Archive: 2007 — page 6
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Apple Profits Soar, $24 Billion Revenue, Mac Sales Exceed 2 Million
Apple has announced Monday that fourth-quarter profits rose 66 percent to $904 million, or $1.01 per diluted share, on sales of $6.22 billion for the three-month period ended September 29, 2007. Apple shipped 2,164,000 Macintosh® computers, representing 34 percent growth over the year-ago quarter and…
Steve Jobs Looks to the Future, Talks Upgrades, Market Share and iPhone
The New York Times has published an article on the upcoming release of Mac OS X Leopard 10.5 which will begin shipping this Friday at 6.00PM. The article notes that the growing "halo" effect from the iPhone and iPod has caused the Mac market share…
In Brief: Apple Q4 07 Results Call Today
Apple will hold a conference call discussing its fourth quarter 2007 financial results and a look forward at 2008. The audio webcast which can be listened to online will begin at 2:00 p.m PT / 5:00 p.m. ET (10.00 p.m. BST) Apple is widely expected…
In Brief: iPhone 4th Top Selling Mobile, Apple Faces Class Action Over Capacity
iPhone 4th Top Selling Mobile MobileTechNews writes that recent data from Strategy Analytics on 3rd quarter 2007 marketshare data for mobile phones showed that the iPhone was the 4th op selling handset in the U.S. The iPhone was also the top selling device for AT&T…
Apple Posts Leopard Guided Tour
Apple has posted a 27 minute guided tour called "Mac OS X Leopard: A Guided Tour." An Apple retail store employee by the name of John takes viewers through some of the features of Leopard including: Stacks Finder Spotlight Quick Look Time Machine Spaces Mail…
iPhone Tariffs for Germany?
MacNotes.de has published a list of rate plans which have reportedly been sourced from multiple T-Mobile sources in Germany. iPhone M 49 EUR/month Free data over EDGE Free T-Mobile WiFi Hotspots Free Voicemail 100 Minutes included (further minutes: 0.39 euros per minute) 40 SMS included…
Updates: Apple Remote Desktop, Xsan, ATI Radeon X1900 Firmware
Apple Remote Desktop 3.2 Client - 4.1MB The 3.2 client update is recommended for all users and addresses numerous issues related to overall reliability, usability and compatibility. Apple Remote Desktop 3.2 Admin - 34.6MB Xsan 1.4.2 Admin Update - 9.1MB The Xsan 1.4.2 update addresses…
In Brief: O2 Contract Pit Falls, Unlocked French iPhone
O2 Contract Pit Falls When O2 revealed its iPhone contracts last month it promised "unlimited" across all the tariffs. O2 also mentioned the availability of unlimited data add-on plans for other phone contracts. On the O2 website "unlimited" data is simply accompanied by a star…
Apple to Deliver Penryn-based Mac Pros Soon?
AppleInsider reports that Apple is awaiting the official word from Intel that it can ship an update to its beefy Mac Pro workstation. The new Mac Pro will feature Intel's currently unreleased processor known as Penryn, it will represent the first upgrade to the Mac…
Three More Customer Ads for iPhone
Apple has begun airing three more customer testimonial style adverts for the iPhone. In " Delay " Bryce, an airline pilot, confesses that he used his iPhone to check Weather.com to reverse a flight delay on his plane. Kristin, a ballet dancer with a blog…
Two Million iTunes Plus Tracks Now 99 cents Each
Following yesterdays revealing from Steve Jobs that Apple would lower the price of iTunes Plus tracks, Apple has officially announced that it has expanded the selection and lowered the price. iTunes Plus now offers over two million tracks. The iTunes Plus catalog is now the…
Steve Jobs Announces iPhone SDK, Coming February 2008
Apple CEO, Steve Jobs has posted an open letter revealing that Apple will release a third party SDK for the iPhone and iPod touch in February 2008. Letter reproduced for convenience: Let me just say it: We want native third party applications on the iPhone…
Apple Plans to Drop Price of iTunes Plus Tracks
Apple's CEO, Steve Jobs has confirmed to the Wall Street Journal that the company plans to reduce the price of iTunes plus songs by .30 cents either later today or tomorrow. Songs on iTunes Plus originally came at a premium though: 30% more than the…
Leopard Details: Back to My Mac, System Requirements, Up-to-Date
Apple Details "Back to My Mac" Feature Only available to .Mac subscribers, Back to My Mac allows users to access files or view the Desktop of their Mac at home from the Finder on a remote computer. Back to My Mac puts any Leopard-based Mac…
In Brief: Leopard Goes Gold
Following today's announcement from Apple regarding the shipping date of Leopard, it has been revealed that the next-generation operating system as finally reached Golden Master. Build 9A581 which was released internally late last week as been declared a Golden Master. The code will now be…
Apple Confirms Orange as French iPhone Carrier
Following a half announcement from Orange last month, Apple has finally announced that Orange will be the official carrier for the iPhone in the UK. “We are excited to partner with Orange and bring iPhone to France in time for the holidays,” said Steve Jobs…
iPhone SDK at Macworld?
Businessweek reports that Apple may be planning to release an official development kit at next years Macworld Conference and Expo which will be held in mid-January. Sources familiar with Apple's plans for an SDK state; Apple will release a software-development kit for the iPhone in…
Apple Officially Announces Leopard Ship Date
Apple today announced that Mac OS X Leopard will go on sale Friday, October 26 at 6:00 p.m. at Apple’s retail stores and Apple Authorized Resellers, and that Apple’s online store is now accepting pre-orders. Leopard is packed with more than 300 new features and…
Leopard Confirmed for October 26 Release?
Loop Rumors , ifoAppleStore and Think Secret are all reporting that Leopard will hit shop shelves at 6PM on October 26th, this is reportedly "confirmed." AppleInsider notes that Apple is expected to make an announcement to the media as early as Tuesday 16th October. Both…
Firm Comments on iPhone Hacking, Applications
In today's note to clients Gene Munster, analyst for Piper Jaffray briefly wrote about iPhone hacking and third party applications for the iPhone. Munster agreed first hand that a larger set of applications would make the iPhone more attractive but was keen to note that…