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iPad to Be Released in Nine More Countries
This Friday, Apple will make the iPad available in nine additional countries. The countries are New Zealand, Netherlands, Belgium, Austria, Singapore, Mexico, Luxemburg, Hong Kong and Ireland. The iPad has been a huge hit for Apple since its release in April of this year, selling over 3.5 million units. Apple has promised to make the iPad available in more countries before the end of the year, though no word has been released regarding which. Increasing the distribution of the iPad will obviously help makes this an ever more successful year than it has already been for the Cupertino based tech manufacturer. Apple has recently announced that the second quarter of 2010 was the company's most successful to date. When compared to the second quarter of 2009, sales of the…
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Apple Posts Most Profitable Quarter Ever
Despite the recent rash of technical problems that have riddled the iPhone 4, Apple has enjoyed its most profitable quarter in history. Apple has seen a sharp sales increase for both Mac computers and iPhones when compared to a year ago, as will as an extraordinary launch of the iPad, which sold over 3.5 million unites. Hordes of brain washed and perhaps slightly delusional Apple junkies bought everything Apple had to offer and demanded more. "It was a phenomenal quarter that exceeded our expectations all around, including the most successful product launch in Apple's history with iPhone 4," said Steve Jobs, Apple's chief executive. "The iPad is off to a terrific start, more people are buying Macs than ever before, and we have amazing new products still…
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Verizon Could be Abandoning Unlimited Data Plans
Reports are coming in that Verizon may soon be ditching its unlimited plan as it rolls out its 4G network. The rational for Verizon and AT&T, that was the first to abandon unlimited data plans, is that the majority of users only require a small amount of data. Thus, it makes business sense to allow the mainstream users to save money on their data usage and raise the price on those so called data hogs. There has been uproar in the blogosphere regarding Verizon’s new policy, but that anger plays right into the previous point made in this article. Blogosphere writers and reader are not the mobile mainstream for the most part. These are the people would be affected negatively with the change in data prices. The average user however, does not read tech blogs and does not…
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Droid X Sold Out in America
Amidst all of the iPhone 4 drama, we have overlooked the amazing success of the Droid X. Since its release in mid-July, the Droid X has sold out in all Verizon and Best Buy locations in the United States. Those wishing to wait for the Droid X to become available again, will get their chance on the 23rd of this month. One of the reasons some industry experts believe that Verizon does not need the iPhone 4 in order to compete with AT&T in the smartphone market, is the carrier’s deepening integration with Android powered devices. Aside from the might Apple App Store, the Droid X is technically superior to the iPhone 4. The success of the Droid X cannot automatically be related to the problems Apple has encountered with the new iPhone, but there maybe a slight shift in the…
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Consumer Reports Snubs Apple Fix
Continuing coverage of Apple’s attempt to solve the reception crisis of the iPhone 4 has brought about an interesting turn of events from Consumer Reports. The independent reviewer previously stated that it was unable to give the iPhone 4 a recommendation due to the reception problems that have plagued the device. After the press conference in which Steve Jobs announced that Apple would be distributing cases which should rectify the problem, Consumer Reports had this to say: Consumer Reports believes Apple’s offer of free cases is a good first step. However, Apple has indicated that this is not a long-term solution, it has guaranteed the offer only through September 30th, and has not extended it unequivocally to customers who bought cases from third-party vendors. We…
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RIM Shows Apple No Mercy
His lordship, Steve Jobs, was scrambling during the now infamous reception press conference. Under scrutiny for horrendous reception problems, Jobs attempted to deflect some of the accusations aimed at Apple towards other mobile manufacturers, such as RIM and Nokia. Jobs claimed that many smartphones suffered from the same reception problems that iPhone 4 users have encountered. Suffice to say, RIM and Nokia were not happy about having their devices compared to the iPhone 4 (how times have changed) and have retaliated in kind. RIM especially, released a very aggressive statement.
'Apple’s attempt to draw RIM into Apple’s self-made debacle is unacceptable. Apple’s claims about RIM products appear to be deliberate attempts to distort the public’s understanding of…
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Introducing: The New Cleavage Phone
Bras have been holding and supporting women’s breasts for years. However, this past World Cup has seen a new trend that many men are extremely fond of. That spicy new trend is women placing their mobile phone in their bra or top. Certainly a logical question to ask would be if the woman in this picture has ever heard of a purse, but there is nothing logical about men when it comes to our life long pursuit of the fairer sex. (That means women.) In any case, we are more than happy that this Paraguayan model has decided to place a mobile device in her very revealing top. Why we find this arousing is unclear. After all, we would still admire those nice melons even if there wasn’t a cell phone tucked in between them. I guess the combination of technology and cleavage is a…
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Apple Calls Emergency Press Conference for Friday
Steve Jobs and Apple have called a press conference set for tomorrow in what appears to be an attempt to answer some of the market contempt for the iPhone 4 design flaws. Most notably, the reception problem which has plagued the iPhone 4 from the get go. Apple really has no choice but to stand in front of the firing squad on this one. With much negative publicity circulating the internet and the mainstream media these days regarding the faulty device, Apple needs to satisfy concerns and announce how it plans to rectify this problem. Whether or not Steve Jobs conducts the press conference himself is unclear. If Jobs is present, then this could indicate that Apple is admitting that there is a serious problem and that they are doing everything they can to solve it. On the…
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Microsoft Gets Aggressive with Applications
Looks like Microsoft is serious about competing in the app market with the likes of the App Store and the Android Market. The software giant has recently announced that they are offering new tools and service for app developers in order to attract a greater interest. "We are investing a lot to attract developers big and small to Windows Phone 7 to let them understand what the opportunity is and provide as many resources as we can to help them be successful on our platform," said Todd Brix, a bigwig over at Microsoft. Bloomberg is reporting that Microsoft will also be offering guaranteed financial incentives to developers. The size of the bribe is unclear at this time. All of these initiatives indicate that Microsoft has not given up on the mobile market just…
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Another Celebrity, Another BlackBerry
Having ranted and ranted about all things serious in the mobile industry, I thought a nice light hearted change was in order. A rather lengthy and annoying trend has been occurring in recent years about celebrity sightings and their BlackBerry devices. At what time did it become cool to own a BlackBerry as a celebrity is unclear, but pictures of the Hollywood crowd with their BlackBerry are all over the net. The latest sighting is that of Khloe Kardashian with a Bold 9700. The picture quite funny as one could get the impression that the talentless starlet is unable to properly work the device. Then again, she could be trying to read a text message, which that in itself is probably a challenge for all of the Kardashian clan. Obviously this is a lame jest on my part, but…
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Jane 12/21/2011
"I just wanted to thank you guys for listening to the users!"
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