Apple Antennagate Settlement For iPhone 4 Users.

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Apple has agreed to settle with the class action law suite targetting the iPhone 4's reception troubles. Yes the same trouble, antennagate, that made Steve Jobs blurt out "You are not holding the phone right" :).
"We believe that the Apple iPhone 4 settlement is fair, adequate, and reasonable.  We believe that it allows members of the class to choose, and they can get $15 of cash or a bumper, so we believe that type of choice is proportional to the circumstances."
according to CNet.The settlement class has setup their own website iPhone4settlement.com (not alive yet) to help with iPhone users, in obtaining $15 or the iPhone bumber case from Apple.

FBI On Steve Jobs "Mr. Jobs will twist the truth and distort reality in order to achieve his goals,"

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Newly released FBI's file on Steve Jobs seem to picture him on a different light than we have known so far.
“Several individuals questioned Mr. Jobs’ honesty stating that Mr. Jobs will twist the truth and distort reality in order to achieve his goals,” the report notes.
Well he managed to distort my reality about phones and tablets. But not so strong as I am waiting to upgrade my iPhone, wondering which direction to go, iPhone 4 or Galaxy Nexus.
The FBI file on Steve (171 page PDF)
Via Wired

Steve Jobs: Biography And Thoghts Of Walter Isaacson On 60 Minutes

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The autorized biography of Steve Jobs is now available at his own creation(s) yes you can buy it in Apple’s iTunes and read it on iPhone or iPad. If you want to read it on other devices, you can get it on Amazon, whose App Store Apple did not like and sued. Oh they also have the hard cover tree killing edition at Amazon as well.
The authorized biography was written by Walter Isaacson was originally scheduled for release on October 24th but some how became available yesterday evening in digital format through Apple’s and Amazon’s ebook stores. I guess the time zones lapsed. It is not the only time the publication time changed, it was originally scheduled for release in November but the passing of Jobs has moved the publishing date up.

Isaacson has a history of writing famous biographies, like of Albert Einstein and Benjamin Franklin. Reportedly Steve Jobs has asked Isaacson in 2004 about writing his biography.

Isaacson was interviewed about the biography on the long-running Sunday evening news show 60 Minutes yesterday.

On Amazon, prices range from $16.99 to $17.88 (hard cover edition)In the iBookstore, the biography costs $16.99 and can be read through the free iBooks app on the iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch.

“Remembering Steve” Page Updated, With Fan Tributes!

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Apple has changed and updated the "Remembering Steve" page and has included a selection of tributes, memories, thoughts of fans and members of the Apple community since Steve’s passing. Steve Jobs passed away on October 5th to much dismay of people all over the world, except for some like RMS. Apple has acknowledged that over a million people have sent their personal messages to the rememberingsteve@apple.com email address.

Over a million people from all over the world have shared their memories, thoughts, and feelings about Steve. One thing they all have in common — from personal friends to colleagues to owners of Apple products — is how they’ve been touched by his passion and creativity. You can view some of these messages below. And share your own at rememberingsteve@apple.com

Apple

iPhone 4S, "S" Is For Steve And May Be Sales!

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While I think the record sales and wanting of iPhone 4S is mostly attributed to the passing away of Steve Jobs, others think differently.
What ever the reason, with record pre-orders and countless lines of people outside Apple stores, carrier stores, iPhone 4S will become one of the best phones sold by Apple. I doubt even the iPhone 5 slated for next year will make that much of a dent.
As currently stands, the iPhone 4S will make sales of 3 million units during the first weekend and it is also believed to make 25 million unit sales for the fourth quarter of 2011. If my theory of Steve Jobs holds out, the craze for the iPhone will subsidize to normal levels, onece the crazies like us get the iPhone in our hands. But I am now analyst and we will have to wait and see.
"We expected iPhone 4S to be the strongest iPhone launch ever, which Apple has now confirmed, While it is still early, this data point increases our confidence that iPhone 4S has the momentum to meet or exceed our 25m unit estimate for the Dec-11 quarter." " analyst Gene Munster with Piper Jaffray said.
This time seven countries will see the iPhone 4S on the opening day, these are the U.S.A, United Kingdom, Japan, Germany, France, Canada, and Australia.
But more countries, 22 of them will have the phone before the end of October, Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, Norway, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland.
Apple Insider thinks it is the sales.

1Million iPhone 4S Pre-Orders Within First 24 Hours.

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iPhone 4S pre-orders have surpassed 1 million units within the first 24 hours! That includes 3 units from our group, in a salute to Steve Jobs. Yes I was looking to get a Nexus Prime or something similar, but that has to wait a bit longer now. So Richard Stallman, take that!
Anyway for a re-furbished iPhone 4, it is not bad sales figures. But the iPhone 4S has some serious part upgrades, like Dual core A5 processor, higher resolution camera and of course integrated Siri.

