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Apple in depth
- About Apple
About Apple
Apple’s iPhones have become firm favourites with consumers thanks to their brilliant multi-touch screens and minimal hardware interface that has seen physical keyboards dispensed with altogether.
Running on a scaled-down version of Apple’s Mac OS X, the phones are laced with fantastic features including cameras, a media player which is as user-friendly and function-rich as an iPod and visual voicemail. Apple mobile phones also offer owners super fast 3G web browsing, push e-mail, so that users can read and receive their messages in real time and web-based Dashboard applications such as Google Maps and Weather.
As much as the functions, the phones have also scored for their brilliant looks, which echo the organic design aesthetic of Apple’s other cutting-edge products. Since the launch of the products in 2007, Apple handsets have garnered pages of glowing reviews as well as a panoply of awards. Perhaps the most prestigious of all however was the award of the Invention of the Year from the esteemed American news weekly Time.
- History
History
Apple was founded in 1976 in Cupertino, California. In its 22-year life, the company has become known for producing beautifully designed, high-end devices, such as its Macintosh range of computers that won cult audiences across the globe and have inspired hitherto unseen levels of customer loyalty. However, with the launch of the iPod, it reached a wider demographic to the extent that the music players have gone onto revolutionise the way that music is consumed and listened to.
According to the company, the launch weekend saw Apple sell 270,000 iPhones in the first 30 hours of its release and by the fourth quarter of 2008, a total of 13 million iPhones had been sold around the world.
The company operates more than 200 retail stores in eight countries, as well as the iTunes music download site and an online store where hardware and software products are sold.
Apple news
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HTC 'forewarned by Apple' over lawsuit
11 March 2010
Apple's decision to sue HTC over alleged patent infringement was not as surprising as it might seem, according to...
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O2 retracts iPhone video calling leak
10 March 2010
The iPhone 4G may not feature video calling after all, after O2 moved to quash rumours over its specs.
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New iPhone censorship row emerges
10 March 2010
A German publisher is challenging Apple's request to remove nudity from its app.
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Future iPhone to unlock doors?
10 March 2010
Apple is planning to replace door keys with an electronic alternative.
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iPhone 4G in line for video calling
9 March 2010
UK network O2 has hinted at the availability of video calling for the next iPhone.
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Nokia and Apple lawsuits frozen
9 March 2010
A US judge has put the Nokia and Apple conflict on hold while other issues are rectified.
Posts about Apple
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Apple vs HTC: what does it mean for Android now?
4 March 2010
Could the Apple vs HTC tussle put paid to Android mobiles' push to the mainstream? Top10's Joe Minihane takes a look...
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BBC iPhone apps: a worthwhile pursuit for Auntie?
3 March 2010
The BBC has been at the centre of a cutback storm in recent days. But while this isn’t the place to debate the...
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Apple’s App Store purge: censorship or child protection
26 February 2010
With sexually explicit apps now seemingly verboten from the iPhone App Store, Top10's Joe Minihane examines the...
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MWC 2010: winners and losers
22 February 2010
Those huge stands may have been pulled down and mobile movers and shakers back home safe and sound, but Mobile World...
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Top 10 iPhone apps for business users
18 February 2010
The iPhone has earned its reputation as a mass-appeal device, with thousands of games and entertainment apps...
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Top 10 iPhone apps of 2010 so far...
11 February 2010
Want a quick guide to the best iPhone applications to hit the App Store so far this year? Read our appstravagnza...
