iTunes sold more 2 millions music tracks of The Beatles for a week from the beginning of official sales.
iTunes — Here Comes The Beatles
The most popular song of The Beatles composition "Here Comes The Sun" from an album "Abbey Road" 1969 of release. At present, according to a iTunes chart, reflecting sales in the US online market, "Here Comes The Sun" are occupied a 42th place, further "In My Life" (55) and "Hey Jude" (86).
Besides separate tracks, sound recording company EMI has sold through iTunes approximately 450,000 albums The Beatles. The compact disk "Abbey Road", reached 6th iTunes chart line in the USA became the most popular.
Unlike the USA where in the first twenty there were at once some virtual disks of The Beatles, including complete works "The Beatles Box Set" for $149US, British bought up albums less actively.
Records The Beatles have for the 1st time in history appeared on iTunes on November, 16th, 2010. This fact has marked itself end of long-term legal trials between a Beatles vs Apple Corps. The price for one song has constituted $1,29US. Each of disks costs $12,99US, and double albums are estimated in $19,99US.
The appearance prehistory of iPhone is rather fascinating, therefore I bring to your attention the short story about the recent past of iPhone.
Evolution of a Cult Phone
The tandem «iPod + iTunes» in a short space of time transformed an Apple player into an real cult for music fans. After some years, in 2005, in the gadget market is appeared a flash-player iPod nano — also cult product.
In the same 2005 in the market of mobile phones there were at once some significant events — there were such devices, as Sony Ericsson K750i, Walkman W800i, a ruler of multimedia computers Nseries from Finnish Nokia.
Probably, these circumstances also pushed Apple to the further development of a mobile phone. However, by this time the company already possessed some experience in creation of similar devices. The 1st attempt appeared unsuccessful, and the project «Purple 1» has been contracted.
The situation was not rescued even by an expensive adv campaign. The novelty had no advantages before Motorola E398. iTunes for which hoped Apple, did not attract buyers in view of a small amount of downloaded music compositions.
Meanwhile, Apple began development of a new mobile phone. And development of a new product (code-named «Purple 2») was conducted in the conditions of the strict privacy.
From «Purple 1» to iPhone 4G
Phone development began in 2002, and the ready product appeared on sale only in the end of 2004. By then the device is morally obsolete, and the innovative management system by means of movements fingers (without necessity of pushing a certain point) has not been understood for peoples. As a result phone has been ranked as a cohort of mobile losers...
Unique innovation in respect of iPhone ergonomics became the Multi-Touch (a method of control by means of two fingers). However other possibilities of phone have already been tested on devices of other vendors. Also, Apple phones originally are made with specific mobile telecommunications lock, for this reason, the most widespread questions to this day are — "Hi guys, how to unlock an iphone 4?", or "Guys, how you unlock iPhone?"
So in actual fact, the mobile phone from Apple is not really innovative development. However, a merit of developers was that they could rethink creatively existing ideas that was favourably reflected in gadget ergonomics. It's a question first of all of various sensors, in particular, the accelerometer changing orientation of the display depending on position of phone.
However, it would be incorrect to tell that iPhone is the beautiful knickknack. If you know ways to unlocking 4 iphone I recommend to buy this innovative mobile phone, because all other phones a shit. Functionality of the device is highly minimalistic and intellectual, with perfect design, great volume of memory (4, 8, 16Gb), Wi-Fi, and various features for Internet surfing.
Fans of Apple devices will have a dating site. This dating web site under name Cupidtino.com will open in June and will allow fans of Apple to find second half.
Cupid + Cupertino = Cupidtino
The web site name is a combination of a name of the Roman deity of love (Cupid) and city of headquarters Apple — Cupertino. In an official blog of a site on Twitter especially makes a reservation, — news about web site start is not a joke.
Apple Geeks
Founders of a site are three were employees of companies Google, Yahoo! and Microsoft which name itself geeks. They also are fans of Apple. At the moment on web site Cupidtino.com is placed the information on readiness to engage three additional employees.
Apple Corp. will inform about an exit of new models of laptops MacBook Pro on April, 13th.
Long-awaited updating
Updating will concern all models of laptops by Pro, with a diagonal of the screen 13, 15 and 17 inches (is expected, series of Air and Pro will be simultaneously updated).
