Applelinks iPhone News Reader - Thursday, July 24, 2008
Tangible Keyboard For iPhone In The Works
AT&T developing voice-controlled iPhone apps
Dow Jones Allows iPhones with Limited Support
Apple: Dow Jones OKs iPhone Use; Support Limited
Apple's iPhone Contracts Leave Developers Speechless
AT&T Delivers Solid Second-Quarter Results Highlighted by Strong Wireless Growth, Double-Digit Increase in IP Data
Tangible Keyboard For iPhone In The Works
iPhoneAlley's Zak Reiter reports:
The iPhone keyboard is a brilliant innovation and a good time once users have grown accustomed to it. Crossover users who are used to feeling their keypad, however, might like that tangible comfort of knowing just where their fingers are supposed to go. Some researchers might have the answer.
Tiny vibrations emitted from the vibrate component inside iPhone can imitate the feel of a button when users touch the keypad. This technology will actually allow you to feel the edge of each key. What occurs is that as users touch certain parts of the keyboard, different vibration patterns are emitted, triggering the feel of a smooth and round button. Also, this technology is capable of allowing users to feel the clicking of keys, as though it were being depressed and released.
For the full report visit here:
http://www.iphonealley.com/news/tangible-keyboard-for-iphone-in-the-works?
AT&T developing voice-controlled iPhone apps
Appleinsider's Aidan Malley reports:
AT&T has developed a software trick that will let modern mobile handsets, including Apple Inc's iPhone, recognize voice commands without the need for specialized voice recognition software.
The research project is based on a new version of AT&T's WATSON speech recognition engine, dubbed Speech Mashups, that puts the entire feature on the web as a service that can be called upon from anywhere a high-speed Internet connection is possible.
For the full report visit here:
http://tinyurl.com/5kq8gv
Dow Jones Allows iPhones with Limited Support
iPodObserver's John Martellaro reports:
Dow Jones has allowed its employees to use an iPhone to access corporate e-mail, according to Eric Savitz at Barron's on Wednesday. However, the RIM BlackBerry remains the "Dow Jones standard." Mr. Savitz suggested this may be the route many companies go: initial approval but no formal support.
According to Mr. Savitz, his company's Global Technology Services group is evaluating the iPhone, given its new security features for the enterprise.
For the full report visit here:
http://www.ipodobserver.com/story/36658
Apple: Dow Jones OKs iPhone Use; Support Limited
Barrons' Eric Savitz reports:
Update: So it turns out Dow Jones is giving its blessing to using the Apple (AAPL) iPhone for accessing corporate email. As I noted yesterday, the company's Global Technology Services group had said that it was evaluating the device, given the new security features targeting corporate users.
For that matter, the new policy also allows people to connect with Palm (PALM) Treos or Windows Mobile Devices, but with support limited to email.
On the other hand, the company said that the Research In Motion (RIMM) Blackberry remains "the Dow Jones standard," which means while you can use an iPhone to connect to the network, DJ is not going to help you buy one or arrange for service.
For the full report visit here:
http://tinyurl.com/6nqlcz
Apple's iPhone Contracts Leave Developers Speechless
InfoWorld's Tom Yager reports:
Apple apparently chose the best possible template for its iPhone developer programs: its own Apple Developer Connection for OS X. Why it then made the iPhone SDK confidential even for those who download it for free poses a puzzling contradiction in the company's seemingly open approach to development.
For the full report visit here:
http://weblog.infoworld.com/yager/archives/2008/07/apples_iphone_c.html
AT&T Delivers Solid Second-Quarter Results Highlighted by Strong Wireless Growth, Double-Digit Increase in IP Data
[ Press Release ]
AT&T Inc. today reported solid second-quarter results highlighted by strong wireless growth, double-digit gains in revenues from IP-based data services and further expansion of consolidated margins.
"Our results demonstrate the great strength of AT&T's assets and our ability to execute with focus and discipline," said Randall Stephenson, AT&T chairman and chief executive officer. "Earnings growth continues to be solid, our wireless momentum is strong, our major growth and cost-reduction initiatives are on track, and we continue to return substantial value to shareowners.
"Our results demonstrate the great strength of AT&T's assets and our ability to execute with focus and discipline," said Randall Stephenson, AT&T chairman and chief executive officer. "Earnings growth continues to be solid, our wireless momentum is strong, our major growth and cost-reduction initiatives are on track, and we continue to return substantial value to shareowners.
"As we generate sound financial results, AT&T also has taken the lead to innovate and create great solutions for customers," Stephenson said. "Mobility, broadband connectivity and integrated services that encompass voice, data and video are driving a new world of communications. AT&T is all about deploying and enhancing premier networks and products to deliver this world to both business and consumers.
"The Apple iPhone 3G is a dramatic example of this transformation," Stephenson added. "In the days following our exclusive U.S. launch of this new device, powered by the nation's fastest 3G wireless network, customer response has been everything we had anticipated and more. This strengthens our wireless business, and it reinforces our positive view of the opportunities ahead for AT&T and the industry."
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