More Than 60% Of All Mobile Web Traffic Comes From iPhone, iPad And iPod Touch

There seems to be no limits for the success Apple has achieved since the launch of its iPhone, iPad and iPod touch. All around the world people are literally crazy for these products so much so that more than 60% of all mobile web traffic comes from iOS devices around the world.

According to mobile web traffic summary released by Net Applications, the iOS platform accounts for 61.64% of all mobile web traffic from all parts of the world. Even in September, iOS platform was the leader among all other competitors, bringing in a total of 54.65% of all mobile web traffic.

A big contributing factor to this achievement is the successful launch of iPhone 4S. The Apple iPhone 4S is the most successful iPhone launch to date with over one million units being ordered in the first day alone. The first release weekend saw a pre-order of more than four million units of iPhone 4S in seven countries.

With iPhone 4S being available in a total of 34 countries by end of November, it is expected that this share will increase further in the coming months. Way to go Apple!

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Samsung Looking for Banning iPhone 5

Rivalry between Samsung and Apple keeps on growing day by day. Apple has not officially announced iPhone 5 yet and according to the report from Korea Times, Samsung is already looking for ban on sales of upcoming iPhone 5 in Korea.

"Just after the arrival of the iPhone 5 here, Samsung plans to take Apple to court here for its violation of Samsung's wireless technology related patents," said a senior executive from Samsung Electronics, asking not to be identified.

"For as long as Apple does not drop mobile telecommunications functions, it would be impossible for it to sell its i-branded products without using our patents. We will stick to a strong stance against Apple during the lingering legal fights"

As no one knows how Phone 5 will look like or what features will be there in it, Samsung is still preparing to have lawsuit against iPhone 5. Apple has already claimed that Samsung Electronics copied the look and feel of iPhones and iPads in its Galaxy series of smartphones and touch-screen tablets. Let's see when iPhone 5 arrives and what Samsung are up to.

Bannig the iPhone, what the...i dont even.....


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HTC Wants To Purchase webOS To Compete With iOS

When it comes to Android, we know that it is the only strong competitor to iOS in the market. While iOS devices are solely manufactured by Apple only, Android devices are manufactured by host of companies, HTC being the market leader in that segment. So obviously, HTC sees iOS as competition and now it wants to purchase webOS in order to take over that competition.

Cher Wang, who is the Chairwoman of HTC has said that the company wants to buy its own mobile operating system. Once it does that, HTC will turn down the development of Android handsets a bit and focus on developing and improving the operating system that they buy.

The Chairwoman has revealed that the company has set its sights on webOS, an operating system that HP acquired from Palm back in April 2010 for $1.2 Billion. It is possible that HP may sell webOS as they have already liquidated all stocks of webOS based products and have cancelled any further development of webOS based devices.

Nevertheless, if HP does intend to sell webOS, a lot of buyers will be lined up for it, including HTC's rival Samsung. Cher Wang states that the Board of Directors have thought this through and are absolutely sure of the decision that they want to make. The question here is, if HTC does end up being successful in buying webOS, what will it do with it that will save HTC from a fate like that of HP?

Apple forecast to sell 143M iPhones, 68M iPads in 2013

Investment firm Piper Jaffray on Wednesday released their calendar year 2013 estimates for Apple, forecasting $164 billion in revenue with earnings per share of $40.50 on sales of well over 200 million iOS devices.

Analyst Gene Munster's estimates are 8 percent ahead of Wall Street's 2013 expectations for revenue, and 10 percent higher than the Street's earnings per share forecast. Munster sees Apple's revenue growing 19 percent in calendar year 2012 and another 17 percent in 2013.

He also sees Apple's cash hoard continuing to grow over the next few years, reaching $140 per share at the end of 2013, compared to $81 per share in June 2011.

Apple's growth will continue to be propelled by the iPhone, in Piper Jaffray's estimates, representing 49 percent of revenue in calendar 2013. Their model has iPhone growth go from 30 percent in calendar 2012 to 29 percent in 2013, while average selling price will drop from $603 in 2012 to $565 in 2013.

"One key topic on which we are different than consensus thinking is our belief that the iPhone unit growth can continue in the 30% range while ASP's will be more than double the smartphone industry average," Munster wrote.

"In other words, we do not believe Apple needs an ultra low end offering to grow iPhone units at 30%. If Apple was to announce an unsubsidized, sub-$200 iPhone, our unit estimates would be too low and ASPs would be too hight."

Rumors of a new, contract-free entry-level iPhone have persisted for years, particularly on Wall Street where investors believe such a move would be a key growth driver for Apple. Even this year, rumors have cropped up, suggesting Apple is working on a new low-end model to fight off cheap Android handsets.




As for the iPad, Munster sees the touchscreen tablet representing 21 percent of Apple's revenue in calendar year 2013, with sales of 68 million units. He sees iPad unit sales growing 39 percent in 2012 and 35 percent in 2013, while the average selling price will drop from $575 to $555.

And for the Mac platform, Munster has forecast it to earn 16 percent of Apple's revenue in 2013 with sales of 23 million Macs that year. Average selling prices will drop from $1,257 in 2012 to $1,175 in 2013, while growth rate will shrink from 17 percent to 15 percent in the next two years, based on Piper Jaffray's models.

The firm has reiterated its overweight rating on shares of AAPL, and sees the company remaining a "top pick" for investors through 2013. Piper Jaffray's 12-month price target for the stock is $607.

Madden 12 on the iPhone

Got madden 12 for my iPhone today and let me tell you I'm disappointed. Just like every other EA sport game there is hardly any change in gfx and gameplay physics. Its just a roster update

Costing $7 for iPhone and $10 for iPad, Madden 12 sports more than 2500 actual NFL players from all 32 teams. You can compete in standalone exhibition games, play through an entire 16-game season, or relive the 2010/2011 playoffs (which no Eagles fan would ever consider doing). EA claims that Madden 12 sports “sharper gameplay and cleaner graphics” than its previous incarnations on iOS.

Among the new features in Madden 12 is the ability to draw custom hot routes for almost any play—running, passing, or defensive. Unlike its Android counterpart, Madden 12 on iOS also includes leaderboards that show you how you stack up against other Madden devotees. (That feature uses EA’s Origin network, and not Apple’s Game Center.)

As in previous editions of the game, you’ll control things with a virtual joystick on one side of your device, and various action buttons—including the ability to slow things down while you trigger specific moves—on the othe

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