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Boy Genius Report is posting what appear to be some of the new iPhone OS 4.0 features. in short expect:

• Multitasking
• New OS wide multitouch gesture
• New UI making the 3G/3GS more like portable computers
• New syncing method

Apple iPhone OS 4.0 features detailed! Also, Apple calling tablet the iTablet? « Boy Genius Report.

OK, here we go, confirmed Apple announcement of some new creation on Jan 27th at 10AM Pacific time. If there is anything to read from the paint splatter this is going to be artsy and fun!

It’s on: Apple holding January 27th event to show off its ‘latest creation’ — Engadget.

Effective date:

November 2009

Offer Description:

Bell is committed to providing its clients the newest and most exciting devices, including the Apple iPhone 3G and 3GS – making Bell’s smartphone portfolio best-in-class.

Bell clients will soon be able to enjoy one of the most sought-after smartphone experiences, with unparalleled access to applications, web browsing, and digital content – all on Bell’s HSPA+ network.

The iPhone is a revolutionary mobile phone, widescreen iPod, and breakthrough Internet device in one. It offers desktop-class email, an amazing Maps application, and Safari — the world’s most advanced mobile web browser. As well, so much more is available at your fingertips with access to over 85,000 apps available from the App Store.

Key Dates:

• SKU Opening: ready for ordering on Product Zone on October 15, 2009.
• Shipping Date: will begin shipping to all stores week of October 30, 2009.
• Launch date: November, 2009 – exact date to be communicated in a later communication.

The feature highlights of the iPhone 3G and 3GS are:

• Operate on Bell’s HSPA+ network and supports HSPA/UMTS/GSM/EDGE networks worldwide.
• Tri-Band: 850 / 1900 / 2100 MHz HSPA/UMTS.
• Quad-Band: 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 MHz GSM/EDGE.
• Speeds supported for iPhone 3GS – up to 7.2Mbps (iPhone 3G – up to 3.6Mbps)
• Global Roaming – Use your iPhone in over 200 countries worldwide.
• Revolutionary Mobile Phone:
• iPhone redefines what you can do on a mobile phone. Tap a number to make a call. Scroll through your contacts with the flick of a finger.
• Great Widescreen iPod:
• iPhone is an equally brilliant iPod. Enjoy music, movies, and more on the 3.5-inch widescreen display and browse by album artwork with Cover Flow.
• Breakthrough Internet Device:
• iPhone uses fast 3G and Wi-Fi wireless connections to deliver rich HTML email, Maps with GPS, and Safari — the world’s most advanced mobile web browser.
• App Store:
• Once you discover the App Store, you’ll see how applications can make your iPhone do just about anything. Choose from tens of thousands of apps, then download your favourites with a tap.

The table below outlines the features, camera type, available colours, and memory capacity of the iPhone 3GS and 3G:

The iPhone box includes:

• iPhone,
• Earphones with remote and mic,
• Dock connector to USB cable,
• USB power adapter,
• Documentation, and
• SIM eject tool.

Note:

• SIM cards will be affixed to the outside of the box.

Cellebrite Phone Transfer Tool:

The iPhone requires cable #110. Please ensure that your store has cable #110; otherwise, you cannot do a Phone Book Transfer to the iPhone. Corporate stores can order cable #110 via ARIBA. Dealers/National Retail can order cable #110 via Product Zone. Updated Cellebrite software that supports the iPhone and all other HSPA devices that will be launched in November/December will be issued within the next week.

Please note that this communication is intended to provide information for ordering product. All policies, procedures, and LTO pricing (if applicable) will be communicated in a later communication.

The table below outlines the pricing and agreement rebates for the iPhone 3G – 8GB:

The table below outlines the pricing and agreement rebates for the iPhone 3GS – 16GB:

The table below outlines the pricing and agreement rebates for the iPhone 3GS – 32GB:

Always refer to the latest Pricing Grid for complete and most up to date pricing information, including LTO promotions.

The table below shows the English and French description and the SKU of the iPhone 3G and 3GS:

Bell strategy:

• Bell is committed to providing clients with the newest and most exciting devices.
• The iPhone completes Bell’s full suite of ‘gotta have’ smartphones ranging from all the best brands.
• The iPhone drives hardcore and casual consumers alike into Bell stores.
• Brand association with Apple helps speak to and appeal to younger, tech-savy, Gen-Y transitioners – a great opportunity for Bell to increase market share in that segment.

Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) will be the manufacturing partner for an upcoming tablet PC device from Apple, according to market sources. The device is expected to hit the market in the first quarter of 2010, with initial shipments from Foxconn being in the 300,000-400,000 range, the sources said.

