Apple seems to have missed the memo that there is a recession on:
“The New York Times’ Brad Stone reports that Apple announced boffo earnings for the just-concluded third quarter: Net income was up to $1.67 billion, a 47 percent increase over the comparable quarter last year. The company sold more computers — 3.05 million — [...]
CNET writer Elinor Mills has been having trouble with using her iPhone in the AT&T network recently, and decided to do something about it. It seems to be happening especially in cities, where AT&T’s systems are overtaxed and can’t handle the call and data volume.
She writes in “AT&T takes the phone out of the [...]
Apple, coming down from a long tradition of stiff prices, has lowered prices on its entire iPod line. The most jaw-dropping deal, for example, is the $120 price cut to the 32GB iPod Touch, which is now being sold online for $280.
Here’s a complete breakdown of the new prices (and you can click on the [...]
A second robbery in a span of less than five months was accomplished at the Sagemore Apple Store in Marlton, New Jersey.
Five men savvy enough to wear face masks attacked by smashing the glass in front of the store a little after 2am of September 3. The break-in was so well orchestrated that you can [...]
Apple CEO Steve Jobs took the center stage for the first time after a liver transplant to announce new products such as an iPod with built-in video camera. The 54-year old CEO (speaking in a soft voice) received a warm welcome from the crowd.
He said, “I’m very happy to be here today, I thank everyone [...]
August 2009 – For the first time in 4 years, Sony Corporation’s Walkman digital music player outsold APPLE Inc.’s iPod in Japan. The Tokyo-based Japanese electronic research company (BCN Inc.) said as of August 30, Sony’s market share of its portable music players climbed to 43% which is just slightly higher than Apple’s 42.1%.
BCN said [...]
Someone I know has terrible luck with iPhones – first his 3G got cracked in the screen, and then when he reverted to his old first-gen, the touch screen stopped working, but only at the bottom where it says “slide to unlock.”
But can he get it repaired? The iPod Touch has a 1-year limited [...]
Steve Jobs has always kept an extremely tight grip over Apple, and the approach certainly has its merits. The results speak for themselves. But at what cost?
The Wall Street Journal reported on Monday that Steve Jobs is back at Apple and working hard on his latest masterpiece, the Apple Tablet. That’s not very surprising. We [...]
For the true Mac addict who can’t bear to part from their iPhones, here is the iPhone soap. Now you can put your not-so-waterproof phone down and pick up another to scrub your body. And guess what? It’s apple-scented. Clever, guys.
via Apartment Therapy Unplugged
iPods and iPhones have long evolved from being just music playback devices. With high pixel density and high quality screens, the iPod is way past its photo phase and is in full-blown game and media mode. But it takes a bit of creativity and genius to recognize the iPod Touch as a release platform for [...]
