MacRumors Archives - December 2010

• iOS 4.2 Supports Cellular Network Performance Improvement Technology

Wednesday December 1, 2010 5:35 am PST by Eric Slivka 43 comments

• JPMorgan Embracing iPad as Research in Motion Faces Challenges

Wednesday December 1, 2010 7:17 am PST by Eric Slivka 49 comments

• Apple Edges Out Research in Motion in U.S. Smartphone Market Share

Wednesday December 1, 2010 7:39 am PST by Eric Slivka 64 comments

• Verizon's 4G Network to Launch Next Week, No Handsets Until Mid-2011

Wednesday December 1, 2010 9:15 am PST by Eric Slivka 140 comments

• Apple Shows Off iOS 4.2 in New 'iPad is Amazing' Commercial

Wednesday December 1, 2010 9:55 am PST by Eric Slivka 72 comments

• Apple Expresses Interest in 'Kinect-Like' Control of Appliances and Vehicles

Wednesday December 1, 2010 11:06 am PST by Eric Slivka 93 comments

• Old Navy Piloting iPod Touch-Based Checkout System

Thursday December 2, 2010 6:02 am PST by Eric Slivka 49 comments

• 'djay' Application for iPad Released

Thursday December 2, 2010 6:16 am PST by Marianne Schultz 115 comments

• Ping Lands Exclusive Premiere of New Michael Jackson Song

Thursday December 2, 2010 7:25 am PST by Eric Slivka 84 comments

• Apple Updates Universal Dock, Discontinues Compact Wired Keyboard [Updated]

Thursday December 2, 2010 11:12 am PST by Eric Slivka 138 comments

• Apple Seeds Potential Golden Master Mac OS X 10.6.6 Build 10J537 to Developers

Thursday December 2, 2010 6:22 pm PST by Eric Slivka 109 comments

• Tips for Mac App Store Developers: No Trials or Betas, File System and Custom Control Usage

Friday December 3, 2010 5:31 am PST by Eric Slivka 210 comments

• UK Carriers Launch Subsidized iPad Sales With Two-Year Data Contracts

Friday December 3, 2010 7:32 am PST by Eric Slivka 61 comments

• Apple and Magazine Publishers Yet to Agree on Subscription Terms

Friday December 3, 2010 9:21 am PST by Eric Slivka 113 comments

• Apple's Predicted Share of 2010 U.S. Mobile Advertising Market Slashed to Under 10% [Updated]

Friday December 3, 2010 12:30 pm PST by Eric Slivka 94 comments

• NVIDIA/Intel Settlement Could Boost MacBook and MacBook Air Processor Speeds

Sunday December 5, 2010 8:53 pm PST by Arnold Kim 115 comments

• Mac App Store to Launch As Early as December 13th?

Sunday December 5, 2010 9:18 pm PST by Arnold Kim 141 comments

• 'Google eBookstore' Launches in U.S. With iOS Support [Updated: iOS App Live]

Monday December 6, 2010 6:16 am PST by Eric Slivka 71 comments

• Verizon Seeking to Shut Out T-Mobile and Sprint From iPhone in U.S.?

Monday December 6, 2010 6:45 am PST by Eric Slivka 180 comments

• Apple Store Signage Reiterates Spring Release for White iPhone 4

Monday December 6, 2010 7:00 am PST by Eric Slivka 32 comments

• Norman Foster to Design Apple's New Cupertino Campus?

Monday December 6, 2010 7:21 am PST by Eric Slivka 103 comments

• AT&T Fares Poorly in 'Consumer Reports' Ratings

Monday December 6, 2010 10:27 am PST by Eric Slivka 235 comments

• RadioShack Offering iPhone 4 for $150, $25 With 3GS Trade-In

Monday December 6, 2010 12:28 pm PST by Eric Slivka 38 comments

• iPad 2 to Ship by End of February 2011?

Monday December 6, 2010 9:56 pm PST by Arnold Kim 240 comments

• Apple Promoting iTunes Movie Rentals With Free Codes?

