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- Apple senior iPhone exec leaves. Was it all about the iPhone antenna?
Mark Papermaster has left Apple after a year and a half stint that involved work on the new iPhone 4. Papermaster was Apple's Senior VP of Devices Hardware Engineering.
The New York Times reports no comment from Papermaster, and quotes Apple as saying that Bob Mansfield, Senior Vice President of Macintosh Hardware Engineering, is taking his place.
There is a good deal of speculation that the change was due to all the controversy over the iPhone antenna design, but no one except senior Apple executives and Papermaster himself know for sure. Some media reports have quoted Apple insiders as saying the iPhone antenna design was done before Papermaster ever came on board.
Also, Apple has never admitted to an antenna problem, and firing Papermaster could put Apple in a weak position defending the antenna design. One can spin just about any theory about the executive change, but until someone says something official it's just speculation.
[Via the New York Times]
TUAWApple senior iPhone exec leaves. Was it all about the iPhone antenna? originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Sun, 08 Aug 2010 14:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Переслать - Found Footage: Apple Store Covent Garden opening in iPhone 4 HD
The Apple Store Covent Garden opened in London this weekend to great crowds and fanfare, and of course we've been inundated with photos, video, and personal stories about the opening. We'd love to thank all of you for your input, as we all love Apple Store openings as much as anyone!
Mike Hellers took some wonderful footage of the opening in 720p HD video with his iPhone 4. Not just any iPhone 4 -- this one was sitting on a customized Hague Mini Motion-Cam for extra steady camera work. Another short video by drcjep showing Mike and the Motion-cam follows on page 2.TUAWFound Footage: Apple Store Covent Garden opening in iPhone 4 HD originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Sun, 08 Aug 2010 13:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Переслать - Does the iPhone 4 hate the AT&T MicroCell?
It just might. AT&T support boards are filling up with reports from unhappy customers saying the MicroCell, designed to provide excellent AT&T 3G reception in a house or office, simply isn't working well with the iPhone 4.
Users are reporting a good deal of audio breakup on incoming calls, although the person on the other send of the conversation can hear things just fine. Walking toward the device usually helps, and some users saying turning off the iPhone's cellular data clears up the problem. People are even posting videos demonstrating the issue. It doesn't seem to be a matter of range. People are getting the audio 'stuttering' even with 5 bars of signal strength.
I've experienced the problem with my MicroCell as well. AT&T thought the hardware was bad, and cheerfully exchanged it. The problem, although intermittent, remained.
TUAWDoes the iPhone 4 hate the AT&T MicroCell? originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Sun, 08 Aug 2010 12:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Переслать - Why Apple's patents might show screens from third-party appsThis is a weird one. FutureTap was surprised to recognize one of their app's screens in a strange place: a recent Apple patent outlining how a possible travel application could work. The company wasn't quite sure what to do next -- as you can see above, it's a straightforward copy of the Where To? screen. Without any contact from Apple on the issue, FutureTap was puzzled -- the company calls Apple its "primary business partner." Having your app show up in an Apple patent filing
Not that Apple is above cherry-picking UI and functionality from third-party apps -- the iBooks interface was more or less borrowed whole from apps like Delicious Library and Classics, and further back there was the homage of Karelia Software's Watson reinterpreted as Apple's revision to Sherlock. In those cases, both developers just sort of shrugged, felt flattered, and let it go. That's not the situation here -- these screenshots probably aren't illustrations of a product Apple wants to make, they're explanations of how the patent would work.
As Engadget's Nilay Patel clarifies for us (so nice to have an attorney around), not only is this merely a patent application (which could possibly still be denied), but Apple isn't trying to lay claim to the actual screenshot; rather the company is using an example application which illustrates the to-be-patented functionality (in the case of Where To?, the ability of an iPhone to auto-detect when a user has been traveling). As Nilay puts it:
We'll have to see what FutureTap does -- the company might request that Apple remove the Where To? screenshot from the patent application, but at this point it's not clear that Apple wants to lay claim to that particular app. What is clear is that Apple could have avoided a lot of hassle and furor if it had simply sent FutureTap an email asking to use a screenshot in a patent filing. In the meantime, FutureTap execs are huddled with their lawyers, trying to make sure they understand what's going on....the only operative parts of a patent are the claims -- not the drawings, and not the description, which are technically known as the "specification." (We've now repeated this basic axiom of patent interpretation so many times we're considering making T-shirts.) The only reason the drawings and description are there is to explain the claimed invention in sufficient detail so that someone else can make it. Remember, patents are a trade: in order to get protection, you have to give up the full details of how your invention works. (The other option is to keep your invention a trade secret, but then you can't prevent anyone else from figuring it out and using it if it gets out.) Bottom line? If it's not in the claims, it's not in the patent.TUAWWhy Apple's patents might show screens from third-party apps originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Sat, 07 Aug 2010 11:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Переслать - Picasa find: Finder icon gets a new job on Canon digicamThat poor Finder icon. The Rodney Dangerfield of Apple products, he gets no respect. Heck, he's nowhere to be found on the iPhone or the iPad, and he just sits down in the Dock of the Mac, getting little or no work from anybody.
It's apparent that Mr. Finder has had his fill of Apple and the Mac, as he's now finding work elsewhere. TUAW reader Aleksander found Mr. Finder hanging out on the back of a new Canon A3000IS digital camera, where he's apparently used to enable a face detection function. Sure, the FInder icon has tried to cover up his face by putting on a little makeup to get rid of that two-tone blue tan, and it looks like he may have also gotten a little rhinoplasty, but it's him.
We're wondering just how widespread Mr. Finder's disloyalty to Apple really is. If you happen to find him anywhere else, snap a photo of him, send it to Flickr, and tag it with TUAW so the world will know.
TUAWPicasa find: Finder icon gets a new job on Canon digicam originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Sat, 07 Aug 2010 08:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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