The American Supreme Court today has denied a formal request by Psystar to review a decision by a lower court which ceased the sale of computers which were running Apple’s new OS X but were not manufactured by Apple. The decision not to go forth with hearing an appeal case helps to uphold the original ruling which was made by the American Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. The verdict was that Psystar’s Macclones had been violating Apple’s copyrights.
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Last week, Apple was said to adopt its own home-grown Maps application instead of Google Maps in iOS 6. At the time, multiple iOS 6 versions have been floating around the company’s labs, signaling a possible mid-June introduction at this summer’s World Wide Developers Conference. Most recently, references to an imminent iOS 6 beta were discovered in the code strings of the iCloud beta portal.
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Apple is reportedly planning to add new photo sharing functionality to its iCloud service at this year’s WWDC. The company will unveil the new features when the event kicks off on June 11th in San Francisco, The Wall Street Journal suggests. Thanks to the new ability, users will have the opportunity to share pictures with each other and also leave comments.
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The imminent WWDC will allegedly witness the debut of numerous MacBook Pro updates, each said to feature high-performance Ivy Bridge chips and Retina Display-like screens. In addition, the revised lineup will indeed boast the widely expected slim form factor, getting more similar to the MacBook Air.
Apple is also reported to use flash memory for shirking boot times and improving battery life. However, it is unclear for now whether the next-gen MacBook Pros will rely solely on expensive solid state drives, like the MacBook Air.
While the report didn’t indicate the exact dimensions of the purported new laptop, the design is speculated to borrow some elements from the MacBook Air, with the current optical drive likely missing to reach a slim, tapered form factor.
The tip also confirmed the presence of Intel Ivy Bridge CPUs, which arrived last month. Based on the “world’s first 22nm process” and relying on new 3D transistor technology, the chipsets are reportedly powerful and efficient enough to provide support for 4K resolutions. The silicon is being initially rolled out as part of the Core i5 and i7 series.
With Intel’s highly-efficient new chips, Apple could upgrade its new laptops with displays that have higher resolutions that the current iPhone 4S and new iPad. Since last year, Apple have been repeatedly said to be developing a Retina Display notebook. By doubling icon resolution in 10.7.4 and enabling Hi-DPI UI assets in 10.7.3, the latest OS X Lion build could also point to a possible Retina Display-equipped MacBook.
According to reports from upstream supply chain, Apple will ramp up volume production of updated MacBook Pros in April starting with the 15-inch device followed by a June batch of the smaller 13.3-inch model. The tip didn’t mention the 17-inch MacBook Pro, which Apple is rumored to axe due to dropping sales.
On April 26, Apple was awarded 25 new patents by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Patently Apple reports they were given to a lot of products such as Apple Store display, Time Machine, iTunes Store, iMac, iPad and so on. The rest of patents were granted to the networking and security category as well as to the utilities like a pocket PC.
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According to DigiTimes, Apple will finally unveil upgraded MacBooks next months. The publication quotes supply chain sources, who claim that components shipments are anticipated to increase considerably in June as Apple boosts MacBook production. Shipments will supposedly peaked in July, once full scale is reached. This year, MacBook shipments are predicted to leap by as much as 50%, significantly outperforming Windows PCs, even though the latter are likely to keep dominating the computer market.
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