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Apple Q2 2012: 35.1m iPhones, 11.8m iPads, 7.7m iPods

Apple recently confirmed that ist worldwide worldwide developers Conference will be schedule in Juneans will announce about the IOS and OS X ,but not about next generation of iphone. The conference will held on 11 june to 15 june at moscone and will covered more than 90 technical session by apple engineer

Posted by jacky on April 29, 2012 at 9:48 PM (PDT)

Apple CEO Tim Cook: Mac, iPad lines will not merge

In addition to whatever arguably practical reasons justify the statement, there is also this

1: It’s a sideways dig at Microsoft announcing they’ll develop Windows 8 for ARM tablets. Not sure if it’s a justified dig, but it’s expected that they’re going to claim anyone doing so is weak and wrong so long as Apple is doing so well by not tying the iPad and iOS to any particular desktop platform.

2: It’s a tacit admission that such a merge makes little sense for Apple. In the world of desktop agnostic tablets, Apple is crushing the competition. Meanwhile, though extremely popular with their fans, Macs are the equivalent of, say, HP’s tablets in the world of desktop computing. The iPad and iOS are doing just fine not tied to any “proper” computing platform. Doing so, especially the Macintosh platform, would do nothing but hurt that formula, especially considering such niggling issues as Linux having a larger install base than Mac OS and Android growing much faster in terms of units than Mac OS.

Posted by Code Monkey in Midstate New York on April 26, 2012 at 7:04 AM (PDT)

Jarre launches AeroPad Two speaker for iPad

Wow, so I can spend more on iPad speakers than on my iPad? Sign me up!

[By the way, that was sarcasm, in case any one missed it.]

Posted by Farnsworth on April 25, 2012 at 11:31 AM (PDT)

Autodesk introduces SketchBook Ink

Is this app a NO-SHOW? It’s April 25th and there’s absolutely ZERO word on the app store or anywhere! Did Autodesk promise something they cant deliver? Did they get excited to show off at the Apple event and mouth off about an April release when in fact they are going to release this in June Ive heard? Cmon, REALLY??

Posted by Anwar on April 25, 2012 at 11:07 AM (PDT)

Apple CEO Tim Cook: Mac, iPad lines will not merge

I like the fact that Macs and iPads will not merge. No one uses a Corvette like a four-wheel drive truck. Different jobs and different problems require different solutions.

Posted by Steve on April 25, 2012 at 8:40 AM (PDT)

iHome ships iDM5 Executive Work Station

Wow.  That is fugly.  That design is straight out of 1970.

Posted by dave on April 24, 2012 at 10:22 PM (PDT)

Chinese official claims Proview owns iPad trademark

When will Apple ever update its Street maps on ipads an ipods it’s still on 2009

Posted by Michael brown on April 24, 2012 at 9:16 AM (PDT)

Next-gen iPhone Home buttons spotted

How long will some of these people refer to the 6th gen. iPhone as “iPhone 5”? Whatever it is called, it will not be iPhone 5.

My guess is that, as with the simplification of the iPad name, the next one will be called “iPhone”. Sure, it will be confusing for a couple of years (as long as the 4 and 4S are sold), but once we are 3 generations in, like the Macs, we will simply have 2012 iPhone, 2013 iPhone and 2014 iPhone.

That is, assuming none of those “iPhone Mini” rumors pan out!

Posted by Sreedhar on April 23, 2012 at 11:04 PM (PDT)

Next-gen iPhone Home buttons spotted

Probably that’s a bad button, so they threw it away. That’s how the source found it. Just a thought.

Posted by Redman on April 23, 2012 at 4:48 PM (PDT)

Next-gen iPhone Home buttons spotted

The quality of that white button looks horrible.  Definitely not up to Apple standards.  The black square is too thin on the left side.  Makes me question how reliable the source for this story is.

Posted by Eric on April 23, 2012 at 1:01 PM (PDT)

Apple offers eBook settlement in Europe

“Notably, Apple has not made an effort to settle a similar case in the US, possibly due to the differing conditions of the two markets at the time of the alleged collusion.”

Or it could be that the European investigators, unlike our entirely too business friendly DOJ, didn’t give Apple and the publishers weeks to destroy evidence by politely informing them they would almost certainly be investigated at some future date and instead just raided their offices last year and seized the damaging evidence.

Apple and the big 5 named did everything they’ve been accused of, that or they are just the unluckiest businesses to have ever existed, what with the big 5 having somehow simultaneously presented *identical* new contract and sales demands to all of the eBook retailers across the globe. Yep, that is some horrible bad luck right there. Heck, can you imagine having the bad luck to have your late CEO - apparently delirious from the medication - openly bragging about colluding and fixing prices in the best selling posthumous biography about him, when, as we all know from Apple’s public statement, no such collusion or price fixing took place and we should trust them

The only way Apple doesn’t settle is if they are convinced (as apparently the lone publishing hold out, Penguin, is also) that they have sufficiently disposed of the evidence.

Posted by Code Monkey in Midstate New York on April 23, 2012 at 11:49 AM (PDT)

Capcom announces Marvel vs Capcom 2 for iOS

Looks bad but I’m excited for it anyway. Maybe it’ll end up looking as good as Street Fighter IV Volt.

Posted by Richard Falconer on April 21, 2012 at 4:28 PM (PDT)

MTX intros iThunder portable iPod audio system

will the I thunder work on the iPhone 4s and pandora?

Posted by Irish on April 20, 2012 at 1:50 PM (PDT)

Intel, Microsoft teaming on iPad competitors

@ #‘s 2/4:  Talk about your ‘net weenies waiting to pounce on someone for sarcasm/joking…
#2 is just a bitter Apple-hater (yeah, we know, your house is filled with all the great stuff you hate made by the company you hate…)
#4 just needs to lighten up.
Don’t you guys have the 1% to bash or something???

Posted by bs on April 20, 2012 at 9:30 AM (PDT)

Intel, Microsoft teaming on iPad competitors

#1/3:I would urge you to exercise greater discretion as to your use of the term “fanboy,” because yours is an illustration of textbook irony.  You come off like fanboy here because you would sacrifice your best interests as a customer to fulfill the greatest hopes and aspirations of a major shareholder.  Customers should welcome encroachments on market share because they apply additional pressure on Apple to innovate,  refine and keep prices down. Investors, on the other hand, see declines in market share as top-line threats that can adversely affect profitability, and graver still, the value of their stock.

In the end, once you purchase your iPad, subsequent swings in market share neither enhance nor compromise the quality of the product in your hand. Unless you are literally starving for validation/vindication, let the investors sweat the potential implications of stiffer competition for now.

Posted by MLChi on April 20, 2012 at 8:41 AM (PDT)

Griffin, Crayola team on kid-focused headphones, cases

Mommy, why are my ears bleeding?? That’s because you put the earbuds in the wrong way, sweetie. duh!!

Posted by John_kc on April 20, 2012 at 7:30 AM (PDT)

Apple, Proview in talks over iPad trademark

Find another country to make the Ipad and all products!!!!!

Posted by dom on April 20, 2012 at 7:29 AM (PDT)

Griffin, Crayola team on kid-focused headphones, cases

Wow - Earbuds with a point on one end?  For Kids?  Hope they stick it in their ear the right way.

Posted by DG on April 20, 2012 at 6:19 AM (PDT)

Intel, Microsoft teaming on iPad competitors

Wow! A spotlighted comment and an inconsequentially irrelevant stern-talking-to from a Microsoft fanboy.

I’m having a pretty good week!

BTW CMiNY, (shhh… it was a joke) and yes, it was “just that fun”.

If I wanted to be serious, I would point out that 8 companies are teaming up to flood the market with 32 devices in an attempt to “drag the iPad’s global market share to below 50 percent”.

Think about that for a minute… 32 devices to try to bring 1 device down to less than 50 percent of market share.

That’s a lot of mighty small pieces of pie.

Posted by Scott Ferguson on April 19, 2012 at 8:46 PM (PDT)

Intel, Microsoft teaming on iPad competitors

@1: Is it just that fun to make non sequitur comments? Sure you made front page, but the Kardashians have their own television show…

First, this is NOT from the people that brought you Zune, unless by “people” you mean “corporations”, and by “corporations” you mean you’re completely ignoring one half of the team, the team getting top billing in this duo…

Second, no one, except you, used the term “iPad killer” in or about the story. The (ambitious) hope is to take away overall market share from the iPad, but they have said nothing about killing it, or even beating it, merely driving it away from holding a majority of the total tablet market. Something they’re not going to accomplish in a single calendar year, but, hey, let them dream

Third, way to distort the relative success and failure of the Zune. You can fail in the market place for a giant corporation like Microsoft yet still be rather successful. The Zune, one, is still considered to be an active component of Windows Phone and X-Box services and, two, a lot of people really liked their Zunes. For example, it’s not hard to find active Zune centric websites that get more user participation than iLounge, ruh roh.

Posted by Code Monkey in Midstate New York on April 19, 2012 at 8:11 AM (PDT)

Hyped Jorno keyboard/stand killed before delivery

my preorder fee was only $5.00

Posted by Gillian on April 18, 2012 at 2:22 PM (PDT)

Intel, Microsoft teaming on iPad competitors

Wow… a legitimate iPad killer. From the people that brought you… ZUNE!

Posted by Scott Ferguson on April 18, 2012 at 1:18 PM (PDT)

Logitech intros Ultrathin Keyboard Cover for third-gen iPad

Looks almost perfect.  Waiting breathlessly for your review.

A couple questions:

- If you just want to use the touchscreen while keeping the keyboard connected, can you actually fold the keyboard flat around the back?

- It appears you have to disengage the magnets then insert the iPad into the slot for normal use.  How does that feel in practice?  A bit jarring/difficult, or no big deal?

Obviously with such a slim profile the keyboard experience will be a big question mark, but I assume you’ll cover that as a matter of course…

Posted by Fanfoot on April 18, 2012 at 1:13 PM (PDT)

Apple releases Configurator 1.0.1

I am with Datamation Systems, which provides syncing, charging, security and storage devices for iPads, iPods and other devices in institutional settings. 

One of our staff members just tested Configurator on 32 iPads using one of our DS-IP-49-SYNC hubs and found that it worked well.  (The test was done at a school that also uses our 32-capacity sync-and-charge carts.) 

It appears that the 30 iPad limit is not a function of the Configurator tool but only the number of devices Apple may have tested.

If anyone has any experience with this, we would love to know.

Posted by Jerry Raymond on April 18, 2012 at 11:35 AM (PDT)

Direct-to-iPad rentals don't transfer to iTunes

I wish I had read these comments before trying to download my first movie.  It takes a gazillion years, and like another individual I tried to download it from the computer to my IPad, it showed it was downloaded but the movie is nowhere on the iPad.. I don’t think I’ll be downloading any more movies soon.:(

Posted by Reginia on April 17, 2012 at 8:00 PM (PDT)