On April, 5th Apple Insider has informed, that updated MacBook will be delivered with a hard disk in volume 640Gb. For comparison, the maximum volume of a hard disk accessible to users at the moment — 500Gb.
640GB Hard Disk!
Also, Apple will increase an operating time of laptops from the battery till 8 o'clock against 7 hours at all models MacBook except for laptops with the 17-inch screen.
However use of processors Intel of new generation should become the basic novelty. Chips Core i3, Core i5 and Core i7 became the reason of a delay of representation of new models as Intel could not give Apple necessary quality of processors. Apple officially has not confirmed the fact of a delay of release of new laptops, and also has not commented on the information on failure of deliveries of processors Intel.
Today, laptops MacBook Pro are equipped by processors of previous generation Intel Core 2 Duo. New processors Core possess the lowered consumption of energy, and also the increased graphic possibilities.
Corporation Apple by April, 8th has sold 450,000 tablets iPad. 350,000 was sold at the first day. It was declared by Steve Jobs on the action devoted to the new version of mobile operational system iPhone OS.
Record sales
The number of sales includes preliminary ordered devices. Registration of advanced orders has begun on March, 12th. In the first day of sales in iPad has been downloaded 250,000 books, and by April, 8th — 600,000. For all time of sales users have downloaded 3,5 million appendices.
Number of appendices in App Store has reached 185,000. From them 3,500 programs are created specially for iPad.
The simplified version
The i-tablet iPad has been announced on January, 27th, 2010. In sale in the USA iPad has arrived on April, 3rd. While the version with module Wi-Fi is on sale only. In the end of April in shops of the USA there will be tablets with GPS and the module for work in networks 3G.
Corporation Apple announced on April, 8th mobile advertising system iAd. The given system is built in operational system iPhone OS.
iAd by Apple
Announcements will be on servers Apple, the corporation will sell them. Developers of appendices can receive 60% of a gain from advertising on iAd.
Advertisements will be interactive and will remind small appendices in the appendix. Some of them will be created with use of technology HTML5.
According to the head of corporation Steve Jobs, the user of the device on iPhone OS works with appendices about a half an hour in day. At demonstration of the advertisement of times three minutes it is a question of billion displays a day.
Company Apple develops the reduced version of a i-tablet iPad. The new device will be equipped by the screen with a size on a diagonal from 5 to 7 inches, writes Digitimes referring to manufacturers of components.
Small iPad is NO here.
According to Mingchi Kuo (analyst of Digitimes Research), the new tablet can go on sale in the first quarter 2011. Thus «small iPad» it will be focused on reading of e-books. The device price will make less than $400. For comparison, cost of younger model iPad with the screen of 9,7 inches in the USA makes $499.
The competitive applicant
It is expected, that the similar device can make competition for Amazon Kindle and Barnes & Noble Nook. The Most widespread version Kindle is equipped by the 6-inch screen and is on sale for $259.
Thus «small iPad» also can occupy a niche between the original version of the device put on the market on April, 3rd, and devices iPhone and iPod touch which of 3,5 inches possess the screen.
Corporation Apple for the first day of sales has managed to realise over 300 thousand iPad.
One book & Three appendices
Users iPad have already downloaded over one million appendices from App Store and have bought more than 250,000 electronic books in shop iBookstore. Thus, the average user in day after purchase iPad downloaded one book and three appendices.
These sales volumes much below last estimations of analysts.
Agiotage sales
I-tablet sales iPad have begun in the USA on Saturday on April, 3rd, and advanced orders have begun since March, 12th. Now are accessible only iPad without work possibility in networks 3G and the GPS-module. Following models will go on sale in the end of April.
iPad has been announced on January, 27th, 2010. The device is equipped by the 9,7-inch screen, processor Apple A4 and works under control of mobile operational system iPhone OS.
Company HTC has declared, that will be protected from charges Apple in infringement of patents. HTC has rejected these charges, having expressed disagreement with the steps undertaken by the manufacturer iPhone, it is informed in the official press release.
Intellectual brotherhood
Chief executive Peter Chou has declared, that company HTC traditionally supports intellectual property protection. He has underlined, that HTC respects other participants of the market and achieves competitive advantage, using own workings out.
