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RBC Says 250,000 BlackBerry PlayBook Tablets Sold To Date
0May 18, 2011
Mike Abramsky, RBC Capital Markets Managing Director believes that RIM has sold approximately 250,000 BlackBerry PlayBook tablets to date. In a note to investors recently, the analyst points to channel checks in stating PlayBook sales have remained steady since the device’s launch on April 19th. If these estimates are accurate, RIM’s PlayBook is already outselling Motorola’s flagship HoneyComb tablet, the XOOM, which managed to sell 250,000 units in its first two months of availability.
Abramsky belives RIM could move roughly around 500,000 units during RIM’s first fiscal quarter, though we More >
Apple Store To Now Sell Square Credit Card Readers
0April 18, 2011
The revolutionary Square credit card reader is now available through the Apple online store for only $9.95. Just plug it into your iPod Touch 4G, iPhone 4, or iPad 1 or 2 and install the free Square app via iTunes and you’ll be good to go. It allows you to be free from complicated contracts, monthly fees, or merchant accounts. All you pay is 2.75% per transaction.
The little Square credit card reader is available in black and white color that includes a $10 redemption code. The Square is currently only available for use in the U.S only and accepts U.S issued Visa, MasterCard, American More >
Apple’s iPad 2 Delivery Time Pushed To 4-5 Weeks
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Today, Apple once again revised its estimated shipping time for orders placed online for the new iPad 2. The revision isn’t going to be well received by prospective iPad 2 buyers who are eager to get their hands on the second generation tablet. According to many people who placed their orders this morning. Apple has delayed shipping times again, saying it may now take four to five weeks for a delivery.
Despite initial rumors that Apple stores were getting massive iPad 2 shipments yesterday (and opening their doors extra early today) it seems that the supply shortage has somehow worsened More >
Apple iPad 2 Sales Reaching Close To 1 Million For First Weekend
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According to analysts, Apple Inc. sold close to 1 million units of its next-generation tablet computer during its debut weekend. In comparison to the original version of the iPad, which launched in April of 2010, which crossed the one-million mark 28 days after its launch, the iPad 2 is already leaps ahead. The iPad 2 went on sale in the United States on Friday evening at Apple Stores, AT&T and Verizon Wireless stores, as well as Target, Wal-Mart, and Best Buy stores – all greeted by thousands of eager customers. Brian White, an analyst at Ticonderoga Securities, said it was difficult to More >
iPad 2 Completely Sold Out After Opening Weekend
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Apple’s iPad 2 was released on Friday and apparently sold out of every store in the United States by Saturday. That’s what Gene Munster, an analyst at Piper Jaffray learned from a survey he did of retailers across the country this weekend, and what’s being confirmed by Deutsche Bank analysts this morning. Munster estimates something between 400,000 and 500,000 iPad 2′s were sold this weekend as compared to 300,000 original iPads sold on the opening weekend last year. Other analysts are putting the initial sales closer to one million iPad 2′s sold.
Munster’s team called several retailers such More >
Apple Expected To Sell 500,000 iPad 2′s First Weekend
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As many people lined up and joined the broad Apple customer base today in anticipation of the iPad 2′s arrival later today, there isn’t a shortage of interesting projections emerging today with regard to just how big this debut weekend could be for Apple’s second generation tablet. Watching the Apple’s shares presently trading $4.49 higher @ $351.16 as both hye for Apple’s new product and Wall Street expectations are certainly lighting a fire beneath the stock. Analyst Brian Marshal of Gleacher & Co. tells Bloomberg that more than 500,000 units of the iPad 2 will be sold this weekend, on its More >
Pioneer Announces VSX-1021 A/V Receiver; Supports Apple AirPlay
0March 8, 2011
by _GadgetNews
in AirPlay, Apple, Cell Phones, Development, Electronics, Entertainment, Gadgets, iPad, iPhone, iPod, iTouch, News, Pioneer, Receivers, SmartPhones, Tech
Consumer electronics outfit Pioneer has unveiled four new A/V receivers aimed at the digital media market, including the first of a planned series of eight devices this year that will support Apple’s AirPlay technology. The VSX-1021 AV receive functions as a 7.1 channel home theater receiver that enables users to push tunes from iTunes on their Mac or iOS device directly to the receiver via a wired or wireless home network.
“Our newest receivers make it extremely easy for consumers to connect their iPhones, iPads, and iPods, enabling them to access their music and video content as More >
iPad 2 Rumored To Have 512 MB of RAM
0March 4, 2011
One of the most significant new features of the iPad (aside from the extra camera) is the new A5 processor. Apple’s claiming twice the performance and up to nine times the graphics power. As usual, the company was a bit shy on the details of what the chip contains exactly but a report released today though, says that not only has Apple included the same 512 MB of memory in the iPad 2 as the iPhone 4, but also that it’s faster LPDDR2 RAM.
During the announcement of the iPad 2, Apple gave only the smallest of ideas of what the device is packing. The company did refer to a dual-core 1GHz ARM More >
New Theme App Store “ThemeIt” Brings Competition To Cydia
0January 24, 2011
by V_Geek
in Apple, Applications, Electronics, Gadgets, iPad, iPhone, iPod, Miscellaneous, Rumors, Software
It’s become pretty well known that if you’re wanting to theme your iPhone you just hop on Cydia and grab Winterboard Themes. With it being one of the best selling items in the Cydia store it’s safe to say that there’s hundreds of millions of iDevice users theming their products with it and that has created quite a large community in itself. Since the acquisition of Rock by Cydia, its more than likely that every theme you’ve bought has come through Cydia, unless of course you donated to a designer.
Saurik, the man behind Cydia, is seeing some possible variables that could stir up the More >
iOS 4.3 Beta Provides Evidence Of A Camera On iPad 2
0January 21, 2011
by V_Geek
in Apple, Applications, Development, Electronics, Gadgets, iPad, News, OS, Rumors, Social Networking, Software
We saw on Wednesday the release of iOS 4.3 beta to developers. This release has proved to be almost rock-solid proof that the next-gen iPad will have a camera or it’s very likely it will have 2, one in front and one in back. When developers got their hands on the beta they began digging and it didn’t take long before they found photo evidence that shows there might be plans for a camera on the iPad 2 which looks to be released some time in the first half of this year.
The image causing the uproar was found in the beta and titled ‘homeScreenOverlayFaceTime~ipad.png’ that according to More >
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