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Predictions For WWDC ?08
2008-06-06 17:47:00 A 3G iPhone seems a certainty at WWDC as just about everyone ( and their mother ) is predicting one and we should get an earful about the new App Store and iPhone 2.0 firmware plus a few native app demos but what surprises may Steve Jobs have for us? The top 3 likely ... More About: Predictions , Nano
Griffin Case Mold Pic Reveals 3G iPhone Design
2008-05-28 17:29:00 A Chinese website called iDealsChina says it has obtained pictures of the case molds for the upcoming 3G iPhone . The molds are allegedly from Apple accessory maker Griffin’s case design and seem to show a substantially thinner profile for the second gen iPhone. The pictures also prove that Apple does indeed share its plans ... More About: Design , Iphone , Case
Mark Your Calendars: 3G iPhone Out on June 9th
2008-05-21 03:24:00 With Apple making plans to introduce the next-generation iPhone in over 42 countries to a potential half a billion customers, it seems almost certain that we’re very close to a US launch. Several Apple fan sites are reporting that Steve Jobs will make the 3G iPhone announcement at the WWDC Keynote on June 9th ... More About: Iphone , Calendars
Italian Executive Says 3G iPhone in June
2008-05-12 18:40:00 Telecom Italia top executive Luigi Licciardi, speaking at the International Electronics Forum in Dubai, has confirmed that Apple will bring a 3G model to Italy in June . This admission is the first by a top level executive associated with the 3G iPhone planned introduction which is most likely in June during the WWDC conference. ... More About: Iphone , Vodafone
Vodafone Announces iPhone for 10 Markets
2008-05-06 17:08:00 The multi-national carrier Vodafone has made a significant announcement that it’ll carry the Apple iPhone in 10 countries to include Australia, Czech Republic, Egypt, Greece, Italy, India, Portugal, New Zealand, South Africa and Turkey. While no specifics are discussed, the most likely candidate for affluent markets would be the 3G iPhone while a lower ... More About: Iphone , Markets
Is this the rumored Apple Nanophone?
2008-05-05 20:14:00 An anonymous tipster has sent me what appears to be a cropped promotional image from the upcoming Apple Nano phone. If the image is genuine, we can then conclude that: - the Nanophone retains the metallic looking trim around the device - the Nanophone is curvier than current gen iphone - we are weeks if not days from the ... More About: Phone
Source: 2 iPhones to be Introduced This Year
2008-05-01 18:43:00 During the past two weeks, a number of Apple news sites have posted contradictory reports on the next gen Apple iPhone specs. Some have speculated that the 3G iPhone will have the same 3.5 inch touch screen as the current model while others say the device will get a smaller 2.8 inch screen. There’s ... More About: Source , Nano , Year
Apple Reports Best Second Quarter Yet
2008-04-24 04:03:00 Apple reported record fiscal 2Q 2008 financial results ending March 29, 2008. While profits rose across all company divisions, margins were less than previously expected. Apple reported a gross profit of of $7.51 billion and a net profit of $1.05 billion. Last year for the second fiscal quarter, Apple made a gross profit of ... More About: Pod , Quarter
La Repubblica: Italian 3G iPhone Due in Few Weeks
2008-04-21 18:57:00 TIM ( Telecom Italia Mobile ) has secured the right to sell the next generation iPhone without a contract and carrier lock, Stefano Carli reports for the prestigious Italian newspaper La Repubblica. There will be no revenue sharing nor carrier exclusivity, both of which Carli credits to the six month negotiations headed by TIM’s ... More About: Apple , Italy , Iphone
LPAM Analyst: Apple Could Hit $300 in 2009
2008-04-18 17:15:00 Jason Schwarz, an Options Strategist for Lone Peak Asset Management, writes for SeekingAlpha: “Recent data is suggesting that Apple is on the verge of breaking out in a major way…The Apple market share story begins with the reemergence of the Mac, in a recent interview Apple COO Tim Cook indicated that during fiscal 2007, Apple ... More About: Pod , Analyst
Report: Apple iPhone Hits India in September
