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Posts Tagged ‘iPhone OS’


Apple Sells Over 2 Million iPads

by Erik Jensen, Jun 1 2010 // 11:00 AM

In just about two months, Apple has made what must be a record in the tech industry, reportedly selling two million units of their uber-popular iPad. And amazingly, the majority of those numbers came from domestic sales as the iPad only went on sale internationally last weekend. When international sales figures start rolling in, the ‘magical’ tablet will be on course to outpace sales of just about every must-have device, including Apple’s own iPhone.

Additionally, apps specifically built for the iPad’s much larger screen have topped 5,000 in recent days, but represent only a small fraction of the nearly 200,000 total apps most of which are designed for the iPhone or iPod touch. The big concern now seems to be whether the Foxconn factory in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen can produce enough iPads to meet demand. Apple CEO, Steve Jobs mentioned this issue as the new sales figures were announced.

“We appreciate [customer] patience, and are working hard to build enough iPads for everyone,” said Jobs.

Keeping up with demand isn’t Foxconn’s only concern at the moment as an investigation into an alarming rash of worker suicides has begun. More than 300,000 people sleep, eat and work at the sprawling factory complex and thus far in 2010, 10 people have committed suicide, while three others have tried. Other manufacturers besides Apple contract with Foxconn, including Dell, HP Dell, and Sony, each of which have begun their own investigation into worker conditions.

Posted in: Apple · Business · Gear · Hardware · Tech
Tagged: Apple, Business, Foxconn, iPad, iPhone, iPhone OS, iPod Touch, iTunes, iTunes App Store, Sales


Apple Reportedly Bringing Out Entirely New AppleTV Based on Next-Gen iPhone

by Chris Ullrich, May 28 2010 // 2:04 PM

As someone who purchased an Apple TV I find the device somewhat useful. Sure, its sorta a pain to have to sync your movies and TV programs to iTunes but it does make a pretty good streaming video server. Although, it does have its limitations, including the rather small size of the internal storage, and is rather costly for what it really does.

Well, according to a pretty well confirmed rumor over at Engadget those limitations, and the high price, are about to change. Apple is reportedly hard at work on developing and rolling out a brand new version of the Apple TV which will resemble, both is form and in specs, the fourth generation iPhone. It will be an iPhone-like box without a screen which will run the iPhone OS and serve content. It will have very few ports — possibly only HDMI and power — and it will reportedly cost only $99.00.

Video output for the device will be up to 1080p, it will have up to 16GB of internal storage and an Apple A4 processor. I know what you’re thinking. Only 16 GB of internal Flash storage? That’s too small.

Well, fear not, Apple has you covered because the device will reportedly store all media on “the cloud” much like other services from Netflix, Microsoft and Amazon do. The difference here is that with Apple’s offering, you will be able to get “instant on” 1080p content delivered directly to your giant plasma TV.

Does that sound pretty cool or what? Oh, and did I mention the thing will reportedly cost only $99.00? Yeah, they’re gonna sell a few of these. . . quite a few. Can’t wait to see how this device stacks up against Google’s upcoming GoogleTV.

Posted in: Apple · Hardware · Movies · News · Software · Tech · TV
Tagged: 1080p, Amazon, Apple, Apple TV, Cloud Computing, Google TV, Hardware, HD, iPhone, iPhone OS, iTunes, Microsoft, Movies, Software, Streaming Video, Tech, TV, Video


Apple’s iPad 3G Available Today

by Chris Ullrich, Apr 30 2010 // 3:00 PM

If you’ve been anxiously awaiting the release of Apple’s iPad complete with 3G capability, then today is your day. Apple will release the HSPDA radio version of the iPad and it will be available in stores starting at 5PM.

In case you didn’t know, the iPad Wi-Fi + 3G will set you back an additional $130.00 over the non-3G version with prices ranging from $629, $729 to $829 for the 16GB, 32GB and 64GB models. Not only that, in order to take advantage of that 3G feature, you’ll need to fork over money to AT&T for a data plan. Prices on those are either $14.99 for 250MB of data or $29.99 for the unlimited plan.

At least this data plan is contract-free, so that’s not completely lame. Still, the thought of giving AT&T any money for their, at least in our experience, crappy 3G service isn’t something we’re thrilled about. Probably going to stick to our Wi-Fi iPads for now and wait for 4G instead. But you go ahead and get a 3G iPad, don’t let us stop you.

If you do, hit us in the comments and let us know how it works out.

Posted in: Apple · Business · Gear · Geek · Mobile Apps
Tagged: Apple, Apple Store, Hardware, iPad, iPad 3G, iPhone 3G, iPhone OS, iTunes, iTunes Store, Software


Apple Delays International iPad Shipments Until May

by Chris Ullrich, Apr 14 2010 // 3:00 PM

Well folks, if you happen to live anywhere else except the good old US of A and you desperately want to get your hands on Apple’s latest beauty the iPad, your wait for the device just got a bit longer. Today, Apple announced that due to high demand in the States, all international sales have been delayed until the end of May.

Here’s the company’s official statement on the matter:

Although we have delivered more than 500,000 iPads during its first week, demand is far higher than we predicted and will likely continue to exceed our supply over the next several weeks as more people see and touch an iPad™. We have also taken a large number of pre-orders for iPad 3G models for delivery by the end of April.

Faced with this surprisingly strong US demand, we have made the difficult decision to postpone the international launch of iPad by one month, until the end of May. We will announce international pricing and begin taking online pre-orders on Monday, May 10. We know that many international customers waiting to buy an iPad will be disappointed by this news, but we hope they will be pleased to learn the reason—the iPad is a runaway success in the US thus far.

Bummer. Our sincere sympathies for those of you living elsewhere. We hope you get your iPads soon.

Posted in: Announcements · Apple · Gear · Geek · News · Tech
Tagged: Announcements, Apple, Apple Store, International Sales, iPad, iPhone, iPhone OS, Macintosh, Sales




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