Why is iRobot, purveyor of the Roomba and Scooba home-cleaning robots, making a three-to-five-foot tall robot with an Apple iPad for a head?
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The comments from U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh came in response to an Apple request for a ban on the sale of some Samsung Galaxy products.
Mr Jobs will have succeeded if the sort of people who pay more for an Audi than for a Ford also prefer an Apple to a Compaq.
For example, a consumer shopping for an Apple iPod might just be thinking of it as a portable device, not realizing it can also be used with a car stereo or for movies.
It was the alarming success of Apple Computer's iPod and iTunes music store that helped prompt the latest challenge from Apple Corps, although the two companies have been sparring ever since George Harrison spotted an ad for Apple Computer in a magazine in 1980.
The Samsung attorney also told the jury that they would find no evidence that a consumer would mistake a Samsung device for an Apple one, addressing a key point the jury will need to consider in deciding whether patents were infringed.
An Apple TV set presents a thorny problem for Apple, one that still has no obvious answers.
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Norway, which had originally set a June '06 date for an Apple response, which then got bumped to August, has a fresh September date for Apple to respond to, and the members of this new anti-DRM coalition are promising increased pressure as that date looms near.
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The other potential crack in the cable armor: Apple could put a broadcast tuner inside an Apple TV, of course, while offering a way for broadcast network shows to be recorded in iCloud, like a DVR in the sky.
Product placement is a common thing for TV shows these days, but count on Steve Jobs to get an Apple product into a show before the device is even launched, and for the episode to practically be built around said device.
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The isolated keys aren't as deep as those found on Sony's latest models, nor not quite as crisp as an Apple keyboard, but should make for a comfortable typing experience.
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In particular, an iWatch full of sensors would make an iPhone even more valuable to people, just as Apple TV, for example, makes a Mac or an iPhone or an iPad more valuable.
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They would be willing to pay a premium for an Apple box.
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Maybe it means you share a recipe for an apple tart.
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In a narrower business sense, Samsung has an unlikely ally: Apple, which may need a prosperous Samsung for its own purposes.
What's more, a road to the quarry blocked a gully used for irrigation, and a pump that supplied water to an apple orchard was removed.
For its part, Google's kicking in not just the operating system, but also an Internet browser designed for mobility (adapted from Apple's Webkit), a calendar, an address book, maps, e-mail and access to Google's online payments system, which can be used to buy things via phones.
Apple has given itself a tough act to follow: Apple reported an 83% sales jump for the quarter ending in March.
Shirley, for example, owns an Apple laptop, a desktop, and an iPad.
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Apple is in talks with some of the largest U.S. cable operators about letting consumers use an Apple device as a set-top box for live TV.
Imagine current users of the iphone 5 having to pay Apple a downpayment now for an iphone 9, due out in 10 years, even if it never comes to the market.
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As envisioned, the screen looks like an ideal fit for a significant revamp of Apple's mobile display technology, although we'd be careful about assuming that this or any in-cell touch implementation is a lock for potentially imminent iOS hardware.
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The South Korean company said the S III will be released by around 300 mobile carriers in 147 countries by the end of July, aiming for an early start before rival Apple announces a new version of the iPhone in the third quarter.
More price-conscious consumers may also like Apple's eMac line, originally introduced as an educational computer but now sold as a bargain-priced (for Apple) consumer machine.
Apple may present an iRadio listener a download button for a song as the user listens to it.
Shares in Pandora react badly: but perhaps Pandora would make a very nice basis for an Apple internet radio station?
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It looks like we are up for a Santa Rally, but an Apple investor panic could take some reversing even if St.
If a cookie tempts you every time you walk into a cafe, come up with a plan to reach for an apple.
Eating an apple isn't likely to satisfy a yen for chocolate.
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