Siri helps iPhone 4S dominate US iPhone sales

Siri has helped sales of the iPhone 4S

Sales of Apple’s iPhones in the US are dominated by the new iPhone 4S, despite the company offering two cheaper models. US tech site All Things Digital reports on a recent consumer survey by Consumer Intelligence Research Partners (CIRP) which measures sales of the iPhone 4S, iPhone 4 and iPhone 3GS handsets. According to the survey, US consumers have been wowed by Siri, the talkative personal assistant … [Read more...]

Apple announces record quarterly profit

Siri has helped sales of the iPhone 4S

Apple sold more than 37m iPhones in its last financial quarter, 128 percent up on the same quarter last year. The period, which covers the 14 weeks to December 31, 2011, earned Apple $46.33 billion in revenue and a net profit of $13.06 billion, a record for the company. Almost 15.5m iPads, 5.2 million Macs and 15.4 million iPods were sold in the same quarter. iPod sales were down 21 percent on the same … [Read more...]

Siri brings the voice control of the future to today’s mobiles

Apple sold l37m iPhones  in the last quarter

Thin, portable, and talkative. That’s how computers tended to be portrayed when I was a kid. Though many of the devices were seen in futuristic TV shows and films, over the past few years they’ve edged a lot closer to reality than most of us would have imagined. Indeed, the least specced tablet is infinitely more capable than the electronic pad which Captain Kirk would sign in the original Star Trek. But … [Read more...]

UK gets Apple TV shows and iTunes Match

Rumours persist of a new TV from Apple. Image: Apple

Overnight Apple has rolled out its iTunes Match service to the UK and added the ability to watch TV shows purchased from iTunes to the Apple TV. The iTunes Match allows users to access to their entire music library via Apple’s iCloud system in return for a yearly fee of £21.99. Instead of moving tracks between individual devices, up to 10 devices, including iPads, iPhones and the Apple TV can access … [Read more...]

Mac OS X Safari web browser

Apple has updated Safari for Mac OS X Photo: Apple

Apple has updated the desktop version of its Safari web browser, used by its MacBook, Mac Mini and iMac computers. The new version, which is available via Mac OS X’s Software Update feature. On its support pages, Apple says the update contains various bug fixes and improvements to stability, compatibility, and security, including fixes that: Address issues that could cause hangs and excessive memory … [Read more...]

Apple releases first Over The Air iOS update

Apple owners can now download updates straight to their devices

The latest update for Apple’s iOS software for iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch has been released. The software is the first to be made available by Apple as an Over The Air (OTA) update meaning users can download the software direct to their device via WiFi. Previously users had to connect their device to a desktop or laptop computer to download and install the update. Apple added OTA functionality to its … [Read more...]