In an interview with the Times' Andrew Davidson, Bang & Olufsen's CEO Torben Sorensen noted:

"Did you know that the wheel navigation system used by Apple iPods was invented by B&O in 1994? We just didn't patent it. We were too complacent – it's our biggest contribution to Apple. Hahaha."

Likewise its Beoplayer music-filing software preceded Apple's iTunes, but was never developed to mass-market potential. Others might be weeping at this point, but Sorensen simply shrugs and says B&O's quality distinguishes it from imitators.

It's the consensus of at least some Mac experts that a new series of mini MacBooks may be introduced at Macworld on January 15.

This new product line, it is believed, will be facilitated by a new family of already-announced chips called Silverthorne.

Although Menlow, the first iteration of Silverthorne, will offer a series of processing efficiencies appropriate for these mini MacBooks, the second generation of Silverthorne chips will offer enablements that will facilitate more powerful iPhones.

A Chinese company says that it has developed a novel form of enabling the Apple iPhone to work with unauthorised network operators. Unlike most solutions which remove the lock from the handset software, this is a SIM card adaptor which then evades the handset SIM verification process.

Congratulations: Santa has rewarded your good behavior with an iPhone. Now it's up to you to keep it clean and pristine, through icy, salty, and sandy New England winters.

My favorite products for ruggedizing Apple's delicate devices come from OtterBox, which makes travel cases for smartphone and PDA users.

Consider it a battle less for hearts and minds than for thumbs and ears. That's what may ensue between Apple and Research In Motion, judging from recent Wall Street analysis and the performance of the companies' shares and marquee products.

Apple's iPhone is expected to sell 10 million units by the end of 2008. Meanwhile, RIM has 12 million subscribers, and its iconic BlackBerry is selling at a rate of about 4 million units a quarter. Shares in Apple have been trading near a record $200, while RIM reached a split-adjusted record of $137 in November.

It hasn't even been a full year since the day Apple unveiled its much-anticipated iPhone in January 2007. Though the company had no stake in the cell phone industry before then, its iPhone has sent shock waves through all corners of field in the 12 months since. Perhaps the biggest change that the iPhone has helped catalyze has been the Web browser's place on smartphones.

An advanced amateur astronomer, Michael Weasner, took a photograph of the full moon on Christmas Eve, 2007 with a Meade ETX telescope and an Apple iPhone.....

The iPhone is not suitable for long-duration astrophotography, but for a bright object like the moon and a short exposure, decent results can be obtained. Other cell phones have also been used for such informal photography, but the delight of using an iPhone for astrophotography is hard to resist.

The next upgrade for Apple Inc.'s iPhone will again relock unlocked phones and disable any third-party applications installed on the device, according to claims made by a noted iPhone hacker.

Citing "natetrue," creator of the iBrickr utility, as its source, the Gizmodo blog posted a 10-second video clip that showed one of the changes purportedly included in the iPhone 1.1.3 firmware upgrade: the ability to rearrange application icons on the iPhone's home screen.

2007 was a monumental year for iPod hacking and a major milestone looks to be acomplished just before the year ends. The first SIP compatible VOIP solution for the iPod Touch (and hopefully soon the iPhone) should be coming our way in the next 10 hours (as we write this).

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