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Microsoft Wants the App Store Name As Well
As we can see from the App Store badge on the right, the name “App Store” already has such a ring to it, so elegant and simplistic and it can be used in regular conversations so naturally, such as “Have you checked out the app store today?” or “I wonder what’s featured in the app store today?” and immediately your mind would go to Apple’s App Store.
Ask any other platform user whether it be Blackberry, Nokia or Android – the minute the two words “App Store” is spoken they think Apple. It is because it has such a simplistic feeling to it and such a ring that Microsoft decided that it’s not fair that Apple gets to trademark it. They have already begun the campaign to release the “App Store” term from Apple’s trademark but now it looks like they’re attempting the campaign in Europe as well when Microsoft went ahead and filed a formal application for declaration of invalidity with the European Union’s Community Trade Mark office over Apple’s trademark.
Microsoft’s argument is that the term “App Store” is too generic and lacks distinctiveness which could simply mean a store that is offering apps, something that Windows Phone 7 is doing, Blackberry is doing, Android is doing and Nokia is doing as well. If Microsoft were to succeed in challenging Apple’s trademark and Apple was forced to rename their app store, if you were an iOS user, do you think you could ever stop using the term “App Store” even if it was changed to, let’s just say – “Apple’s Amazing and Wonderful Emporium of Apps”?
Now here’s an iPhone 6S case that will certainly turn heads, especially when you take into consideration its name which is known as the OnePlus iPhone 6S case. That’s rather weird, don’t you think so? It will certainly take some getting used to before the name rolls off your tongue naturally. Well, we do know that The OnePlus iPhone 6S case can now be purchased for $19.99 a pop, and no, you do not need any kind of invite before you can snag one for yourself.
Each purchase will also be accompanied by an invitation to purchase a OnePlus X, just in case, you know, you would like to tread the Android waters. All in all, it comes in the kind of material as found on the OnePlus One and OnePlus X, which makes it a whole lot harder to lose grip of when you hold it – which is good!
If you are on the lookout for either the iPhone 6S or the iPhone 6S Plus, then here is news for you – chances are pretty high that you can pick up either one, or perhaps even both if you are feeling fat in the pocket, this coming September 18th. First of all, there was a leaked internal memo from Vodafone alongside Japanese site ITHome and German tech experts Macerkopf claiming that the new iPhones 6S models will roll out this coming September 18th in their respective countries
With Japan, Germany and the UK being tier one Apple launch countries, this means that those living in the mentioned countries will receive the iPhones at the same time as folks living over in the US – traditionally speaking, of course. There really isn’t that much time left to wait, as it is less than a month away, and I am quite sure that the time will pass by sooner than you think.
It looks like the folks over at Digitimes have come up with their own interpretation of things to come – that there will be no iPad Air 3 released, at least for this year. Digitimes has had their fair share of hits and misses in the past, so it would be best to take this rumor concerning the non-release of the iPad Air 3 in 2015 with a pinch of salt.
Digitimes also laid claim that the iPad mini 4 will not be as supercharged as some of the rumors that had been going around, as it will bring with it only small and incremental upgrades when compared to its predecessor, the iPad mini 3. This does not seem to bode well for fans of the compact tablet, taking into consideration how the iPad mini 3 itself was improved over its predecessor with a new Touch ID fingerprint reader.
Since Apple tends to roll out a new iPad in October, we will just have to sit tight and see whether this particular rumor has enough “legs” to run.