29
Jan
2010
Jobs unveils the iPad
iPad - gamespot.com
Apple finally unveiled the much speculated iPad. The new consumer electronic device will have a multi-touch 9.7 inch IPS-LED backlit screen with a resolution of 1024×768, 802.11n Wi-Fi, and Bluetooth 2.1 with EDR.
Other bullet points include an accelerometer, ambient light sensor, fingerprint-resistant screen, and digital compass. Battery life stands at a reported 10 hours for the half-inch thick, 1.5 pound gadget.
The company will launch six different models with varying amounts of storage space. Entry level units (Wi-Fi only) with 16GB of storage will cost $499; 32GB of storage will cost $599; and 64GB of storage will cost cost $699.
iPads with Wi-Fi and 3G will cost $629 with 16GB of storage space; $729 with 32GB of storage space; and $829 64GB of storage space.
3G data connections will be provided by AT&T, and you won’t be tied into any sort of contract. For $14.99 per month, you’ll get 250MB of data, and for $29.99, you’ll get an unlimited data plan (or at least whatever AT&T’s definition of one is).
Wi-Fi models will ship by the end of March, and units with 3G built in will be released at the end of April.
Apple will release three official accessories for the iPad: a dock, a keyboard with a built-in dock, and a case that opens up to be a stand. Apple’s wireless Bluetooth keyboard will also work with the iPad.gamespot
9
Aug
2009
Microsoft Details How to Port IPhone Apps to Windows Mobile
Microsoft has published the box investigate detailing how to pier an iPhone focus to the Windows Mobile height as it prepares to launch an online store for mobile applications to contest with Apple.
A post upon The Windows Blog highlights the box investigate published upon Microsoft’s Microsoft Developer Network (MSDN) site containing the minute technical skeleton that describes the porting of the iPhone focus Amplitude to Windows Mobile 6.5. The inform was combined by the third-party consulting group, Crimson Consulting, as good as is meant to be the beneficial request for developers as they set up Windows Mobile applications for Microsoft’s Windows Marketplace.
Amplitude is an iPhone app that picks up any receptive to advice in the user’s evident vicinity by the microphone, amplifies it as good as renders it upon the device in the graphical representation. In particular, it can make louder sounds not routinely picked up by the tellurian ear, such as heartbeats.
According to the blog post by Constanze Roman, the Windows Mobile Community group plan manager, Amplitude is befitting for the porting plan since it is formidable to pier in the approach that will yield the great guidance knowledge for Windows Mobile developers. Read the rest of this entry »
21
Jul
2009
Apple earnings up 12 percent for the third quarter
Apple reported on Tuesday third-quarter earnings higher than analysts had expected, but provided its usual conservative guidance.
Revenue came in at $8.34 billion, resulting in earnings of $1.35 per share. That’s a 12 percent increase from a year ago, when Apple reported earnings of $7.46 billion and earnings per share of $1.19.
The numbers for the quarter were even better than what analysts had predicted: They were expecting $1.17 in earnings per share and revenues of $8.2 billion.
Apple also beat most analysts’ expectations of its unit sales in its core businesses for the quarter. The company sold 2.6 million Macs, up 4 percent from a year ago, and 5.2 million iPhones, a 626 percent leap from a year ago. And even though the company’s 10.2 million iPods sold during the quarter was better than expected, it’s also Apple’s first yearly drop in iPod sales, declining 7 percent.
The quarter ended June 27 is the best nonholiday quarter in terms of revenue and earnings for Apple–a bar that had been newly set during the previous quarter. Apple again guided conservatively for the fourth quarter of 2009, saying it expects revenue between $8.7 billion and $8.9 billion on earnings per share between $1.18 to $1.23.
Apple’s earnings equate to more good news for the tech sector: last week had Intel, Dell, and IDC’s survey of the PC market all pointing to signs of recovery. We’ll have more details and will see what Apple executives and analysts have to say on the earnings call at 2 p.m.
Apple shares were up 2.1 percent to $154.69 in after hours trading.
2
Jul
2009
Apple CEO Steve Jobs returns to work
Apple Chief Executive Steve Jobs is back at work following a near 6-month medical leave, although he will work at least initially from home for a few days a week, the company said on Monday.
The official word of his return followed months of speculation about the health of Jobs, a pancreatic cancer survivor and his future with the company he co-founded more than 30 years ago.
Jobs, 54, underwent a liver transplant in Memphis, Tennessee, while on leave. He has remained involved in strategic decisions at Apple while away, according to the company and he has been seen in recent weeks at Apple’s headquarters in Cupertino, California. Read the rest of this entry »
