Apple buys chip designer PA Semi

“Late Tuesday, in response to questions from Forbes.com, an Apple spokesman said Apple has agreed to buy a boutique microprocessor design company called PA Semi. The company, which is known for its design of sophisticated, low-power chips, could spell a new future for Apple’s flagship iPhone, and possibly iPod products as well.
The 150-person chip [...]

Apple Event March 6: iPhone SDK & iPhone Enterprise Program

Thought you might possibly be interested in some news on the just released iPhone SDK and some updates from Apple and iPhone affiliates.
The iPhone SDK is available for free for registered iPhone developers. In addition to the regular Apple developer registration an additional level of registration with additional terms and conditions is required. Said terms [...]

iPhone 2008

Based on everything I’ve seen at the GSMA Mobile World Congress in Barcelona and what has been subsequently announced I believe we will see a 3G version of iPhone in the 2nd half of the year. 3G radios are getting smaller and less powerhungry, NANDs also get smaller and cheaper. So we’ll probably see one [...]

Catching up

Wow, no post since November? Time sure flies. OK, let’s recap then …
# MacBook Air: Wow, want one but I will wait until the first revision. I would want one that at least comes close to what my 1st Gen MBP can do. The amazing aspect is the battery life. My MBP dies after about [...]

iPhone SMS Bug

Here’s a funny one! If you receive a text message from some service that sends its name in the sender/originator field, the iPhone doesn’t show you the message content, yes sometimes it does not even show you the full name.
Why, you ask? It would appear that the SMS app is not able to properly interpret [...]

iPhone – The first true convergence device

So last week in the US I finally got my iPhone which I, purely for educational purposes, activated, jailbreaked and unlocked. It did work like a charm. The first time around it took me a little longer, the second time (why, a second time? for fun of course) the whole process including downgrade and [...]