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Apple Q1 2012 sales point to monster future for iPhone, death of iPod

Chris Burns, Jan 24th 2012 Discuss [0]

There’s a lot to be said about the Q1 2012 sales report from Apple today, but one point stands out like a beacon: with 37,044,000 units and 24,417,000,000 (that’s $24 billion) in revenue from iPhone and related products and services. This is compared to the units and revenue from the same category during Q4 of 2011 which ads up to 16,235,000 units and 10,468,000,000 in revenue – this means that Apple has more than DOUBLED their units and revenue in one quarter. Of course this includes the holiday season once Apple’s Q1 started, so it’s not that big a deal, right?

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Wooden iPhones all the rage with simple conversion kits

Chris Burns, Jan 24th 2012 Discuss [0]

Third party iPhone accessory makers have taken the next step in iPhone personalization with solid wood back panels - not a case, not a skin, but an actual real replacement for the glass back you've grown tired of. There are two different groups I'd like to share with you here, one of them a bit more expensive with a wider range of options, the other more affordable and keeping with the simplicity. Both of these groups offer backs for the iPhone 4 and iPhone 4S. Read The Full Story

Tweet with Siri hack allows iPhone Twitter without typing

Chris Burns, Jan 24th 2012 Discuss [0]

When you think about Siri, it's not something that before the iPhone 4S was released was really a big deal: speaking to your phone, your phone then doing what you told it to do. But now that Siri and iPhone 4S are married, everyone wants a piece of the action. Take for example the brand new and nearly released to the public Tweet with Siri, a hack which allows you to use Siri to add a Twitter status on your iPhone 4S on the go - simple, and perhaps easy enough to accomplish that it should have been included in the basic build long ago, yes? Read The Full Story

Steve Jobs met with Lytro CEO to discuss iPhone integration

Chris Burns, Jan 24th 2012 Discuss [0]

For those of you that have no idea what the Lytro standalone camera is, know this: it allows you to take a single photo with the ability to focus on any point in its field of view. Capturing the entire light field, all the light traveling in every direction in every dimension - seemed at least a little enticing to Steve Jobs, as it turns out, the CEO of Lytro, Ren Ng, meeting with him soon after the ideas behind the Lytro technology were made public. Can you imagine an iPhone 5 with no need to focus? Read The Full Story

Apple biggest semiconductor consumer in 2011 as iPhone, iPad gobble chips

Chris Davies, Jan 24th 2012 Discuss [0]

Apple is now the largest semiconductor customer in the world, analysts claim, the company's appetite for smartphone, tablet and solid-state drive chips consuming 5.7-percent of the total available market. Apple grew 34.6-percent from 2010 to take the top spot in 2011, analysts Gartner reckon, with Samsung holding second place with 5.5-percent and previous number one, HP, slipping to third. "Media tablets were also a growth driver for the semiconductor market throughout 2011" Gartner analyst Masatsune Yamaji said of the results, pointing to Apple and Samsung's respective successes with the iPad and Galaxy Tab. Read The Full Story

Epson launches iProjection iOS app for wireless projection

Rue Liu, Jan 23rd 2012 Discuss [4]

Epson has unleashed an iOS app that will allow you to wirelessly project content from your iPad, iPhone, or iPod touch. The app is called iProjection and works with any Espon wireless projector, making it easy for the traveling professionals and educators to present without the bulk of a laptop and cables. Read The Full Story

SlashGear Week in Review – Week 3 2012

Chris Burns, Jan 22nd 2012 Discuss [1]

Incase you're wondering where Week 2 went, we've got that for you too in the form of a whole mass of CES 2012 wrap-ups, complete with videos, photos, and every bit of awesome information you could have ever hoped for in what would otherwise be a "Week in Review" post here on SlashGear. As for the week we just got done with, there's certainly a lot of aftershocks to be had as well, plus a whole mess of SOPA. As you may or may not know, this very moment in Washington there is a brand new bill numbered 1981 that's much worse than the "piracy" bills SOPA and PIPA we just destroyed - so get excited about a new war here and now! Read The Full Story

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Apple’s textbooks hinge on subsequent near-free iPad

Chris Burns, Jan 20th 2012 Discuss [41]

Back before the iPhone 4S was released, I suggested that it would be a free release, having Apple allow itself to instead rely solely on the software sales that came afterward – that happened, to a degree, and it’s looking inevitable that Apple’s textbooks will make the next generation of iPad devices free as well. When the iPhone 4S was released, the iPhone 3GS was made free on-contract across the USA, and across the world at this point, the iPhone 4S itself is free on contract (outside of the USA). Apple has caught a bit of flack this week for releasing a suite of Education-based announcements without mentioning how they bring the price of the textbook down to a level that would “revolutionize” the Education world as they hope they will – here’s how they will.

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AntiCrop for iPhone, iPad 2 expands photos beyond their borders

Chris Burns, Jan 20th 2012 Discuss [0]

When you take a photo at the wrong angle on a camera, you've got no choice but to either cut off all the edges and get a smaller photo or just take it again altogether - but with AntiCrop for iPhone and iPad 2, that process has been automated and magically moved forward. What this application does is, should you want to turn your photo on its side, to fill in the blank spots that are then created with an intelligent duplication process. While you could technically do this yourself with a 3rd party tool like Photoshop, this is just so simple it's undeniable! Read The Full Story

Apple is worth more than Greece with $400B market cap

Shane McGlaun, Jan 20th 2012 Discuss [8]

Apple is certainly one of the biggest tech firms in the world. Apple is riding high on the back of some of the most successful products in the world thanks to the booming popularity of things like the iPad, iPhone, and Mac computers. With the success of the Apple offerings, the company has, or at least had, a giant market cap of $400 billion reports CNN money. Read The Full Story

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OZAKI O!photo Lens Case for iPhone 4S hands-on

Chris Burns, Jan 19th 2012 Discuss [3]

It's not the easiest thing in the world to differentiate yourself from the ultra-large mass of companies trying to get a piece of the iPhone case cake, so when we find a group that appears to be up to the job, we take that opportunity - and that opportunity has presented itself in the form of OZAKI, a group whose upcoming O!photo lens case for the iPhone 4S has our eyeballs lit right up. This case is made of hard plastic, has a screw hole at the top to place your own flash or lamp, and has a big bumper on the right so you can more naturally hold the whole rig. Below the bumper there's another screw hole for a tripod, and there's a lens hole in front of your iPhone's camera lens so you can add a variety of extensions. Read The Full Story

Nike+ FuelBand provides all-day exercise info

Michael Crider, Jan 19th 2012 Discuss [4]

Apple wasn't the only company with a New York City announcement today: Nike stopped off in the Big apple to announce the Nike+ Fuel Band, with help from minor sports icons like Lance Armstrong, Kevin Durant and Carmelita Jeter. The FuelBand takes the Nike+ data collection engine and expands it to a full day's worth of activities, then combines it with a basic LED wristband for data reporting and interaction. Like previous versions of Nike+, the FuelBand can sync with an iPhone over Bluetooth or report straight back to your desktop computer via USB. Read The Full Story