Sales of the new iPad are up as much as 80 percent over last year's launch of the iPad 2, sources at one of the larger retail outlets for Apple gear in the UK have told Pocket-Lint. One PC World outlet in London, which opened its doors at midnight for a special first-day sale, says it sold a new iPad every 20 seconds for the entire 90 minutes it was open for the sale. Currys, owned by the same company, also reported 80 percent higher sales... Read more...
Apple denied request for Motorola’s Android info
One of Apple's lawsuits against Motorola stumbled after Judge Richard Posner denied a motion requesting information about Android development and Google's takeover as the company. The order, issued Monday and available Tuesday, called Apple's demands "vague and overbroad." Motorola's opposition, meanwhile, was "persuasive," Judge Posner said... Read more...
Apple vs. Android: A courtroom war of attrition
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Before his death, Apple Inc's Steve Jobs famously promised to go "thermonuclear" against smartphones running Google's Android software, saying they use technology ripped off from the iPhone. The massive legal attack he launched, now in its third year, didn't destroy Android. Instead, it's turned into a costly global war of attrition. Read more...
Apple accidentally pushes iTunes Producer 2.6 out to public
Apple today accidentally pushed a new app, iTunes Producer 2.6, out through OS X Lion's Software Update feature, AppleInsider remarks. Producer is used to submit content for sale on the iTunes Store, and is normally restricted to content publishers and/or people with access to the iTunes Connect service Read more...
The Hidden Costs of Free Smartphone Apps
It's no surprise the free apps on Google Play (formerly the Android Market) and the App Store are the most popular. According to mobile ad firm Fiksu, 6 million of Apple's top free apps were downloaded each day in December. Read more...
Apple deflects concerns about heat in third-gen iPads
Apple has issued an official response to complaints of third-gen iPads generating extra heat. A PR representative for the company, Trudy Muller, tells The Loop that the tablet operates "well within our Apple's thermal specifications," and that anyone worried about the matter "should contact AppleCare."... Read more...
90% of US tablets are Wi-Fi, explain iPad lead over Android
A new study on Tuesday from consulting firm Chetan Sharma has pointed to a very strong bias towards Wi-Fi tablets in the US. Based on data from the past summer, the most recent point at which there was a detailed breakdown available, about 90 percent of American tablets were Wi-Fi models. Read more...
Sharp finally greenlit for third-gen iPad display shipments
Sharp actually received verification to start producing third-gen iPad displays in February, claims research firm WitsView. Read more...
Apple tracking for 12 million iPad sales this quarter
UBS analyst Maynard Um believes that Apple is on track to record new iPad sales in the order of 12 million units. The estimate follows Appleís official announcement yesterday that it had sold a record 3 million new iPads in its first three days on sale. Read more...
Apple widens its lead in survey of app developers
TORONTO (Reuters) - Apple has cemented its dominance as the most popular mobile platform among application developers while Google's Android has receded and Research In Motion's devices plunged anew, according to a quarterly survey that may signal sales trends for mobile devices. Read more...