That tidbit is no surprise, as nearly all previous iPhones and iPods have used a 30-pin connector.
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The tech giant will give investors more than mere anecdotes on how its iPhones and iPods are selling.
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Samsung cranks out the flash memory and the ARM-based microprocessors now at the heart of today's iPhones and iPods.
Apple primarily sells Macs, iPads, iPhones and iPods, while Amazon seemingly sells everything.
So why are users buying a Cisco gadget that only records video when their iPhones and iPods include the same function?
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In addition to the connector, Apple also introduced new headphones, known as earbuds, that now come standard with iPhones and iPods.
Air shipping typically costs two to five times more than ocean freight, but prices are more reasonable for small devices like iPhones and iPods than, say, flat-screen TVs.
Then, in the mid-2000s and beyond, Apple made a splash with white iBooks, iMacs, iPhones and iPods and helped establish white as a hip color of status.
About the only oddities are the vintage composite video output and a 30-pin dock for charging iPads, iPhones and iPods, neither of which will be much help if you live on the cutting edge.
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All Amazon MP3s are DRM-free, and work on virtually any device that plays MP3s, including Kindle Fire, Android phones and tablets, iPhones, iPads, and iPods, and Macs and PCs.
Carrying the iPhones, iPods and iPads have become a conveniently portable way of projecting status.
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The iPad incorporates everything we have learnt about building high value products from iPhones, iPods and Macs.
Tribal leaders began petitioning the folks at Apple to include Cherokee on its official list of languages supported by Apple products such as iPhones, iPods and iPads.
For starters, this one tunes into HD Radio stations (you know, given how FM is so 2006), and it also plays nice with dock-connecting iPods and iPhones.
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Offering a refined take on the category, this system features a powerful 5.1-channel receiver with AirPlay and a front panel USB port for direct connectivity to iPhones, iPads, iPods and USB drives.
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Once Apple had consolidated its hold on this powerful (and sizable) niche market, Jobs could start thinking about iPods and iPhones.
An Apple TV could work with iPhones, iPods, and iPads offering customers a portable television solution.
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Leveraging the huge base of iPhones, iPads, and iPods allows voice control to be better, in that the microphone is 10 inches away from you, not 10 feet.
Jobs initiated the routine of still selling the previous generation devices (like older iPhones, iPads and some iPods) at a lower price to address the buyers with lower budgets.
By introducing the television-like device with expanded computer capabilities and with the same user interface as iPods, iPhones, iPads, and Macs, Apple would benefit, yet again, from the Halo Effect and expand its media influence to the living room.
This success has primarily been a function of its four major product lines: its computers, tablets, iPods and iPhones.
Today Apple announced that it is giving publishers the ability to offer subscriptions on the iPad, iPods and iPhones.
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With a complete re-design, the appBlaster v.2 now houses iPods, iPhones and Android phones while the updated free augmented reality app sees the alien swarm appear from within the objects in the room.
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Not surprisingly iPads had better conversion rates than iPhones with a 42% premium, iPhones were very strong against Android phones with a 53% premium and iPods had a 28% premium over iPhones.
Apple is the company that made consumers have to have iPods, iPhones, and iPads.
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Apple was able to rapidly scale its sales of iPods, iPhones, and iPads across the globe.
It was iTunes that eventually won the day for Apple, perhaps more so than the actual iPods and later iPhones.
Apple has a lock not only on its own users of iPods, iPhones, and iPads, but on users of other devices thanks to the near-ubiquity of iTunes.
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