Is the white iPhone really thicker than the black iPhone ? One publication attempts to satisfy our curiosity with the diligence of rigorous science . Elsewhere , Apple ’s rumored cloud armed service may have a codename , and Cupertino wins circle one of a patent dispute . The remainders for Monday , May 2 , 2011 are innocent until proven shamed .
Apple ’s White iPhone is not thicker than smuggled version(Consumer Reports )
Not so tight , lily-white - iPhone - thickness - gate ! ( Sorry , all the other ripe -gates were taken . ) Consumer Reports has subject the white and sinister iPhone 4 example to test with a dyad of eminent - precision calipers and say that the two models are the exact same thickness . However , other sources go on to disagree , leading some to think that disjoined batches of the phones may disagree . Apple has not , as of yet , heed call option to grow the white iPhone 4 ’s long - form girth certificate .
New MobileMe replacement , codenamed “ Castle , ” can find oneself your Mac(Ars Technica )
Another day , another rumor about Apple ’s supposed cloud service / MobileMe replacement / unicorn - giveaway program . While speculation has swirled that the service will be dubbed “ iCloud , ” fearless investigator digging through the Developer Preview of Mac OS X Lion have bring out reference to the codename “ Castle . ” The evidence suggests that Castle is poise to take over MobileMe ’s functions , as well as adding additional ability like Find My Mac . With this discovery , it ’s clear that Apple ’s online service has had the worst ratio of monikers - to - success of any intersection the company has ever produce .
ITC judge rule for Apple in conflict with Elan(Yahoo Finance )
A evaluator at the U.S. International Trade Commission has decided that Apple did notinfringe upon the Elan Microelectronics ’s technologywhen building the cutaneous senses interface used in its iOS devices . Perhaps most proud of by the opinion was MC Hammer , who earned another royal house check as Apple counsels departed from the court blast “ U Ca n’t Touch This . ”
Product News :
i. TV 3.0 – In version 3.0 , the iOS television guide gets full cosmopolitan supporting , a revamped interface , a show page , daily news show feed , and integration with IMDB and Hulu . Free .
Packing Pro 6.0 – The iOS boxing planning app by Quinn Genzel gets an interface overhaul and bug fixes ; it also adds the power to edit out item details in the Master Catalog , clone a category , and link list category to different class . $ 3 .
iWatermark 3.0 – Plum Amazing Software ’s iOS watermarking app has come to adaptation 3.0 , adding 67 unexampled fonts ( display in WYSIWYG data format ) and the power to import a signature tune or drawn graphic with an iOS equipment ’s camera . $ 1 .
TouchUp for iPad 1.2 – reading 1.2 of RogueSheep ’s picture editor for the iPad adds several newfangled feature film , including soft revolution of photos , the ability to commute an effect on a stratum while keeping the mask , easy masquerade party duplicate , and new crop ratios . There are also five new filter , ameliorate Flickr desegregation for importee and exportation , and AirPrint support . $ 10 .
