It looks as if Apple’s sales over the holidays, including iPhone, iPad and Mac computer sales, were wild indeed, leading analysts to believe that Apple will report another record quarter this month.
Column after tech column tells us that Android is catching up fast, to both the iPhone and RIM’s Blackberry. The problem is, that’s simply not true. When will they stop mixing handsets and operating systems?
Although it is not a category that would have come immediately to mind, it seems that the Apple iPad is being bandied about for a rather unique honor: “Disruptive product of the year.”
The Apple iPad rumor mill appears to be running overtime when it comes to the second generation iPad. If Apples really expects to sell 65 million of these things next year, maybe the iPad 2 will have all of these.
The current scuttlebutt says that Apple will be building 65 million iPads (the original and the iPad 2) in 2011, so we must assume that they plan on selling that many. Can they really sell that many tablet computers?
If a new rumor turns out to be true, Apple may well have three models of the next generation iPad instead of two, adding a CDMA tablet to the existing Wi-Fi only and UMTS models.
Apple has been sued at least twice by people whose iPhones and / or iPads have allowed advertisers to build profiles on them via apps that allowed ad tracking code. Google’s Android may be next in line.
In a year where Apple beat out Microsoft as the biggest tech company, Steve Jobs’ continued stewardship of the company included record sales for the iPhone and huge numbers for the iPad.
Once upon a time there was a company who used a clever design trick to make their cell phone antenna look like stylish trim. Apple will not do THAT again, and will instead hide antennas behind their logo.
The rumor mill is starting to operate overtime ahead of the anticipated launch of the iPad 2, the second generation of Apple’s wildly popular tablet computer, giving us possible glimpses of the new device.
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