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More Evidence Apple Tablet May Be Called iPad
This report from The Jesus Tablet:
The Jesus Tablet was first was first to report that Apple had filed for an extension to oppose the Fujitsu trademark for “iPad”. We now have discovered that Apple may be moving ahead anyway.
IP Application Development LLC, a company that has filed patents internationally for the “iPad” mark, has now filed an application to trademark “iPad” in the United States as well. The application is dated January 16, and appears to have been posted to the US Patent and Trademark Office website today.
The application was filed under Filing Basis 1(b) and 44(d). According to the USPTO website, Filing Basis 1(b) refers to the “bona fide intention to use a mark in commerce” and 44(b) refers to the “claim of priority, based on an earlier-filed foreign application.” Looks like last week’s international filings were not only geared toward protecting the mark abroad, but were aimed at giving their U.S. filing a boost under 44(b).
Read More...Amazon Kindle App Store Download Terms Restrict Developers
Engadget and Daring Fireball point out the Amazon’s recently announced app active content store is going to make it nearly impossible for developers to add any sort of internet connectivity without incurring hefty download fees. So let’s see, 16 shades of gray, limited motion and no connectivity. Fuuuun.
We were wondering how Kindle’s impending active content (read: apps) would be harnessing that free Whispernet bandwidth. As it turns out, there’s just a smidgen allowed for gratis. According to the terms laid out by Amazon, there’s a 70 / 30 revenue split, with that smaller percentage going to Bezos and co. “net of delivery fees of $0.15 / MB.” The price tiers is a little simpler: apps can be free if their download over 3G is less than 1MB and they use less than 100KB per month, per user.
Read More...Apple Works with AT&T and Verizon on Tablet Carrier Deals
Some new reports from Gadgetcrave and Fox News on the all-important carrier deals being worked on by Apple for its iPad/iSlate/tablet computer.
It’s Friday, January 22 and in this young year of 2010 that can mean only one thing: we’re going to have to end off the week with one more Apple tablet rumor. Sorry. The tablet is likely to be carried by AT&T. No surprise there, since that’s where the iPhone’s been [stuck] all along. The second part of the report is where it gets somewhat interesting: Fox states that Verizon may also be carrying the tablet. The report cites sources at both Verizon and AT&T as confirming that they’ll split the duty of covering the tablet. It then goes on to clarify that both companies are currently in discussions with Apple and that a final deal has not been negotiated with either.
So will it be Verizon? AT&T? Or both? A lot of frustrated iPhone users would likely welcome a switch to a new carrier, since there are a host of complaints about AT&T’s coverage and handling of the phone (tethering, anyone?) The AT&T part isn’t surprising, given early reports that the tablet would rely on HSDPA, a feature used by AT&T that, according to company spokesman Mark Siegal, “effectively doubles the speed of our 3G network.” Besides, AT&T is already a high-profile partner of Apple, as the carrier of choice for the iPhone.
Read More...Amazon Kindle Changes Strategy in Apple’s Shadow
The Apple Blog has this nice analysis of Amazon’s recent changes to its royalty policy and some other moves they’ve been making in the impending buildup to Apple’s iPad. Will it be enough or has the ship already sailed?
I have heard it said, “If you can’t compete, sue.” Of course, I’m sure that’s not the case with Nokia’s recent complaint against Apple. Sure, it could have started litigation back in 2007 when the iPhone was first launched, but I guess the almost-three-year-delay was just how long it took getting its lawyers to agree on the wording. Or the letterhead. Or something.
Amazon, on the other hand, is doing the exact opposite and choosing to Compete with a capital C. This week it has floated a boat-load of announcements around its Kindle e-book reader device and platform. Now, stop being cynical, I’m sure the timing has nothing to do with the imminent unveiling of Apple’s mythical Tablet.
Read More...Kindle for iPhone – Gives Books and The Real Kindle a Run For Their Money
As we move into the Apple Tablet era I wanted to test drive what the experience might be like so I downloaded the Amazon Kindle for iPhone Reader [FREE AppStore] from the iTunes Store. Kindle for iPhone is meant as a standalone or companion to an Amazon Kindle eBook reader. You can shop for books online using your Amazon.com account, purchase, download and read all in this clever little application.
Kindle for iPhone is a very light download so you’ll be up and running in no time, you just need to enter your Amazon.com account details. Then you are taken into a Safari browser session to pick out books. Couple of nice features, you can download decent sized free samples of any book you’re interested in and if you have a Kindle it will automatically sync up so you have one copy on the Kindle and one for the iPhone. I chose a cookbook about making Japanese food.
Read More...More details emerge about iPad tablet
Some more details emerging today about the Apple iPad/Slate/Tablet.
AppleInsider says according to its sources of all the Apple concept drawings artists have come up with, this one is the closest:
Read More...WSJ Makes Apple Tablet Official
Apparently the Wall Street Journal still has journalistic integrity, i.e. they don’t pass on every last unsourced rumor the web is happy to. So when they write up a deeply detailed description of Apple’s tablet plans to be unveiled on January 27th, we’re supposed to take this as gospel. Right? In a nutshell, what’s in store is massive changes to the ways we interact with textbooks, newspapers, magazines and cable TV. Here’s some highlights:
Read More...Apple’s Tablet Named – iPad?
This just in from The Next Web and The Jesus Tablet:
Read More...Apple has apparently filed multiple requests in the US to stake claim to a disputed “iPad” trademark currently claimed by Fujitsu.
Apple is already deep into the filing process for claiming the trademark in Europe, Canada, and Hong Kong, but due to a small retail device sold in the US — the iPad, made by Fujitsu Transaction Solutions — Apple’s had difficulty securing the name.
iPhone and Tablet Moving to Verizon – AT&T Left Behind
The Street brings us a bring interesting new rumors about Verizon and Apple.
The hotly anticipated Apple Tablet — or the Apple Newton II — will feature a wireless chip made by Qualcomm. This discrete little fact would confirm that Apple has chosen Verizon (VZ Quote) as its telco partner, says Northeast Securities analyst Ashok Kumar.
If true, it validates what TheStreet first reported in July — that Apple and Verizon are working together to sell the new Tablet.
“This makes sense for Apple,” says Nielsen Wireless analyst Roger Entner. “It behooves them to build a relationship with a company they haven’t worked with yet,” Enter said referring to Verizon.
Read More...Amazon Hedges Ahead of Pending Apple Event
In a sign that the party is coming to an end for Jeff Bezos, it was announced today that Amazon would be changing their royalty sharing model from the truly paltry 25-30% they were offering before to up to 70%. This comes with some strings as explained by Mashable:
Read More...To be able to get the 70 percent royalty deal, the list price for your title must be both between $2.99 to $9.99 and be 20 percent below the lowest physical book price; title also must be “offered at or below price parity with competition, including physical book prices”. The title also needs to be included in a broad set of features in the Kindle Store, e.g. text-to-speech. Finally, the title must be made available for sale “in all geographies for which the author or publisher has rights”
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