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Apple’s Black Friday Sales Leaked Early

Written on November 17, 2009 by Darrell Etherington and 21 people have commented

If you’re planning your holiday shopping but want to get a good grasp of the budget available to you in advance, it helps to know what kind of deals you’re going to get. Luckily, Apple’s Black Friday discounts have been leaked early, so you can factor in those price reductions while you’re figuring out how [...]

Apple 10-K: Rise of the iPhone

Written on October 29, 2009 by Charles Jade and No one has commented

Apple has released its Form 10-K (PDF) for the fiscal year 2009, the annual report providing a summary of the company’s performance. A number of interesting details can be found within the long and tedious document, but the biggest news is the increasing importance of the iPhone to Apple’s bottom line.

Apple sold 20.7 million iPhones [...]

Apple Europe VP Talks Macs, iPhones, iPods and Surprises

Written on October 21, 2009 by Charles Jade and No one has commented

Pascal Cagni, Apple vice president and general manager for Europe, the Middle East, India and Africa, did in an interview with Katie Allen of the Guardian. Speaking after Apple’s earnings report for the fourth fiscal quarter, Cagni was optimistic on the Mac in Europe, guarded about the iPod, and enigmatic about “surprises” in the future.
Questioned [...]

New Apple Remote Sports More Current Look, Better Usability

Written on October 20, 2009 by Darrell Etherington and 5 people have commented

If you’re like me, you have so many white plastic Apple Remotes scattered around your living space that visitors ask if they’re part of the decor. And they were quite stylish, once upon a time. But Macs started being less about plastic and more about aluminum long ago, and the Remote has languished at the [...]

Apple Conference Call: Maybe, Just Maybe Cheaper Macs

Written on October 19, 2009 by Charles Jade and 13 people have commented

Capping the most profitable quarter ever with the most Macs sold in a quarter, the conference call to discuss Apple’s fourth fiscal quarter for 2009 may have been the most boring ever, too. However, distilling the tedium into bullet points is more interesting.
iPhone

Total sales for the year were 21 million, up 78 percent, average selling [...]

Apple Q4 2009: 3M Macs, Record Profits

Written on October 19, 2009 by Charles Jade and 8 people have commented

Reporting results for the fourth fiscal quarter of 2009, Apple sales and profits continue to defy a moribund economy, and for the first time in the company’s history ten million Macs have been sold in a fiscal year.

Apple reported revenue of $9.2 billion and a net quarterly profit of $1.67 billion, or $1.82 earnings per [...]

Apple Acknowledges Battery Overheating in First-Generation iPod Nano

Written on October 19, 2009 by Darrell Etherington and No one has commented

If you have a first-generation iPod nano (the one that looks like a slimmed-down version of the iPod video and comes in only black and white), you may be able to get a replacement or a fix from Apple, depending on what kind of symptoms your device is exhibiting.
Specifically, Apple acknowledged via a knowledge base [...]

The 10 Million Mac Year

Written on September 30, 2009 by Charles Jade and 21 people have commented

With the end of September comes the end of fiscal year 2009 for Apple. While the company won’t be releasing the numbers for another two weeks or so, consensus estimates from Wall Street for the fourth quarter will fill in the blanks, as Apple always beats estimates. For 2009, during what is arguably the worst [...]

USB Forum Sides With Apple Over Palm

Written on September 23, 2009 by Charles Jade and 20 people have commented

After months of software updates by the respective companies to disable and enable the Pre syncing with iTunes, the USB Implementers Forum (USB-IF) has ruled on the issue.
Palm loses.
The standards group has not only rejected Palm’s claim of anti-competitive behavior by Apple, but says that it is Palm that’s violating the USB-IF Membership Agreement, John [...]

iTunes U: Learning Wherever You Are

Written on September 18, 2009 by Chris Ryan and 2 people have commented

iTunes U (iTunes Link), part of the iTunes Store, is an amazing venue for top-notch educational content from the world’s greatest universities, institutions, museums and other public educational foundations. From language lessons to audiobooks to lectures and more, iTunes U is a great place for those who love to learn. With the release of iTunes [...]

