The greatest strength of Apple and its iPhone has always been the availability of nearly 200,000 apps in the iTunes App Store. No other phone manufacturer has so far been able to match the success that iPhone’s App Store has got. This amazing success of the App Store has led to people wondering if Apple would bring such a business model to its OS X platform as well.
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After the release of James Cameron’s Avatar for the iPhone and iPod touch, Gameloft today has released the popular title for the recently launched iPad as well. This new game will make you enter the beautiful and dangerous world of Pandora with HD graphics on the 9.7-inch display of iPad that bring the war between humans and Na’vi to life.
Apple has published its Q2, 2010 financial report and once again their Q2 has proved as one of the most successful quarter for the company. The total revenue was $13.50 billion USD with net quarterly profit of $3.07 billion. iPhone sales raised to 8.75 million (increase of 131% from last year) and iPod sales were 10.89 million (down 1%). Here is what Apple's CEO Steve Jobs had to say.
According to a recent report from Digitimes, Apple has started developing the next-generation iPad and that it will be using OLED screen technology for the display panels. The panels used are said to be same as the ones used in next-gen iPhone 4G. Apple is planning for a 2011 launch date, which shouldn't be too surprising considering all major Apple products like iPhones, iPods and Macs have a one-year release cycle.
Apple has been busy lately in safe-guarding the design and innovation of its products by taking legal cover of patent grant policy. Last month, we saw how Apple filed a legal suit against HTC, for its alleged involvement in infringing 20 iPhone OS patents "related to the iPhone's user interface, underlying architecture, and hardware”.
If you want to have the look and feel of iPhone OS 4 right now, without having to update your iPhone and iPod touch to OS 4, then “iPhone OS 4” theme for Winterboard is the way to go. This theme includes wallpapers for both home screen and the lock screen, along with the new icon for “Calculator” app. This is how it looks like.
Here is an interesting video where an adorable two-year-old girl has been shown using the newly released iPad. This proves that iPad is for all age groups, user friendly in real terms, and a pretty nice device which has been designed and meant for all family members of any age. Video after the jump.
Scheduled dates for Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) for the year 2010 through 2015 has been revealed on a convention calendar (PDF) hosted on a Japanese site for the San Francisco Convention and Visitors Bureau. The list, which was last updated on May 2009 includes incorrect dates for Macworld 2011, but listings for many other future events appear to be accurate. The dates for WWDC as mentioned in the list are as under.
Mashable has this amazing story on the first iPad being installed into dashboard of a Toyota Tacoma. The project was under taken by Sound Man Car Audio in Santa Clarita, CA. This is how they went about the their marvelous work.
Since the introduction of iPhone (EDGE) in 2007, Apple remained the unipolar champion of the smartphone world. But its unchallenged supremacy has now been challenged by other stalwarts like Google’s Android, and the upcoming Windows Phone 7 Series by Microsoft. It will be obligatory for Apple to bring some innovative changes to the device and it just cannot afford the luxury of cooling its heels. In the meanwhile, Android continues to gather momentum, and whereas it lacks iPhone's content and elegance, yet it has started matching Apple in terms of features.
