MacTastik Weekly #52
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Filed under: Apple Financial , Apple , iPhone I thought Apple sounded a tad bit defensive about China on the conference call Monday , but Morgan Stanley analyst Katy Huberty says there's nothing to worry about: she expects Apple to sell up to four or five million iPhones in China per year. Apple told us on Monday that they've activated about 200,000 iPhones in China so far, but Huberty claims that there's a market for maybe 50 million iPhones over there, and echoes Tim Cook's assertion that price is the main issue. "Hardware pricing, service plan pricing and...
Filed under: Hardware , Odds and ends , Internet , Apple You probably had exactly the same response I did when you heard that AT&T would be handling the 3G data plan for the iPad : "Them again?" Sure, the deal is much better, and it's completely optional (you can get the iPad without 3G if you don't want it at all), but still: AT&T? Hasn't Apple heard enough complaining about their network without sending a bunch of tablet computers and all of that data downloading onto it? It's cool, says AT&T, we got it View more...
Filed under: Hardware , iPhone , iPod touch Since the announcement that the iPad comes with a 1 GHz A4 chip developed and owned by Apple (thanks, no doubt, to their acquisition of chipmaker PA Semi ), one thing's been on a lot of people's minds: when will this chip make it to the iPhone? The iPhone 3GS runs on an 833 MHz Samsung chip , that, presumably to increase battery life, is underclocked to 600 MHz. View more
Filed under: Hardware , Software , Apple , iPhone MobileCrunch has an interesting post up about five things the iPad has and does that Apple would do well to bring back to those of us using the iPhone. I think we'll see more of these as we go along (especially as, you know, some of us actually get to touch and use the device), but this list is a good start. Bluetooth keyboard support is something that only jailbreakers could do on the iPhone, but it shows up day one on the iPad. View more
Filed under: Gaming , Freeware , Developer , iPhone , App Store The other week I said a lot of good things about Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars, but one of the great things about games on the iPhone is that they don't all have to be epic masterpieces. Such is the case with the free Bankshot , which is a simple and fun one-hit game that was created in just 36 hours : the only goal is to bounce a little neon "puck" into a target that gets placed on different sides of the...
Filed under: iPod Family , iPhone If there has been an editorial theme about the iPad over the last few days, it's been this: it disappoints. Pundits and consumers alike have been underwhelmed by the name (I mean, seriously, does anyone in the product naming department use feminine hygiene products View more