Nano Ad Screen Goofs?

Written on September 15, 2009 by Chris Ryan and 32 people have commented

With the new iPod nano featuring a built in video camera, Apple’s latest commercial really highlights how easy it is to use. Entitled “Nano Shoots Video,” the spot makes it look super easy and trendy to shoot video, but does the commercial really tell the truth?
Looking at the structure of the iPod nano, the camera [...]

Spotify: Life Without iTunes

Written on September 10, 2009 by Olly Farshi and 31 people have commented

This week’s arrival of Spotify in the App Store (right now limited to UK, Sweden, France, Spain, Norway and Finland stores) could be the ideal opportunity for us all to throw iTunes in the trash and experience the freedom that Spotify has to offer.
Speculation was rife as to whether Spotify would even make it into the [...]

Apple Confirms Press Event for September 9

Written on August 31, 2009 by Darrell Etherington and 12 people have commented

September 9 is indeed the day for the next official Apple press event, according to Apple itself via press invitations that were sent out today. The event will take place at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Theater in San Francisco, CA at 10AM Pacific. That’s 1PM Eastern for those of us over here [...]

Rumor Has It: Apple Event Sept. 9; Music to Take Center Stage

Written on August 18, 2009 by Darrell Etherington and 12 people have commented

Details regarding the fast-approaching Apple iPod event in September are beginning to firm up, as is the norm when we draw closer to the anticipated date of these kinds of Cupertino media circuses. By firm up, of course, I mean that various online sources appear to agree, but that’s often as close as we get [...]

Five More Apple Retail Flops

Written on August 13, 2009 by Chris Ryan and 10 people have commented

As we discussed yesterday, there have been quite a few instances where Apple’s retail plans have been re-evaluated or changed to meet the needs of the business or traffic in the store. Without further ado, here’s the final installment of my Top 10 Apple Retail Flops. If you missed the first half, you can read [...]

Five Apple Retail Flops

Written on August 12, 2009 by Chris Ryan and 30 people have commented

As Microsoft proudly ventures into the retail world that has already seen quick entrances and exits by other vendors like Gateway and Dell, many Apple fans are looking towards the new Microsoft stores with mixed feelings.
Some of the more dedicated fanboys are quick to call Microsoft a copycat (and perhaps rightly so), but one thing [...]

Prediction: The Next Apple Events

Written on August 11, 2009 by Charles Jade and 12 people have commented

The question isn’t whether there will be another Apple event in 2009. The release of Snow Leopard and the introduction of new iPods guarantees that. The real question is whether there will be two events.

Not surprisingly, predicting what will happen with Apple has a lot to do with what has already happened. A good way [...]

Über Charger Now Available for Over-enthusiastic iPhone, iPod Owners

Written on August 06, 2009 by Olly Farshi and 4 people have commented

Do you own 20 iPhones or iPods? Do you need a bulky beast of a charging solution for them? Then set aside your energy-related woes, as we’ve found just the device for you.
Designed by Parat Solutions, the Parasync is a multi-port charging hub. The mammoth device can simultaneously recharge up to 20 iPhones or iPod [...]

Apple Launches iTunes Store in Mexico

Written on August 05, 2009 by Charles Jade and 1 person has commented

More than six years after the iTunes Music Store launched in the U.S., the iTunes Store has finally opened in Mexico. Everything is DRM-free, and most songs are priced at 12 pesos (approximately 91 cents). Albums range from 90 to 170 pesos, and music videos are 24 pesos. Popular Mexican artists include Paulina Rubio, Vicente [...]

Free-trade vs. Fair-trade iPod

Written on August 01, 2009 by Charles Jade and 16 people have commented

Umair Haque, writing for Harvard Business Publishing, posits what Apple’s iPods would cost if they were made in the U.S., and it turns out it’s not as much as you might think.
According to Haque, “an American made iPod Classic costs just 23 percent more than a Chinese made iPod Classic: $58 more, to be precise.” [...]