According to this graph from AllFacebook, one million new people installed Facebook for iOS - phenomenal. Just goes to show you how many devices such as the iPad, iPhone and the iPod Touch were given as Christmakwanzakah gifts this year; were you one of them? Stevie Claus must be happy!
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Last week, Apple announced they would reach the 1 million Apple TV units sold in a few days. According to John Paczkowski at Digital Daily, today Apple confirmed 1 million Apple TVs have been sold in three months since its release date:
Last Tuesday Apple said it expected sales of its next generation Apple TV to top one million units before Christmas. Today the company confirmed to me that they did just that. Seems the addition of AirPlay support for wireless streaming, better iOS integration and the device’s aggressive new $99 price point have done quite a bit to spike sales of Apple’s so-called “hobby.
That’s indeed an impressive result for what Apple used to call a “hobby”. I guess this is the effect iOS has on devices, and we haven’t seen apps on the Apple TV yet.
As noted by Setteb.it, Apple has scheduled its q1 2011 earnings call for January 18, 2011. The conference call will be streamed live on Apple’s website (audio-only) and a link to the webcast will be provided in the following weeks.
Apple plans to conduct a conference call to discuss financial results of its first fiscal quarter on Tuesday, January 18, 2011 at 2:00 p.m. PT. A link to the conference call webcast will be provided at a later date.
At the Q4 earnings call on October 18, Apple announced record sales for iPhones and iPads (14.1 million units and 4.19 million units, respectively), 3.89 million Macs sold and $20.34 billion revenue. At the conference call scheduled in January we’ll hear about the sales of the new MacBook Airs and iOS devices’ performances in the holiday season.
Will we get the chance to listen to Steve Jobs’ thoughts again? Who knows. We’re pretty sure it’s going to be fun and interesting anyway, and we’ll be here live discussing the results with you.
Japanese carrier Softbank is responding to complaints about the iPhone 4’s absense of an internal NFC chip by issuing a ‘sticker’ that gets applied to the back of the iDevice. It covers most of the backside along with looking ugly and covering up Apple’s own logo. Now granted many people slap cases on their iPhones anyway, but this is how the FeliCa payment system is going to work (for know). The ‘sticker’ does not communicate with the iPhone so its abilities are limited. The beautiful set of ‘stickers’ go on sale in February for a cool ¥2,980 ($36).
It works pretty simply: Japanese iPhone users attach the “sticker” to their iPhones (Apple’s bumpers still fit) and it adds FeliCa RFID smart card functionality to the iPhone. Once the ‘sticker’ is charged with e-money, users can tap their iPhone on card readers in train stations, restaurants, convenience stores and other places in Japan to make payments.
According to new reports from Digitimes, Apple will ship 20-21 million iPhones in Q1 2011, raising the global goal from 19 million units. CDMA iPhones are included in this number, with shipments expected at 5-6 million units in both North America and Asia.
The first-quarter shipment goal for WCDMA iPhones has been adjusted from 13 million units to 14-15 million units, the sources said. The shipment goal for CDMA iPhones, which will be launched in North America and Asia Pacific in the first quarter, is set at 5-6 million units, the sources added.
Digitimes also claims 47 million iPhones has been sold in 2010, with Q4 2010 shipments estimated at 15.5 million units. The almost-50 million iPhones sold in 2010 number would play great for Apple’s marketing strategy. As for the CDMA iPhone, we previously heard rumors of the device set to come out India and Korea, too. At this point it seems likely that Apple won’t restrict the new device to Verizon, but it will make it compatible with most Asian carriers running CDMA networks.
Last, Digitimes confirms Foxconn is still the only exclusive maker of the iPad 2 which, according to a report from Digitimes in November, will feature a lighter design, a USB port and a Retina Display.
Long before iBooks and MacBooks, there was the Macintosh Portable. Released in 1989, the press loved it but consumer sales weren’t that great. The device was Apple’s first attempt to produce a portable, battery-based Macintosh computer that featured an LCD screen and a rechargeable battery. The machine also had a physical keyboard and a trackball to use as a mouse.
Looking back, the Macintosh Portable looks like the perfect piece of old Apple hardware to buy and keep jealously in your room. Now you can, as a prototype has been posted for sale on eBay. The unit is described as “absolutely mint, flawless, clean prototype Macintosh Portable” which was meant for sale – a label on the bottom of the computer confirms that “it is intended for demonstration purposes only”. The only caveat is that this prototype isn’t actually working as there seems to be a problem with the internal battery. It looks perfect on the outside, but it won’t turn on.
Bids start at $1,750.00. More photos are available on eBay, and if you plan on purchasing the item – be quick. After all, it’s an Apple prototype.
Thanks to the iTunes 12 Days of Christmas promotion, every day from December 26th to January 6th users will be able to download a “fantastic selection of songs, music videos, apps, books, TV episodes and a film” completely for free on iTunes.
The free app for iPhone and iPad that lets you receive push notifications for daily offers is available here.
Today, you can download a free Christmas Special episode of Father Ted. iPhone game “The Mystery of the Crystal Portal” is given away in other European stores.
Stay tuned for promotions coming every day until January 6.
As promised on Twitter a few days ago, the Dev Team released a beta of Redsn0w for Mac to provide an untethered jailbreak solution for iOS 4.2.1. Redsn0w 0.9.7b1 should allow you to jailbreak your iPhone 4, iPad and iPod touch 4th gen without having to plug your device in your computer on each reboot or shutdown. iPhone 3G, old-bootrom iPod touch 2nd gen and iPhone 3GS owners don’t need this new Redsn0w as they already have an untethered jailbreak.
This beta version of Redsn0w (or as the Dev Team calls it, the “backup plan”) is meant for testers willing to provide useful feedback on this new jailbreak. To use it, you’ll need iOS 4.2 beta 3 hashes saved on Cydia and the iOS 4.2 beta 2 IPSW file saved on your computer. In this beta the bluetooth functionality is disabled, the task switcher will make the Springboard crash and the iPod player is only enabled on the iPod touch 4th gen.
Redsn0w 0.9.7b1 is available here.
As announced two weeks ago, today Apple launched the “iTunes 12 Days of Christmas” promotion across European iTunes and App Stores. Every day from December 26th to January 6th, users will be able to download a “fantastic selection of songs, music videos, apps, books, TV episodes and a film” completely for free on iTunes.
The free app for iPhone and iPad that lets you receive push notifications for daily offers is available here.
While a first free download showed up on December 17, the promotion officially starts today with “Day 1”. Today, you can download “Promise This - Christmas Bundle” by Cheryl Cole entirely for free. At least in the UK Store, as it appears a Vasco Rossi is given away in the Italian iTunes Store. The Cheryl Cole bundle includes a song and a video to download from the iTunes app.
Stay tuned for promotions coming every day until January 6.
