Digitimes has reported that Apple is in talks with Sharp, evaluating the probability of using Indium Gallium Zinc Oxide, in short IGZO display, for the former’s iPad, iPad mini and iPhone products in 2013.
Apple keeps patenting all kinds of new ideas and methods, even if most of them may not see the light of the day. In a recent instance, the company was granted a patent by USPTO which concerns with a method to refine curved glass which can then be used in a device’s display.
Apple failed to have Samsung products banned in U.S., and Samsung has also given up on its efforts to ban Apple products in EU.
Every year as we edge on to Christmas, different online retailers come out with the best deals of the year. Apple routinely dishes out a Holiday Gift Guide to mark the occasion, offering free shipping on the items in the guide. This year, though, Apple Store is offering the free next-day shipping perk on all of its items.
Motorola Mobility owns some of the most precious and significant patents related to wireless communications. However, despite that, the company is unable to nab Apple over alleged patent infringement charges. An ITC judge has now ruled out any infringement of Motorola’s patents by Apple.
Apple requested federal judge to ban sales of Samsung smartphone models in the U.S. But on December 17, that federal judge declined to do so.
Apple has been fairly fickle when it comes to choosing the vendor for the graphics cards that go into its iMac machines. For a long time, it used Intel chips to do the job. It then switched to Nvidia’s graphical prowess and now, hints suggest that it may be planning to switch to AMD’s silicon.
Ahead of the holiday season, Walmart has announced that it will sell iPhone 4S at $40 discount, iPhone 5 at $60+ discount and 3rd generation iPad at $100 discount.