So, in 1998 and 2002 the company has presented in the market accordingly the first handheld computer and phone on the basis of OS Windows. In October, 2005 HTC has made the first smart phone of the standard 3G CDMA EVDO, and in October 2008 — the first smart phone on the basis of OS Google Android.
On March, 2nd company Apple has acted with charges to HTC. According to the company, HTC illegally used 20 patents, concerning the user interface of a mobile phone iPhone. Apple has declared, that has submitted the statement of claim to federal court of the State of Delaware and the complaint in the Commission on international trade of the USA.
Next day HTC has published on a site of the Taiwan stock exchange the message in which she has refused to recognise herself guilty of infringement of patents. However till now the company formally has not answered the statement of claim.
The manufacturer iPhone is involved now even in one proceeding. In October, 2009 of charge to Apple the world's largest manufacturer of mobile phones — Nokia has put forward. Apple has answered charges by the traditional way applied in patent wars — "has exposed" for Nokia the list of the patents illegally used by the Finnish company.
Corporation Apple has shown the first preview trailer of an Internet gadget iPad during translation of 82nd annual ceremony of delivery of film awards "Oscar", writes MacRumors. Besides, at ceremony there was Steve Jobs.
«There Goes My Love» by The Blue Van
The preview trailer shows the person put iPad on knees and using the basic possibilities of the device. Advertising comes to the end with an inscription "April 3". The clip is accompanied by a song "There Goes My Love" groups The Blue Van.
The advanced order on iPad
On March, 5th Apple has informed, that inhabitants of the USA can issue the advanced order on iPad since March, 12th. Device deliveries will begin on April, 3rd. In the end of April the tablet will appear in the several countries of the world, including Australia, the Great Britain and France.
iPad has been presented on January, 27th. It is equipped by the touch screen with a diagonal in 9,7 inches, as the processor and works under control of mobile system iPhone OS. In the USA the base model iPad will cost 499 dollars.
Apple iPad will go on sale in the United States on April, 3rd. The advanced order on the device can be issued since March, 12th. On it it is informed in press release Apple.
In the beginning of April in shops Apple Store the younger version of a tablet with support Wi-Fi will be accessible. Senior, with the GPS-module and support of communication networks 3G, it will be possible to buy in the end of April.
iPad for all World
Also in the end of April iPad inhabitants of Australia, the Great Britain, Germany, Spain, Italy, Canada, France, Switzerland and Japan can buy. The international prices will inform in April, and in other countries iPad will appear within 2010.
iBookstore only for the USA
It is necessary to notice, that book Internet shop iBookstore which will open in day of an exit iPad, will work only in the USA. Inhabitants of other countries can download the corresponding appendix within 2010.
Steve Jobs has presented an Internet tablet iPad on January, 27th, 2010.
The Taiwan manufacturer of smart phones HTC did not break corporation Apple patents, informs AFP referring to representatives HTC.
20 Apple patents
Apple on March, 2nd has submitted on HTC the complaint to the international trading commission of the USA and district court of the State of Delaware. Corporation Apple, considers, that HTC has illegally taken advantage of 20 patents Apple. The given patents concern the user interface, architecture and a hardware stuffing iPhone.
Steve Jobs, has declared, that the corporation is not going to be reconciled with theft of their technology. In HTC in the answer have declared, that are not unique innovators in the mobile market, but very seriously concern the American and international patent right.
Touch Claims
According to IT observers and analysts, claims first of all will concern the touch smart phones HTC working under control of mobile operational system Google Android. It is one of the basic competitors of a platform iPhone OS. Besides, HTC has made phone Google under name Nexus One.
The musical Internet shop iTunes Store has informed on February, 24th on downloading of a ten-milliard song and has published the list of 20 most popular tracks.
Top 3
The 1st place is awarded to track Black Eyed Peas "I Gotta Feeling", the 2nd — Lady Gaga "Poker Face", and the 3rd — again Black Eyed Peas with a composition "Boom Boom Pow".
In July, 2009 corporation Apple has informed, that in iTunes is downloaded 8 billion tracks. Thus, two more billions songs it has been bought all for seven months. For comparison to reach first billion downloadings, it was required to shop almost three years.
About iTunes Store
Musical service iTunes Store has opened in the spring of 2003. Now in the catalogue totals over 10 million compositions, more than 3,000 teleshow.
