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iPad in AT&T and Verizon Stores October 28th
Now that the iPad is being sold at Amazon, Target, Walmart and Sam’s Club, Verizon and AT&T are two more (and big ones at that!) to add to the list of the all-time fastest selling gadget. It makes sense that AT&T is going to sell the iPad in its retail stores since they already carry the iPhone line; Verizon could be making room in their showroom for the iPad because rumors are saying that a Verizon iPhone may be here very soon.
Guess What, Apple’s “Back to the Mac” Event Is A Non-Event
What’s up, Gene Munster? You’ve always been a nice Apple-focused analyst. First you praise the iPad but you state Android tablets will eventually kill it and win the platform war; now you come out and say that next Wednesday’s event is, actually, a “non-event” for investors.
Munster tells us he expects some “speed bump” updates to the Mac line, a preview of the next OS, and maybe a new Macbook Air, but that’s about it.
“From an investor’s perspective, this is a non-event,” says Munster.
Basically, Munster argues that the company is now focused on iOS and the Mac doesn’t mean much anymore. He’s wrong: for as much as the Mac’s numbers might not be as jaw-dropping as iOS’ ones, investors should keep their Macs close. Where do iOS apps come from, again?
Update: Apple’s share of computer sales in the US surpassed 10 percent.
Apple Getting Price Hikes from Foxconn?
Apple Removes AirPlay From Youtube App In Latest iOS Beta
It seems like something’s going on around the “AirPlay button working everywhere” so many people were excited about: specifically, we just noticed Apple removed AirPlay support in the native Youtube app on iOS 4.2 Beta 3. Read more
iPad is T3’s ‘Gadget of the Year’
Apple has received an award for the iPad in the UK’s T3 Gadget Awards. Not just any award, but the ‘Gadget of the Year’ award.
Apple Posts Ping Guidelines for Artists
Remember Ping? Apple sure does: it’s the “social network” for music discovery and sharing they embedded right into iTunes 10, together with a new icon (the one you love) and a refined UI. I’m not a big fan of Ping (I think it’s useless and far from being a “social network”) but Apple surely believes in it. After all, it’s a way to drive more downloaded to the iTunes Store, and I wouldn’t be surprised to see Ping extending to movies, TV shows and apps in the near future. Read more
“There’s An App For That” Now An Apple Trademark
Perhaps you’ve heard of this one before: “there’s an app for that” is the tagline Apple and basically everyone on the internet have been using since the App Store’s launch in 2008 to describe the app-focused nature of the iPhone. Lost in the traffic? There’s an app for that. Gotta upload an image to show off to your friends on Twitter? There’s an app for that. And so on.
Now the tagline is Apple’s trademark, website Trademarkia reports. Filed by Apple in December 2009, the trademark covers “Retail store services featuring computer software provided via the Internet and other computer and electronic communication networks; retail store services featuring computer software for use on handheld mobile digital electronic devices and other consumer electronics” and is filed under the Advertising category.
In case you need a quick reminder about the meme, we’re just gonna leave you with an old iPhone 3G commercial after the break. [via TUAW] Read more
Q4 Predictions: 4 Million Macs Sold?
Apple’s Q4 earnings call is scheduled for next Monday, and analysts contacted by Fortune already predicted 6 million iPads sold, blockbuster sales of 13 million units for the iPhone 4.
Now on to the Macs: according to the majority of analysts polled by Fortune, Apple sold more than 3.8 million Macs in Q4, thanks to the Back to School program, weak PC sales and new desktop models released in July.
