Apple : Rumour: iPhone 5 set for liquid metal casing and June launch |
- Rumour: iPhone 5 set for liquid metal casing and June launch
- Spotify iPad app 'in the works,' says Daniel Ek
- Web inventor attacks Apple's walled garden
- Apple and Samsung CEOs set for patent war peace talks
| Rumour: iPhone 5 set for liquid metal casing and June launch Posted:  Rumours from South Korea claim the next generation Apple iPhone 5 will showcase a redesigned liquid metal casing. The report, which also says the device will launch in June at WWDC, expects Apple to employ liquid metal alloys in place of the glass featured on the iPhone 4 and iPhone 4S. This technology would, apparently, make the device thinner and lighter than those previous models. Not that far-fetchedThe report does have solid grounding, due to a licensing agreement Apple signed with Liquidmetal Technologies in August 2010. The accord grants Apple the IP rights to the company's "amorphous metal" technology for use in any of its future devices. While it seems the use of such technology isn't that far-fetched, whether it'll be ready in time for a June launch is debatable, considering the iPhone 4S is still early in its lifespan. Advanced prototypeOf course, when we think liquid metal, it instantly conjures memories of the deadly T-1000 the antagonist from the second Terminator Movie Although we hope the iPhone 5 doesn't suddenly morph into a sharp stabbing weapons, it would be quite handy if this happened on those dreadful occasions when iPhones take terminal tumbles. |
| Spotify iPad app 'in the works,' says Daniel Ek Posted:  Following the publication of a leaked screenshot, Spotify has confirmed the long-awaited iPad app is definitely on the way. Speaking at a not-so-special 'special announcement' of a marketing link-up which will see Coca-Cola-branded playlists, Spotify CEO Daniel Ek confirmed the pending iPad arrival. With Ek prepared for questions about the newly-minted Coke deal, the audience instead quizzed the Swede about Apple's tablet, but other than to say it is "in the works" there were no further details. A full iPad overhaulMonday's leak showcased a layered app that looked more like Twitter for iPad than Spotify for iPhone. The attractive tabbed design appears to show easy navigation between albums, playlists and songs, while also integrating the service's relatively new social focus through Facebook. A Spotify for iPad app has proved somewhat of a holy grail for Apple tablet owners. While the two-year wait has been somewhat puzzling considering the company's race to embrace other platforms, it looks like we won't have to wait much longer. |
| Web inventor attacks Apple's walled garden Posted:  World Wide Web inventor Sir Tim Berners-Lee has fired a thinly-veiled broadside at Apple, insisting that closed app ecosystems and locked down computing environments are stymieing innovation. In a lengthy interview in The Guardian, Berners-Lee continued his crusade against closed systems, expressing his disappointment that the era Steve Jobs described as 'Post-PC' has shut down space for innovation. He also referenced the oft-called 'walled gardens' that prevents users from making completely free and unbiased choices in the software that they use. Choices"I should be able to pick which applications I use for managing my life," said Berners-Lee. "I should be able to pick which content I look at, and I should be able to pick which device I use, which company I use for supplying my internet, and I'd like those to be independent choices." Berners-Lee believes that tablets and phones are not providing the experimentation space or choice that they should, adding: "One of the things I like about the computer that I use is that I can write a program on it or I can download a program on to it and run it. "That's kind of important to me, and that's also kind of important to the whole future of the internet … obviously a closed platform is a serious brake on innovation." The popularity of Raspberry Pi – a British attempt to provide the next generation with a computer that is completely open for alteration and experimentation – suggests that the will is still there for such a system. And it's clear that the man who created the internet's most famous element is not convinced that we should be providing the bricks and mortar for our own walled gardens. |
| Apple and Samsung CEOs set for patent war peace talks Posted:  An end to the seemingly eternal courtroom struggle between Apple and Samsung may finally be on the horizon, following reports that the two companies' top brass are to discuss a settlement. Apple CEO Tim Cook and his Korean counterpart Gee-Sung Choi will meet in a Mafia-style sit-down in the next 90-days, according to the FOSS Patents website. The two companies have been at loggerheads for exactly a year since Apple filed patent infringement suits across the world, alleging Samsung's Galaxy gadgets 'blatantly copied' the iPhone and iPad. The forthcoming meeting offers the opportunity to draw a line under the suit-counter-suit saga, which has often drawn as much attention as the rivals' smartphone and tablet releases. Willing to participateThe meeting was requested by California's Judge Lucy Koh and will be overseen by U.S. Magistrate Judge Joseph C. Spero. A joint statement from Apple and Samsung's representatives told the California court presiding over the suit: "As directed by the Court, Apple and Samsung are both willing to participate in a Magistrate Judge Settlement Conference with Judge Spero as mediator. "At Apple, the chief executive officer and general counsel are the appropriate decision-makers, and they will represent Apple during the upcoming settlement discussions. At Samsung, the chief executive officer and general counsel are also the appropriate decision-makers, and they will represent Samsung during these settlement discussions." A settlement, if one can be reached, would allow Apple and Samsung to refocus on the business of making unthinkable amounts of money together. Samsung supplies Apple with many of the components for its gadgets in a joint economy believed to be worth around $8 billion a year. |
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