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The iPad Mini: Worth the Wait?

For almost a year it’s been rumored that an iPad mini was in the works. On October 23rd, 2012 the 7.9-inch iPad mini was finally announced at one of Apple’s coveted press events. However, many are skeptical of this device as the late Steve Jobs told financial analysts two years ago that such a product

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iOS 6 is here

Apple released its 6th major update for their mobile operating system this week. iOS 6 rolled out on Wednesday for the iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. While there was some frustration from developers, the good news is the features Apple is bringing to the table: A brand new app for Maps Enhancements to Siri Deep

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How to detect iPad/iPhone hardware with PHP

Below a very useful snippet of PHP code that detects whether the person viewing your website is on a iPad or iPhone. Thanks to this solution you can redirect visitors to a different version of your website or just to another page. if(strstr($_SERVER[‘HTTP_USER_AGENT’],’iPhone’) || strstr($_SERVER[‘HTTP_USER_AGENT’],’iPad’)) { … }

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Apple leading in the tablet computer market

Since in April 2010 Apple launched iPad, the company has shipped 7.5 million of this device. During the recent quarter Apple sold 4.19 million iPads, and 3.27 million iPads in the quarter before. It makes Apple the largest player in the tablet computer market.

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Apple’s Profit Rises

Apple announced that its net income rose 78 percent last quarter. The grow was driven by strong sales of the iPhone, the iPad and the Macintosh computers. Indeed Apple would be selling even more iPhones and iPads, but the company couldn’t keep up with demand. Apple sold nearly 3.3 million iPads, 8.4 million units of

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2 Million iPads Sold In less than 60 days

Apple has just announced that sales of iPad (tablet computer) have reached two million since its launch on April 3. It is almost a month after announcement that Apple had sold 1 million iPads. Apple’s expansion is still in progress, the iPad will be available in nine more countries in July and additional countries later

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Demand for iPad

According to RBC Capital Markets analyst Mike Abramsky, Apple is selling now more than 200,000 iPads per week. To compare, Apple sells in US about 110k Macs/week and 246k/week of iPhone 3GS. A demand for the device is huge. The 3G iPad is sold out at many Apple stores, also many of Apple stores (about

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iPad goes abroad

Apple announced that iPad will be available in nine more countries on May 28. Those countries are: Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Spain, Switzerland and the UK. Customers in all nine countries can pre-order all iPad models from Apple’s online store beginning on Monday, May 10. In the US, Apple has already sold over

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One million iPads sold

Apple announced in its press release that the company “sold its one millionth iPad on Friday, just 28 days after its introduction on April 3.” We can also read that there are now more than 5,000 apps for iPad in the Apple’s App Store and users have downloaded more than 12 million copies of apps

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Apple’s Second Quarter Profit

Apple reported a 90 percent increase in profits for the quarter ended on March 27. During the quarter worldwide iPhone shipments was 8.75 million (it is an increase of 131 percent compared to first quarter 2009), Mac computer unit shipments worldwide was 2.94 million (it is an increase of 33 percent compared to the first

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