The public may not remember, but up until 2001 the major high streets around the world were missing one key component - Apple retail stores. It wasn't until May 19th 2001 that the first two Apple retail stores opened in Virginia, changing the way the company did business by showcasing their own products in their own stores for the first time. Prior to the first store opening, Apple relied predominantly on electronics and big box computer stores to give their products a high street presence.
2011 was a year made up of mixed fortunes for Cupertino-based Apple. From a trading and financial aspect; they went from strength to strength with success of the iPad 2 and the iPhone 4S becoming their most successful product launch in the companies history with 4 million units being sold in the first three days. Let us not forget that the share price also breached the $400 mark in 2011 for the first time.
With iPad 3 set to be announced any time in the next few months; the rumors and counter-rumors are beginning to gather pace. Just recently there were reports that Sharp was to be the producer of panels for the new, high-resolution displays, but that now seems unlikely.
Rumors of Apple working on a new 3D interface for the iPhone and iPad just will not go away. It has been a regular rumor ever since the original iPhone was introduced, and has been supported by more than a few patent applications ever since.
The smartphone market is fiercely contested, with various carriers, manufacturers and software makers tripping over each other to draw the attention of consumers.
According to Japanese Apple blog Macotakara, Foxconn Electronics and Pegatron Technology have begun the long process of churning out the fruit company’s next-gen tablet, unofficially dubbed the iPad 3.
Without a doubt, 2011 was a big year for the smartphone industry. We had the iPhone 4S, two new Google Nexus Phones and Nokia took to Windows Phone 7 like a duck to a frozen like - it got in there eventually.
With the Consumer Electronics Show merely a day away, Silicon Valley’s worst-kept secret – the purported ‘iPad 3’ – is the gadget on everyone’s lips.
In a move that came a little out of the blue for us, OnLive has announced that it will be launching a new app for the iPad which will allow users to stream an entire Windows 7 desktop experience to their tablet.
In the November of last year, Apple seeded the initial beta release of iOS 5.1, which as usual was available to registered members of the iOS developer program. The first beta build of 5.1 (9B5117b) was available as download for the iPhone 4S, iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS, iPad, iPad 2 and the third and fourth generations of iPod touch.
