According to Mr. Zapfel, Unisys will be providing support and “other services” to both corporate and government agencies that buy Apple gear. He also said the contract was signed just this month, and it would mark a rare move by Apple to turn to an outside source for providing such services. Historically, Apple has not…
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Android Market Hits 100K Apps
Apple’s App Store currently has some 284,000 apps available, according to third party site AppShopper.com. That breaks down to 266,374 iPhone apps and 37,290 iPad apps, with some overlap between the two categories. Indeed, Apple has either pulled or seen pulled by developers more than half as many apps as the Android Market boasts in…
V-moda Remixremote Earphones Are Cool and Serious
The remixremote high-definition noise-isolating metal earphones with microphone by V-moda are available in four metallic colors. The Remixremote earphones are available in 4 colorsThe MSRP is $99.99 and they are available in the Apple Stores and other box stores as well as on-line. I found five sets of the Nero color on Amazon.com for $67.23.The…
Flash Player Missing from New MacBook Air
There’s no word on why Apple chose to leave Flash Player out of the new laptop’s factory software installation, which will no doubt lead to speculation that the company is beginning to distance itself even more from the current Internet media playback standard.The new MacBook Air: Flash-free. Sort of.Flash isn’t supported on Apple’s iOS devices…
After Hours: AAPL Drops 5.6% Following Q4 Earnings
Apple turned in record revenue ($20.3 billion), earnings ($4.34 billion), Mac (3.9 million), iPhone (14.1 million), and iPad sales (4.19 million), and Apple guided for revenue of $23 billion for the December quarter, but after-hours traders weren’t having it and pushed the stock down. For AAPL observers, however, the context is the stock had a…
Steve Jobs Slams Android in Earnings Report
“Google loves to characterize Android as open and IOS and iPhone as closed,” Mr Jobs said. “We find this a bit disingenuius and clouding the real difference between our two approaches.”Jobs calls Android “fragmented”It was open season on the soon to be released wave of 7-inch tablet devices from competitors, too. Mr. Jobs claimed the…
3 Free Apps For the Job Hunter
You could also get a job at a big company, and if you worked hard and helped the company grow, the company, in turn, would take care of you and your family. It was one of life’s unwritten guarantees. Maybe in our next life we should get that guaranty in writing. We have become a…
AAPL Closes Over $300 For First Time
AAPL traded as high as $301.96 per share just before midday, but spent the rest of the session in an up and down roller coaster ride that saw the stock dip below its newly won $300 mark briefly in the afternoon.Yahoo! Finance AAPL Chart As we’ve noted throughout the week, one catalyst for the stock’s…
iPad Dubbed Best Selling Gadget Ever
Mr. McGranahan said the iPad is “a runaway success of unprecedented proportion,” according to InformationWeek.Apple’s iPad: Best selling gadget in historyThe iPad is a tablet computer device with a 9.7-inch multi-touch display. It runs iOS, like the iPhone and iPod touch, and is compatible with most iPhone apps, too.Assuming Apple can keep up with demand,…
Amazon Joins iPad Retailers
Apple’s iPadThe iPad is Apple’s multimedia tablet device that runs iOS just like the iPhone and iPod touch. It sports a 9.7-inch multitouch display, built-in Wi-Fi and Bluetooth, can play back videos and music, includes an ebook reader and Apple’s iBookstore, supports external keyboards, and more.Apple’s expansion into additional retail channels means there will be…
Report: Apple Testing Touchscreen iMacs
The report said that the displays have an integrated cover glass and touch sensor system, and that this has resulted in a “good vertical and horizontal viewing angle.” This solution contrasts with traditional solutions that have touch sensors that are placed on top of the glass, which DigiTimes’ sources characterized as “costly and complex, [and…
Analyst: iPad with Camera Due Next Spring
Apple’s next gen iPad will probably include a cameraThe iPad is Apple’s multimedia tablet that runs iOS and supports most iPhone-compatible apps. It includes built-in Wi-Fi and Bluetooth, and some models ship with 3G wireless data access support, too.Mr. King and Mr. Lu say the new iPad model will be available early in the second…