The device will have a 10.6-inch display, and the sources speculated that perhaps Foxconn could secure panels from its subsidiary Innolux Display.

The sources indicated they believe the tablet PC features will focus more on e-book functionality rather than music, and that based on Apple’s marketing strategy, long battery life, quick Internet connectivity and an easy-to-use user interface will be key features of the device.

The sources also expect players such as Hewlett-Packard (HP) to follow suit with their own similar products in the second quarter of 2010.

via Foxconn said to be tapped to make Apple tablet PC, shipments expected to begin in 1Q10.

Livestation have released an app on the App Store a few days ago in partnership with Five and UEFA to allow purchasers to watch the Europa League matches shown live on Five in the UK on their iPhone/iPod touch devices.

The app retails for a one-off fee of £3.99 and it will give access to all the games up to the final on the 12 May 2010. Additionally, highlights from all the games are also made available on the app a few hours after the end of the games.

If you have iTunes installed and live in the UK, click here http://tinyurl.com/lx233z

Boingboing report that Steve Wozniak liked the sight of a Dell Mini 9 running Apple OS X. Matthew P wrote:

Got to briefly meet Steve Wozniak as he was doing some press for Dancing with the Stars. I showed him my Dell Mini 9 with OS X Leopard installed on it (and an Apple sticker sloppily applied over the Dell logo.

He said, “Oh my god, that is so COOL!”

And: “Is that really the color you wanted?”

Then he graciously signed it. I then ran away and giggled for about 45 minutes.

Steeve Wozniak no longer “work” for Apple (even do se still remains an employee (and receives a paycheck)) but is regarded as one of the most influent contributor the the Apple platform beside Steve Jobs. In 1970, Wozniak had become friends with Steve Jobs, when Jobs had a summer job at the same business where Wozniak was working on a mainframe computer.

On April 1, 1976, Jobs and Wozniak formed Apple Computer. In 1980, Apple went public and made Jobs and Wozniak multimillionaires. However, Jobs refused to allow some members of Apple to receive stock options, so Wozniak decided to share some of his options with the rest of the team by either giving it away for free or at a heavily discounted price. This was dubbed “The Woz Plan”.

I wonder what Steve Jobs think of OS X on a Dell mini. Somehow I doubt he would say the same thing!

This Dell Mini 9 will probably be worth a fortune on eBay… but just don’t say that OS X is installed on the thing or eBay will pull it

If you would like your own Steve Wozniak Cool DellMini 9 OS X netbook then head to mydellmini.com where you will find the how-to and DellEFI to do the magic.

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Sometimes there is no better way to get something right than to fix it yourself. Back in late december I installed OS X on that Dell Mini 9 Netbook I purchased.

Back then there where some things that where not quite right, namelly:

- Random UI Artifacts
- Sound would not work after resuming from sleep
- Updating Mini 9 specific kernel extensions would sometimes result in corrupted EFI partition
- THere was issues reading SD/SDHC cards
- Units with Dell STEC SSD would not resume from sleep
- The key “0″ would be stuck after resuming from sleep

Thanks to the help of some very bright folks at MyDellMini and to DellEFI all of the above issues have been resolved. One could say that the Dell Mini 9 is as close to the real thing as you are going to get.

By the way, Gizmodo posted a nice howto for installing OS X on the Mini: http://i.gizmodo.com/5156903/how-to-hackintosh-a-dell-mini-9-into-the-ultimate-os-x-netbook

JAJAH, the leading IP telecommunications company, today announced a complete revamp of the iPod touch, turning the device into a fully functioning mobile phone for consumers. The new capability, available as a white label solution, enables carriers as well as non-carriers to launch the service under their own brand and provide their customers with the ability to make low-cost phone calls and send SMS text messages to any phone in the world from their iPod touch. To use the service, end users only require an iPod touch and a Wi-Fi connection, with no need for a SIM card or contract.

Move over, iPhone

The iPod touch is one of the most popular consumer devices in the world for music, entertainment, Web-browsing and now, making phone calls.

“Millions of people around the world already have an iPod touch in their pocket. With JAJAH’s solution, any company can turn their customers’ iPod touch into a fully functioning mobile phone,” said Trevor Healy, CEO, JAJAH. “The device is particularly popular amongst students, who live in a world where Wi-Fi access is always available and, like everyone, they are looking to save costs, so this is a perfect solution.”

JAJAH’s next generation IP communications platform gives its partners everything they need to launch the service immediately. This includes the application itself, plus the entire suite of management services, from termination of the calls and quality control, right through to billing and processing payments in 200 countries around the world.

