Despite the massive popularity of Apple’s iPhone, AT&T, the iPhone’s exclusive carrier, posted a 1.2 percent drop in profits as revenue from traditional landlines fell faster than the company’s cost-cutting measures could go into effect. However, AT&T added a record number of iPhones into its network during this quarter.
In all, AT&T’s wireless subscriber base grew by 2 million during the third quarter to 81.6 million, including 3.2 million new activations of the Apple iPhone. This figure benefited from a price cut of the older versions of the iPhone and the June release of the upgraded iPhone 3G S, which boasts …read more

Spurred on by record sales of its iPhone and Mac products, Apple Inc. has posted a quarterly revenue and profit result that has managed to soundly surpasses the average analyst’s estimates. Following Apple’s stunning results, the company’s shares gained 7.5 percent to end at around $204 in extended trading, reflecting renewed investor confidence in the technology industry as of late.
Analysts have praised Apple’s financial guidance this quarter, stating that while the company’s forecasts of its results are usually fairly conservative, their revenue estimates matched with Wall Street’s guesses. Apple has also received great praise for its ability to draw consumer …read more

I don’t have an iPhone. I don’t want an iPhone. I’m not a cell phone technology type of person; my trusty standby, which I’ve had for nearly four years, works just fine. I know a lot of you guys and gals have them though, and I do understand why. For a writer on the go, a phone that does more than just make calls makes sense. I’m just not into it, personally.
For those of you who are, though, I’ve put together this list of apps for writers. I know that everyone’s on a budget, so this will only set …read more

If you own an iPhone, you probably have it by your side at all times and couldn’t imagine life without it. A land with no iPhones? That’s difficult for much of the rest of the world to imagine. But up until now, people in South Korea weren’t allowed to own iPhones.
According to The Wall Street Journal, the Korea Communications Commissions has decided to allow iPhones to be sold in the country. To allow iPhones, a technical ban had to be altered.
In South Korea, the iPhone will take on domestic giants such as LG and Samsung. Considering that people in …read more

Apple’s stock is going up and up after the release of their third quarter report. At the end of Tuesday’s trading, Apple’s stock was at around $151.50. After the report became public, Apple’s stock currently is currently higher than $158.
In the third quarter report, Apple earned $1.23 billion. Compared to the third quarter of 2008, Apple earned about $400 million more this year. Sales were also up — from $7.46 billion at this time last year to $8.34 billion. The fact that sales rose more than $850 million easily beat expectations.
Steve Jobs, who recently returned to the company after a …read more

On Monday, Apple announced that they have already sold more than one million iPhone 3GS models. If you are scoring at home, that’s more than 333,333 iPhone 3GS models per day in the first three days after the launch.
Perhaps even more impressive, Apple says that approximately six million people have downloaded new software for the iPhone 3.0. Considering that has been on the market for only five days, that’s more than one million downloads per day.
Apple claims that this version of the iPhone is the most powerful and the fastest iPhone to date. Included in the improvements are a 3 …read more

The Palm Pre has been touted by many as the biggest competitor to the amazingly popular Apple iPhone. The Pre debuted on Saturday and though the launch was preceded with much hype, crowds were smaller than some expected.
With the iPhone launch, people formed lines and camp outside of Apple and AT&T stores for days. However with the Palm Pre, most customers arrived just before Sprint stores opened on Saturday. The Pre was also being sold at Best Buy stores, where it received a bit more attention.
The device is priced at $299, plus customers can get $100 back with a mail-in …read more

There are some truly awesome iPhone apps out there. My husband is fond of the app that makes a light saber noise when you wave the device around. I like playing Suduko. On a practical level, though, these types of applications are not very useful. They don’t offer you information that you can make use of everyday. When I saw that Prime Time Money found 10 iPhone apps that can help you keep track of your finances, I became excited. Finally! Something I can use.
Personal finance software
I use Quicken to keep track of my personal finances. I am on the …read more

Features vs. Benefits. You’ve probably heard that phrase plenty of times. When planning your marketing, you should always tell the customer how your product or service benefits them. And it’s true that people are more likely to buy something if they see how it will help them, how it applies to their life, their needs.
But some of us also like to research and compare. It’s a little harder to compare benefits of products than it is features. Benefits appeal to emotions. Features are more quantifiable. And for those of us who like numbers and comparisons and concrete info, we want …read more

Trulia, one of the most visited house-hunting sites on the Internet, last month introduced a new tool that allows iPhone users to quickly locate all the real estate listings and open houses in a user’s area.