2008-04-18 17:12:00 India Times is reporting that VodaPhone will carry the iPhone for the Indian market come September and the UK based company is also “likely to become the carrier for the Australian market once iPhone is launched there”. The iPhone may in fact launch in India and other less affluent markets like Mexico and some south ... More About: Apple , Iphone , Report
PC World Reveals 3G iPhone Features
2008-04-14 17:52:00 Tom Spring describes in his PC World Blog some features of the upcoming 3G Apple iPhone : - 3.5G - 8, 16, and 32GB - thinner case and better camera - GPS Read more here D.S. More About: Iphone , Features
Source: NanoPhone by the Start of ?09
2008-04-14 17:48:00 I’ve been talking to a few people in the know regarding the introduction of lower end iPhone models and it sounds like Apple is working on multiple iPhone projects, however technical issues have mainly hindered an early release of new lower-end handsets. The NanoPhone, for instance, was repeatedly described by my sources as an unbelievably small and thin model ... More About: Source , Start
Attack of the iClones: Nokia Readies the Tube
2008-04-08 21:05:00 Looks like Samsung, LG, and HTC won’t be the only big name handset makers to introduce an iPhone clone: James Sherwood of The Register reports “Nokia has confirmed that it?s developing a touch-screen equipped handset to take on the Apple iPhone”. The device will be another shameless rip-off of iPhone’s good looks and hopes ... More About: Tube , Attack
New iMacs Coming Soon?
2008-04-04 19:17:00 An Apple news site is claiming that lower stocks of iMac s in inventory channels is signaling the arrival of updated iMacs soon. The update will reportedly include Intel’s new Penryn processor inside iMacs and improved graphics for the Mac Mini . With the lawsuit filed against Apple claiming that lower quality TN panels were used ...
RBC: Apple Underestimated Post Holiday iPhone Demand
2008-04-04 19:15:00 A few days ago, Gene Munster of Piper Jaffray reported in a research note to clients that current generation iPhone shortages are largely due to a production ramp down in anticipation of a new 3G model. Today RBC Capital rebuts this argument by saying that Apple ’s low iPhone stocks are a result of “unanticipated ... More About: Holiday , Iphone , Post
Apple Gets Sued for 20-inch iMac Screen Quality
2008-04-01 04:26:00 Kabateck Brown Kellner, LLP press release on March 31, 2008: APPLE SUED FOR iMAC DECEPTION Inflated Claims, Concealed Inferiorities of New 20-inch iMac Los Angeles ? Apple deceptively marketed its new 20-inch iMac in a way that grossly inflated the capabilities of its monitor, which is vastly inferior to the previous generation it replaced, according to a federal ... More About: Screen , Inch , Quality
Next Gen iPods to Feature WiFi-Free iTunes Access?
2008-03-31 18:23:00 According to a tip I’ve received from a trusted source, Apple is laying the groundwork to introduce connected wireless access to iTunes Music Store across continental United States. Similar in nature to the service offered by Amazon’s Kindle book reader, iTMS access would be offered utilizing AT&T’s traditional data networks in order to provide ... More About: Pod , Itunes , Free , Feature
Piper Jaffray: 45 million iPhones to be Sold in 2009
2008-03-31 18:20:00 Philip Elmer-DeWitt reports for Fortune.CNN blogs that Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster has reiterated his prediction that Apple will sell 45 million iPhone s a year by 2009. Munster goes on to detail how Apple accomplishes this by predicting Apple will introduce “a family of 2 to 3 iPhones ? including lower-priced models selling for ... More About: Million , Sold
Analyst: Apple Orders 10 million 3G iPhones
2008-03-26 17:32:00 MacDailyNews reports that Gartner analyst Ken Dulaney claims “Apple has ordered a second round of 10 million next-gen 3G iPhone s”. As I have reported from my sources, Apple will likely release the 3G iPhone model sometime in June so we could be very close to its introduction. Read more from MacDailyNews here D.S. ... More About: Million , Analyst , Orders
BusinessWeek: Subscription iTunes Makes Sense but Unlikely
