Apple adds bogus AppleTVs, iPads, iPods and iPhones to another config file, won’t deter developers
Earlier today, Mark Tweeted the amusing new file Apple put in iOS 5.1 beta 2 which includes a lot of silly references to devices that don’t exist. This isn’t entirely new – Apple had done this to another file in iOS 5.1B1.
As you’d probably expect, it isn’t going to stop developers from finding the special sause [...]
Apple begins Black Friday 2011 sale in the United States with iOS device, Mac, and accessory discounts
With all of the items and sale prices that we revealed on Tuesday, Apple has kicked off their annual Black Friday sale in the United States, Mexico, and Canada (North America). The sale is very similar to Apple’s offerings in past years, but does give better discounts to higher capacities of the iPads and iPods. The deals [...]
Your best Black Friday deals are on at 9to5Mac and 9to5Toys
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Like everyone, we’re gearing up for Black Friday with the best online and offline deals on electronics products that our readers are after. Always ongoing, 9to5Toys.com has the best deals on Apple products and accessories from around the web, including some cool new stuff you might not have seen elsewhere. However, starting on Black Friday morning at Midnight, [...]
Apple says stop using first-generation iPod nano due to battery overheating, opens worldwide replacement program
Apple has opened up a replacement program for the first-generation iPod nano due to overheating issues. These affected units were sold between September 2005 and December 2006 and include a manufacturing defect sourced at a single Apple battery supplier for the first edition of ultra-small and thin screened iPods from Apple. Apple says the possibility [...]
Barnes and Noble release Nook Tablet iPod touch competitor
Barnes and Noble announced their Nook Tablet today, a successor to their now $199 Nook Color. The $249 dual core tablet is aimed squarely at the $199 Kindle Fire but has 10GB more (16GB total) storage and the ability to add up to 32GB via micro SD card. It also has a superior screen to [...]
AT&T’s new ‘Upgrader App’ allows users to check eligibility, pre-order iPhone 4S
MacRumors points us to AT&T’s new ‘Upgrader App’, that lets users pre-order the iPhone 4S directly from their iOS device (due out on the App Store later today). It lets you pre-order right from your handset starting Friday, October 7. Besides actually performing the evil deed of purchasing the darn thing, the app lets [...]
Apple will NOT stream tomorrow’s iPhone event
In case there was any question, we’ve heard directly from Apple PR that there won’t be a webcast of Apple’s iPhone launch event. Last Year’s September event was live streamed but for unspecified reasons, Apple has chosen to keep this one off the airwaves. They will provide a live closed feed to the [...]
iPhone 4S / 5 appears in Apple’s inventory system, iPod touch may see price drops
Yesterday we reported that tweaked iPhone 4 models and white iPod touch models have appeared in Apple’s internal inventory systems ahead of the October 4th Apple event. Today, though, comes the big news: the next-generation iPhone has made its way into Apple’s inventory system. This new iPhone is the N94 device that we found in the [...]
Does Apple have to kill the iPod?
Will the touch turn into an iPhone, the Classic be killed by iCloud and the Shuffle and Nano be morphed into wearable/iWatches?
from Wikipedia, data to Q2 2011
Out of Apple’s incredibly successful product lines, the iPods are the only one dropping numbers and revenue (above, mostly to iPhone and iPad, not the competition). Analysts as [...]
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