News: Apple adds Droid X to antenna testing page
Apple has added a new section focused on the Motorola Droid X to its smartphone antenna performance page. Apples testing shows the Droid X dropping from three bars down to no bars of service when phone is held in such a way that the users hand is blocking the majority of the bottom back portion of the device. Following Apples iPhone 4 press conference, Sanjay Jha, co-CEO of Motorola, said ...
Apple Casually Trounces Wall Street Again
Apple rocked Wall Street once more Tuesday when it announced a blowout 2010 third fiscal quarter. "It was a phenomenal quarter that exceed our expectations all around," Apple chairman and CEO Steve Jobs said. "The iPad is off to a terrific start, more people are buying Macs than ever before, and we have amazing new products still to come this year."
Nintendo has no plans to develop iOS games
Nintendo's CEO and president, Satoru Iwata, rejected the idea of his company developing for Apple's iOS devices in the company's recent shareholder meeting. The executive took an Apple-like approach to software himself and said that Nintendo's games were inseparable from the hardware. Their devices, he told the Sankei Shinbun, were likely to dilute the experience.... Nintendo - Satoru Iwata ...
News: SK Telecom in talks to offer iPhone, iPad in Korea
SK Telecom is in talks with Apple about offering both the iPhone and service for the iPad with Wi-Fi + 3G in South Korea. The Wall Street Journal reports that SK Telecom CEO Jung Man-won recently said that the companies were in talks, but admitted that some noises about problems with the latest iPhone were worrisome. Weve built a solid reputation for offering good after-service for handsets ...
News: Apple sells 1.7 million iPhone 4s over launch weekend
Apple has announced that it sold more than 1.7 million iPhone 4 units from Thursday, June 24 through Saturday, June 26. This is the most successful product launch in Apples history, said Steve Jobs, Apples CEO. Even so, we apologize to those customers who were turned away because we did not have enough supply. The iPhone 4 is available now in the U.S., U.K., France, Germany, and Japan, and ...
Apple WWDC Speculation Heats Up: 5 Best Bets
Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) gets underway Monday in San Francisco, and speculation is rampant over what revelations CEO Steve Jobs has planned. Here are my five top picks.
Steve Jobs’ letter explaining Apple’s Flash distaste
Apple's CEO doesn't like Flash. Here's the full memo explaining why the company is keeping Adobe Systems' software off the iPhone and iPad.
Once Again, Apple Has Its Best Non-Holiday Quarter Ever
Apple has just announced its earnings for Q2 2010 -- as we've come to expect from the company, it's been another amazing quarter . Revenues were $13.5 billion destroying both their own and the Street's estimates. Net quarterly profit came in at $3.07 billion -- $3.33-a-share. The key blurb from CEO Steve Jobs in the release: Were thrilled to report our best non-holiday quarter ever, with ...
News: ‘Father of the iPod’ Tony Fadell leaves Apple (iLounge)
Tony Fadell, former senior vice president of Apple’s iPod division, current advisor to the CEO, “father of the iPod,” and an executive involved in the development of the iPhone, is leaving the company, according to a New York Times report. Fadell stepped down from his position as senior vice president of Apple’s iPod division in November 2008 for personal reasons, and was replaced by Mark ...
News: Random House yet to sign iBooks deal over pricing concerns (iLounge)
Random House, the world’s largest book publisher by sales, has yet to sign a deal with Apple to sell its books in the upcoming iBookstore over fears of the effect Apple’s pricing strategy could have on the pricing of electronic books. The Financial Times reports that Random House CEO Markus Dohle is not ruling out the possibility of reaching a deal with Apple before the iPad goes on sale April 3 ...