Join us after the break to to take part in the stats extravaganza, but excuse us if we're a little distracted -- we're still suffering from concussion where Apple kicked all of us third-generation iPad owners in the teeth.
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By default, Apple will sell these at full MSRP in a "SIM-in unlocked fashion, " as confirmed to us by an Apple representative here at T-Mobile's event in New York City.
It ruled that US-based Apple had infringed two patents held by Samsung, while the Korean firm had violated one of Apple's patents.
For the pleasure of cloud-based convenience, Apple wants us to buy more and more of our media through its devices and to consume it through the whole fleet of its devices that we (will) own.
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Sorry, we don't have pictures but Apple took us into a dramatically lit back-room to check out the new iPhone 3G.
In a sign of further problems to come, Ars Techica has reported that a judge overseeing a US case - in which Apple claims its App Store trademark has been breached by Amazon - had expressed scepticism that consumers would indeed be confused.
The iconic co-founder of Apple, too soon taken from us, knew what you wanted before you knew you wanted it.
More broadly, Apple's move to put a shrunk-down version of its operating system, OS X, on the iPhone and the iPod Touch tells us that Apple sees portable, Web-friendly gizmos as a big part of its future.
In one of the most-watched architecture developments in the US, California Gov. Jerry Brown fast-tracked construction approval for Apple's massive new disc-shaped Cupertino campus in California.
In other news, an anonymous Apple Store employee has done some homework and tallied up average reservation numbers at other US stores -- he estimates about 800 people on average are on the reservation list per Apple Store (ranging from a couple hundred to well over a thousand), which amounts to about 200, 000 reservations as of now, a number he believes could double before launch.
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According to Strategy Analytics' just-published study from the fall, it's Apple's iCloud and iTunes Match that are top dogs in the US at a combined 27 percent of usage -- a not entirely surprising lead when Apple has pushed hard on iCloud's media syncing since iOS 5, and has large swaths of market share in MP3 players and tablets, not just smartphones.
The company has failed to compete with foreign competitors - sophisticated US firms such as Microsoft, Apple and Google, and cheaper Asian competitors such as LG.
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Compatible across Android and Apple iOS-enabled devices, Dyle is available in 35 US markets, potentially reaching 55 percent of the population, and will add additional network programming and hardware in the future.
ENGADGET: RCA Mobile TV Tablet combines DTV with Dyle, arrives this spring for $299
Apple may likewise be going all old-school iPhone on us, with a modern twist: we could be reverting to an aluminum back with more receptive materials (likely glass) at the ends, just in a much thinner form that keeps the steel antenna band.
Apple is self-regulating, much in the way any other US industry subjects itself to or is imposed by government regulation.
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On top of that, the description of the Apple TV as the "next-generation Mac Mini" strikes us as a little odd, since the Mini was never sold as a media extender (even though you can use it that way) and the Apple TV was never sold as a general-purpose computer (even though you can use it that way).
The new version is a lot shorter, and simply repeats what it published in national newspapers this week, stating that the court did not find Samsung to be in breach of Apple's registered design No. 0000181607-0001, reminding us that it was also upheld by the Court of Appeal, providing links to the appropriate patent and judgement documents online.
Apple has proposed paying compensation to US parents whose children made in-app purchases without their permission.
Bring these stateside, Mr. Wong, and we'll be the very first to sign up -- just don't be surprised if Apple is right behind us.
As the stock price and recent analyst price-target drops would lead us to believe: Is Apple losing its luster?
More importantly the positive reception of the phone gives us greater confidence that Apple can not only meet our 6-10 million iPhone 5 unit estimate for the rest of September, but also hit our 49 million unit estimate for the December quarter, which assumes 32% year-over-year growth.
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If it is upheld the ITC has the power to stop infringing Samsung products from being imported into the US. This is part of a counter-suit that Apple filed with the ITC after Samsung issued one vs.
Which brings us to another important feature of the forest-level view: Apple.
When the US Department of Justice sued Apple and five major book publishers over alleged e-book price rigging, it immediately became clear that a few of these companies would do just about anything to avoid trial.
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For instance, Apple offers customers up to 18 months interest-free on purchases on a card from Barclaycard US. But if you don't pay off that specific purchase in the interest-free period, you'll face a variable annual percentage rate that's currently about 23%, according to the Apple website.
News and downward pressure from Europe has driven Apple ( AAPL) and the major US stock indices sharply lower, but a potential short-covering rally could present select new buying opportunities.
Could these be combined to bring us closer to the kind of natural, predictive experience of Apple's nearly decade-old Knowledge Navigator video than its 22 year-old Macintosh?
After months of closing in, Apple just barely edged out LG to become the second-largest cellphone maker of any kind on the US stage at 17.8 percent.
ENGADGET: ComScore: Android's US share kept growing in October, Apple passed LG in all cellphones
Leading us on to believe such incredulous things such as a next-to-definite Apple tablet, an almost-certain iPhone, sure-to-be-impending widescreen (and wireless) iPod, forthcoming iSight-ed Cinema Display, and an 802.11n-compatible iTV may actually see the light of day.
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