In Hong Kong, telecom plays were among the outperformers, with China Telecom rising 4.1% on news it would begin offering Apple's popular iPhone 4S next month.
Scoot Pte is offering Apple Inc. (AAPL) iPads to budget long-haul travelers after ripping out aircraft entertainment systems weighing more than two tons to save fuel.
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The company will almost certainly have an offering for Apple's iPhone as soon as it is able to.
The new iWork desktop application now includes a spreadsheet program, dubbed Numbers, offering an Apple alternative to Microsoft's Excel.
The number of wearable fitness products has been growing at a fast pace, but an Apple offering would shake up the industry completely.
Jody Lurie, corporate-credit analyst at broker-dealer Janney Capital Markets, said earlier Tuesday the Apple offering might price with lower relative yields than bonds from rival triple-A-rated Microsoft Corp.
But, with Apple offering its own solution and Google breaking Maps free from the OS-update chains, it's facing a more difficult landscape in which to make its mark.
With Apple offering already offering iPod users over 500 TV series and with 120m TV shows sold to date, it could be the firm that heralds the newly portable video age.
Jody Lurie, corporate credit analyst at broker-dealer Janney Capital Markets, said the Apple offering could be so popular it may end up with lower relative yields than rival, triple-A rated Microsoft Corp.
So who might be buying the Apple offering?
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In a major move, Apple is offering some popular songs for just 29 cents on iTunes.
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Now many are thinking that the next big product would be a revamped Apple TV offering.
Obviously, the average rental fee on iTunes could drop significantly if Apple starts offering TV shows for 99 cents apiece.
They show a couple of concept phones, apparently promising a far more sophisticated touchscreen future than Apple was offering.
Apple is offering Macbook Air computers with only flash memory and there is talk of moving the Macbook Pro to only solid state storage.
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Apple is offering discounts on its iPad, iPod, and MacBook lineups, but outside resellers are offering bigger discounts on each of the products.
Basically, Apple is offering customers what appears to be more choice.
Apple is offering interest free installment sale options in China.
Wal-Mart, which opened on Thanksgiving, offered shoppers three windows of doorbusting savings for the day, including better discounts on Apple products than Apple is offering.
Microsoft promises to be more open than Apple, offering a dashboard that will allow developers to track the progress of their software as it moves through its approval process.
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"IPHONE" was filed for trademark registration in Brazil in 2000, and although Apple started offering its handset in the country in 2007, Gradiente scored exclusive rights to the name in 2008.
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In terms of build quality, it's on par with the Air, and there's an argument to be made that its matte, 400-nit, 1600 x 900 display is actually better than the reflective 1440 x 900 Apple is offering.
What Apple is actually offering is a fixed royalty payment which is indeed lower.
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If Apple develops an offering similar to the Square model, will it gain traction quickly?
Also, Apple officially began offering iPhones via a second carrier partner, China Mobile, at the end of Q2.
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Since Apple first began offering video content in its store two years ago, Jobs has expanded the company's video offerings.
But Apple's offering got poor reviews amid user complaints about inaccurate data.
Creative are touting the Zen as a far more powerful player than Apple's offering, with additional functions such as FM radio and a built-in mic.
On the other hand, Apple limited its offering to one, initially, and was able to lure customers with clearly-defined choice based on distinguished features sets.
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Demand for a piece of Apple's offering was so intense that bankers believe they could have sold twice as much debt, according to The Wall Street Journal.
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