Tuesday December 7, 2010 6:21 am PST by Eric Slivka 58 comments

• Steve Jobs: MobileMe to 'Get A Lot Better' Next Year

Tuesday December 7, 2010 9:24 am PST by Eric Slivka 225 comments

• iPad Drives Apple to Third Place Worldwide, First in North America for Mobile PC Sales

Tuesday December 7, 2010 11:34 am PST by Eric Slivka 153 comments

• Apple Releases QuickTime 7.6.9 for Windows

Tuesday December 7, 2010 12:47 pm PST by Eric Slivka 10 comments

• Second-Generation iPad's Backlight Suppliers Named, Quelling OLED Rumors

Wednesday December 8, 2010 5:42 am PST by Eric Slivka 59 comments

• European Carriers Claim Apple Should Pay for Network Infrastructure

Wednesday December 8, 2010 7:17 am PST by Eric Slivka 228 comments

• iTunes Store Now Offering HD Movie Sales in UK

Wednesday December 8, 2010 7:51 am PST by Eric Slivka 69 comments

• Steve Jobs Named MarketWatch's CEO of the Decade

Wednesday December 8, 2010 9:04 am PST by Eric Slivka 113 comments

• App Store Promo Codes No Longer U.S.-Only

Wednesday December 8, 2010 10:41 am PST by Eric Slivka 23 comments

• Apple Offers 'Special Limited Time' Pricing on Refurbished Wi-Fi iPads

Wednesday December 8, 2010 11:00 am PST by Eric Slivka 68 comments

• Microsoft Releases Office 2008 for Mac 12.2.8

Wednesday December 8, 2010 11:35 am PST by Eric Slivka 13 comments

• Handheld Gamers Moving From Dedicated Devices to Smartphones

Wednesday December 8, 2010 12:06 pm PST by Eric Slivka 100 comments

• More App Store News: No Mac App Store Promo Codes, iOS/Mac App Names, Push Notification Security

Wednesday December 8, 2010 12:33 pm PST by Eric Slivka 23 comments

• Apple Addresses MacBook Air Issues With Firmware Update

Wednesday December 8, 2010 12:58 pm PST by Eric Slivka 127 comments

• Mac App Store Still on Track for January 2011 Launch?

Wednesday December 8, 2010 4:10 pm PST by Arnold Kim 52 comments

• Epic Games Launches 'Infinity Blade' - an Unreal-Based Game for iPhone and iPad

Wednesday December 8, 2010 7:26 pm PST by Arnold Kim 152 comments

• Apple Starts Rolling Out 90 Second Song Previews in iTunes

Wednesday December 8, 2010 9:02 pm PST by Arnold Kim 68 comments

• Commodore Amiga Emulator for iOS Demoed, Coming to App Store

Thursday December 9, 2010 1:42 am PST by Arnold Kim 95 comments

• Apple Shifting to Intel Graphics for Future MacBooks and 13-Inch MacBook Pros?

Thursday December 9, 2010 5:50 am PST by Eric Slivka 390 comments

• Claimed Next-Generation iPad Cases Suggest Rear-Facing Camera, SD Card Slot? [Updated]

