CUPERTINO, California—September 15, 2010—Apple® today announced that it is releasing a beta version of its AirPrint wireless printing for iPad™, iPhone® and iPod touch® to members of Apple’s iOS developer program today, and that AirPrint will be included in the free iOS 4.2 software update in . . . → Read More: Apple’s AirPrint Wireless Printing for iPad, iPhone & iPod touch Coming to Users in November]]> Official press release.

Available First on HP ePrint Printers

CUPERTINO, California—September 15, 2010—Apple® today announced that it is releasing a beta version of its AirPrint wireless printing for iPad™, iPhone® and iPod touch® to members of Apple’s iOS developer program today, and that AirPrint will be included in the free iOS 4.2 software update in November. AirPrint automatically finds printers on local networks and can print text, photos and graphics to them wirelessly over Wi-Fi without the need to install drivers or download software. HP’s existing and upcoming ePrint enabled printers will be the first to support printing direct from iOS devices.

“AirPrint is Apple’s powerful new printing architecture that matches the simplicity of iOS—no set up, no configuration, no printer drivers and no software to download,” said Philip Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing. “iPad, iPhone and iPod touch users can simply tap to print their documents or photos wirelessly to an HP ePrint printer or to a printer shared on a Mac or PC.”

“We’re pleased to work with Apple to bring Apple’s AirPrint to our fall lineup of ePrint printers in time for the holiday shopping season,” said Vyomesh Joshi, HP executive vice president, Imaging and Printing Group. “Making it easy for our customers to print anytime, anywhere, is a key priority for HP. iPad, iPhone and iPod touch customers are going to love how easy it is to print using our new range of ePrint printers, creating high-quality printed pages in an instant.”

AirPrint is designed to support a wide range of printers from entry level inkjet printers to office laser printers. Additionally, iOS 4.2 devices can print to printers shared through a Mac® or a PC. iOS 4.2 compatible HP printers this fall include the HP Photosmart, Officejet, Officejet Pro and LaserJet Pro series ePrint enabled printers.

*AirPrint will work with iPad, iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS and iPod touch (third generation and later).

The App Store℠ has revolutionized the way mobile applications are developed and distributed. With over 250,000 apps and 6.5 billion downloads, the App Store has become the world’s largest mobile application platform and App Store developers have earned over one billion dollars from the sales of their apps.

We are continually trying . . . → Read More: Statement by Apple on App Store Review Guidelines]]> Official press release.

The App Store℠ has revolutionized the way mobile applications are developed and distributed. With over 250,000 apps and 6.5 billion downloads, the App Store has become the world’s largest mobile application platform and App Store developers have earned over one billion dollars from the sales of their apps.

We are continually trying to make the App Store even better. We have listened to our developers and taken much of their feedback to heart. Based on their input, today we are making some important changes to our iOS Developer Program license in sections 3.3.1, 3.3.2 and 3.3.9 to relax some restrictions we put in place earlier this year.

In particular, we are relaxing all restrictions on the development tools used to create iOS apps, as long as the resulting apps do not download any code. This should give developers the flexibility they want, while preserving the security we need.

In addition, for the first time we are publishing the App Store Review Guidelines to help developers understand how we review submitted apps. We hope it will make us more transparent and help our developers create even more successful apps for the App Store.

The App Store is perhaps the most important milestone in the history of mobile software. Working together with our developers, we will continue to surprise and delight our users with innovative mobile apps.

In order to subscribe you have to click this link that will bring you to the FeedBurner page with . . . → Read More: RSS Feeds for “Products and Services Specifications”]]> As you might have noticed, lately I started to write posts about the technical specifications of gadgets (smartphones for the moment). If you are interested on such posts, I created a RSS Feed for you.

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Apple originally intended to use the “Non Disclosure Agreement” just to prevent competitors to steal secret technical information on how its popular device works, but it ended up to be a . . . → Read More: Apple drops NDA limitation for iPhone apps]]> After receiving many complains on how it is managing its App Store, Apple decided to fix one of the many issue: the NDA.

Apple originally intended to use the “Non Disclosure Agreement” just to prevent competitors to steal secret technical information on how its popular device works, but it ended up to be a too heavy burden also for the developers whom wanted to write applications for the iPhone, since they were unable to even share programming skills between each others.

According to Apple, the developers will receive a new agreement without an NDA covering within days.

Links
Apple’s announcement: http://developer.apple.com/iphone/program/.

