Thursday, July 24, 2008 at 09:46 AM | Posted by kazouz
Apple has launched three new television commercials as part of their iPhone 3G advertising campaign.
The new ads highlights the iPhone 3G’s faster network speeds (’Everyone‘ and ’Unslow‘) and its new enterprise features (’Work Friendly‘).
The ads can be viewed on Apple’s website.
Wednesday, July 23, 2008 at 01:35 PM | Posted by kazouz
AT&T today reported solid second-quarter financial results, highlighted by strong wireless growth, double-digit gains in revenues from IP-based data services and further expansion of consolidated margins.
For the quarter ended June 30, 2008, AT&T’s consolidated revenues totaled $30.9 billion, up 4.7 percent versus reported results in the year-earlier quarter and up 3.6 percent compared with second-quarter 2007 pro forma revenues.
On Apple’s iPhone 3G sales, AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson said:
“The Apple iPhone 3G is a dramatic example of this transformation. In the days following our exclusive U.S. launch of this new device, powered by the nation’s fastest 3G wireless network, customer response has been everything we had anticipated and more. This strengthens our wireless business, and it reinforces our positive view of the opportunities ahead for AT&T and the industry.”
Tuesday, July 22, 2008 at 06:10 PM | Posted by kazouz
Apple today released updates to its iLife ‘08 applications: iPhoto, iMovie and iWeb.
This update contains new holiday greeting card and postcard themes for use with Apple print products. It also addresses general compatibility issues, improves overall stability, and addresses a number of other minor issues.
This update addresses general compatibility issues, improves overall stability, and addresses a number of other minor issues.
iLife Support provides system software components shared by all iLife ‘08 applications. This update improves overall stability and addresses a number of other minor issues. It is recommended for all users for iLife ‘08.
This update addresses general compatibility issues, improves overall stability, and addresses a number of other minor issues.
These updates are available through Mac OS X Software Update and Apple’s downloads site.
Monday, July 21, 2008 at 04:05 PM | Posted by kazouz
Apple today announced financial results for its fiscal 2008 third quarter ended June 28, 2008.
The Company posted revenue of $7.46 billion and net quarterly profit of $1.07 billion, or $1.19 per diluted share. These results compare to revenue of $5.41 billion and net quarterly profit of $818 million, or $.92 per diluted share, in the year-ago quarter. Gross margin was 34.8 percent, down from 36.9 percent in the year-ago quarter. International sales accounted for 42 percent of the quarter’s revenue.
Continue reading Apple announces profit of $1.07 billion for Q3 2008.
Friday, July 18, 2008 at 12:44 PM | Posted by kazouz
A report reveals that Apple has just increased its order of notebook-use printed circuit boards by 20% in this third quarter.
Commercial Times previously reported that Apple had ordered up to 3 million MacBook displays for Q3 of 2008.
As Apple is said to have increased its procurement of notebook-use printed circuit boards (PCB) by 20% on quarter in the third quarter, with most of the ordered PCBs being high-interconnect density (HDI) boards, fellow PCB makers in Taiwan are expected to see big boost in corresponding sales and profit, DigiTimes reports.
Rumors suggest that Apple has been working on new MacBook Pro models that include some of the MacBook Air’s features. Apple is expected to include Intel’s recently unveiled Montevina processors in new notebooks.
Friday, July 18, 2008 at 08:13 AM | Posted by kazouz
Apple unveiled its first retail store in China to the media on Thursday. The two-level store will open in Beijing’s Sanlitun entertainment district on July 19th at 10am.
The store will feature the same design as other Apple stores but the Genius Bar will be multilingual and the iPhone will not be available initially since the company has not yet reached a deal with any Chinese carrier. This will be Apple’s 219th store worldwide.
Continue reading Apple opening first China store.
Thursday, July 17, 2008 at 01:57 PM | Posted by kazouz
Apple today announced that it will hold their fiscal year 2008 third quarter financial results conference call on Monday, July 21, 2008, 2pm PDT/5pm EDT.
Apple will provide live audio streaming of its FY 08 Third Quarter Results Conference Call utilizing Apple’s industry-leading QuickTime multimedia software. The live audio webcast will be accessible through Apple’s website at http://www.apple.com/quicktime/qtv/earningsq308/. Viewers simply need a copy of QuickTime 6 or QuickTime 7 to listen to the conference call.
Wednesday, July 16, 2008 at 01:23 PM | Posted by kazouz
Intel announced that it will release its first quad-core processor for laptops next month. The company just yesterday revealed the Centrino 2 mobile chips.
“We’re bringing quad-core to mobile in August,” said Sujan Kamran, regional marketing manager for client platforms at Intel in Singapore. Kamran declined to disclose specifics of the quad-core chip, which will carry Intel’s Core 2 Extreme moniker.
Apple’s next Mac OS X update (Snow Leopard) is expected to focus on multi-core performance.
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