Thursday December 9, 2010 6:43 am PST by Eric Slivka 203 comments

• iPad Predicted to Represent 2% of North American Web Traffic by End of 2011

Thursday December 9, 2010 8:08 am PST by Eric Slivka 29 comments

• Apple and Costco Officially Parting Ways

Thursday December 9, 2010 8:41 am PST by Eric Slivka 157 comments

• Google Instant for iOS Goes International

Thursday December 9, 2010 10:13 am PST by Eric Slivka 9 comments

• Best Buy Mobile to Offer Free iPhone 3GS on Contract Tomorrow

Thursday December 9, 2010 10:28 am PST by Eric Slivka 18 comments

• 'iTunes Rewind' Highlights the Best of 2010

Thursday December 9, 2010 11:32 am PST by Eric Slivka 89 comments

• Apple Releases Aperture 3.1.1

Thursday December 9, 2010 11:51 am PST by Eric Slivka 14 comments

• Reuters Reports Next-Generation iPad to Offer Front and Rear Cameras

Friday December 10, 2010 5:16 am PST by Eric Slivka 178 comments

• Desktop Version of Google Docs Now iPad-Compatible

Friday December 10, 2010 7:37 am PST by Eric Slivka 33 comments

• No In App Purchases or Game Center for Mac App Store

Friday December 10, 2010 8:34 am PST by Eric Slivka 38 comments

• Firmware Updates Bring AirPrint Functionality to 6 New HP Printers

Friday December 10, 2010 9:04 am PST by Eric Slivka 109 comments

• Apple Reportedly Bidding to Purchase Nortel Patent Assets

Friday December 10, 2010 10:50 am PST by Eric Slivka 87 comments

• Apple Begins Using 'iTun.es' As Link Shortener

Saturday December 11, 2010 1:06 pm PST by Eric Slivka 64 comments

• Google Latitude Comes to the App Store

Monday December 13, 2010 5:44 am PST by Eric Slivka 148 comments

• 4G Verizon iPhone to Debut After Christmas?

Monday December 13, 2010 6:26 am PST by Eric Slivka 124 comments

• Paul Allen's Lawsuit Against Apple Faces Setback Over Lack of Specificity

Monday December 13, 2010 7:41 am PST by Eric Slivka 54 comments

• Apple Products Rank Highly in Mind Share for 2010

Monday December 13, 2010 8:39 am PST by Eric Slivka 34 comments

• Toshiba and Apple to Invest $1.2 Billion in Factory to Produce iPhone LCDs

Monday December 13, 2010 9:39 am PST by Eric Slivka 147 comments

• Microsoft Releases Office for Mac 2011 14.0.2

Monday December 13, 2010 11:13 am PST by Eric Slivka 60 comments

• Apple Pulls Jailbreak Detection API From iOS

Monday December 13, 2010 12:03 pm PST by Eric Slivka 20 comments

• Mac Software Bundles: MacUpdate and Indie Mac Gift Pack

Monday December 13, 2010 8:21 pm PST by Arnold Kim 42 comments

• Microsoft to Relaunch Windows Slates Again at CES

Monday December 13, 2010 9:27 pm PST by Arnold Kim 261 comments

• Verizon Loses Ground to AT&T's iPhone as RIM and Palm Fade

Tuesday December 14, 2010 6:18 am PST by Eric Slivka 121 comments

• 'Infinity Blade' Rakes in Over $1.6 Million

Tuesday December 14, 2010 7:12 am PST by Eric Slivka 36 comments

• 'Google Voice' App Adds iPad and iPod Touch Support

Tuesday December 14, 2010 7:43 am PST by Eric Slivka 59 comments

• Apple Announces Free '12 Days of Christmas' Content for European iTunes Customers

Tuesday December 14, 2010 9:41 am PST by Eric Slivka 72 comments

• 'Tron Legacy' to Premiere as First iAd for iPad

Tuesday December 14, 2010 9:56 am PST by Eric Slivka 47 comments

• MobileMe Maintenance Scheduled for Later Today

Tuesday December 14, 2010 11:30 am PST by Eric Slivka 25 comments

• AirPlay Reverse Engineered to Send Video From iOS Devices to Macs

Tuesday December 14, 2010 12:00 pm PST by Eric Slivka 89 comments

• Apple Releases Minor iOS 4.2.1 Software Update for New Apple TV [Updated]

Tuesday December 14, 2010 12:15 pm PST by Eric Slivka 117 comments

• 'NFL Sunday Ticket' Coming to New Apple TV?

