Not just another day in class, a New Hampshire high school student, who was playing with his iPod Touch, accidentally dropped the media player, and an explosion shortly ensued, sending a light, hazy smoke through the room. The image above shows what it looked like afterwards. Click here to see more of today's most popular images, courtesy of Imgur.com. Continue reading to see William Shatner setting himself on fire.
In addition to looking ridiculous, using your iPad 2 to take pictures in public leaves you open for muggers and idiots alike. For example, the iPad in this person's hand could've easily been knocked to the ground at this concert. Continue reading to see more reasons.
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So, you just picked up a brand spanking new iPhone 4 / 4S and want a nifty case to go with it? Well, you'll have to wait a bit longer for Incipio's Game Boy case, but it's definitely the coolest one we've seen yet, complete with a screen cut out for the Apple logo. It was first spotted at CES 2011 and hasn't made another appearance since. Continue reading for more pictures.
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Have two iPad 2s laying around and need a last-minute Halloween costume? If so, here's one geeky idea that will leave everyone puzzled and/or disgusted. Simply connect the two devices via Facetime, place them in the appropriate slots, and you're ready to go. Video after the break.
The one in the back uses its front-facing camera to capture what's behind you, and the one in the front grabs what's in front.[via Technabob]
Before there were iPods, iPhones, iPads, and even MacBooks, there was this 1983 Apple Gift Catalog, which featured such items as t-shirts. That's not all, you'll also see coffee mugs, stationary, office supplies, and more. Click here to see the entire thing. Continue reading to watch the 1983 Apple Macintosh Dating Game.
Or how about a nifty smoked plastic caddy for all your Elephant and Verbatim 5-1/4" floppies? I think I still have a few of those kicking around my basement somewhere. (I like how they have to point out that the $26 price does not include the computer system.)[via Technabob - MacMothership]]
In Walter Isaacson's Steve jobs biography, the Apple co-founder revealed that his company has finally "'cracked' how to build an integrated television that is 'completely easy to use'." This piece of hardware "would be seamlessly synced with all of your devices and with iCloud." Apple has also filed for a number of patents relating to a television set, which means that consumers should see it in stores sooner than later. Continue reading for the news report.
Last year, Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster also predicted Apple would join the connected TV market in the next two to four years and even went as far as saying the first model would sell for $US2000.[via SMH]
Apple has just unveiled the new late 2011 MacBook Pro models. Now you can splurge on "a faster AMD Radeon HD 6770M discrete GPU with your 15-inch or 17-inch lappie." Best of all, the 15-inch model can now be equipped with a 2.4-GHz, quad-core Intel i7 processor. More information. Click here to see more.
Even better, there are some CPU improvements to be had: the 13-incher gets the option of a 2.8GHz Core i7 or a 2.4GHz Core i5 dual-core processor, instead of the previous entry-level 2.3GHz i5 (and it also gets its HDD notched up to a minimum 500GB, or max 750GB).[via Engadget]
No, the $1350 price tag you see above isn't for a top of the line 64GB iPhone 4S, but rather the 16GB base model. That's right, "since the iPhone 4S will be available for sale in US, Germany, Australia, Canada, France, Japan and UK first, a couple of weeks ahead of the rest of the world, the Chinese dealers were keen to scoop up as many as they could and quickly ship them overseas to make a killing." Video after the break. Click here for more pictures.
He [Hong Kong vendor Mr. Lo] has also imported a lot of 16GB models, since most of his customers are purchasing this model. He has two special customers, one paid HKD$860,000 (about $110,568) for 82 iPhone 4S, and the other one purchased 53 units of iPhone 4S.[via MIC Gadget]
Today, Apple announced their earnings for Q4 2011, and they "posted quarterly revenue of $28.27 billion and quarterly net profit of $6.62 billion, or $7.05 per diluted share." They sold 17.07-million iPhones, 11.12-million iPads, and 4.89-million Macs during this time period. Continue reading for the news report.
Apple's quarterly net profit was $6.62 billion, down a bit from last quarter, but up over $2.3 billion from a year ago. Gross margin was 40.3 percent, up from 36.9 percent a year ago. Interestingly enough, Apple says that international sales now account for 63 percent of overall revenue.[via TechCrunch]
