Ian WhiteiPad 2 news and Apple in legal trouble
December 29th 2010 11:00
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Rumors have been flying about the iPad 2's features. It'll be thinner and faster, it'll have a camera, it may even have internet access! But the Taiwanese newspaper Digitimes has reported the next generation of iPad will come in 3 versions. Digitmes writes:
Apple is expected to release three versions of iPad 2, supporting either or a combination of Wi-Fi, UMTS and CDMA, for 2011 with mass production to start as early as the later half of January. Apple will ship about 500,000-530,000 units to channels in January with shipment ratio of Wi-Fi, UMTS and CDMA models at 3:4:3, according to industry sources, citing upstream component makers.
The sources pointed out that about 60-65% of current iPad shipments are 3G models, indicating that consumers prefer models that are able to connect to the Internet all the time, therefore Apple is aiming to work even more closely with telecom carriers by offering more wireless solutions for iPad 2 to satisfy market demand.
Digitimes' unnamed sources--"upstream component makers"--reportedly estimated that Apple could ship 40 million iPads in the new year and may soon claim "65-75% of the global tablet PC market."
This is incredible news for the superfluous gadget gold rush.
Speaking of Apple, they're being sued.
I previously wrote about apps invading your privacy, but now it looks like the issue has finally gone to court.
Jonathan Lalo filed a suit on December 23 in federal court in San Jose, California. He is seeking group status for his complaint. The lawsuit states that the transmission of personal information is a violation of federal computer fraud and privacy laws. I'm sure Apple’s first question was, "privacy laws?"
iPhones and iPads are equipped with Unique Device Identifiers (UDID), 40-digit-long strings of letters and numbers which distinguish one device from another, and cannot be blocked or removed by users. The suit claims that these UDIDs are used to let advertisers track what apps users download, how long the programs are used, and how often.
According to Bloomberg, the suit also claims that "some apps are also selling additional information to ad networks, including users' location, age, gender, income, ethnicity, sexual orientation and political views."
I wonder, in what innovative ways will the iPad 2 invade our privacy?
Apple is expected to release three versions of iPad 2, supporting either or a combination of Wi-Fi, UMTS and CDMA, for 2011 with mass production to start as early as the later half of January. Apple will ship about 500,000-530,000 units to channels in January with shipment ratio of Wi-Fi, UMTS and CDMA models at 3:4:3, according to industry sources, citing upstream component makers.
The sources pointed out that about 60-65% of current iPad shipments are 3G models, indicating that consumers prefer models that are able to connect to the Internet all the time, therefore Apple is aiming to work even more closely with telecom carriers by offering more wireless solutions for iPad 2 to satisfy market demand.
Digitimes' unnamed sources--"upstream component makers"--reportedly estimated that Apple could ship 40 million iPads in the new year and may soon claim "65-75% of the global tablet PC market."
This is incredible news for the superfluous gadget gold rush.
Speaking of Apple, they're being sued.
I previously wrote about apps invading your privacy, but now it looks like the issue has finally gone to court.
Jonathan Lalo filed a suit on December 23 in federal court in San Jose, California. He is seeking group status for his complaint. The lawsuit states that the transmission of personal information is a violation of federal computer fraud and privacy laws. I'm sure Apple’s first question was, "privacy laws?"
iPhones and iPads are equipped with Unique Device Identifiers (UDID), 40-digit-long strings of letters and numbers which distinguish one device from another, and cannot be blocked or removed by users. The suit claims that these UDIDs are used to let advertisers track what apps users download, how long the programs are used, and how often.
According to Bloomberg, the suit also claims that "some apps are also selling additional information to ad networks, including users' location, age, gender, income, ethnicity, sexual orientation and political views."
I wonder, in what innovative ways will the iPad 2 invade our privacy?
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