Apple wants to undermine sales of ultrabooks, cheaper MacBook Air

If such classes as "tablet", "netbook" and "notebook" are abstract names by some types of computing devices, sharing common properties, belongs to the class of ultrabooks private companies - Intel and Apple, although the company from Cupertino, in fact, are only responsible for the development of the concept, promoting its ultra-thin laptop MacBook Air. And, as the owner of a whole class, Intel is trying to establish its own rules and standards of this forced to compete with the computer on the operating system OS X.

As it became known, Apple sent to their supply chain needs to suppliers on price, intending to make this summer's review of its notebooks, including the line of MacBook Pro and MacBook Air. This situation has caused concern producers ultrathin laptops. The main pressure on the market ultrabook comes from the value of their prototype - MacBook Air, since Apple wants to reduce the cost of current models on the eve of the launch of new, eroding demand for similar solutions from other vendors.

According to sources, in June, "EIR" will undergo a number of changes. They do not affect the external design of machines and will be exclusively internal. It is a new line of computer processors used in the MacBook Air. The exhibition CES 2013 Intel will introduce the fourth generation Core processors, code-named Haswell. That they have to be part of the updated Apple laptops 2013 release.

Since the main advantage of Haswell is the increased level of energy, their use will make the design of laptops even thinner and increase the rate of battery life. Another advantage of the new chips are built-in graphics core, which saw the most marked increase in performance over previous generation processors.

In 2013, Apple plans to ship 17 million notebook MacBook Air and MacBook Pro.

Apple is developing an active stylus for iPhone and iPad

Steve Jobs has repeatedly said that the stylus for your smartphone or tablet - is a sign of failure. Icon believed that electronic pens are obsolete, and the latest technology to give preference fingertips. "God gave us ten styluses - let's not invent another" - said Jobs.

But, apparently, Cupertino Company abandoned development of the stylus. This is evidenced by a new patent filed by Apple in the Bureau of Patent and Trademark United States. Application for an "active stylus" describes the stylus, which is a more advanced version of this accessory and provides a more accurate recognition touching the touchscreen. Notes that the device is designed to reduce the cost of production of such products.

Previously, Apple has patented a "tactile" and "optical" stylus. The first allows you to feel a slight vibration, depending on the strength of the pressure on the screen, or move "pen" on the link, making communication with the iPad or iPhone more realistic, and the second can be equipped with an optical camera for precise positioning on the screen.

Despite the position of Jobs, Apple could think of to create a stylus for a long time. In early 2011, it was announced that the company has filed a patent application for such a peripheral one year after the first iPhone. From this it followed that the U.S. company plans to equip your stylus accelerometer that can track the movement of the device in space. The company's engineers have noted that such a "pen" can be used to select the brush size, color, or as an eraser.

On the other hand, Apple often gets patents for technologies that it may never be realized in commercial products.