Compared to LG, Nokia and other cellphone makers Apple doesn’t sell that many devices. Compared to the same cellphone makers, though, Apple makes way more money. Apple’s got the right strategy: they sell premium products and they release a new iteration once a year. Apple has its own OS and it won’t let the carrier mess with it. Period. Read more
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Apple’s Impressive Share Of Mobile Industry Profits [Pie Chart]
Steve Jobs Interviewed By Police Over iPhone 4 Prototype
We haven’t heard of the “stolen” iPhone 4 prototype story for a while, nor do we have had any updates on the police investigation that is still ongoing. Apple hasn’t commented publicly on the matter since last April, and it’s not that we’re missing the whole headline war to get the latest scoop on Jason Chen and Brian Hogan love affair - we’re just curious to know how this will end.
Macnn is reporting (via CNET) that a number of Apple employees have been interviewed by the police together with Apple CEO himself, Steve Jobs, about the allegedly stolen iPhone prototype. Read more
Mac Users Love Macs. Surprised?
If you bought a Mac, I guess you love it. I wouldn’t be surprised at all to know that you’re deeply in love with your newly bought piece of Ive aluminum. Still, it’s interesting to put these love stories to numbers and see how stats change over time.
The latest American Customer Satisfaction Index survey (via 9to5mac) indicates that, over the past 12 months, Apple computers totaled 78 out of 100, 3 points more than the same survey in 2009. PC stats have increased as well, with PC makers like Dell and HP achieving higher stats, too: 77 points.
People love Macs. Remember that 10.7 is coming next year. Let’s have this survey again in 12 months. Read more
iPod Nano 6G Found To Have Secret Diagnostics Mode Dubbed “iTerm”
The guys over at iLounge have been doing a little digging into their new iPod nano and they have discovered that it contains a secret diagnostic mode called iTerm. If you fancy a peek, then you need to reset the iPod by pressing and holding the sleep and volume down buttons until the Apple logo appears. Once that happens, you have a choice. If you want to enable Disk mode, which will give you a retro iPod black and white screen, and, as the name suggests, makes the iPod visible to a computer as an external USB drive, you need to hold down both volume buttons during the reset. Read more
Apple Enters Agreement to License Rovi’s Technologies
Mailplane 2.2 released
Mailplane, the app that brings Gmail to your Mac’s desktop, has been recently updated with new features and bug fixes. New features: Support for Gmail’s new Priority Inbox; @usemailroom’s TrueView, which enables two counters, one for unread and one for unseen messages; you can now drag a Mailplane URL from the title bar to any application; Rapportive - which replaces the sponsored links on the right-hand side with useful contact information (this is an excellent feature, there’s even free add-ons for Firefox, Safari, and Chrome); Mailplane can now automatically open ‘safe’ attachments after downloading like Safari, just check the preference button; and auto-insert-BCC feature lets you integrate with a CRM, HelpDesk or similar service. Read more
Apple Buys Face Recognition Company Polar Rose
Norwegian website Mac1 is reporting that Apple has bought all the shares of a Swedish company called “Polar Rose”, which specializes in face recognition softwares more advanced than Apple’s implementation in iPhoto.
As you can see in the video embedded below, the “Recognizr” app from Polar Rose can save face information in seconds and link a person to various social profiles on the internet such as Flickr and Youtube. It’s demoed on a Samsung phone, but we wonder (if true) what this acquisition might bring to our devices in the future. A more capable iPhoto? Perhaps that user tracking patent we heard about a few weeks ago? We’ll see. But I’m pretty sure that this is definitely mobile-oriented. [via 9to5mac] Read more
Lily Allen Is Suing Apple Over A Hacked MacBook
According to The Sun, British singer Lily Allen is suing Apple as her laptop got hacked and the folks down at Cupertino provided no assistance in tracking down the hacker. Lily Allen thinks the only way to obtain more information is by taking legal action, so she’s suing. Read more
China Gets A Real iPhone 4 on September 25th
After months of speculation, debates with the Chinese government over wifi implementation in the iPhone 3G and a bunch of well-faked ripoffs, China is getting the iPhone 4. The real thing. Starting from September 25th Chinese Apple fans will be able to purchase the new iPhone in retail locations and Unicom stores, with a price tag of CNY4,999 for the 16GB model and CNY5,999 for the GB one. As Engadget reports, that’s about $743 and $892, respectively.
Apple is also opening a new retail location in Beijing on September 25th. Chinese MacStories readers: tips[at]macstories.net is open for you to send pics and videos of your line experience. Check out the full press release after the break. Read more