Apple's wireless between innovation and bug fixes

iPhone OS 5 beta 2 and yesterday was in the air was distributed to developers that are already testing.

Several innovations that are leading us towards the final release of the next fall and that, judging from the work in progress, will be very articulate.

For now we have this 9A5248d, well the burden of 817 MB and installed it as usual with a recovery, since the OTA update might only come with the iPhone OS 5 beta 3.

The main novelty of quetsa version, in addition to the correction of several bugs that plagued such as the keyboard, the lack of backgrounds, clock hours in the wrong settings and various other things, relate to the presence of the possibility of synchronizing wireless, Wi-Fi with iTunes 10.5 beta 2, also made ​​available yesterday, the new logo, probably the final, icloud; IMessage only works between users with the same beta installed.

Several others are new, we completely Fabian explains in THIS post, but the way to Apple's wireless has been undertaken and it seems well under way, and sync wirelessly icloud things were expected for months, maybe years, and now they are coming. Set up is not easy and it takes time to do so. Who has tried the new features, despite all the difficulties of physiological beta has already been noted the progress made by apple and the goodness of these features.

As for battery life - the Achilles' heel of the latest releases and even the beta of iPhone OS 5 beta 1 in particular - seems to have been improved but need a few more days to provide the correct data.

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Tablet, new low cost 8 and 10.1-inch Archos

More news from home Archos for all those who do not want to give the tablet without spending a fortune.

Archos is moving in this direction with new devices from 259 euros and in particular there are two new models, namely the ' G9 80 and Archos' Archos 101 G9.

The first is a tablet with an 8-inch display with a resolution of 1024 x 768 dots, and Google's Android operating system in its version 3.1. As for the heart of the machine will find a dual core ARM processor 1.5 GHz, a physical memory 16 GB of flash. As for connectivity, there will be modules for WiFi and Bluetooth connectivity. All at a list price that will start from 259 euros.

The second, the 'Archos 101 G9, has a 10.1 inch display with a resolution of 1280 x 800 points and operating system Adrnoid Honeycomb 3.1. This model has a dual-core ARM processor and a physical memory of 16 GB of flash type, with the possibility to choose the 250 GB hard drive. and the first case the price will be 299 euros and this' last of 399 euros. Both devices are equipped with USB port and HDMI output.

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Apple's new complaint for the App Store

In the focus this time the open source startup amah and the goal to block the generalization of the term.

Apple has reported a small startup that deals with open source, Amah, for ' use on its website the term "app store", which Cupertino is trying to get the exclusive. The first to oppose the request for exclusive by Apple of the term "app store" was Microsoft, which is put across to the claim of delay on the part of Cupertino to be considered as generic for "store digital applications," so without that distinctive character needed for protection intellectual property.

Then it was Amazon , which had since been reported from Cupertino, to claim the possibility of using the combination of words with the same motivations. Meanwhile, Apple had already shown a willingness to defend the legal use of the term, even denouncing MiKandi, application store for Android that red light boasted the name "app store" in this way has pushed the button of "relevance in the perception public "and avoid using common outreach .

In this the ' attack on the small Amah is more than the fear of real confusion, just the desire to prevent the spread of the coupling of generic terms as if they were to indicate stores applications.

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Archos Android and not only tablets

Leveraging Google's proverbial flexibility of the OS, Archos has created a new series of devices based on Android. The French manufacturer has managed to get the operating system Linux-based smartphones as well as in clocks and cordless phones. Of eminently back "computer" part of the new Archos 101 80 G9 and G9 , Android-based tablet with respectively 3.1 and 8-inch screen (1024x768 pixels) and 10.1-inch (1280x800).

The European manufacturer has a following of new devices based on Google's operating system. They range from alarm clocks to the hard drive tablet with WiFi, cordless phones through

The two tablets transalpine share the same central processor, a dual-core ARM Cortex A9 with an operating frequency to 1.5 GHz Another common feature is the presence of a thin mechanical hard disk Seagate 250 GB, not unusual for this kind of devices that beyond the large amount of space for storing data raises some doubt about the potentially (very) negative energy and batteries.

G9 G9 80 and 101 will be on sale from September at a cost (respectively) of 279 and 349 dollars, while the 10-inch model seems to have foreseen the possibility of replacing the mechanical hard drive with 16 gigabytes of internal flash memory more slots for memory cards micro SD. The other two androids products made-in-the Archos are turning to domestic consumers do not skimp on buying hi-tech environments even more unexpected: 35 Home Connect is a "web radio" capable to work Wi-Fi network and display all sorts of extra information, while 35 Smart Phone Home is a mobile home that among other things access to Android app combines with the obvious features of fixed-line voice call.

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App Store is generic Apple defeat from Amazon?

According to the court can not defend the brand Apple App Store, saying that creates confusion among consumers. Jobs's company for now has not been able to prove this thesis. Still, the question on the generality of the name.

Apple will probably lose the case brought to defend the brand against App Store Amazon. This is the opinion of a U.S. judge, that the Cupertino company has not provided convincing material to support their thesis.

Amazon would be right then: use the App Store for a service other than Apple is not likely to cause confusion among consumers. Unlike the argument made ​​by Apple.

You may remember how the question was born a few weeks ago, when Amazon created its shop online for Android, App Store named this fact. Apple responded almost immediately with a complaint , explaining that it might suffer heavy damages the image, because "it creates confusion among consumers."

Amazon, however, defended himself by saying that the App Store is a generic name , and demanded the dismissal of the case. Since then others have followed the facts, which have seen take the field even Microsoft, HTC, Sony Ericsson and others . Last month, Apple has also taken an official position, opening a new case to show that the App Store is not generic , and that the term can refer simply to a shop.

Judge Phyllis Hamilton - who runs the first case - believes that "probably" will store the request of Apple . Fact, the company would not be able to establish its case, but the judge will review all materials before making a final decision. For the moment it would seem that consumers are not confused, though.

"I'm worried by what you have shown so far, but for the moment it is difficult that you can win this case" the judge said in court.

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Apple Releases iPhone OS beta 2 of 5 for iPhone and iPad

Apple continues in the trial of the new version of its mobile operating system at this time and has released iPhone OS 5 beta 2 , which will be launched in a few months and will equip iPad iPad 2, 4 iPhone, iPhone 3G and iPod Touch (third and fourth generation) with a series of novelties presented in preview at WWDC 2011.

The build of this version is 9A5248d and is available for download in the Dev Center in Cupertino . Another benefit is the ability to sync wirelessly with iPhone OS 5 iTunes 10.5 Beta 2 (also in beta) to work and need to have at least Mac OS X 10.6.8 or the new operating system known The code name for Lion .

Will be shown an option to enable wireless sync after updating the firmware. The wireless sync will be automatically enabled if you will be connected to the grid and if you use the same wireless network that your device is paired. It will also enable it manually, but Apple strongly advises you to connect the device to the mains so as to prevent this to shut down during the upgrade.

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