The iPod shuffle is celerbating its seventh candle

On January 11, 2005, Steve Jobs introduced the iPod shuffle to the public from Macworld, as one of his famous "one more thing." The iPod shuffle is when the first iPod with no screen and opens the use of flash memory NAND.

Beginning of 2004, Apple controlled 31% market share of digital music player: the iPod's competitors are then hundreds of models of key USB flash drive, and some models opulent HDD. The Cupertino Company decides to go to conquer the market by launching the iPod mini, iPod hard drive a little smaller and a bit cheaper than its big brother. It is a success in one year, double the iPod's market share to 65%.

Prohibition of sale for the light kit logo on the iPhone

K.O Gadget received a letter ordering him to Apple to stop selling its iPhone 4/4S kit ($ 79.90) which allowed the Apple logo light up. Reproducing the system in this laptop brand. Apple sees this as an infringement on the copyright of its logo. Ko Gadget also proposed a variation with the famous Apple logo which would fit the profile of Steve Jobs.

The user will receive a kit to install itself, including a new back cover (thinner than the original) and a backlight of the size of a fingernail to plug in the iPhone. The logo lit up along the screen and remained 15 seconds after switching to standby phone. He was also active when the iPhone to the ear.

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International calls

The basic package includes Free calls to fixed and mobile in France, the United States, Canada, Alaska and Hawaii.

The program also calls to landlines in these countries: Azores, Germany, Andorra, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Greece, Guadeloupe, Guyana, Hungary, Canary Islands, Ireland, Italy, Latvia , Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Martinique, Monaco, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Reunion, Romania, United Kingdom, Czech Republic, Slovenia, Sweden and Switzerland.

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With ADSL

It is now rare to have a mobile phone but no fixed Internet. All operators offer ADSL offerings combining fixed and mobile television and telephone.

Free does not offer independent, but the company offers its subscribers Freebox € 4 per month on wireless service plan. A total of 24 months with the purchase of a 16 GB iPhone 4S, you'll get € 2015 in Free. We compared the equivalent offerings from its competitors by not taking into account the additional costs that may apply if, for example, you are not in unbundled areas.

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With a fixed 3 hours

If the comparison is final with unlimited plans, rarely used many hours of use per month, especially as the DSL box all offer unlimited and free. We compared the offers Free to cheaper packages that contain 3 hours of voice and options tailored to the iPhone.

24 months

The difference with the offer of Free mobile is less important, but it is always present with these packages on one condition: Sosh. The operator does not propose to offer three hours, but the special edition package comes close 2 hours. Inexpensive (€ 22.90 per month with no commitment), it does not support the phone, but the bill is light total: € 1148 after 24 months, less than € 51 Free. The package is however very different.

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With a flat rate

Incumbent operators offer packages more expensive monthly, but that fund at the same time the phone partner. According to Xavier Niel, the offer of Free remains largely cheaper anyway.

We compared the offers of the three incumbents on the total price of a 16 GB iPhone 4S and paid a fee for two years. Two profiles were selected package for this comparison:

- A package as close as possible to that of Free, with unlimited calls, unlimited SMS and unlimited internet, but restrained

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Free mobile packages were presented this morning (read: The second revolution Free). The operator announced that the iPhone at launch, it will actually wait until January 27 next.

Prices in Free iPhone

At that time, you can buy an iPhone as expected 4S € 1, provided the fund then. Several funding opportunities are offered by Free, 24 or 36 months. This table summarizes the final price of each model and the difference from the rate naked on the Apple Store.

The secondary revolution of Free

€ 19.99! This is the new price "magic" of mobile phones in France. After its success with its offer ADSL € 29.90, Free hopes again cut prices in mobile telephony. Xavier Niel called on all its competitors to align its rates twice as expensive.

Draw me a perfect package

What is it like the perfect package? Xavier Niel described: the voice unlimited (with international calls to Europe, Switzerland, DOM, the United States and Canada. In all, 40 destinations included). The same goes for SMS and MMS unlimited.

The Revolution of the PAF

The rumor of an Apple TV as, half confirmed by Steve Jobs himself, is constantly talking to her. The planets will align them-for a new warning shot in the style of Cupertino?

An impregnable fortress

So far television as such was under the rule of cable operators: real gatekeepers of access to content, they do not intend to let disintermediation easily, and Apple has been busy for the Apple TV pay to be enthroned on the side of free set-top boxes and delivered by cable operators, which has earned its status as "hobby".

The Revolution of the PAF

If Google was the first chopping to set foot directly into the TV, the initiative has so far been a dismal failure, attracting the hostility of the television channels who refused to see Google put its advertising over their content. Connected televisions have beautiful invade CES last year, mayonnaise has so far not taken in all initiatives affecting near and far to the media, Apple has always had at heart to act with the consent rights holders (even sometimes engage in real wrestling). We saw this difference in culture shine again there is little Match with iTunes, Apple is the only supplier of this type of solution has first signed an agreement with record companies, which enabled him to offer a solution much more elegant (including avoiding unnecessary upload data it already has on its servers).

iOS 5: good artists copy, great artists steal?

"Mistress, Luc has copied me, ah!”Since the submission of iOS 5, both sides start from the usual points of what would have been copied or not the new Apple in the competition. On the one hand, the very people who usually yell at war crime when the novelty of a smaller competitor comes from near and far from a concept to Apple today say that it is fair game. On the other, the most frenzied fans of Android laugh at what they see as a catch-up on the Google OS, which would have invented everything from A to Z. As usual, the truth is between two.

ITunes Match: explanation of some statutes icloud

A column of information in iTunes is used to find, as its name suggests, the "Status icloud" a piece after treatment with iTunes Match. It may have seven different information and quite explicit in their titles. However there is one that can sometimes seem incongruous. The criterion "Downloaded" indicates that this song in your iTunes library is uploaded to icloud because there was no iTunes Store. In contrast to standard "matched" that indicates that a local song was found on the iTunes Store. However, sometimes this criterion "Downloaded" is featured on songs or albums that we had just purchased from Apple.

WWDC Alerts: not to miss the train of WWDC

Victim of its success! Last year, the 5,000 tickets for the Apple Developers Conference (WWDC) were gone in 10 hours . The program with both iOS 5 and OS X Lion was particularly attractive indeed.

Nevertheless, it illustrates the growing success of Apple solutions to developers. In passing, we recall that the ticket costs just over € 1000. To this, add one round trip to San Francisco and accommodation costs.

Anonymous Support ToTthe Action Of eBizcuss

Two Apple Premium Resellers have confided anonymously to ChannelWeb on their relationship with Apple. Of anonymous witnesses who are going in the right line of the situation in which the group has publicly eBizcuss after Christmas and has led to an application for interim relief.

One of the APR, a European, details some opposition made by Apple for its activity and that of its peers. For example, the products most in demand during a period (iPad, MacBook Air) are not available for resellers like him while Apple and its partners in the mass distribution are properly delivered.