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Revamped iPad 2 with 32nm A5 delivers stellar battery life – Report
Oh Apple, you sneaky devil. Word on the street is that when Apple released the new iPad and dropped the price of the iPad 2, they upgraded the processor from a 45nm A5 to a 32nm A5. The result, noticeably better battery life on the new iPad 2 (iPad 2,4 below) compared to the original. […]
Continue reading...iPad gains marketshare as Kindle Fire sales plummet
Thursday, May 3, 2012
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New data from IDC indicates that Apple’s iPad continues to best the competition, with its market share rising from 54.7% in the last quarter to 68% in the current quarter. And as Apple’s iPad continues to surge, Android tablet sales are trending downward with the Kindle Fire in particular seeing a drop in shipments from […]
Continue reading...Apple’s profits and growth rates visualized [Charts]
Monday, April 30, 2012
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Following another one of Apple’s blowout quarters which sent shares of Apple back up to the $600 range, The Atlantic put together a few charts to help contextualize just where Apple’s money is coming from and what products continue to drive revenue to unprecedented heights. Apple Revenue by Product Here we Apple’s revenue broken up […]
Continue reading...Numbers and stats to digest from Apple’s Q2 2012 earnings conference call
Wednesday, April 25, 2012
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Following Apple earnings announcements, Tim Cook and CFO Peter Oppenheimer typically field a few questions from analysts. Below are a few numbers that were touched upon yesterday that are worthy of looking at. Macintosh Mac sales grew 7% year over year, and though this was lower than what analysts were hoping for, Apple this past […]
Continue reading...Apple defends its 4G branding in Australia
Wednesday, April 25, 2012
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Along with the Regina Display, the other key feature/selling point of Apple’s latest iPad is its support for 4G. But if you’re trying to get on a 4G network outside of North America, you’re in for a big disappointment. You see, Apple’s latest iPad can only hop on 4G networks in the United States and […]
Continue reading...Apple posts Q2 2012 earnings, profits soar 93% on sales of 35 million iPhones and 11.8 million iPads
Tuesday, April 24, 2012
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Apple a few minutes ago released its earnings for its second fiscal quarter of 2012 and recorded $39.2 billion in revenue and net quarterly profit of $11.6 billion. EPS checked in at $12.30 per share. During the same Q2 quarter a year-ago, Apple posted revenue of $24.7 billion along with a net quarterly profit of […]
Continue reading...Gene Munster anticipates 30.5 million in iPhone sales, 12 million in iPad sales in Q2 2012
Monday, April 16, 2012
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With earnings season getting underway (Google just released their Q1 2012 earnings yesterday), Apple is next on deck and will release their Q2 2012 earnings on April 24, 2012. With that date fast approaching, Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster has updated his projections for Apple’s quarterly sales figures. Specifically, Munster anticipates Apple will record sales […]
Continue reading...iPad Mini rumored to hit the market during Q3 2012
Monday, April 16, 2012
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Well, the chorus of reports pointing to an iPad mini continue to grow. Most recently, Kotaku relays a report from the Chinese net portal NetEase which claims that Apple will release a smaller version of the 9.7-inch iPad some time during the third quarter of 2012. NetEase claimed that the device will be released around the […]
Continue reading...A look at the iPad assembly process at Foxconn [Video]
Thursday, April 12, 2012
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Rob Schmitz is only the second reporter to have been granted access to the factory floor at Foxconn where they assemble iPads. Check out a video tour from his visit there below. Fascinating stuff, and Schmitz has a few more videos worth checking out over here.
Continue reading...iPad Mini with 7.85 inch screen remains something Apple is “noodling with”, says John Gruber
Thursday, April 5, 2012
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Steve Jobs once said that tablets with smaller 7-inch screens would be dead on arrival. Customers, Jobs explained, wanted tablets with bigger screens and after much research, Apple deduced that 9.7-inch screens were the most optimal. And for a while, Jobs’ prediction was spot-on. Many iPad competitors came and went without so much making the […]
Continue reading...Does Microsoft’s Courier project live on with an iPad app called Paper?
Thursday, March 29, 2012
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Courier as a concept was cool, but was practically nothing to write home about. Still the leaked demoes showcased some interesting use cases. Now some of the folks behind Courier have released an ipad app called Paper. The Verge has the skinny over here.
Continue reading...Australia not happy about Apple’s iPad 4G claims
Tuesday, March 27, 2012
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Apple’s newest iPad is 4G compatible, that is of course, as long as you reside in North America. 4G functionality isn’t yet available on iPads sold in other parts of the world, and though Apple says as much in their fine print, Australian regulators don’t think that that’s enough. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission […]
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Sunday, May 6, 2012
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