iPad 2 lineup at launch
Thousands of people thronged the Apple store in both the U.S. coast as 2 iPad went on sale yesterday, indicating a still strong tarikkan for devices that dominate the market is still young it is made. Brave the cold rain and curiously, hordes of fans - many of whom had lined up overnight - formed a line of pre-sales before the device went on sale at 5 pm from New York to San Francisco. The men broke out as the staff of blue-clad sea Apple threw open the door and give high-five to the first buyer iPad excited in Manhattan. voters will offer clues about whether Apple tablet demand remained strong for almost a year after being convicted of the original smash hit, alone created the tablet market and inspired a wave of copycat from Motorola for the Research in Motion. More than 800 lined up outside the Apple store on Manhattan's Fifth Ave. ahead of the launch, hoping to get first dibs on thinner, lighter and faster iPad that Apple CEO Steve Jobs announced last week to strong reviews. "I want to be part of it," said Andrew Christian, 26, a pharmacy technician from the Bronx who No. 11 in line after waiting all night in the rain. Apple shares rose 1.5 percent, to close at $ 351.99 on Nasdaq. Wall St anticipate a strong start with 2 iPad, equivalent to the original release, although some analysts are more bullish. Brian White Ticonderoga Securities, said Apple could potentially sell 1 million iPads over the weekend - about matching sales in their first month on the market in 2010. "It looks to me like it would be a very strong launch," he said. More than 200 people waited outside Apple's flagship San Francisco store at 9 am local time, more than double by lunch. The line that, in themselves, a spectacle. More than 100 spectators gathered to witness the antics only Apple fans in Manhattan. "It's curious to see how people can become so fanatical I. Source:montrealgazette
Apple Password Controls On iPhone in-App Purchases
With the introduction of its new iOS 4.3 operating system update, Apple has upgraded password protection around purchases made within iPhone and iPad applications, an attempt to prevent consumers (particularly children) from unwittingly racking up substantial iTunes charges. IOS 4.3 introduces a new feature requiring password entry when virtual goods, game add-ons and other features are purchased within an application downloaded to an iOS-based device: "In addition to a password being required to purchase an app on the App Store, a reentry of your password is now required when making an in-app purchase," Apple spokesperson Trudy Muller told The Washington Post.
The move follows weeks after the Federal Trade Commission stated it would review potentially deceptive practices connected to in-app purchases within children's games optimized for iOS. Rep. Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Sens. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) and Mark Pryor (D-Ark.) first alerted FTC chairman Jon Leibowitz to the issue, writing letters urging the consumer watchdog to investigate the in-app transaction model. "We fully share your concern that consumers, particularly children, are unlikely to understand the ramifications of these types of purchases," Leibowitz replied in a letter to Markey. "Let me assure you we will look closely at the current industry practice with respect to the marketing and delivery of these types of applications."
Markey wrote that the in-app purchase model may be deceptive, explaining that when parents download titles geared for their children, they do not anticipate the application will include virtual items available for sale. Last month, The Washington Post reported multiple parent complaints tied to in-app transactions across the iOS platform--one child playing the Smurfs Village game spent a reported $1,400 acquiring batches of Smurfberries priced at $99 each.
Consumer protection experts question whether Apple's new policies go far enough to satisfy lawmaker concerns, however. Linda Goldstein, Advertising and Marketing Chair at law firm Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, said that in-app purchases encompass multiple consumer protection issues, including marketing to children and recurring charges to a "non-traditional billing device." According to Goldstein, mobile devices have "essentially become the equivalent of credit cards in the hands of children. When that happens and you have on top of that programs that inherently involve recurring charges, it's a recipe for high FTC scrutiny."