Chinese company Shenzhen Great Loong Brother has declared, that corporation Apple has copied design of tablet computer P88 and used for the device iPad.
Chinese iPad
P88 Already half a year is on sale in China and reminds big iPhone. Representatives Shenzhen Great Loong Brother, however, notice, that their tablet and phone Apple belong to different categories of devices and carry out different functions.
In spite of the fact that outwardly devices are similar, the configuration iPad completely differs from P88. In iPad processor Apple A4, not less than 16 Gb flash and the 9,7-inch screen is installed. iPad works under management iPhone OS.
iPad $499 VS P88 $525US?
Processor P88 presumably is Intel Atom, and the store — 250GB a hard disk. Besides, P88 it is equipped by the 10,2-inch screen, 1,3 Mpix as the chamber and works under control of Windows.
Time of independent work P88 makes one and a half hour, and iPad — ten (10 hours!). Besides, at P88 not multitouch, but the usual resistive touch screen. The prices also differ — the base model iPad costs $499US, and P88 — $525.
In January, 2010 the share of browser Google Chrome has grown 4,6-5,2%, writes ZDNet referring to research Net Applications. At the same time share Internet Explorer has decreased 62,69-62,18%, and Firefox — 24,61-24,41%.
Firefox loses positions
Shares of other browsers have changed slightly. Thus, on Chrome the users before working with Internet Explorer and Firefox have passed. Thus share Firefox decreases the second month successively.
The most popular browser, under version Net Applications, became Internet Explorer 8.0, for the first time bypassed the sixth version. Their shares in the market make, accordingly, 22,31 and 20,07%. On third place Firefox 3.5 — 17,1% of users.
Windows in leaders!
Also Net Applications has presented the January report on prevalence of operational systems. 92,2% of this market were won by operational systems of family Windows, and last version, Windows 7, for the first time has stepped over a ten-percentage threshold. Further there are OS for computers Apple — 5,13% and systems on the basis of kernel Linux — 1,02%. It is necessary to notice, that share Windows continues to decrease slightly.
The results received Net Applications, are based on tracing of calling on 40,000 sites of 160 million unique users a month. Then these data are corrected on the basis of the size of an Internet audience in each country.
Swindlers and hackers use popularity of device recently presented by company Apple iPad for infection of personal computers with various viruses. On it on January, 29th informs AFP.
I-pad-Bait
According to experts of company Trend Micro, users of personal computers, the interested the information on new device Apple in a network, risk to infect the computers with viruses. In particular, a number of the users leaving on devoted iPad sites from search systems, the computers infected with the programs demanding payment for their treatment for nonexistent viruses.
By working out of similar viruses swindlers used a search engine on keywords. According to experts, in the near future activity of the hackers, wishing to make profit of new working out, will increase only.
The new device of company Apple representing the tablet computer, has been presented by Steve Jobs on January, 27th on presentation to San Francisco. iPad it will be equipped by the touch screen a diagonal in 9,7 inches, processor A4 with clock frequency in 1 Ghz; the flesh-memory capacity will make from 16-64 Gb. Outwardly working out which Jobs named one of the main projects of his life, reminds increased and little bit improved version iPhone, with the help iPad it is possible to listen to music, to look through photos, to read books, and also to be connected to the Internet.
iWork & iBookstore for iPad
Besides, it is expected, that specially for iPad will develop a special package of office applications iWork and the book online shop iBookstore is started. It is supposed, that the first world deliveries of a tablet will begin in 60 days from the moment of demonstration.
Company Apple has earned for the first quarter of financial 2010 which has ended on December, 26th, 2009, 3,38 billion dollars of net profit, that for 50% more than one year ago. Press-service Apple informs on it.
The record quarter income
Quarter income Apple has grown to 15,62 billion dollars, that also is a record indicator. "If to take our indicators for a year Apple, turns out, has turned to the company on 50 billion", — has commented on the financial report the head of the company Steve Jobs. Also he has noticed, that the company is completely assured of the new workings out, the announcement of one of which will take place in the near future.
For a quarter Apple has sold 3,36 million personal computers and laptops Mac, 21 million players iPod and 8,7 million phones iPhone. It is necessary to notice, that sales iPhone have grown twice in comparison with last year.