Wednesday December 15, 2010 6:19 am PST by Eric Slivka 74 comments

• Adobe's Flash Player 10.2 to Offer Up to Ten-Fold Improvement in CPU Efficiency

Wednesday December 15, 2010 7:02 am PST by Eric Slivka 263 comments

• Apple Updates 'iBooks' With Illustrated Books, Collections, and AirPrint

Wednesday December 15, 2010 8:12 am PST by Eric Slivka 76 comments

• Apple Releases iTunes 10.1.1 to Address Music Video and Crashing Bugs

Wednesday December 15, 2010 9:52 am PST by Eric Slivka 83 comments

• iPad Still Dominating Corporate Tablet Usage as Competitors Arrive

Wednesday December 15, 2010 10:10 am PST by Eric Slivka 79 comments

• iMac and MacBook Pro Upgrades in First Half of 2011?

Wednesday December 15, 2010 6:36 pm PST by Arnold Kim 511 comments

• Apple Expecting 6 Million iPad 2 Orders Per Month?

Wednesday December 15, 2010 6:45 pm PST by Arnold Kim 105 comments

• Mac App Store to Open January 6th

Thursday December 16, 2010 6:12 am PST by Eric Slivka 137 comments

• Apple Addresses Cinema Display Audio Issues With Firmware Update

Thursday December 16, 2010 6:21 am PST by Eric Slivka 35 comments

• Joint Venture Involving Apple and Microsoft Acquires Novell Patents For $450 Million

Thursday December 16, 2010 6:47 am PST by Eric Slivka 56 comments

• 'Aralon: Sword and Shadow HD' and Other Anticipated iOS Releases Arrive

Thursday December 16, 2010 8:20 am PST by Arnold Kim 75 comments

• Nokia Expands Patent Claims Against Apple With New European Lawsuits

Thursday December 16, 2010 9:51 am PST by Eric Slivka 75 comments

• Sony Announces PlayStation App for iPhone and iPod Touch

Thursday December 16, 2010 10:22 am PST by Eric Slivka 149 comments

• Word Lens Offers Real Time Language Translation

Thursday December 16, 2010 11:47 pm PST by Arnold Kim 140 comments

• iTunes Maintains Digital Music Dominance Despite Amazon's Discounts

Friday December 17, 2010 5:19 am PST by Eric Slivka 68 comments

• Supply Constraints Said to Prevent Apple From Adopting OLED for iPad

Friday December 17, 2010 5:46 am PST by Eric Slivka 66 comments

• Apple and Sharp Building $1.2 Billion Facility for iPhone Displays?

Friday December 17, 2010 6:35 am PST by Eric Slivka 43 comments

• Apple Releases AirPort, Digital Camera RAW, and MobileMe Control Panel Updates

Friday December 17, 2010 6:47 am PST by Eric Slivka 21 comments

• Four Insiders Charged With Revealing Product Plans of Apple, Dell, and Others

Friday December 17, 2010 8:18 am PST by Eric Slivka 80 comments

• iPad News Publication 'The Daily' Now Rumored for Mid-January Launch

Friday December 17, 2010 9:42 am PST by Eric Slivka 33 comments

• Research in Motion and Microsoft Update Phone Syncing Software for Mac OS X

Friday December 17, 2010 10:43 am PST by Eric Slivka 19 comments

• Apple's iOS Engineering Jobs Emphasize Navigation Software Experience

Friday December 17, 2010 12:52 pm PST by Eric Slivka 57 comments

• Apple Prepping for iWork '11 Mac App Store Launch?

Friday December 17, 2010 4:40 pm PST by Arnold Kim 113 comments

• CES 2011: Google TV Sees Delays

Monday December 20, 2010 6:00 am PST by Arnold Kim 89 comments

• NVIDIA Exits Chipset Business for Good? Apple to Continue to Use Old NVIDIA Chipsets?

