Results for "Apple iPod"
iPod creator unveils a new gadget – A thermostat
The God Father of iPod, Tony Fadell (formerly an Apple Designer), has made a new gadget, in collaboration with some engineers and designers from Apple Inc, Google Inc and Microsoft Corp.

But the new gadget is not some digital media device. Instead, the new gadget unveiled by Fadell’s Nest Labs ( a company Fadell founded in 2010 with former iPhone software manager Matt Rogers) is a, thermostat.

You ask why a thermostat, that too from a former Apple employee, a company which is at the forefront of the digital media devices? And the answer is: As Fadell thinks there will be demand for a device that is cool and often sits in prominent areas of people's homes.

Fadell’s idea is to make devices like thermostats attractive.

Fadell’s belief is endorsed by some of the largest venture capital investors in Silicon Valley. No wonder Nest Labs, gets funding from the likes of VCs Kleiner Perkins, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Google Ventures and Shasta Ventures. ---------

Anil Singh Tuesday, October 25, 2011
Apple announces the numbers for Jan-Mar 2011 quarter
Apple has disclosed its numbers for the first quarter of this year, January-March 2011, here is the brief summary,

Q1 2011 profit __________$5.99bn

Notably, this is almost double of what it made in the same quarter last year, i.e. Q1 2010. In Jan-Mar 2010, Apple made a profit of $3.07bn. Sales and profits in the quarter are helped, after Verizon Wireless, America's second-biggest phone company, began selling the iPhone in February.

Q1 2011 revenue________ $24.7bn

This is 83pc more than the same quarter last year. In addition, this time around almost 60pc of these are coming from outside the US.

Notably, Customers snapped up 18.7m of them in the quarter, eclipsing the 16.3m expected by those on Wall Street who track the company.

However, Apple's forecast for the current quarter of $23bn in sales and profits of $5.03 a share came in below analysts' expectations.

One area which has not performed according to the analyst expectations is the number of iPads sold. In the quarter under scrutiny, Apple sold 4.69m iPads compared with the 6.1m predicted by analysts. But analysts are not taking this too negatively; terming the low sales to the global supply chain in Japan, as well as the introduction of the iPad2.

The number of sales in the quarter for other iOS products are like this:

1) 3.8m Macs, an increase of 28pc on last year
2) 9.02m iPods, a decline of 17pc compared on same quarter last year ---------

Anil Singh Thursday, April 21, 2011
A protective Case which Turns IPod-Touch Into functional IPhones, arriving US
A Chinese developer, Yioson Technology, has developed Apple Peel 520, which turns an iPod Touch into an iPhone-like device. Apple Peel 520 is coming to US this week.

The add-on device, which recently went on sale in China, and billed as a more affordable option for users wanting to get their hands on an iPhone; is a protective case equipped with a dock connector, battery and SIM card, that slips on to an iPod Touch. Once connected and properly installed, the device will allow the iPod Touch to make phone calls and send text messages.

Earlier this month, solar technology company GoSolarUSA signed an agreement with the Chinese developer, to develop the device, file it for a U.S. patent and distribute it in America.

In a statement on made on Monday, GoSolarUSA said that the first demonstration models of the Apple Peel will arrive in America this week.



The Apple Peel features five hours of talk time and 120 hours of standby use on its battery. Though GoSolarUSA has not revealed the price yets; but the Chinese maker is selling the device in China for 520 Yuan ($US77). ---------

Anil Singh Tuesday, November 16, 2010
Walmart to offer Apple iPad at its stores Next Week ?: Rumor
According to this story, quoting MacRumors-- Walmart is starting to offer the Apple iPad next week. The iPad will be available in 1,000 Walmart stores with more stores joining in November. The iPad prices at Walmart are the same as offered from Apple. ---------

Anil Singh Saturday, October 9, 2010
Number of iPods shipped in Dec 2009 quarter
According to Apple’s quarterly results, Apple shipped 21 million iPods during the Oct-Dec 2009 quarter (Q1 2010). This is 8 percent lower than the same quarter a year ago.

Apple had shipped 22.8 million Macs during Oct-Dec 2008 quarter. ---------

Anil Singh Wednesday, February 3, 2010