A cool new product for those prone to forgetting where they parked is on Kickstarter. The device uses Bluetooth 4.0, an app, and a USB dongle in the car to help you find where you park.
Facebook app use on the iPhone is trailing the use of the Android app in daily active users. The iPhone is still tops in monthly active users though.
Holiday sales for the iPhone are booming as other smartphone makers struggle. Five of the top fifteen devices sold of late are different versions of the iPhone.
GLOBAL – The holiday season is well under way, and it’s that time of the year where work time becomes family time and we all start thinking about buying gifts, traveling, eating, and spending time with children. From today, to keep you in the festive mood, and give you the vital information you need, we’ve [...]
Holiday parties: they’re fun when you’re a guest and a pain when you’re the host. But with a little planning and some help from your Windows Phone, you can survive (and enjoy) planning and hosting a holiday party with apps that make entertaining easy, fun and interactive. Food Whether you know what you want to [...]
Gearing up for the holiday shopping wars? Don’t forget your Windows Phone—an indispensible tool for on-the-spot review and competitive price checks, discount hunting, and more. Here are a few of my favorite tricks and apps for beating the crowds and saving cash. Shop smarter with 7.5 Before I get to apps, let’s start with some [...]
DALLAS & CUPERTINO, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–AT&T* and Apple® today announced that all three iPad™ Wi-Fi + 3G models will be available at more than 2,200 AT&T Stores starting Thursday, October 28. AT&T will offer customers 3G pre-paid data plans for iPad, complete with Apple’s easy on-device activation and management. All iPad data plans are available without a term contract and include unlimited access to AT&T’s 23,000+ domestic Wi-Fi Hot Spots.  “As we approach the holiday season, we are very happy that customers will now be able to buy iPad Wi-Fi + 3G at AT&T Stores.† “We can’t wait to showcase the amazing features of iPad Wi-Fi + 3G in our stores across the country just in time for the holidays,†said Glenn Lurie, AT&T President of Emerging Devices, Resale and Partnerships, AT&T Mobility and Consumer Markets. “With our breakthrough iPad data plans starting at just $14.99 and access to AT&T Wi-Fi Hot Spots around the country at no extra cost, our customers will have the best of both worlds.† “We look forward to expanding the reach of iPad, allowing even more customers to experience the magic of iPad for themselves,†said Tim Cook, Apple’s COO. “As we approach the holiday season, we are very happy that customers will now be able to buy iPad Wi-Fi + 3G at AT&T Stores.† Full story can be found  here.
Hi I ordered my iPhone yesterday at 7:00 am EST and got an Order Number soon after. I assumed everything was OK and that I would get the phone on the 24th. Â This morning I received an email from AT&T saying that they needed to verify my address before they could finish processing the order. I called and gave the rep all my info and now the order is showing up in AT&Ts system. Now though it says that the order date was 6/16 and not 6/15 . The rep assured me that my order was never cancelled and that I didn’t lose my “spot”. Â I was wondering if I still have a chance at getting the phone delivered on launch date or soon after? The only reason I ask is because I will be away for the holiday weekend and will have to make alternate arrangements if the phone comes when I’m not home. Â Thanks.
By Slash Lane Published: 03:45 PM ES   AT&T reported its first-quarter results on Wednesday, and Apple’s exclusive carrier partner in the U.S. revealed that it activated 2.7 million iPhones, with more than a third of those customers new to AT&T. With a total of net gain of 1.9 million wireless subscribers added to AT&T, that means that nearly half of the new customers to AT&T during the quarter came because of the iPhone. The first-quarter result also represents a decrease from 3.1 million iPhones activated during the previous, holiday quarter. On Tuesday, Apple revealed that it sold 8.75 million iPhones during the same timeframe, which represented the company’s largest quarter ever. That was even better than the holiday quarter, when the company shipped a then-record 8.7 million iPhones. AT&T’s reduction shows how important international growth has become for the iPhone platform. That was a point Apple executives made during Tuesday’s earnings conference call , when Apple Chief Operating Officer Tim Cook said that both additional carriers and existing partners were important to the company’s record growth. Cook failed, however, to reveal whether Apple intends to end its exclusive arrangement with AT&T in the U.S. He said though Apple has seen good results with multiple carrier options in other countries, the company is viewing the situation on a country-by-country level to conclude what is in its best interests. AT&T’s first quarter saw the wireless carrier earn $30.6 billion in consolidated revenues, up $78 million from the same period a year ago. The company brought in $0.42 diluted earnings per share, and $0.59 before a previously disclosed non-cash charge of $995 million from a change to taxes related to the Medicare Part D subsidy. “We’re off to a great start to the year, and our fundamental outlook for the business continues to be quite positive,” said Randall Stephenson, AT&T chairman and chief executive officer. The company saw a 10.3 percent increase in wireless service revenues, and added 3.3 million 3G postpaid integrated wireless devices. AT&T now has 26.8 million 3G devices on its network, more than double its total from a year ago. “AT&T continues to set the pace in mobile broadband, the industry’s number one growth driver, and our wireless business continues to perform at a high level, with improved margins, lower churn and overall revenues growing at a healthy clip,” Stephenson said. “AT&T has outstanding mobile broadband capabilities today and a terrific technology path forward to lead the next wave of wireless innovation and growth. We’re investing and executing aggressively to deliver on that potential.”  Story found here: http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/10/04/21/att_adds_2_7m_iphones_1_9m_customers_in_q1_2010.html
MacWorld Apple Reports Record Sales, Profits for the Holiday Season January 25, 2010 By Philip Michaels Apple posted record revenue and profits for the 2009 holiday season, according to the fiscal first quarter numbers reported by the company on Monday. For the three-month period ending December 29, 2009, Apple tallied sales of $15.68 billion and a net quarterly profit of $3.38 billion. That compares to year-ago figures of $11.88 billion in sales and $2.26 billion in net quarterly profit. If those year-ago numbers seem off from what Apple reported last January, it’s because the company retrospectively adopted the Financial Accounting Standards Board’s amended accounting standards during the 2010 first quarter. Adopting those standards significantly alters how Apple accounts for certain items–most significantly iPhone and Apple TV sales. For the 2010 fiscal first quarter, Apple sold 3.36 million Macs, up 33 percent from the 2.5 million units the company sold in last year’s first quarter. The fall revamp of the iMac line helped boost desktop sales for the quarter. Apple sold 1.23 million desktops in its first quarter of 2010, an increase of nearly 70 percent from the 728,00 desktops it sold a year ago. However, portable sales continue to drive the Mac business. Apple sold just under 2.13 million laptops during the first quarter–63 percent of all the Macs it sold during the quarter were portables. iPhone sales doubled to 8.7 million for the quarter. However, iPod sales fell 8 percent year-over-year, as Apple sold 21 million music players during the quarter.
I’ve bought my daughter a gift card for an iPhone in Massachusetts, though she lives in NYC and has a NY cellphone number on her BlackBerry. She wants to redeem it here for the holiday. I’m told it’s not impossible for her to have her out-of-town number activated in a different state, but I just want to confirm this is possible. Can anyone help?
Palm Pre to launch in Europe in time for holidaysNEW YORK  Palm Inc. said Tuesday its Pre smart phone will be available on the O2 network in the UK, Ireland and Germany and Movistar in Spain in time for the holiday season.
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