Monday December 20, 2010 6:17 am PST by Arnold Kim 158 comments

• iPhone 4 Discounted to $147 at Sam's Club

Monday December 20, 2010 8:05 am PST by Arnold Kim 60 comments

• How Half Life 1 for Mac Was Canceled At the Last Minute

Monday December 20, 2010 10:12 am PST by Arnold Kim 82 comments

• Motorola Targets Apple iPad in Upcoming Tablet Teaser Video

Monday December 20, 2010 10:44 am PST by Arnold Kim 334 comments

• AirFlick Offers Video Streaming from Mac to Apple TV over AirPlay

Monday December 20, 2010 11:18 am PST by Arnold Kim 62 comments

• Apple Launches 'iAd Producer' Tool

Monday December 20, 2010 12:40 pm PST by Arnold Kim 46 comments

• Apple Shuts Down Mac OS X Download Listing, Moving to App Store

Monday December 20, 2010 5:04 pm PST by Arnold Kim 155 comments

• New iPhone 4 Ad: Under The Covers

Monday December 20, 2010 6:19 pm PST by Arnold Kim 36 comments

• Sales of New Apple TV to Hit One Million Units This Week

Tuesday December 21, 2010 5:06 am PST by Eric Slivka 102 comments

• Apple Removes Unofficial WikiLeaks Application From App Store [Updated]

Tuesday December 21, 2010 6:41 am PST by Eric Slivka 374 comments

• Verizon Launches FiOS App for iPad, No Live TV Streaming

Tuesday December 21, 2010 8:46 am PST by Eric Slivka 12 comments

• HP Preps 'PalmPad' for CES 2011 Debut

Tuesday December 21, 2010 10:11 am PST by Eric Slivka 157 comments

• Apple Releases iPhoto 9.1.1 With New Email Options

Tuesday December 21, 2010 12:18 pm PST by Eric Slivka 89 comments

• Apple Releases iPhone Configuration Utility 3.2

Tuesday December 21, 2010 12:43 pm PST by Eric Slivka 14 comments

• Apple Allows Camera+ Back onto App Store After 4 Month Removal

Tuesday December 21, 2010 7:47 pm PST by Arnold Kim 133 comments

• Developers Harness New Accelerometer and Gyroscope Support in Mobile Safari

Wednesday December 22, 2010 5:34 am PST by Eric Slivka 25 comments

• iPad WiFi + 3G Now Available Through AT&T Online Store

Wednesday December 22, 2010 7:29 am PST by Eric Slivka 8 comments

• Ford to Offer In-Vehicle Voice Control of Select iPhone Apps

Wednesday December 22, 2010 7:37 am PST by Eric Slivka 31 comments

• 'Skyfire for iPad' Coming Soon With Social Network Integration [Now Available]

Wednesday December 22, 2010 8:46 am PST by Eric Slivka 31 comments

• Apple Updates 'Remote' iOS App to Support AirPlay, Internet Radio Control

Wednesday December 22, 2010 10:45 am PST by Eric Slivka 80 comments

• Kinect-Like Gesture System for iPad to Be Demoed at CES

Wednesday December 22, 2010 12:24 pm PST by Eric Slivka 88 comments

• Next iPad with Smaller Bezel, Flat Back, and Wide-Range Speaker?

Wednesday December 22, 2010 9:24 pm PST by Arnold Kim 131 comments

• AirPlay Hacking: Streaming to Linux and Windows, DVD Streaming, and More

Thursday December 23, 2010 6:14 am PST by Eric Slivka 44 comments

• New Next-Generation iPad Case Offers Further Hints of Larger Speaker

Thursday December 23, 2010 7:40 am PST by Eric Slivka 140 comments

• Steve Jobs Named 'Financial Times' Person of the Year

Thursday December 23, 2010 10:01 am PST by Eric Slivka 134 comments

• MobileMe Web Calendar Adds Alerts

Friday December 24, 2010 4:53 am PST by Eric Slivka 9 comments

• Mac App Store to Offer Searches for Unknown File Types, Parental Controls

Friday December 24, 2010 5:05 am PST by Eric Slivka 58 comments

• Skype Video Calling Coming to iPhone?