Pew: No One Gets More Coverage Than Apple
To put some numbers to that concept, The Pew center found that from June 2009 through June of 2010, 15.1% of all technology stories in the mainstream press were primarily about Apple. That’s greater than one in every seven stories. About Apple. One is seven (1 in 6.67 to be a little more precise). The…
Predators, Mr. Runner, Virtual Table Tenns and More
Predator was a testosterone-laden, cinematic bloodletting that tapped into the imaginations and, after two more movies and countless books, comics, and toys, the wallets of a generation of males, and more than a few females. (Yes, there were two Alien vs Predator movies, but I don’t count them because they were not purely about Predators,…
U.S. Company Imports Apple Peel 520 Phone Converter for iPod
The Apple Peel 520 is a case with a transceiver, a SIM card slot, and a battery built into it. When coupled with software on your iPod touch, it allows users to send and receive SMS text messages and make phone calls. In China, the device sells for about $78, according to Bloomberg, while Go…
Apple Patent Application Could Let iPod touch Make Calls
The patent doesn’t specifically cover iPod touches, but rather any mobile electronic device. We should also stress that it’s a patent application that was filed in the first quarter of 2010, and not a granted patent. Even if the patent is granted, however, there is little or no indication, let alone a guarantee, that Apple…
Amazon Knocks iPad in Kindle Commercial
The Kindle doesn’t include backlighting, using a display technology called E-Ink that doesn’t require (or offer) backlighting. The iPad, however, has higher resolution display that features backlighting, which some consider harder to read in situations with bright lighting, such as outsider during daylight. Kindle dominated the dedicated e-reader market with its Kindle, with few devices…
Scosche IDR655m Earphones with Microphone
Scosche has recently introduced the IDR655m earphones for iPod and iPhone although they work with other Mac products as well.You probably don’t want to buy these for your teen who is always losing their earphones. At an MSRP of $99.99 that could get expensive fast, no matter how much he or she enjoys good quality…
Touch Mouse: Free Wireless Mouse app from Logitech
Just what we needed—another reason not to get up off the couch. Logitech’s Touch Mouse turns your iPhone or iPod touch into a wireless mouse, perfect for those moments when you want to do something on your computer without actually touching it. Although the application and its accompanying computer server software is slightly more involved…
Back to School Edition
The source of the strobe was not Devine in nature, nor was Donna Summer mutely sympathizing with bad girls. The light came from a school bus that happened to be loitering outside my home. School is now in session here in Central Florida, and as I made my way to work (TMO Towers South) through…
Dropbox, TouchCalc, powerOne Calculator and More
Wireless document syncing, for example. Why don’t we have it? In fact, why don’t we have wireless everything syncing? Apple manages to sync my contacts, email, and even my browser bookmarks, so what is so hard about documents? I’ve been using Pages to write my articles on my iPad. I enjoy Pages as a word…
Second Taiwan Newspaper Reports 7” iPad Coming
In the report, ECD said that the new device would weigh about 500 grams, less than the 700 grams of the current device. Whereas DigiTimes said the new iPad model would sport an OLED display, ECD reported the device would use the same IPS display used in the current iPad. The report named two manufacturers…
The Humicidal Edition
Northerners not accustomed to Florida’s humicidal days and oppressive nights often leave believing this fair state to be a nice place to visit, as long as the air-conditioning works. This Summer has been exceptionally toasty, not just in Florida, but areas all across the country have experienced brutally hot weather, wreaking havoc on utilities and…
RIM Unveils BlackBerry Torch Smartphone
RIM’s BlackBerry TorchAccording to AT&T’s Web site, the BlackBerry Torch sports BlackBerry 6 OS, a 3.2-inch 480×360 touch-based screen, a slide-out keyboard, 512 MB RAM, 4 GB storage and a MicroSD card slot, 802.11 b/g/n wireless networking, Bluetooth, and a 5 megapixel camera with flash.AT&T isn’t saying when the Torch will ship, or how much…