AT&T rumored stalling Palm webOS phones until summer

Palm's plans for webOS phones at AT&T may have been sidetracked if a rumor is an indication. Canaccord Adams analyst Peter Misek claims to have "recently learned" from unnamed sources that the Pre and Pixi for the network have been pushed back from an April launch to June or July. The carrier has allegedly found a "long list of technical issues" and may also have whittled back its marketing budget....

published today, 2 hours 15 minutes ago, macintosh-news-network

Analyst: Next iPhone to further Palm's troubles

The next iPhone will continue to exacerbate Palm's troubles, according to UBS analyst Maynard Um. Despite the buzz surrounding the Pre announcement early last year, Palm recently cut its guidance for the current quarter. The company cites "slower than expected" sales of the Pri, Pixi, and newer Plus variants....

published today, 2 hours 25 minutes ago, macintosh-news-network

Canon intros six new LCD projectors for schools, business

Canon on Wednesday released details on six new LCD multimedia projectors meant for teachers and business pros. The LV-8310 and LV-8215 have native 1280x800 resolutions, while the LV-7385, LV-7380, LV-7285 and LV-7280 occupy the lower end with a 1024x768 resolution. Because of their intended use, lamp life is rated at 4,000 hours in Normal Mode and 5,000 hours in Quiet Mode....

published today, 2 hours 55 minutes ago, macintosh-news-network

Ars Premier now available in $5 month-to-month subscriptions

Last week was an important waypoint here at Ars. It has been just over six months since we launched version 2.0 of our Ars Premier Subscriptions. There's been a steady stream of new subscribers each day, and the program is outperforming our wildest expectations. Two weeks ago the staff had an opportunity to talk with a wide spectrum of readers about a number of topics. One of the things we took away from those conversations was that many Ars readers wanted to join and support the site directly, but weren't able or willing to put down $50 all at once. Read the comments on this post

published today, 3 hours 12 minutes ago, ars-technica

Qik Video Camera app drops from App Store

Qik's Video Camera iPhone app has been quietly removed from the App Store. The utility allowed users to capture video with an iPhone 2G or 3G, with frame rates of up to 15 fps and several quality settings. The interface also provide options to import the videos into the Camera Roll, or add a variety of special effects....

published today, 3 hours 25 minutes ago, macintosh-news-network

Sprint ad uses iPhone to sell WiMAX router

Sprint in an unusual marketing tactic is marketing its Sierra Wireless Overdrive router as a companion to the iPhone. A new commercial (viewable below) suggests the iPhone is "limited by AT&T's 3G speeds" and that the 4G-to-Wi-Fi hotspot could be used to speed up the smartphone. In this case, the router could give enough added speed to quickly finish streaming a video....

published today, 3 hours 35 minutes ago, macintosh-news-network

Win Phone 7 to have same remote app disabling as iPhone

Microsoft on the last day of MIX10 has confirmed that it can remotely disable Windows Phone 7 apps sold through the Windows Phone Marketplace. As all apps have to be given a license to run in the OS, the company can prevent them from running by revoking the license. The method would likely only be used in an emergency in case of a virus or other rogue behavior, the company's Istvan Cseri said in a presentation....

published today, 4 hours 5 minutes ago, macintosh-news-network

Apple lets iPhone devs schedule app sales

Apple is reportedly allowing App Store developers to choose the launch date for their applications, according to a Twitter image posted by amdev. The Pricing tab in iTunes Connect now provides an option for the availability date alongside the scheduling for price tiers....

published today, 4 hours 40 minutes ago, macintosh-news-network

Microsoft to lose $105.8m in patent lawsuit

Microsoft has suffered its second legal blow this year with a loss in a patent infringement lawsuit. Judge Leonard Davis ordered the Windows developer to pay $105.8 million for allegedly violating two VirnetX patents for VPN networks, including "transparently" creating a computer-to-computer connection and using a secure DNS server to create a link. The technology had supposedly been used in platforms from Windows XP through to Vista as well as Office and services like Windows Messenger....

published today, 4 hours 55 minutes ago, macintosh-news-network

MacUpdate Bundle: Parallels 5, Bee Docs Timeline 3D, more

MacUpdate has launched its Spring Software Bundle, headlined by Parallels Desktop 5. The $50 bundle would normally sell for almost $400. It includes 10 applications, with an eleventh available for the first 10,000 purchasers -- they are currently approaching 3800 bundles in day one of the sale. Parallels Desktop 5 ($80) runs virtualizations of Windows and Linux on the Mac....

published today, 5 hours 5 minutes ago, macintosh-news-network