Friday December 24, 2010 10:29 am PST by Eric Slivka 80 comments

• Refurbished MacBook Airs Hit Apple's Online Store

Friday December 24, 2010 5:44 pm PST by Eric Slivka 62 comments

• Apple Increases 1st Quarter iPhone Shipments to 21 Million, Including the Verizon iPhone?

Sunday December 26, 2010 10:14 pm PST by Arnold Kim 192 comments

• Softbank to Release NFC Mobile Payments Stickers for iPhone 4

Monday December 27, 2010 5:43 am PST by Eric Slivka 45 comments

• Apple's First Quarter Earnings Release Set for January 18th

Monday December 27, 2010 7:53 am PST by Eric Slivka 25 comments

• Apple Confirms One Million Apple TVs Sold

Monday December 27, 2010 8:54 am PST by Eric Slivka 81 comments

• iOS Developers See Christmas Surge in Downloads and Activity

Monday December 27, 2010 9:40 am PST by Eric Slivka 26 comments

• Next-Generation iPad With Tapered Sides and iPod Touch-Like Form Factor?

Monday December 27, 2010 11:52 am PST by Eric Slivka 89 comments

• 'Quick Snap' Maps iPhone Volume Buttons to Camera Shutter (For Now)

Monday December 27, 2010 12:53 pm PST by Eric Slivka 68 comments

• Apple to Offer a CDMA (Verizon) Version of Next iPad?

Tuesday December 28, 2010 5:09 am PST by Arnold Kim 90 comments

• First Steps Toward Hacking the New iPod Nano

Tuesday December 28, 2010 6:18 am PST by Eric Slivka 58 comments

• Apple and App Developers Sued Over Sharing User Information With Advertisers

Tuesday December 28, 2010 7:30 am PST by Eric Slivka 85 comments

• App Store Updates Now Propagating as Holiday Shutdown Ends

Tuesday December 28, 2010 9:44 am PST by Eric Slivka 14 comments

• Camera+ Reaches Over 78,000 Sales on Christmas Day Alone

Tuesday December 28, 2010 10:07 am PST by Arnold Kim 46 comments

• iPhone 4 Antenna Issues and Ping Rank Among Top 'Tech Fails' for 2010

Tuesday December 28, 2010 11:56 am PST by Eric Slivka 305 comments

• Verizon to Preview New Android Devices, Not iPhone at CES?

Wednesday December 29, 2010 5:56 am PST by Arnold Kim 206 comments

• iPad 2: Tapered Edges, Extra Port?

Wednesday December 29, 2010 7:21 am PST by Arnold Kim 161 comments

• Verizon iPhone to Come After CES?

Wednesday December 29, 2010 3:30 pm PST by Arnold Kim 197 comments

• Skype Video Calling for iOS over Wi-Fi and 3G Now Available

Wednesday December 29, 2010 8:30 pm PST by Arnold Kim 164 comments

• 'Quick Snap' Pulled From App Store

Thursday December 30, 2010 6:15 am PST by Eric Slivka 55 comments

• European Commission Moves Forward on Micro-USB Smartphone Charging Standard

Thursday December 30, 2010 7:46 am PST by Eric Slivka 265 comments

• Apple Targeting Social Networking and Product Sales Predictions in Shopping Environments

MacRumors Story Archive - December 2010

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Apple and Sony 'iRadio' Negotiations Stalling Over Skipped Songs

Tightening MacBook Air Supplies at Resellers Hint at Upcoming Refresh

Difficult Negotiations May Prevent 'iRadio' Launch at WWDC

U.S. Department of Defense Approves iOS 6 Devices for Military Networks

Corning Announces 'Lotus XT' Substrate Glass for Brighter, Cheaper Mobile Displays

CW Strikes Deal with Apple to Bring Content to Apple TV

Tim Cook Shares Details About New 'Made in USA' Mac Model

Tim Cook Defends Apple's Tax Record Ahead of Senate Committee Appearance [Updated]

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