Patent applications are frequently one of the biggest sources of rumors in the technology industry. On Feb 25,2010, the US Patent & Trademark Office published one such patent application by Apple that has helped fuel more rumors about the upcoming next generation iPhone, the iPhone 4G. The patent involves a new concept in which the user can control their incoming calls and voicemail by simply swiping their finger over the camera lens. With this you can control rewinding and fast-forwarding of voicemail.

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Sounds interesting, right? This Apple

Love or hate Apple, no one can deny that Jobs and his team can make and market a product. The company has the most popular music store around and sells more apps than anyone else sells as well.

Apple has announced that the 10 billionth song has been sold via the iTunes store. The song that made the historic 10 billionth purchase was “Guess Things Happen That Way” by Johnny Cash. The track was purchased by Louie Sulcer of Woodstock, Georgia.

Sulcer won a $10,000 iTunes gift card for his purchase. That will buy a lot of tracks

iPad enthusiasts in the UK are a confused lot.  They are just waiting for the device to hit stores, but then Apple hasn’t yet told them what it would sell for. Though the US and North American markets now know the exact price, UK customers seems to have their fingers crossed over what kind of  price tag would be.

When the device got showcased by Steve Jobs last month, the details of pricing for the US were spelt out. However, the equally significant customer base the iPad would have had in the UK seems to be so vague with the pricing

This bit of information comes across as a breath of fresh air for Apple iPad freaks who had sullen faces after an AP endorsed report claiming a delayed launch of the Apple Tablet. Those faces need to cheer up as the Apple inventory is absolutely on track and the scheduled release this month will see no changes being made.

The AP report mentioned that Apple will either have to cut down on the number of units released to 300,000 in March and not a million or else the entire launch will have to be delayed as a Taiwan-based supplier of Apple

With all the recent talk about the lawsuit launched by Apple against HTC over patent infringements, it was curious to see when Google would finally actually react – after all, the whole ordeal seems to revolve around the operating system on HTC’s device, the Android.

Google haven’t officially done anything yet, though a spokesperson made a public statement giving a hint of what’s about to happen soon: “We are not a party to this lawsuit. However, we stand behind our Android operating system and

The iPhone 4G arrival has been a huge mystery until date and we can only use such concepts as the one below to keep the fanatics away from loosing all interest. This iPhone 4G whimsy comes from Seraphan a Spaziocellulare forum member who believes that the next generation Apple smartphone will be offered in numerous color options.

His version of the iPhone also has a bigger screen than the current generation models which we think will also be an essential part of the original version from Cupertino.

Seraphan is also

A Mac mini with HDMI seems like common sense, even if Apple hasn’t delivered so far. But that may change soon, according to AppleInsider, who were told by “two people familiar with the matter” that prototypes of a Mac mini with an HDMI port have been showing up in the inner circles.

One of these prototypes is apparently based on NVIDIA’s MCP89 chipset, but Intel’s ongoing licensing dispute with Nvidia will prevent Apple from using the MCP89 chipset alongside its latest generation of Nehalem-based Core i3, i5 and i7

Apple has announced that it is filing a lawsuit against HTC over the alleged infringement of about 20 patents that cover critical aspects of touch phones, like hardware, software and touch-display control. Some question whether the lawsuit is actually meant to send Google a message. But maybe it’s against the entire smartphone industry and it’s just Apple showing their teeth.

Apple should probably be more worried about Microsoft and its Windows Phone 7 Series since it has such a nice user interface and all. Basically it’s just

On Tuesday Apple filed complaints with both the U.S. International Trade Commission and a federal court in Delaware seeking to stop the import, sales and use of some phones made by Taiwanese manufacturer HTC. The complaint suggests that HTC has infringed on patents owned by Apple with a number of their mobile handsets, all which rely on Google’s Android operating system.

The mobile devices in question include the Pro Touch, TouchPro 2, Touch Diamond, myTouch 3G, Tilt II, Pure, Imago, T-Mobile G1, Hero, Droid Eris, HD2 and of course