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Apple Watch : toujours interdite, seul un véto présidentiel pourrait sauver Apple
news.movim.eu / JournalDuGeek · Thursday, 21 December - 12:00
Apple avait demandé en milieu de semaine dernière de revendre des Apple Watch aux États-Unis, mais la commission du commerce international
Apple Watch : toujours interdite, seul un véto présidentiel pourrait sauver Apple
Les Apple Watch françaises seront-elles affectées par l’interdiction américaine ?
news.movim.eu / Numerama · Tuesday, 19 December - 09:58
Aux États-Unis, les Apple Watch Series 9 et Ultra 2, lancées en septembre, vont être retirées de la vente. Une décision historique liée à un conflit de brevets qui pourrait obliger Apple à agir vite. Parmi les changements évoqués, un changement d'algorithme pour changer le fonctionnement du capteur d'oxygène… ou un redesign complet de la montre.
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Apple Watches being pulled from stores this week due to potential import ban
news.movim.eu / ArsTechnica · Monday, 18 December - 19:18
Enlarge / The Apple Watches Series 9 released in September 2023. (credit: Apple)
Apple will pause sales of the Apple Watch Series 9 and Apple Watch Ultra 2 starting December 21, it revealed today in a statement to 9to5Mac . The move comes as the products are facing a potential import ban until August 2028, due to rulings that the watches infringe on patents from Masimo.
In October, the US International Trade Commission (ITC) upheld a January ruling that Apple Watches with pulse oximeter features infringe on two Masimo patents . Since then, the case has been under a 60-day Presidential Review Period, which ends December 25. After that date, the watches are subject to an import ban until the patents' expiration in 2028.
Apple told 9to5Mac:
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Watch Series 9 et Ultra 2 : Apple arrête brutalement ses ventes aux Etats-Unis
news.movim.eu / JournalDuGeek · Monday, 18 December - 16:50
Coup de théâtre à l'occasion des fêtes de fin d'année, certaines Apple Watch sont menacées aux États-Unis. La marque à la pomme va devoir interrompre la vente des Apple Watch Series 9 et Apple Watch Ultra 2 suite à un litige sur les brevets.
Watch Series 9 et Ultra 2 : Apple arrête brutalement ses ventes aux Etats-Unis
Quel avenir pour l’Apple Watch ? La montre est menacée aux États-Unis
news.movim.eu / Numerama · Monday, 18 December - 15:15
Lancées en septembre, les Apple Watch Ultra 2 et Apple Watch Series 9 seront indisponibles à partir du 24 décembre, à cause d'un contentieux entre Apple et Masimo, qui détient des brevets sur la mesure de l'oxygénation sanguine. Cette décision historique, qui ne concerne que les États-Unis, met Apple dans une impasse sur une de ses gammes les plus populaires.
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Apple Watch 9 vs Apple Watch 8 : le match au sommet
news.movim.eu / JournalDuGeek · Wednesday, 13 December - 14:13
Que vaut la nouvelle Apple Watch par rapport à son aînée ? Plongée en détail dans les similarités mais surtout les différences qui séparent les deux montres connectées.
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Apple exec departure leads to major iPhone, Apple Watch reshuffle
news.movim.eu / ArsTechnica · Friday, 8 December - 21:57
Enlarge / The iPhone 15 Pro. (credit: Samuel Axon)
According to a report in Bloomberg , Tang Tan, vice president of Product Design, is leaving Apple, and his departure heralds a shuffle of executives heading up some of the company's most important products.
Sometimes, you might wonder just how much a specific executive influences the grand scheme of things, but the report claims that people within Apple see Tan's departure as "a blow," clarifying that he "made critical decisions about Apple's most important products." His team reportedly had "tight control" over the look and functionality of those products.
Tan oversaw major aspects of iPhone and Apple Watch design, and he was the executive overseeing accessories and AirPods, as well. He reported to John Ternus, Apple's senior vice president of Hardware Engineering, who is likely a more widely known name.
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Apple Watch facing potential ban after losing Masimo patent case
news.movim.eu / ArsTechnica · Friday, 27 October, 2023 - 18:23
Enlarge / The Apple Watch Series 6. (credit: Apple )
The Apple Watch violates patents owned by California-based Masimo, the US International Trade Commission (ITC) ruled on Thursday [ PDF ]. The federal agency issued a limited exclusion order for the smartwatches, meaning the Apple Watch is in jeopardy of an import ban.
The ITC's ruling upholds a January ruling that found that the Apple Watch infringed on a Masimo patent. The exclusion period recommended on Thursday is supposed to go into effect after 60 days, during which time President Joe Biden can overturn the ruling. Biden previously declined to veto an ITC ruling that found the Apple Watch violated patents of a different company, AliveCor.
The debate is over Masimo's light-based pulse oximetry. The ITC's ruling doesn't specify which watches are affected. But the first Apple Watch to feature blood oxygen monitoring was the Apple Watch Series 6, which came out in 2020.
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iOS 17.1, macOS 14.1, and other Apple updates arrive with a few new tricks
news.movim.eu / ArsTechnica · Wednesday, 25 October, 2023 - 17:22 · 1 minute
Enlarge / Apple's iOS 17.1 release includes updates to the Settings for StandBy on the iPhone. (credit: Apple/Ars Technica)
A plethora of point-one updates have arrived for Apple devices, adding a few features and some useful bug fixes to iPhones, iPads, MacBooks, Apple Watches, and Apple TVs and HomePods. It also addresses French regulators' concerns that the iPhone 12 produced too much electromagnetic radiation in certain conditions.
The biggest new features among the software refreshes are on the Apple Watch and HomePods. If you're a frequent user of AirDrop, however, and find yourself throwing huge files to people, iOS 17.1 adds a new "Use Cellular Data" option. If both the sender and recipient have iCloud accounts, an AirDrop transfer can continue over a cellular connection if your phone leaves Wi-Fi or Bluetooth range or drops the connection. MacRumors shows the changes and settings involved .
Elsewhere in iOS 17.1, StandBy gets new display options, including display-off timers. No Journal app has arrived yet. One new thing that has arrived is a patch to the iPhone 12's radio operation to accommodate, as Apple put it, "the protocol used by French regulators." France's National Frequency Agency (ANFR) found that the iPhone 12 exceeded a "limbs" limit of radiation, for when the phone is in a pocket or purse or otherwise against the body, and called for Apple to stop selling the device and potentially recall it. Apple, noting that the device was "certified by multiple international bodies," still agreed to address the issue in iOS 17.1.
