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A lot of hype has been surrounding the iPad 2 and its rumored specs – namely that it will have close to a retina display with a 2048 x 1536 display. Images found in iBooks 1.1 revealed artwork that hinted at a higher resolution, though not quite enough pixel density to consider it a retina…
Apple is known on Wall Street for not issuing a dividend to their shareholders, instead preferring to lock it away in what people refer to as a “war chest”. According to figures tabulated by Horace Dediu from Asymco, that war chest is due to hit over $100 billion by this time next year if Apple…
So you just bought a new Verizon handset and are dealing with a serious case of buyer’s remorse now that the wireless carrier has announced the iPhone 4. Before you throw your hands up in disgust, you may want to check out some new information that recently appeared on Verizon’s website. In Verizon’s FAQ for…
It’s time for the AFC and NFC to crown their division champions this weekend. The Green Bay Packers will be in Chicago to tackle the Bears, and the New York Jets will head to Pittsburgh to try and take down the Steelers. It’s going to be a solid weekend of football for sure… and if…
If you think that the Motorola Xoom, BlackBerry PlayBook and the glut of tablets coming out in 2011 has Apple worried, you’d be quite wrong. During its conference call Tuesday, Apple called some of its 7-inch competitors “bizarre” and said its first-mover advantage and ecosystem give it a leg-up against all comers. “We’re very confident…
If you think that the Verizon iPhone will be a big deal, you’re not alone, as Apple just said on its quarterly earnings call that it thinks the launch will be “huge.” But will Apple be able to keep up with this “huge” launch? Thanks to the success of this smartphone, iPad and iPod touch,…
Bigfoot. Lochness monster. Flying spaghetti monster. Uri Geller’s psychic abilities. The white iPhone 4. One of these things might be more real than the rest, and it’s hiding in Best Buy’s inventory database. I know, I didn’t think the white iPhone 4 was real, either, but the screen shot above is allegedly what Best Buy’s…
Apple had another monster quarter thanks to the strong success of its iPhone and iPad but questions still linger thanks to the unexpected departure of its CEO Steve Jobs earlier this week for medical reasons. Boosted by the holiday season, Apple posted $6 billion in revenue for its first financial quarter. The company shipped 16.24…
It’s not much of a surprise, but IDC is saying that the Apple iPad dominated tablet sales for 2010 by grabbing nearly 90% of the market. The IDC report said it expected there would be 17 million tablet sales for 2010 (full data is just trickling in) and the Apple iPad accounted for 87.4% of…
Back in 2009 when Steve Jobs took a medical leave of absence from Apple, he received a liver transplant in Tennessee. However, the ailing Apple CEO seems to have received additional treatment during that time for his cancer. According to Fortune, Jobs also received some “unusual” radiological treatment for neuroendocrine cancer. Business Insider reports: [Fortune…