Apple Press Release;

CUPERTINO, California—October 10, 2011—Apple® today announced pre-orders of its iPhone® 4S have topped one million in a single day, surpassing the previous single day pre-order record of 600,000 held by iPhone 4. iPhone 4S is the most amazing iPhone yet, packed with incredible new features including Apple’s dual-core A5 chip for blazing fast performance and stunning graphics; an all new camera with advanced optics; full 1080p HD resolution video recording; and Siri™, an intelligent assistant that helps you get things done just by asking.

“We are blown away with the incredible customer response to iPhone 4S,” said Philip Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing. “The first day pre-orders for iPhone 4S have been the most for any new product that Apple has ever launched and we are thrilled that customers love iPhone 4S as much as we do.”

iPhone 4S will be available at all 245 Apple retail stores in the US beginning at 8 a.m. local time on Friday, October 14. Every customer who buys an iPhone 4S at an Apple retail store will be offered free Personal Setup service, helping them customize their iPhone 4S by setting up email, showing them new apps from the App Store™ and more, so they’ll be up and running with their new iPhone before they leave the store.

iPhone 4S includes iOS 5, the world’s most advanced mobile operating system with over 200 new features, and iCloud®, a breakthrough set of free cloud services that work seamlessly with your iPhone, iPad®, iPod touch®, Mac® or PC to automatically and wirelessly store your content in iCloud and push it to all your devices.

Pricing & Availability
iPhone 4S comes in either black or white and will be available in the US for a suggested retail price of $199 (US) for the 16GB model and $299 (US) for the 32GB model and $399 (US) for the new 64GB model.* iPhone 4S will be available from the Apple Online Store, Apple’s retail stores and through AT&T, Sprint, Verizon Wireless, and select Best Buy, Target and Walmart stores and select Apple Authorized Resellers. iPhone 4 is available for just $99 (US) and iPhone 3GS is available for free with a two year contract.

iPhone 4S will roll out worldwide to 22 more countries by the end of October including Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, Norway, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland.

*Qualified customers only. Requires a new two year rate plan, sold separately.

Apple designs Macs, the best personal computers in the world, along with OS X, iLife, iWork and professional software. Apple leads the digital music revolution with its iPods and iTunes online store. Apple has reinvented the mobile phone with its revolutionary iPhone and App Store, and has recently introduced iPad 2 which is defining the future of mobile media and computing devices.

Richard Stallman on Steve Jobs. "I am Glad He Is Gone",

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I am a bit more sad now. I always admired Richard Stallman for his beliefs and standings, on software freedom. Thanked him everyday when I used gcc, gdb, emacs and other tools he contributed.
But the following comment on his blog, notepad or what ever you want to call it, made me wonder. Even I with my broken English, could have said it better, even if I did not like Steve Jobs. It is a shame, Mr. Stallman. while you have the right to say what you want to express, find a better way of doing it. I did not like What Apple did to BSD, or the way Apple goes after Android. But I really wish Steve Jobs is still among us, who knows in 10 years, he would have turned OS X free.

Steve Jobs, the pioneer of the computer as a jail made cool, designed to sever fools from their freedom, has died.
As Chicago Mayor Harold Washington said of the corrupt former Mayor Daley, "I'm not glad he's dead, but I'm glad he's gone." Nobody deserves to have to die - not Jobs, not Mr. Bill, not even people guilty of bigger evils than theirs. But we all deserve the end of Jobs' malign influence on people's computing.
Unfortunately, that influence continues despite his absence. We can only hope his successors, as they attempt to carry on his legacy, will be less effective.

Stallman

AT&T Wants iPhone 4S to Become iPhone 4GS On Their Network.

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This is my next ... is reporting that AT&T is working with Apple to add a 4G indicator in the status bar. Well the AT&T network HSPA+ does not really fall in to the true 4G category ("only WiMax 2 (802.16m, or WirelessMAN-Advance 2) and LTE-Advanced can technically be declared "4G"") but who is to stop making us laugh at AT&T in it's quest to be 4G, like other networks.
Prior to this Apple never bowed to carrier demands but now that Steve Jobs is not there, we might have different versions of iOS, because the 4G indicator requires modifications to iOS. I guess Droid wars now will be on equal grounds!
Man iOS hacking going to be fun, I want mine to show, 8G :)
This is my next

Steve Jobs : Making The Result Bigger Than The Sum of All Parts

It is like a story unfolding and showing you more about the person whom you thought you knew. I have been to a few Apple Developer conferences, say for last five years or so, But this 1997 Developer conference Q&A session lasting a n hour, tell what is the real thinking behind the man who was the pillar of Apple. Follow the link below to watch the whole Q&A session.

WeSeePeople: The Art Of Saying NO, Steve Jobs At Apple’s developer conference in 1997

Rest In Peace, Steve Jobs, You will certainly Be missed!

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Apple has opened a website in memory of Steve Jobs

Apple co-founder Steve Jobs has passed away. It is an end of an era for us. Hope you are happy where ever you are Steve.

Statement by Apple’s Board of Directors

CUPERTINO, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–We are deeply saddened to announce that Steve Jobs passed away today.