Financial report Apple
Financial report Apple has been published two days prior to the announcement of a new product of the company planned for January, 27th. Presumably it will be the tablet computer, hearings about which working out go for a long time.
It is necessary to notice, that in the beginning of January cost of actives of company Apple has reached record for all history of the company of a point in 215,59 dollars.
Apple has grasped 7% of the American market. On it informs Appleinsider. Sales in territory of the USA of computers Mac have grown for 31% and have come nearer to one and a half millions pieces. On a sales volume for the fourth quarter 2009 the company has taken the fifth place among manufacturers of the computer equipment.
HP — the leader
The first place has got HP, 20,7% which have grasped in the fourth quarter 2009 of the market. Further were built in decreasing order: Acer, Dell, Lenovo and Toshiba.
Besides computers Mac company Apple also has increased volume of monthly manufacture of laptops MacBook to one million units a month. In 2009 the company has sold 7 million these models. By December, 2009 Apple has increased volume of their monthly manufacture to one million units though in 2008 this number made only 300-400,000 laptops. In January, 2010 the contractor of company Quanta Computer expects to make to 3,7 million laptops Apple.
Taking into account recent presentation company Intel of a new ruler of processors Core i3, i5 and i7 processors, writes the edition, possibility of has considerably increased that on January, 27th Apple announces new model MacBook. We will remind, what exactly is appointed to this time the big action of the company. There some new products Apple, predictably, can be presented, including the corporation does not confirm an Internet tablet, which existence, but also does not deny.
MacBook Pro — the most sold laptop
As a whole 2009 has appeared for the company rather successful. In October the model of initial level MacBook Pro in cost of 1,199 dollars has been recognised in the USA by the most sold laptop.
Intel has opened own shop of appendices for laptops. About it writes VenturesBeat. At exhibition Consumer Electronics Show (CES) the company announced the test version of service AppUpCenter. Similar services within three months will open Dell, Acer, Asus and Samsung. All these companies are full determination to co-operate with Intel.
AppUpCenter for Windows
For installation of appendices under control of Windows it is enough to users of laptops to come on a site and to download the program. According to representatives Intel, the package for an application creation to AppUpCenter has been downloaded by software developers of 2500 times.
According to chief executive Intel Paul Otellini, the company is not going to limit shop assortment one appendices for laptops. It is supposed, that will extend in the same place and the software for all kinds of devices in which production Intel is used, including personal computers, a handheld computer and television players of new generation.
Apple App Store for Mac
For today the champion on number of the presented appendices there is shop Apple App Store being a part of service iTunes Store and extending the software for smart phones iPhone and players iPod touch. Recently corporation Apple has informed, that for last one and a half year users have already downloaded from shop App Store over three billions appendices.
From bashful blocking of programs with sexual or simply physiological content Apple has passed to political censorship, having blocked in China objectionable to the appendix government, informs The Industry Standard. Users Chinese App Store have lost possibility to buy the appendices connected with the enemy of the country — the spiritual leader of Buddhists Dálài Lamā.
Inaccessible appendices
In shop five appendices, connected with Dálài Lamā (supports branch of Tibet from China) and Rebiya Kadeer (the leader of Uigur separatists) are presented at least. These appendices, however, are inaccessible in Chinese version App Store, and not at will of developers. The Chinese authorities of these companions for the clear reasons strongly do not love, considering as criminals and «devils with human faces».
It is not known, whether blocking is connected with instructions "from above" or it is gesture of "good will" most Apple. In the company declare, that Apple it is necessary to consider local specificity in the different countries, and not everywhere it is possible to sell all. Founders of appendices have not been notified, that their creations have been closed in China, but as a whole understand motivation of actions Apple.
Blocking of the Nobel winner
It is remarkable, that as a result of self-censorship Apple has blocked including the appendix concerning Dálài Lamā only indirectly: it is a question of the program devoted to the Nobel winners — and Dálài Lamā has received the world award 20 years ago.
Tractability Apple is easy for understanding — for all strict rules of the Chinese authorities are known, to which the largest western brands are obliged to follow to get access to the Chinese economy.
iTunes sold more 2 millions music tracks of The Beatles for a week from the beginning of official sales.
