as this article explains, a father is attempting to sue Apple because his daughter ran up $200 on in-app purchases on her iPhone…
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some crazy figures from apple
Apple has doubled its profits for the fourth quarter of 2011 as record sales of iPads, iPhones and Macs boosted net sales by 73% to $46.3bn (£27.8bn), while its margins grew fatter.
Apple Records 90% Profit Jump
Apple has reported a 90% leap in its second quarter profits to $3bn (£1.94bn), boosted by huge demand for the iPhone.
Mobile Devices hog Wi-Fi
Interesting article from Mashable reporting stats on Wi-Fi usage – more mobile devices than laptops use public Wi-Fi networks. You can read the article here. This explains further the strain on the 3G networks we reported on a week or two ago. Read that here.
The Apple iPad
As a bit of an Apple fanboy, that was hugely disappointing. It is basically a big iPod Touch, sounds like a sanitary towel, and looks cumbersome to use – but more importantly there is no multitasking.
iTablet/iSlate/iPad
Apple’s new device will be launched tomorrow – you can read all the exhaustive rumours from Gizmodo here. What will it be called? What will it be able to do? How much will it cost? Will it revolutionise computing? Will you buy one? All will be revealed soon…
Orange get the iPhone
O2′s UK exclusivity has finally come to an end with the announcement that the iPhone will be available on Orange ‘later this year’. This can only be good for consumers – competition means falling prices… Full story here.
Microsoft v Apple
Bill Gates, no doubt buoyed by the blows he’s struck Google with Bing, is taking on another behemoth in Apple – plans are afoot for a Microsoft tablet, which will no doubt eat into Apple’s forthcoming device’s exposure and market share. Full story from Wired here.
Facebook Developer Slams Apple
Article from Revolution here. And as the prescient observer notes below… I agree more than wholeheartedly. We have had an app stuck in Apple’s review process for over a month with no feedback, no updates, no acknowledgement of the multiple queries we have submitted… it’s shambolic customer service and hugely demotivating for ambitious developers trying [...]
This will change everything…
Apple have announced changes to the way music will be sold through their iTunes store; it will now be DRM free, and priced on a sliding scale, 59p, 77p, and 99p. The songs will also have better audio quality. This opens them up to direct competition from other MP3 manufacturers; users can now buy music [...]