Steve’s brilliance, passion and energy were the source of countless innovations that enrich and improve all of our lives. The world is immeasurably better because of Steve.

His greatest love was for his wife, Laurene, and his family. Our hearts go out to them and to all who were touched by his extraordinary gifts.

Apple No Longer The Most Valuable Company!

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Investors did not like the Tim Cook style and no iPhone 5 even less. So the stocks were down and with after hours trading standing at Exxon at the top with Market Cap of 354.11B versus Apple's Market Cap standing at 345.34B.
So Apple is not the most valuable company in the world. It looks Tim Cook is not Steve Jobs (Duh), and lacks the spark. Perhaps he should have named iPhone 4S, iPhone .5, that is 0.5.

So Apple is not the most valuable company in the world. It looks Tim Cook is not Steve Jobs, and lacks the spark. Perhaps he should have named iPhone 4S, iPhone .5, thei is 0.5.

Linux Is 20 Years Old Today! Thanks Linus!!

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It all started with this simple and humble message. Now imagine the same message from Steve Jobs or Bill gates :)

From: torvalds@klaava.Helsinki.FI (Linus Benedict Torvalds)

Newsgroups: comp.os.minix

Subject: What would you like to see most in minix?

Summary: small poll for my new operating system

Message-ID: <1991Aug25.205708.9541@klaava.Helsinki.FI>

Date: 25 Aug 91 20:57:08 GMT

Organization: University of Helsinki

Hello everybody out there using minix -

I’m doing a (free) operating system (just a hobby, won’t be big and

professional like gnu) for 386(486) AT clones. This has been brewing

since april, and is starting to get ready. I’d like any feedback on

things people like/dislike in minix, as my OS resembles it somewhat

(same physical layout of the file-system (due to practical reasons)

among other things).

I’ve currently ported bash(1.08) and gcc(1.40), and things seem to work.

This implies that I’ll get something practical within a few months, and

I’d like to know what features most people would want. Any suggestions

are welcome, but I won’t promise I’ll implement them :-)

Linus (torvalds@kruuna.helsinki.fi)

PS. Yes – it’s free of any minix code, and it has a multi-threaded fs.

It is NOT protable (uses 386 task switching etc), and it probably never

will support anything other than AT-harddisks, as that’s all I have :-(.

Linux.org @ Archive.org

Tim Cook's First Email As New Apple CEO!

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Even though he has big shoes to fill, the thirteen year old Apple veteran, the new CEO, Tim Cook is not sitting around and has already sent out an email to the Apple team confirming and recognizing the role of now departed Apple CEO Steve Jobs, as well as his aspirations regarding Apple. Old folks tell me that Tim Cook is million times better than that John Sculley, Apple board voted a few decades ago.

Good luck Tim, we expect to see Apple to be even better fruit under you.

Team:



I am looking forward to the amazing opportunity of serving as CEO of the most innovative company in the world. Joining Apple was the best decision I've ever made and it's been the privilege of a lifetime to work for Apple and Steve for over 13 years. I share Steve's optimism for Apple's bright future.



Steve has been an incredible leader and mentor to me, as well as to the entire executive team and our amazing employees. We are really looking forward to Steve's ongoing guidance and inspiration as our Chairman.



I want you to be confident that Apple is not going to change. I cherish and celebrate Apple's unique principles and values. Steve built a company and culture that is unlike any other in the world and we are going to stay true to that-it is in our DNA. We are going to continue to make the best products in the world that delight our customers and make our employees incredibly proud of what they do.



I love Apple and I am looking forward to diving into my new role. All of the incredible support from the Board, the executive team and many of you has been inspiring. I am confident our best years lie ahead of us and that together we will continue to make Apple the magical place that it is.



Tim

Steve Jobs Ends His CEO Era.

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We may have been more of Android fan boys but we know a good man when we see, hear and meet one. Steve Jobs was one such. No matter what the reasons are, this is not good. There is nothing we know enough about to bash him up yet. At least it is a breather that Steve will remain as the Chairman.

I have always said if there ever came a day when I could no longer meet my duties and expectations as Apple’s CEO, I would be the first to let you know. Unfortunately, that day has come.

I hereby resign as CEO of Apple. I would like to serve, if the Board sees fit, as Chairman of the Board, director and Apple employee.

As far as my successor goes, I strongly recommend that we execute our succession plan and name Tim Cook as CEO of Apple.

I believe Apple’s brightest and most innovative days are ahead of it. And I look forward to watching and contributing to its success in a new role.

I have made some of the best friends of my life at Apple, and I thank you all for the many years of being able to work alongside you.

Steve

Once In The iCloud, How Do You Get Out?

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I was just wondering, for any reason, if you want to get out of iCloud into your own cloud or somebody elses, how do you do that? Are locked in for life?
Everybody including Steve Jobs tells us the ease of getting in and no one so far has not said anything about leaving iCloud. Just thinking aloud!