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Apple Inc. has unveiled a service that allows users to wirelessly sync and access information across multiple devices. Dubbed MobileMe, it’s a cloud storage service that enables push e-mail and real-time synchronization of calendar items, contact information, and other data on an iPhone without the need for a Microsoft Exchange server. The Web-based MobileMe works with the iPhone’s mail, calendar, and contacts applications in addition to working with Mail, iCal, and Address Book on the Macintosh and Outlook on Windows. Additionally, MobileMe offers online storage for documents, files, and photos.
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Apple Inc. and AT&T Inc. have settled claims that the iPhone’s “visual voicemail” technology infringed on the patents held by Klausner Technologies Inc. The visual voicemail feature lets iPhone users see a list of people who’ve left them phone messages and listen to the messages in any order they choose. With the settlement, in which Apple and AT&T have agreed to take out licenses on the technology, both the companies have joined eBay Inc.’s Skype division, which had also settled a similar lawsuit last month.
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A recent report by an investment banker, FBR Capital Markets, said that a peek at the Apple supply chain reveals that the consumer electronics maker is on track to build this year more than 15 million 3G iPhones, plus 2 million older models. On the iPod front, FBR Capital Markets has revised its third quarter build volumes up by 15%, saying they are now set to grow 35% from the second quarter. The greater number of iPod Classics and Nanos built are expected to be partially offset by fewer Touch builds. FBR has also raised its forecast for Mac notebooks and desktops.
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On VentureBeat, MG Seigler says that Apple Inc.’s newly launched App Store is set to transform the company in a big way. According to him, it would be hard to think about Apple without App Store. Barely two week into its launch, App Store continues to roll out more and more apps each day – it’s literally like the gift that keeps on coming. Even after gauging from what has been seen so far, there is a possibility that we’ll see versions of the App Store roll out across other devices in the Apple product line in the coming years, Seigler adds.
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Apple Inc., which had made AT&T the exclusive carrier of its iPhone, has extended its exclusivity agreement with AT&T for a year. The exclusivity deal, which the company had signed with AT&T last year, was due to expire at the beginning of 2009. With the 120-year old brand becoming cool again due to its alliance with iPhone and the smartphone sales improving, both the companies seem to be happy with the results of the deal. By subsidizing each iPhone 3G sold by $300, AT&T is able to make the smartphone far more attractive to consumers.
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