Given the economic downturn, consumers are seeking ways to make calls on any mobile device they own, as inexpensively as possible. “Offering a turnkey solution provides iPod touch users with added value,” said Jon Arnold, principal analyst of J Arnold & Associates. “This is a prime example of how JAJAH’s innovative platform helps carriers differentiate their services.”

Connection made easy …

Anyone with the latest version of the iPod touch will be able to download the service from the Apple App Store. With a microphone headset (available from Apple), users will immediately be able to make calls and send SMS messages from their device from any Wi-Fi network in the world. Calling costs will be up to 98 percent cheaper than existing rates on mobile networks, and in many cases could be free.

A platform for everyone (else)

JAJAH’s plug-and-play IP platform is the only service that provides the full suite of services required to develop, deploy and monetize IP communication services anywhere in the world. The JAJAH platform is used by a number of the world’s largest companies including Intel, Yahoo! and Comcast, and allows any company to offer value-added-services (VAS) to their customer base with no upfront payment or development work, saving millions for its customers and ensuring partners are prepared for the next generation of service provision.

JAJAH continues to develop innovative communications services. In the coming months the company will announce a range of new data communication services, applications and partnerships. For more information, please visit: www.jajah.com.

About JAJAH

JAJAH, the world’s most innovative communications company, offers flexible, next-generation telephony solutions for consumers and businesses. JAJAH’s award-winning services make it easier for people to stay in touch using any device, on any network, anywhere. Leveraging a universal open telecommunications platform, JAJAH’s managed services allow mobile operators, landline carriers, cable companies, technology companies and other businesses to adopt its voice solutions with minimal investment and time to market. The leading global IP telephony company is headquartered in Mountain View, California.

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boxee’s private alpha went well beyond expectations. over 200,000 people signed up.. today boxee is opening their alpha to all Mac, Ubuntu and Apple TV users. Windows is also moving into private-alpha (which means you still need to get invited, but boxee is going to release thousands of invites every week). bear with them as they scale…)

new applications in this release:

• BBC iPlayer (UK users only) – boxee could not ignore the calls from London-based users for proper iPlayer support. it is a huge success in the UK (bigger than Hulu in the US), and it provides access to a huge selection of tv shows and radio in great quality. too bad it is only accessible from the UK.. BBC-if you want worldwide viewers, boxee is waiting here with open arms!

• Joost – in the survey of video applications people wanted to see on boxee, Joost was #1 (iPlayer was #2..). Joost has a great content library with TV shows, web videos, music videos and movies. you can browse the different channels and search through the entire Joost library.

• MTV Music – when MTV Music launched a couple months ago it got great reviews from users. it is a perfect service for the TV. they started by letting users play music videos from artists they come across on boxee. now you can go into the MTV app and conduct searches by Artist/Song or just browse.

bug fixes & enhancements in this latest release:

• dual screen support
• Netflix streaming improvements
• Search in Hulu
• ffwd, rewind, pause in Comedy Central
• improved mouse support
• 3 digits episode numbers recognized
• giving folder.jpg its proper priority
• updates to SMB library
• updates to video and audio playback libraries
• updates to Flash player

boxee also created developer.boxee.tv, which provides basic guidelines for developers who want to build apps to run on boxee. this will continue to grow over the next few months based on users requests. an early example of using the boxee API is work done by Orange Labs (from the France Telecom group) who created a boxee application for their photo sharing service Pikeo.

As I wrote in a previous post I bought a very nice and cheap Dell Mini 9 netbook with the intention of converting it to an Apple Netbook.

The website http://mydellmini.com provided all the instructions required to install a functional OS X 10.5.6 based netbook… but not everything was perfect.

I started following and contributing in the forum and no more than a week later I now sit in my couch writing this post on my 100% functional Dell Mini 9 based Apple Netbook.

I can now put the netbook to sleep by closing the lid. It will then wakeup nicely with proper sound and mute fully working.

I can store tons of applications on my class 4 16GB SDHC card and keep using them after sleeping the netbook.

Wireless is fully functional and I can even tether my Apple netbook to my iPhone via the now defunct NullRiver Netshare.

I can connect my netbook to an external monitor and enjoy either mirror or dual screen.

I can connect to the network via cabled ethernet.

I can connect to a remote DVD shared from my other Macs or PC.

Name it, this netbook can do it.

Now if only Apple could come up with a sexier/tinner/lighter version with built in touchscreen and I will switch. Until then i will keep enjoying my Dell based netbook.

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