2008-03-21 16:47:00 In recent days, Financial Times reported that Apple is in talks with major recording labels over bringing subscription music service to iTunes . The deal supposedly would allow unlimited access to the iTunes music library in exchange for an undisclosed mark-up on iPod prices. Arik Hesseldahl of BusinessWeek reports that while such a deal in ... More About: Sense , Itunes
Piper Increases iPod Estimate, Macs Grab 14% Market Share
2008-03-18 18:37:00 The latest NPD Group data was just released highlighting positive trends for Apple products. Gene Munster of Piper Jaffray has done an analysis and says the data “suggest the company will sell 9.7 million to 10.5 million iPod s in the March quarter”. While that figure is higher than his estimate of 9.5 million to ... More About: Mac , Market , Ipod , Share
Apple Releases 802.11n Enabled AirPort Express
2008-03-17 16:13:00 The new 802.11n wireless technology was rumored as headed to AirPort Express for a long time and this morning Apple has finally released an updated version of its popular consumer wireless solution priced at $99.00. AirPort Express ( now with 802.11a/b/g/n wireless standards ) is a compact wireless network base station which allows for ... More About: Airport
Am Tech: Apple TV to Gain DVR Functionality
2008-03-14 19:56:00 Just the other day, an Apple patent filed sometime in 2006 turned up describing how a media hub could implement live TV recording functionality and how a touch sensitive remote control could be used to interact with the device. Today, Shaw Wu of American Tech nology Research says Apple TV will soon incorporate Digital Video ... More About: Blu-Ray , Patents
Sources Reveal Insight into Future iPod Lineup
2008-03-14 19:53:00 Apple CFO Peter Oppenheimer offered a rare glimpse into Cupertino’s product development roadmap during his company’s Q3 conference call in mid 2007 by referring to an ongoing “product transition”. Evidence is mounting that the iPod roadmap is what he specifically had in mind. According to my sources close to the iPod product division, Apple ... More About: Ipod , Future , Classic
Billboard: $1.9 billion for iTunes Last Year
2008-03-12 21:24:00 Billboard magazine online reports that as the second largest U.S. music retailer, iTunes Music Store has had over 4 billion total downloads to date, 1.7 billion of which came in ‘07. Billboard estimates that iTMS made $1.9 billion last year in total revenue from music downloads and $570 million in net profit. Read more from ... More About: Apple , Itunes , Year , Billion
iPod Price Cuts On the Way?
2008-03-10 19:48:00 According to an Apple news site, refurbished iPod nanos are selling at sharply lower prices than expected and that could mean price cuts across the iPod lineup is on the way. Checks with online retailers show that current generation 4GB and 8GB refurbished nanos are selling $50 less than their full retail prices. The ... More About: Ipod , Price , Shuffle
Am Tech Analyst: Apple and RIM Both Good Solutions for Enterprise
2008-03-10 19:46:00 Shaw Wu of American Tech nology Research voiced his confidence in the enterprise solutions offered by both Apple and Research In Motion ( RIM ). In a note released to investors today, Wu says that while ActiveSync, recently licensed by Apple from Microsoft, features simplicity and cost efficiency, RIM’s email implementation has better network security ... More About: Phone , Good , Solutions
Piper: Apple?s SDK Unveiling Inspires Confidence
2008-03-07 18:03:00 Piper Jaffray research group analysts, in a note out to clients, say that they’re excited by the prospects of Apple ’s touch platform SDK, which was unveiled yesterday. Piper analysts say that the iPhone is now a “full-fledged mobile computing platform” and that Apple will release a “full family” of internet devices which will make ... More About: Pod , Confidence , Unveiling
Possible Announcements at Today?s Apple iPhone SDK Event
More articles from this author:2008-03-06 17:51:00 Philip Elmer-DeWitt of Fortune.CNN blogs reports on 7 likely announcements at today’s Apple event: - Today ’s SDK release will be a beta; final version will be released at the Apple World Wide Developers Conference in June - Apple will regulate commercial apps, distribute them on iTunes, and take a portion of profits - Apple will not regulate ... More About: Pod , Event , Iphone 1, 2, 3, 4 |
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