App store analytics firm Distimo reports that between June 2010 and December 2010, revenues generated by in-app purchases in free applications more than doubled across both the iPhone and iPad. In-app transactions across free and premium apps now account for 49 percent of iPhone developer revenues and 29 percent of iPad developer income. Source:fiercemobilecontent
The move follows weeks after the Federal Trade Commission stated it would review potentially deceptive practices connected to in-app purchases within children's games optimized for iOS. Rep. Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Sens. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) and Mark Pryor (D-Ark.) first alerted FTC chairman Jon Leibowitz to the issue, writing letters urging the consumer watchdog to investigate the in-app transaction model. "We fully share your concern that consumers, particularly children, are unlikely to understand the ramifications of these types of purchases," Leibowitz replied in a letter to Markey. "Let me assure you we will look closely at the current industry practice with respect to the marketing and delivery of these types of applications."
Markey wrote that the in-app purchase model may be deceptive, explaining that when parents download titles geared for their children, they do not anticipate the application will include virtual items available for sale. Last month, The Washington Post reported multiple parent complaints tied to in-app transactions across the iOS platform--one child playing the Smurfs Village game spent a reported $1,400 acquiring batches of Smurfberries priced at $99 each.
Consumer protection experts question whether Apple's new policies go far enough to satisfy lawmaker concerns, however. Linda Goldstein, Advertising and Marketing Chair at law firm Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, said that in-app purchases encompass multiple consumer protection issues, including marketing to children and recurring charges to a "non-traditional billing device." According to Goldstein, mobile devices have "essentially become the equivalent of credit cards in the hands of children. When that happens and you have on top of that programs that inherently involve recurring charges, it's a recipe for high FTC scrutiny."
App store analytics firm Distimo reports that between June 2010 and December 2010, revenues generated by in-app purchases in free applications more than doubled across both the iPhone and iPad. In-app transactions across free and premium apps now account for 49 percent of iPhone developer revenues and 29 percent of iPad developer income. Source:fiercemobilecontent
Apple Fans Camp For New iPad
The new iPad went on sale in the United States on Friday, with Apple fans queuing at the company's stores across the country to be among the first to snap up the coveted tablet computers.
Apple began selling the iPad 2, which was unveiled by chief executive Steve Jobs last week, as sales opened online overnight and at Apple's 236 US stores starting at 5:00 pm (2200 GMT).
Estimated shipping times for iPads ordered at Apple's online shop went from a few days to a few weeks, indicating strong demand by people who didn't want to face queues at real world stores.
"I suspect they will sell more iPads this time around than last time around," Gartner analyst Van Baker told AFP.
"I am not seeing much shape up in the form of competition, so I have to continue to believe they are going to be pretty dominant."
A line of people, including some who camped out overnight swathed in rain gear and equipped with chairs and big umbrellas, formed around the block outside Apple's Fifth Avenue store in New York City.
First in line was Hazem Sayed, an applications developer who had purchased his coveted spot from Amanda Foote, an entrepreneurial 20-year-old from Florida who staked her claim outside Apple on Wednesday, then auctioned the place on Craigslist and by word of mouth.
"It went from $150 to $600 in about 10 minutes," she said. Finally Sayed came in with the winning bid: $900.
Sayed said he'd be immediately taking his new iPad 2 to a business meeting in Dubai where he would use its technology for mounting interactive presentations. "I'm going to buy two iPads. If I could I'd buy four," he said.
Many others in the crowd were foreigners seeking to take advantage of an opportunity they won't have in their own country for a while.
The iPad 2, which is one-third thinner, nearly 15 percent lighter and faster than the model released in April 2010, will be available in around two dozen other countries later this month.
Mingda Zhong, 18, a student from Nanjing, China, said that even the original iPad is rare at home. "You cannot buy the iPad 1 very easily," he said.
"Most Chinese do not have it."
About 50 people near the head of the long iPad 2 queue of outside the Apple Store in downtown San Francisco were there for a company that evidently intended to send the tablets back to China for resale at hefty mark-ups.
Second in line was James Almeida, a 24-year-old college student who resisted the original iPad but showed up at 4:00 am to sate his longing now that the second-generation model is available.
