stretch for Apple to move into the market for devices that fall somewhere between the iPhone and notebook computers.Apple did not reply to requests for comment about the patent Thursday.
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Core 2 Duo-based Mac support Apple has updated its Windows-on-Mac utility, Boot Camp. The latest release, version 1.1.1 and still a beta test incarnation, primarily incorporates support for the Apple's recently released Core 2 Duo-based iMacs.â¦
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Apple Computer Inc. on  Thursday said it had reached agreements with Ford Motor Co.  , General Motors  and Mazda Motor Corp (7261.T) to  make it easier to connect its popular iPod music player to car  stereos.
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Sticks it to Microsoft too The iPhone? Undoubtedly a very nice product, but there is no virtual substitute for a real keyboard, reckons RIM CEO Mike Lazaridis: "Try typing a web key on a touch screen on an iPhone, that's a real challenge. You cannot see what you type."â¦
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Cross an iPod and an eMac and what do you get? The new iMac G5, the third generation of Appleâs trendsetting desktop design for the home and school.
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Here&#146;s a great idea for a folder to add your dock that you may not have thought of yet.
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When you want to switch from one open application to another, you don&#146;t have to move your cursor down to the Dock. Your hands don&#146;t even have to leave the keyboard. Read this week&#146;s tip to learn how you can use simple keystrokes to switch quickly between open apps. [Dec 07]
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The world's thinnest notebook Macworld Expo For once the rumour mills were right. "There's something in the air," said Steve Jobs. And then he hit us with the MacBook Air. Itâs aluminium, has black keys, is super, super thin, and Steve held it easily with his fingertips.â¦
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Reg review Does colour screen + touch-sensitive control pad = iPod killer?
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Continuing the thread from yesterday. I got absolutely nowhere, some people suggested I use a smart playlist, missing the point that I'm a developer working on a podcatcher, not a user trying to use iTunes as a podcatcher. I'm sure it's an excellent way to subscribe to podcasts, but I have my own ideas how podcatchers should work, and I want to integrate them with other stuff I'm working on. Integrating with iTunes is proving to be quite a challenge, or maybe it's an art, we'll see.  As usual Mac users are superior sumbitches.  (Quoting the James Brolin character the first time we meet him in the third season finale of The West Wing.) Anyway, the search continues, I tried another more direct tack, and looked for glue for iTunes for UserLand, and bingo, there's a match, from 2001, a well-known Frontier programmer Sean Elfstrom, apparently converted glue for the Sonic SoundJam app that iTunes used to be, before Apple acquired it.  I installed the glue in the OPML Editor. It's daunting, for sure, but let's see what I can get working.
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John Gruber observes on Daring Fireball, &#147;The iPod, iTunes, and iTMS work with any modern personal computer, Windows or Mac. Yes, the original iPod debuted as a Mac-only peripheral, and iTunes for Windows appeared even later &#151; but Apple offered complete support for Windows relatively quickly. The iPod and iTunes are fully compatible with your existing CD and MP3 music collections.&#148; [Aug 20]
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Whenever you want to move the Dock to a different location on your screen (left, right, or bottom), donât bother going into System Preferences. You can do it with a single click.
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(InfoWorld) - AppleÂ has released a small repair tool that solves one compatibility issue between its jukebox software iTunes and Microsoft'sÂ new operating system Windows Vista, but says PC users are better off waiting for the next version of iTunes before upgrading to Vista. The latest version of iTunes, 7.02, may work with Vista on many typical PCs, but Apple knows of a few incompatibility problems, including some that are serious. For instance, users who remove their iPod from their computer using the "safely remove hardware" feature in Vista may corrupt the contents of their iPod, Apple said. In addition, users may not be able to make changes to their iPod settings, synch contacts and calendars with the iPod, or play songs they've bought online from the iTunes Store. An Apple support document on its Web site offers a couple of tips for customers who do decide to upgrade to Vista before the new iTunes release, including reinstalling the latest version of iTunes. Apple is also now offering the repair tool which should help customers who are having trouble playing songs they've bought from the iTunes Store. Still, Apple recommends that customers wait until a new release of iTunes becomes available in a couple of weeks before upgrading to Vista. Microsoft, which launched the long-awaited operating system last week, recommends just the opposite. "We're committed to ensuring that all partners, including Apple, get all of the resources they need to ensure that their applications work with Windows Vista. Customers shouldn't feel that they need to wait to adopt Vista for these reasons," Microsoft said in a statement. Microsoft offers software partners a variety of resources to ensure that their products will be compatible with Vista, it said.
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With XSKN's FK MB Midnight keyboard skin, I can put a big ol' sticker on my keyboard with all the Photoshop keyboard shortcuts printed on it. From Crave, CNET's gadgets blog.
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iMac, eMac, iBook, PowerBook, Power Mac and iPod compatible, with easy plug and play set up and convenient touch controls, Creature takes multimedia sound to another dimension.
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The front panel of a new iPod dock from Perhaps Chestnut Hill Sound, called George, is removable and becomes an iPod remote.