Apple employees are trained to demonstrate products and solve customer problems rather than push sales.

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“We are very pleased to have Apple join the growing number of Nokia licensees,” said Stephen Elop, president and chief executive officer of Nokia. “This settlement demonstrates Nokia’s industry leading patent portfolio and enables us to focus on further licensing opportunities in the mobile communications market.”

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Apple is expected to sell the unsubsidized factory unlocked iPhone 4 for $599 (16 GB model) and $699 (32 GB model.

Before running to the Apple Store just remember guys the next iPhone is expected in a few months…

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If it sounds like BBM, RIM’s BlackBerry Messaging service, that’s because, well, it sounds a lot like BBM actually — and increases device lock-in as well. Users of iPads and iPod touch devices will get built-in text and picture messaging, unlimited and free, which is nice for parents who don’t want to splurge on an iPhone for little Timmy, but still want him to be able to keep in touch with friends.

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I have been using it for 3 weeks now, here are some of my thoughts on it.

• The first thing you notice is how slim and light the device is. This actually makes it easier to hold now.
• The next thin you come across when using the product is how fast it runs. You don’t realize how fast it really is when using it for the first time, but when you compare it to other tablets in the market the speediness of the iPad 2 is clearly visible.
• Even the graphic performance is brilliant compared to other tablets. Just play Infinity Blade on it once and you won’t ever want to play it on the iPhone.
• The biggest drawback i would have to say is the camera. But if you have a nice camera phone like the iPhone 4 you probably won’t be using your 10 inch iPad to click holiday photos.
• I also got myself a smart cover for it. The cover itself is nice and slim. It looks like it is an integrated part of the iPad now. But when it comes to folding the cover back, it makes it quite difficult to hold the iPad. If you want to hold the ipad like that the best solution would be just to remove the cover. Additionally the cover does not provide protection for the back metal panel, whee while traveling you could easily get scratches and dents. But overall I feel its a nice improvement over the last times bulky cover.

Overall I love this device. I never expected to be this pleased with an Apple device. Still there are things which the iPad won’t be able to do. It’s just not comfortable to type on for long periods of time, however you can purchase a wireless Bluetooth keyboard for the iPad if you really must use an iPad for typing long blog posts or emails. Whilst the iPad has some great games, it doesn’t have all the same games that are available on consoles or computers.

The main benefit I derive from the iPad is that of convenience, and this is a big deal for me. But I still think this gadget is too expensive and definitely not something that most people can afford.

Mossberg: What’s the deal between you and Steve Jobs? He was here last year, and he had a chance to expand on what he had previously written about [Flash], and summarized, he said “Well, I think our duty is to pick technologies in the ascendancy. We feel like Flash is not on the ascendency, we think HTML 5 is, so that’s who we decided to go with for iOS Devices. What’s your respons eto that?

Narayen: There are a lot of misperceptions out there. When it first broke, people talked about the fact that they thought it was a technology issue, and I think it’s become fairly clear over the last year that it’s not about the technology: it’s about a business model issue. It’s about control of a platform. It’s the control of the app store that’s really at issue here. The value proposition Flash has is that we allow people to author programs once and get them to as many devices as possible. We’ve done that with Android. We will have 130 million phone devices that will have Flash on them by the end of the year…

Mossberg: And I have yet to test a single one where Flash works really well. I’m sorry. They struggle on those Android devices.

Catch the full interview here…

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The report, which was issued on Wednesday, said companies building products to compete with the iPad have slowed production by as much as 10 percent since this time last March. At that time, the report said,  competing tablet companies created 81 million tablets; this year the number has fallen to 73 million.

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We stand firm and restate our previous position that it is the 3rd party Developers that are responsible for the infringement of Lodsys’ patents and they are responsible for securing the rights for their applications.  Developers relying on Apple’s letter do so to their own detriment and are strongly urged to review Apple’s own developer agreements to determine the true extent of Apple’s responsibilities to them.

Looks like these guys are not going to give up so easily…

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Apple has launched a new replacement program for customers with white MacBooks who have seen their rubber base separate itself from the plastic casing and leave their notebooks with an exposed undercarriage.

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