"I decided that the iPad is not something that anyone really needs, but if you have it, it's awesome," Almeida told AFP. "This is the only product I've seen that has created its own need, which is amazing."
Besides the size and weight, the other major improvement to the touchscreen tablet computer is the addition of front- and rear-facing cameras that allow users to take still pictures and video and hold video conversations.
Apple sold 15 million iPads last year, bringing in $10 billion in new revenue and creating an entirely new category of consumer electronics devices.
Dozens of other companies have been scrambling since then to bring tablets to market, most of them relying on Google's Android software, and Apple is hoping the iPad 2 will keep it a step ahead of its rivals.
But with the exception of the Galaxy Tab from South Korea's Samsung, rival tablet-makers have enjoyed little success.
"So far, it's looking pretty rosy for Apple," Baker said.
Technology research firm Gartner is forecasting sales of 55 million tablet computers worldwide this year and another research firm, Forrester, said Apple has little to worry about for now.
"Competing tablets to the iPad are poised to fail, which is why we're forecasting that Apple will have at least 80 percent share of the US consumer tablet market in 2011," Forrester said.
The iPad 2 received mostly praise from the influential technology columnists who adored its power, beauty, sleekness, and "eco-system" of applications for work or play.
More than 65,000 applications have been created for the iPad, while there are currently only about 100 crafted for tablets running Android.
The iPad 2 is selling at the same prices as the original iPad, ranging from $499 for the 16-gigabyte version to $829 for the top-of-the-line 64-GB model.
The iPad 2 will be available on March 25 in Australia, Austria, Belgium, Britain, Canada, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Mexico, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland. Source:independent
Apple began selling the iPad 2, which was unveiled by chief executive Steve Jobs last week, as sales opened online overnight and at Apple's 236 US stores starting at 5:00 pm (2200 GMT).
Estimated shipping times for iPads ordered at Apple's online shop went from a few days to a few weeks, indicating strong demand by people who didn't want to face queues at real world stores.
"I suspect they will sell more iPads this time around than last time around," Gartner analyst Van Baker told AFP.
"I am not seeing much shape up in the form of competition, so I have to continue to believe they are going to be pretty dominant."
A line of people, including some who camped out overnight swathed in rain gear and equipped with chairs and big umbrellas, formed around the block outside Apple's Fifth Avenue store in New York City.
First in line was Hazem Sayed, an applications developer who had purchased his coveted spot from Amanda Foote, an entrepreneurial 20-year-old from Florida who staked her claim outside Apple on Wednesday, then auctioned the place on Craigslist and by word of mouth.
"It went from $150 to $600 in about 10 minutes," she said. Finally Sayed came in with the winning bid: $900.
Sayed said he'd be immediately taking his new iPad 2 to a business meeting in Dubai where he would use its technology for mounting interactive presentations. "I'm going to buy two iPads. If I could I'd buy four," he said.
Many others in the crowd were foreigners seeking to take advantage of an opportunity they won't have in their own country for a while.
The iPad 2, which is one-third thinner, nearly 15 percent lighter and faster than the model released in April 2010, will be available in around two dozen other countries later this month.
Mingda Zhong, 18, a student from Nanjing, China, said that even the original iPad is rare at home. "You cannot buy the iPad 1 very easily," he said.
"Most Chinese do not have it."
About 50 people near the head of the long iPad 2 queue of outside the Apple Store in downtown San Francisco were there for a company that evidently intended to send the tablets back to China for resale at hefty mark-ups.
Second in line was James Almeida, a 24-year-old college student who resisted the original iPad but showed up at 4:00 am to sate his longing now that the second-generation model is available.
"I decided that the iPad is not something that anyone really needs, but if you have it, it's awesome," Almeida told AFP. "This is the only product I've seen that has created its own need, which is amazing."
