Gartner has released a preliminary report detailing U.S. and worldwide PC shipments for the first quarter of 2009. The report pegs Apple’s U.S. market share in fourth place among vendors at 7.4%, down from 8.0% in the fourth quarter of 2008. More importantly, the report shows a slight decline in market share over the year-ago quarter, when Apple he
Isn’t there something about conflict of interest and not having the CEO of a strong, direct competitor on your board? We’ve already seen the soft underbelly of the Schmidt-Apple relationship when Google caved to Apple and dropped multitouch from the G1. What will Google do for Apple as the netbook market heats up?
The chief of AT&T is dying to hold on to its exclusive iPhone deal with Apple, which expires next year. And I can’t blame him.But it might not be a great deal for Apple.
Apple has been conducting ongoing research into how to further improve their mobile device interfaces as evidenced by a couple of patent applications published over the past couple of weeks. Two different patent applications reveal a couple of different approaches to movement-aware interfaces found on portable devices.
Ian Lamont writes “A Microsoft-sponsored report that describes a hidden “Apple tax” has fallen flat among the technology press. Roger Kay’s report (PDF) compares various PC and Mac configurations, and claims an all-Apple household’s costs would add up to an extra ,367 over five years. Tech columnists and bloggers have slammed the comparisons and claims made in the report — even Mac-baiter John C. Dvorak calls it propaganda. However, some Mac fans still see a pro-Microsoft press conspiracy. Even if the comparisons are questionable, Kay’s report and the accompanying television ads have clearly struck a nerve among the Mac faithful.” Meanwhile Linux users everywhere are scratching their heads.
Read more of this story at Slashdot.
Once again, the folks at DigiTimes have leaked information about a forthcoming Apple product. Citing “Industry sources in Taiwan,”
With Internet Connected television, Yahoo and Samsung try to take a leaf out of Apple’s design playbook
After the leaked pictures of the Zune HD appeared on Saturday, more unconfirmed technical specifications of the device have now emerged. Microsoft’s new portable media player is set to go neck-to-neck with Apple’s iPod Touch, as the specifications of the Zune HD make it a viable contender.
AT&T’s exclusive deal to sell the iPhone in the U.S. expires next year, and AT&T CEO Stephenson is in talks with Apple for an extension until 2011.
pkluss noted Kevin Turner, COO of Microsoft making the proclamation that “Vista today, post-Service Pack 2, which is now in the marketplace, is the safest, most reliable OS we’ve ever built. It’s also the most secure OS on the planet, including Linux and open source and Apple Leopard. It’s the safest and most secure OS on the planet today.”
Read more of this story at Slashdot.
