Apple’s retail stores continued their year-over-year revenue slide last quarter, but a new report predicts that the brick-and-mortar locations could show growth again before the end of 2009, thanks, in part, to Windows switchers (and the iPhone 3GS of course).
In a new investment analysis from Needham & Co., Apple’s retail outlets are described as the [...]
Apple’s iPhone now accounts for 8% of all mobile phone revenue and a whopping 32% of the industry’s handset profits, according to figures published by Bernstein Research analyst Toni Sacconaghi.
The numbers, published by All Things Digital blogger John Paczkowski, aren’t limited just to the smartphone segment market, but look at all mobile phones sold in [...]
Apple provided iPhone developers Monday afternoon with a third beta of iPhone 3.1, the first planned update to its third-generation mobile operating system.
Beta 3 is only accessible to those with an existing developer account. Labeled build 7C116A, it weighs in at 307MB. Apple also released a new iPhone SDK for OS 3.1. The SDK build [...]
While AT&T added more customers last quarter than competitor Verizon — thanks in large part to the iPhone — AT&T’s CEO admitted this week that his company won’t have exclusivity on Apple’s phone forever.
The concession by Randall Stephenson at a Fortune conference, as reported by PC World, comes as the chief executive is reportedly working [...]
Industry sources suggest Apple will not cease its manufacturing business arrangement with Foxconn, even as questions over the Chinese company’s alleged interrogation tactics continue to mount.
Citing Taiwanese sources, DigiTimes said speculation that Apple would end its partnership with Foxconn is unlikely to come to pass.
“Players from the component sector said such a change is unlikely [...]
Noted iPhone security crusher Jonathan Zdziarski has cracked the iPhone 3GS encryption security, which is to be expected, but the ease and speed with which he did it is worrisome. Zdziarski claims the iPhone 3GS is thus “useless” to businesses that value extreme security in their communications. That’s a bold statement.
The iPhone certainly isn’t as [...]
AT&T’s second quarter earnings beat Wall Street estimates, but still fell 15 percent year over year, as the highly successful launch of Apple’s iPhone 3GS — a phone subsidized by AT&T — affected the company’s bottom line.
With $0.54 earnings per share reported, AT&T stock fell from $0.63 earnings a year prior. The company’s overall revenue [...]
After selling 5.2 million iPhones in fiscal Q3, including a million units that sold in the first three days, Apple has announced being unable to make enough 3GSs to meet demand, based on Apple comments.
Huge demand for the latest iPhone has helped restrict it to 18 launch countries out of the 80 where Apple currently [...]
A new patent application from Apple suggests the company could be working on proprietary global positioning system software that would calculate road trip times and recommend routes, based on real-time data collected from numerous users, and uploaded to a centralized server.
In the recently revealed U.S. patent filing, Apple describes a system for obtaining drivers’ personal [...]
The last to embrace the Blu-ray high definition video format, Universal is poised to become the first to tie home theater with Apple’s App Store, bringing companion features to the iPhone and iPod touch.
Home Media Magazine reported Monday that Universal Studios Home Entertainment was prepared to announce the App Store-Blu-ray tie-in, with the first release, [...]
Shares of Nokia tumbled this week, as the world’s largest handset maker believes its market share will recede over the next year, while competitor Apple sees continued growth with the iPhone platform.
Analysts said that Nokia Oyj would not be able to keep up with Apple without an App Store-like alternative. As a result, Bloomberg said, [...]
Verizon has told the world know that it doesn’t really care about the iPhone being exclusive to AT&T, stating that “Exclusivity arrangements promote competition and innovation in device development and design.”
The statement was made in a letter announcing Verizon’s plans to allow smaller carriers (with 500,000 customers or less) to get exclusive Verizon phones [...]
Apple has caught the ire of some developers this week after it was revealed that all applications with integrated Web browsers will reportedly be rated for ages 17 and up, and that all such apps will not be entitled to promotional codes.
As first reported at The Unofficial Apple Weblog, the App Store’s new app rating [...]
Apple may have finally cleared a hurdle in bringing the iPhone to China as it has reportedly applied for a Network Access License in the Asian country, putting a release just a few months away — albeit without Wi-Fi.
Although he doesn’t say how he obtained the information, Wedge Partners analyst Matt Mathison claims that the [...]
Apple’s patent policy: filing for basically any idea that any employee is willing to sketch, ever. This gives us an endless supply of speculation grist, some interesting, some not. Take this patent, which calls for flash microstorage in headsets and earbuds.
The patent describes the sharing of device settings, preferences and even media between iPods and [...]
You can save $20 on the $99 8GB iPhone 3G if you’re willing to forego factory freshness—refurbed models are $79 with free shipping from AT&T.
They don’t have refurbed data plans for discount, do they; that’s what we really need.
It seems the discount on previous models of the iPhone is on, and AT&T is looking [...]
While the iPhone 3GS got a download speed boost—to 7.2Mbps—it didn’t get any upload power-up, according to PC World: Its upstream speed is limited by its hardware to 384Kbps. But don’t get out the torches and pitchforks yet.
Most GSM-based cellphones suffer the same problem: No matter how fast they are at download, they will upload [...]
With the storage capacities of iPhones and iPod touches on the rise, consumers are likely to begin carrying more and more of their digital video content on the devices, and could soon have the capability to project those videos for friends and family just about anywhere.
According to Taiwanese rumor site DigiTimes, Foxlink, a subsidiary of [...]
The opening copy in Apple’s two brand new TV commercials starts with what has become its summer blockbuster theme for the third consecutive year, “This is the new iPhone”. A profound sentence that’s forever changed the mobile phone industry. In the latest adverts, the company focuses all of the attention on one long overdue feature [...]
To coincide with Imagine’s Premiere of David Hockney - A Bigger Picture on BBC, the artist is giving away as downloads three of his recent original iPhone art images available for 48 hours only. You can put these digital images onto your phone or computer.
Image © David Hockney
Renowned British artist David Hockney has discovered creating [...]