Besides the size and weight, the other major improvement to the touchscreen tablet computer is the addition of front- and rear-facing cameras that allow users to take still pictures and video and hold video conversations.
Apple sold 15 million iPads last year, bringing in $10 billion in new revenue and creating an entirely new category of consumer electronics devices.
Dozens of other companies have been scrambling since then to bring tablets to market, most of them relying on Google's Android software, and Apple is hoping the iPad 2 will keep it a step ahead of its rivals.
But with the exception of the Galaxy Tab from South Korea's Samsung, rival tablet-makers have enjoyed little success.
"So far, it's looking pretty rosy for Apple," Baker said.
Technology research firm Gartner is forecasting sales of 55 million tablet computers worldwide this year and another research firm, Forrester, said Apple has little to worry about for now.
"Competing tablets to the iPad are poised to fail, which is why we're forecasting that Apple will have at least 80 percent share of the US consumer tablet market in 2011," Forrester said.
The iPad 2 received mostly praise from the influential technology columnists who adored its power, beauty, sleekness, and "eco-system" of applications for work or play.
More than 65,000 applications have been created for the iPad, while there are currently only about 100 crafted for tablets running Android.
The iPad 2 is selling at the same prices as the original iPad, ranging from $499 for the 16-gigabyte version to $829 for the top-of-the-line 64-GB model.
The iPad 2 will be available on March 25 in Australia, Austria, Belgium, Britain, Canada, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Mexico, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland. Source:independent
Blackberry Music Application
7digital experienced music providers are on scene a BlackBerry with a free application, even if we reflect the point in trying to compete with the iTunes digital music giant. However, it offers the opportunity to buy high berkualiti MP3 directly to your phone and lets you check the latest charts. Shazam is the crown jewel, although a relative veteran of the mobile music scene. Listen to the song on the radio but did not know what it is? Turn Shazam and within seconds it should be able to tag songs and let you know the artist and song. He novelty, however, like a pair of knock-off jeans, wear from time to time and artists clearly have not released any official likely to abandon Shazam. For those who know the artist and song title but do not know the lyrics, however, then TuneWiki may be a bit more useful. It collates all the songs on your phone and the river lyrics on the screen while it plays - a bit like subtitles for music miring.Ada also paid a number of popular applications available as well, from the Creator, MP3 to Ringtone aptly named Ultimate Music Quiz, which tests your music 1000 knowledge using several questions. This is all a little firecracker, but wet, and we wondered why the BlackBerry tertanya only stick to the real power - instant email and instant messaging. Source:youfacom.com
iPhone 5 Comes With Bigger Screen
The new generation of iPhone design has been leaked today. As you can see below, it’s Apple’s“mold engineering drawings” for the iPhone 5. They are applying the same design but comes with bigger screen. iDealsChina reported the wireframe CAD graphics are supplied to case designers that will provide accessories for the handset.
The design is identical as the current iPhone but as we have mention it will acquired larger screen with smaller bezel. According to the rumor, Apple is planning to change the glass back for a unibody metal chassis and antenna integrated with the company logo may not be the case. Inside you will see a dual-core 1GHz Apple A5 processor.
Souce:slashphone
Element Case Vapor Pro iPhone 4 Case
According to Element Case, the Vapor Pro is the most expensive non-designer iPhone 4 case available. This version is masculine looking and made in aluminum. Rather than snapping on to the iPhone 4, it is screwed on (with a supplied tool). The ports to all the buttons and connectors on the phone are easy to access, while the case further gives the iPhone a more ergonomic shape for holding. There is even a polymer section over the antenna to prevent signal issues. Element cases offers the Vapor Pro iPhone case in a number of colors and finishes. Retail price is $149.99, and you can enter to win one below.
To enter, leave a comment on this post sharing why you'd like to win this case. The giveaway ends on March 18th at 8:00pm PST. See additional rules below.
* To enter, leave a confirmed comment below.
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