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iPhone as ticketing system detailed in patent

Patently Apple today published a patent by Apple that details an “iTunes based web service for tickets that will naturally enhance the iTunes music empire.”  The iPhone and Mac application “Concert Ticket” would allow all facets of the ticketing process to happen automatically.  

The advantages of Apple’s system include electronic maps to the event, electronic distribution of tickets through email or other means, song lyrics, refreshments, the ability to purchase a live recording of the concert or other content, parking and finding people. 

It doesn’t stop with Music concert tickets.  Apple lays out plans for sporting events, weddings and conventions (like WWDC, pictured but not scheduled officially yet). 

Is Ticketmaster the next casualty of Apple?

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Apple is putting the pieces together for a low cost mobile platform

Apple today was outted as the mysterious investor in  Imagination Technologies, now owning a 3.6% share.  This long term strategic move will solidify Apple’s ability to create future iPhones, iPod Touches and possible Netbooks based on ARM’s future products.   The aquisition of PA Semi earlier this year and bringing in IBM’s Mark Papermaster are also seen as moves to bring this all together.  Although they haven’t yet been outted, Apple is also believed to be an ARM licensee.

As I’ve stated before, I believe that Apple will, in 2009, deliver a new ARM Cortex Touch-based platform with a much bigger screen and physical keyboard option that will serve as a general computing platform for the masses.  This will incluse the Mobile multi-touch Safari, Apps store, Mail.app, iCal Maps, GPS, iWork and iLife Mobile. 

This will also be the opening battle in the Intel vs. ARM architecture war.  More below on this from ABI research: