Archive | November 28th, 2011
Apple seeds iOS 5.1 beta with possible reference to Sprint iPad 2 model
Apple earlier today seeded developers with the first beta of iOS 5.1 and Xcode 4.3. Per usual, 9to5Mac was quick to get its hands dirty with the iOS beta and found some data strings pointing to what very well may be a Sprint model iPad. Specifically, they discovered a string titled iPad2,4 – and if […]
Continue reading...Best Buy ad touts “all the hottest Apple gifts”
28. November 2011
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If competing with retailers like Best Buy is Apple’s biggest problem this holiday season, well, it’s fair to say that they’re sitting pretty. The the entire thrust of the Best Buy commercial below is that Best Buy has any Apple product you’d find at an Apple retail store, so why not hop on down to […]
Continue reading...iPhone 4 spontaneously combusts on flight to Australia
28. November 2011
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The iPhone is hot, ya’ll! So much so that one reportedly spontaneously combusted during a flight to Australia. The story goes that a passenger’s iPhone began “emitting a significant amount of dense smoke” a short while after the flight landed in addition to housing what we can only imagine was an eerie red glow. The iPhone […]
Continue reading...MacBook Air refresh, along with new 15-inch model, on track for early 2012 launch
28. November 2011
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The MacBook Air has quickly become a standout product in its own right, and fans of Apple’s sleek notebook might be happy to know that a complete product refresh is on the horizon and will likely hit stores during the first quarter of 2012. Looking to stave off competition from a slew of ultrabooks, Digitimes […]
Continue reading...iPhone 4S is tops in the UK during October
28. November 2011
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According to recently released data from NPD, the iPhone 4S was the most popular US smartphone during the third quarter of 2011. But the 4S’s success is not simply limited to the States. According to data compiled Kantar Worldpanel ComTech, the most popular smartphone in the UK during the month of October was the iPhone […]
Continue reading...Original Apple contract from 1976 may yield $150,000 at upcoming auction
28. November 2011
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Before the release of Steve Jobs biography, it was a little known fact that Apple was actually founded by three individuals. Of course, there was Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak, but the third co-founder was a man named Ron Wayne. Wayne initially met Jobs while the two were employed at Atari in the late 70’s. […]
Continue reading...Apple Online Store now offering free shipping until December 22
28. November 2011
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With the holiday shopping season now in full swing, Apple announced today all purchases made via its online store will be eligible for free shipping from now up until December 22. While free shipping via Apple.com is nothing new, it typically only applies to orders over $50. The new promotion, however, now enables customers to […]
Continue reading...Apple blew away sales records on Black Friday
28. November 2011
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Black Friday is the busiest shopping day of the year and Apple was an active participant with attractive deals across its entire product line, save for the iPhone of course. And so the start of the busiest holiday shopping period began with a bang for Apple who, according to Seth Weintraub of 9to5Mac, recorded its […]
Continue reading...4-inch iPhone 5 screens from Toshiba, Sony, and Hitachi already shipping – Report
28. November 2011
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The iPhone 4S is barely about a month old and already we’re starting to hear rumors about the iPhone 5, or so it seems. The latest report comes courtesy of the Japanese-language Macotakara blog which, citing sources in Asia, claims that Apple has already tapped Toshiba, Sony, and Hitachi Displays to supply 4-inch LCD screens […]
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28. November 2011
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