Archive: 2007 — page 2
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iPhone Revisions and Apple TV Update in 2008?
After a key meeting with suppliers and manufacturers in Asia, Goldman Sachs analysts reported this week that Apple will most likely introduce two revisions to the iPhone in 2008 and an Apple TV overhaul. David Bailey wrote in a research note that his Far Eastern…
TV Programming Hits iTunes Canada
True to yesterdays rumours , Apple has begun selling TV shows on the iTunes Store in Canada. Shows will be available for $1.99. ITunes customers can choose from Canadian-produced favorites such as the top-rated, award-winning “Corner Gas” from CTV, smash hit comedy “Little Mosque on…
TV Shows Coming to iTunes Canada This Week?
Ars Technica reports that iTunes users in Canada could be greeted with the arrival of TV Shows to the store in the coming days. The company plans to begin adding shows quietly to the store as early as tomorrow (Tuesday) afternoon or evening, with an…
Apple Store, West 14th Street Opens Its Doors [Video]
At 6pm on Friday 7th December New York City's third Apple Store opened its doors to a massive crowd of visitors and celebrities alike. ifoAppleStore offers a fantastic write up of the entire event, as well as some candid photography around the store of the…
Apple's Retail Expansion in Fiscal 2008
Since Apple's 2008 financial year started on September 30th 2007 the company has opened seven new stores and plans more for 2008. Apple has opened the following stores in fiscal year 2008: The Mall at Partridge Creek - Clinton Township, Michigan - opened 18/10 Lakeside…
Mac Pro Update, OS X 10.5.2 at Macworld?
French Mac site MacBidouille is reporting ( translated by HardMac ) that Apple will unleash new versions of its high-end Mac Pro workstation at Macworld 2008 to held in January. The French site reports that the new Mac Pros will see an update to 45nm…
$1500 Sub-notebook, 3G iPhone by June
In a recently aired broadcast on CNBC, Jim Goldman reported that a source close to Apple's manufacturing facilities has confirmed that the company will release a sub-notebook at Macworld in January and will also have a 3G iPhone on sale by June. Goldman also reported…
iPhone 1.1.3 Soon? Disk Mode Support, Voice Memos?
CNet France ( translated by Electronista ) is reporting that iPhone firmware update 1.1.3 is due very soon, possibly as early as the coming weekend. The firmware update which comes around 1 month after the previous update is said to build in voice memo recording…
First Looks at The Apple Store, West 14th Street
Apple sent out an email announcing the Apple Store West 14th Street opening earlier in the week Gizmodo has posted exclusive pictures and video of Apple's latest Apple Store which will open this coming Friday at 6.00PM. ifoAppleStore has begun its usual wall-to-wall coverage of…
Orange Shifts 30,000 iPhones in Five Days
Orange, the mobile division of France Telecom announced Wednesday that it had sold nearly 30,000 iPhones in the first five days of the device being on sale in France. The iPhone has been available in France from 680 Orange stores, the Orange online store and…
German Court Overturns iPhone Injunction
A German court ruled Tuesday that T-Mobile can return to selling locked iPhones, forcing consumers to also join a T-Mobile service plan. Late last month Vodafone forced an injunction upon T-Mobile forcing the company to sell unlocked iPhones until the court came to a decision…
Apple Orders Displays Ahead of Ultra-Portable
Citing industry sources Taiwan based DigiTimes is reporting that Kenmos Technology and Taiwan Nano Electro-Optical Technology have both become suppliers of notebook LED backlit units for both Dell and Apple. Taiwan Nano Electro-Optical Technology is currently supplying 12.1-inch units to Dell via AU Optronics and…
Steve Jobs to Host Macworld 2008 Keynote
IDG World Expo announced via Macworld that Apple CEO, Steve Jobs will deliver the opening keynote at Macworld Conference and Expo 2008. The keynote will be held at the Moscone West building in San Francisco and will kick off at 9.00am on Tuesday January 15th…
Analyst Notes on iPhone Launches, Verizon Announcement, Android
In the same note that Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster wrote of the ultra-portable Mac he also noted on the European iPhone launches, Verizon's plans for an open network and Google's Android mobile platform. The analyst writes that the three chosen carriers in Europe expect…
Munster Sees Ultra-Portable Mac at Macworld
Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster is weighing in on the ultra-portable Mac rumours again . Munster is now believes that there is an 85-percent chance of Apple releasing the long-rumoured ultra-portable Mac at Macworld Conference and Expo in January 2008. "As Macworld approaches, reports of…
Third Manhattan Apple Store to Open December 7
Although Apple has yet to release an official press release, advertising materials covering the future Apple Store in the Meatpacking district of Manhattan state that the store will open in one weeks time on December 7th. The large store on the corner of 9th Avenue…
Apple Developing Solution for Mini-CD Slot Load Problems
Apple has developed an idea of reducing shipping and packaging costs by selling software on smaller discs which could then be used in slot-loading optical drives built for standard 12 cm CDs and DVDs a new patent filing reveals. The filing which was made in…
French iPhone Launch, Unlocked iPhone Pricing
November 29th 2007 marked the release of iPhone in France, of particular interest to the media was the French legislation forcing carriers to sell unlocked handsets in the country. Louise-Pierre Wenes, Senior Executive Vice-President of France Telecom, holds iPhone on launch day. Didier Lombard, Chairman…
AT&T Chief 3G iPhone "next year"
Bloomberg reports that AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson confirmed Wednesday that Apple will introduce a 3G version of the iPhone next year. "You'll have it next year," he said, explaining that he was unaware of how much more the new version will cost than the existing…
Steve Jobs Voted Most Powerful Person in Business
Fortune magazine has ranked Apple CEO, Steve Jobs most powerful person in business in its annual ranking of 25 business persons. In addition to the rankings Fortune has written an article entitled The Power of Steve Jobs . Fortune supports their claim by attributing Jobs'…