The slotMusic will have 1 GB of capacity and it will offer DRM-free music from EMI, Sony, Universal and Warner; it will be sold first on US stores, especially Best Buy and Walmart,� before Christmas and on the European market shortly after.

It sound like a good idea, but there is a catch: while the microSD slot is very common on many devices, there are not so many branded mobile phones and MP3 players that support it, not even iPod and iPhone.

Of course there also also benefits: distributing music via a high capacity physical media instead of relaying on the internet connection will allow easier offering of high quality version (up to 320 Kbs) of the music and the bundle of accessory material like liner notes, album art, videos, and other creative content.

SanDisk has not disclosed yet the detalils about the price, availability, and actual albums offered, but it claim that they will be announced in time for the coming holiday season.

Links slotMusic web site: http://www.slotmusic.org/.

The problem lays on the metal prongs of the adapter that could break off and remain in the power outlet.

The defect is present on the adapters sold in the . . . → Read More: Apple Recalls iPhone 3G USB Adapters]]> Bad news for the 3G version of the popular iPhone: Apple is recalling the USB power adapted because of a risk of electric shock.

The problem lays on the metal prongs of the adapter that could break off and remain in the power outlet.

The defect is present on the adapters sold in the following countries:

• US
• Japan
• Canada
• Mexico
• Several Latin American countries

Both the adapters bundled with the iPhone 3G and those that can been purchased separately are affected, while the adapters supplied with original iPhones or supplied with iPhone 3G units sold in other countries not listed above are not affected.

Apple claims that “no injuries have been reported”, but as precaution it is offering the possibility to exchange the defective units. The exchange campaign will start on October, 10th, and the users can choose to receive the replacement either via the Web, which will ship within three weeks, or exchange it at any Apple retail store; in order to receive the replacement the users need to include their iPhone 3G’s serial number with the order.

Links
Apple announcement: http://www.apple.com/support/usbadapter/exchangeprogram/?sr=hotnews.

The update is relatively big as it weight 240 MB. The users who own an iPod with already the 2.x version of the firmware can get the . . . → Read More: iPhone 2.1 update scheduled for Friday]]> Apple has released yesterday, but officialized today, the update 2.1 for the iPod Touch and it is planning to release Friday a similar patch for the iPhone.

The update is relatively big as it weight 240 MB. The users who own an iPod with already the 2.x version of the firmware can get the update for free while those who are running a 1.x firmware can upgrade for $9.99.

Links

Apple: http://www.apple.com/.

BusinessWeek, on its article, is citing a test made by Moe Tanabian, . . . → Read More: First Android phone without Exchange support]]> The timer is running out for the first model of the Google Android phone, as it is planned for late 2008, and some considerations about it are raising around the net, like the worrying that it will lack support for Microsoft Exchange.

BusinessWeek, on its article, is citing a test made by Moe Tanabian, senior principal at IBB Consulting, that noted that the e-mail capabilities of the Android are based exclusively on the Google Gmail platform; and that is raising some uncertainty if the phone will support Microsoft Exchange.

Beside that, the BW article is citing some positive details.

For example that Android will have access to T-Mobile App Store, which will be similar to the Apple’s store, but probably with fewer restrictions for the software developers.

Another curious details is that Google is planning to serve advertisement directly to the phones; while this idea may worrisome at first, the users can rest assured that the option actually require the opt-in, therefore they will not be spammed by ads automatically. The good side of this feature is that many reviewers are speculating that Google may justify the ads delivery with some discount on the phone price and probably also on the plan fees.

The first model will be made by HTC whom received the authorization by the FCC and it will release it on November, 10th on the U.S. market.

Links

Google Android: http://code.google.com/android/.

According to the images, that you can find here and here, the new Palm Treo 850 will have a . . . → Read More: New Palm Treo 850 revealed]]> Palm accidentally posted a presentation about the Palm Treo 850 on one of its web sites. Palm obviously removed it immediately, but not quickly enough to prevent the leak of the new Treo’s features.

According to the images, that you can find here and here, the new Palm Treo 850 will have a full 3.5 mm headset jack for headphones, Wi-Fi, and, the usual touch screen, and a micro-USB jack for data transferring; it will run the Windows Mobile 6.1 platform. As communication technology, the new Palm Treo 850 will use GSM and UMTS.

Palm has not yet announced a release date for the new Palm Treo 850.

Links

Palm: http://www.palm.com/.

The Palm Treo 850 image is copyrighted by Palm, inc.