Archive: January 2010
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AT&T Activates 3.1 Million iPhones Q409
Yesterday AT&T released an earnings report for its fourth quarter of 2009 . In the report the official carrier of the iPhone in the U.S. reported that it had activated 3.1 million iPhones during the quarter, just shy of last quarters record of 3.2 million…
Jobs: iPad has 140 Hours of Music Playback, eBook Pricing Inline with Amazon
Kara Swisher and Walt Mossberg have posted a short video on their reactions to the iPad announcement on Wednesday as well as an impromptu chat with Apple CEO Steve Jobs. During the video Jobs states that the iPad will have 140 hours of music playback…
iPad Unveiling Keynote Now Available
Apple has posted the January 2010 media event keynote video online in both streaming and downloadable formats. The keynote, hosted by Steve Jobs saw the introduction of the iPad . A new multi-touch mobile device between the iPhone and MacBook. Streaming versions are available on…
Apple v. Psystar Update
The appellate case is moving along with both parties having filed their mandatory Mediation Questionnaires. Other than both agreeing that mediation would be futile, the filings are pretty vanilla with the exception of the following unintentional humour ( from Psystar's filing ):
Apple Creates Multi-Touch Version of iWork for iPad
During today's special event Apple executive Phil Schiller gave a demonstration of the new version of iWork built specifically for the iPad. All three applications, Keynote, Pages and Numbers have been reworked for the large multi-touch display and will be available for just $9.99 each…
Will the iPad revolutionise education?
Many of us have been waiting for the Apple iTablet , iSlate , iPad for some time. Some thought the announcement would come a year ago but were left disappointed. Fast forward a year to 27th, January 2010 and Steve Jobs announces the iPad to…
Apple Launches iPad
Apple today announced the iPad during its special event held in San Francisco. iPad is a revolutionary device for browsing the web, reading and sending email, enjoying photos, watching videos, listening to music, playing games, reading e-books and much more. iPad's responsive high-resolution Multi-Touch display…
Updates from Apple "Latest Creation" Special Event
Follow events from Apple's special event.
Tablet Enclosure Purported in Images
With less than an hour to go before Apple begins its special event today images have been unveiled that reportedly show the rear exterior of the tablet. Following images from Engadget earlier that showed the front of the tablet, Gizmodo now republishes photos of the…
Last Minute Images Reveal Apple Tablet
Engadget has published four images which it claims are of the Apple tablet. The images depict a device significantly larger than an iPhone running what looks like iPhone OS with WiFi and service indicators in the top left. Engadget also publishes some specs claiming that…
Calcanis Drops Ball on Apple Tablet
Jason Calcanis famed for being founder of Weblogs Inc. has revealed purported details of Apple's tablet before the special event later today. The details come via Calcanis' Twitter feed in which he claims that he already has an Apple tablet. In the first of a…
Live Coverage of Apple "Latest Creation" Media Event 10AM PT/6PM GMT
World of Apple will be offering live coverage of today's media event which will take place at the Yerba Buena Center in San Francisco. Apple is expected to unveil its long-rumoured tablet computer during the event as well as the possibility of revealing iPhone OS…
McGraw-Hill CEO Talks iPhone OS Based Apple Tablet
Talking on CNBC Tuesday afternoon the CEO of McGraw-Hill said that Apple will announce its tablet this Wednesday and that it will run the iPhone OS. During the interview on the "Street Signs," show Terry McGraw was quizzed about Apple's tablet and whether textbooks would…
Apple Prepares Yerba Buena Center for Special Event
Ahead of Apple's special media event tomorrow the company has been preparing the external parts of the Yerba Buena Center in San Francisco. On Wednesday, January 27 Apple is set to hold a special event for the media and is widely rumoured to unveil new…
Apple Attempting TV Show Pricing Cut
FT.com is reporting that Apple is pushing US TV networks to reduce the price of their TV shows to help "spur demand" on the iTunes store. Apple has suggested during meetings to much resistance that TV show prices be reduced from $1.99 to $1. Financial…
Is this the Apple Tablet?
Images have emerged that are the most convincing mockups of the Apple tablet so far. It is unknown whether they are real and any issues with the photos are backed up with this statement from the original poster "the person who took/released them purposefully manipulated…
Notes of Interest From Fiscal Q110 Earnings Call
Following the release of Apple's first fiscal quarter results earlier today the company held a conference call for media and analysts. Below is a list of notes from the conference call.
Apple Records $15.86 Billion in Revenue During First Quarter 2010
Apple today announced financial results for its fiscal fourth quarter which ended on December 26, 2009. Apple posted revenue of $15.68 billion and a net quarterly profit of $3.38 billion, or $3.67 per diluted share. These results compare to revenue of $11.88 billion and net…
Looking Ahead to Apple's Q1 2010 Fiscal Results
On Monday Apple will announce its first results for the 2010 fiscal year. The results which will be watched closely by analysts, bloggers and wall street are expected around 4.30PM EST (9.30PM GMT) with a conference call being held at 5PM EST (10PM GMT). As…
Developers Receive Latest Mac OS X 10.6.3 Build [Seed Notes]
Over the weekend developers began receiving the latest build of Apple's third update to Mac OS X Snow Leopard. The latest build of Mac OS X 10.6.3 is labelled 10D538 and weighs in at 772.9MB. The latest build contains just one known issue affecting Front…