The web’s been alive with talk that Apple’s latest creation with either in short supply or arrive late due to manufacturing issues. At least, that’s what one analyst would have us believe.
Like a lot tech blogs and media outlets, Wired is reporting comments by Canaccord analyst Peter Misek in which he claims that iPad assembler [...]
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Many had expected Apple to start taking pre-orders on Thursday of last week — 30 days ahead of the anticipated launch date. However, that didn’t happen and we perhaps have a reason why.
Yes, it’s true that analysts often (usually?) shoot from the hip with little or no factual basis for what they say, so [...]
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Apple has gotten ’round to announcing the winner of their just concluded 10 billionth iTunes Music Store download contest, which awarded the lucky individual who purchased the fateful song with a $10,000 iTunes Gift Card.
“We’re grateful to all of our customers for helping us reach this amazing milestone,” said Eddy Cue, vice president, Internet Services. [...]
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A US correspondent for a UK publication claims that Apple’s no longer charging for the iPhone OS 3.1 firmware upgrade for the iPod touch, which a quick check of the Apple iPod touch page would seem to indicate isn’t true.
Tracy Erickson (US) of PocketGamer (UK) reports that Apple is no longer charging for the 3.1 [...]
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It’s beginning to look like Christmas in February, for Apple at least. Though the rumored start date falls on an unApple-esque Thursday, it certainly makes sense that the company would want to start measuring demand ahead of the actual release.
AppAdvice, quoting a “reliable source,” reports that Apple will begin taking pre-orders for the wi-fi only [...]
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Just because you’ve gone to sea doesn’t mean you have leave the Apple Store behind. A new ship being constructed in Germany will have a dedicated Mac and iPod retail presence dedicated to highlighting the advantages of the fairer platform.
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This is the latest endemic problem identified by Apple to affect the company’s popular entry-level portables. The other issue being the now infamous “crackbook” issue, which is also covered by a repair extension.
Apple has announced the MacBook Repair Extension Program for Hard Drive Issues, which is targeted at owners of Apple’s 1.83GHz, 2GHz, or 2.16GHz [...]
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