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Apple to reportedly add second iPad manufacturer to meet ‘iPad HD’ demand this fall
Hot on the heels of reports that claim Apple is gearing up to launch a new iPad model this fall,…
Mobile web use explodes, Apple, RIM to profit…
Apple’s iPhone has sparked interest and use of web browsing using smartphones, particularly in the US, where such use has climbed 89 per cent.
Smartphone users (and let’s face it, mobile web usage is most prevalent among iPhone users) are running to social networking and e-commerce sites, spending an average of four hours and thirty-eight minutes online using their phone every month (in the US) and two and a half hours per month in the UK, research claims.
Recall that January survey of more than 10,000 adults, which revealed 84.8 per cent of iPhone users access news and information from their device? That compares to 13.1 per cent of the overall mobile phone market and 58.2 per cent of total smartphone owners…
iPhone sparks wave of smartphone innovation – analysts
While mobile devices may be the biggest-selling consumer electronics products in the world, with more than one billion shipping every year, the market’s under constant pressure – and the iPhone is a crucible for further change.
“Three or four years from now, no mobile device vendor – no matter what their market position today – will be in a ‘comfort zone’,” said ABI Research vice president and research director Stuart Carlaw.
Developed and developing markets for these devices are being shaped by divergent forces – developed markets are typically highly saturated, highly competitive and highly segmented, with strong product innovation, the analysts note.
WiMax as an option for new Apple laptops?
Apple is putting together the pieces for a WiMax explosion, inking a deal with a Korean firm which promises inclusion of the technology within future Apple laptops and iPod products, a report explains.
Regular readers will know we’ve been expecting Apple to make some sort of move to embrace WiMax, and while critics of our prognostication have pointed out that deployment isn’t yet sufficiently widespread in the advanced markets, this is rapidly changing, with the standard seemingly set for prime time next year.
AT&T-Mobile: AT&T just bought T-Mobile USA
Image via Engadget Wow. And then there were 3 big US mobile players. The move would make AT&T-Mobile, the joint…
Apple reportedly assembled anti-counterfeit team in 2008 to combat fakes
CNN is reporting that recent Wikileaks cables have revealed that Apple assembled an anti-counterfeit team in 2008 to combat counterfeited iPhones and iPod…
ARM earnings explode on iPad, iPhone blessing
Apple’s iPad and iPhone have transformed the fortunes of chip designer, ARM, but the company is keeping quiet on the…
Taiwan sources predict explosive growth in pico video projectors on smartphones, iPhone…
Recall last week when we learned at least one major European carrier has reached some kind of deal to offer mini video projectors to iPhone customers? Well, seems there may be more to this story than we first thought, with a Taiwanese firm involved in creating such pico projectors predicting massive growth next year – really massive growth.
Apple will help you share and purchase apps
Apple is deadly serious with its App-driven vision for life in the clouds, with a new patent application describing its…
Apple retail link could double potential iPhone sales in China
Listen up, we know we keep going on about Apple’s unfolding iPhone adventures in China, and we know most of our US readers seem cool to this news, but it’s important, really important – if Apple plays its cards correctly it could lead to a major explosion in iPhone sales, dwarfing those in the US and the UK. And that’s why Apple management are exploring all available strategies to take a slice of this market…
The iPod is dying, long live the iPod….
How much is the iPod line faltering – – or how well is the rest of Apple’s line doing in comparison? It turns out that after GAAP accounting is taken out of the equation, the iPod line, which once was Apple’s profit leader is now #3 in profitability, beating only Apple’s AppleTV line.
As this graphic shows, iPod sales have been contributing a shrinking amount of revenue to Apple’s general performance, skip past the break to see another graph which shows us in clearer terms the shrinkage of iPod revenues.
US Government imposing new restrictions on shipping charged batteries in the name of safety
New regulations proposed to Congress by the U.S Transportation Department’s Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) are set to…
