Smart phone shipments in North America totaled 47.2 million units in 2009, an increase of 27% over the volume seen in 2008, helped by a strong fourth quarter. Apple is expected to sell 13.8 million iPhones in 2010 for a market share of 21.3%.
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Apple has added the ability for customers to send an iPhone, iPod touch or iPad application to another person as a gift when purchasing software through iTunes.
As reported by “AppleInsider” (http://www.appleinsider.com), by clicking the drop-down menu next to “Buy App” in iTunes, users now have an option entitled “Gift This App.” Choosing it accesses the “Give a Gift” page that allows users to type in the recipient’s name and e-mail address. It also gives the opportunity to add a personal message of up to 500 characters.
Read More“The New York Times” says (http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/03/22/perseus-signs-an-ebooks-deal-for-the-ipad/) that Apple has struck a deal with Perseus Books Group, an independent publisher, to bring its content to the iBookstore on the iPad.
Perseus Books Group, which also distributes works from 330 other smaller presses including Grove Atlantic, Harvard Business School Press, Zagat and City Lights Books, signed a deal last week with Apple, following five of the six biggest publishers that have already signed agreements with Apple, says the “Times.”
Read MoreIngram Library Services has launched Ingram Wire (http://www.ingramwire.com), a free, downloadable desktop application for libraries. Build on Adobe AIR technology, it’s Mac and Windows compatible.
Following the success of the Ingram Wire for retailers, Ingram is now rolling out the direct-to-desktop application to its library customers, says Rich Rosy, vice president and general manager, Ingram Library Services and Institutional Solutions.
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While analysts are keeping their fingers crossed for about six million iPad sales throughout 2010, Apple is shopping for more than twice that many screens for the upcoming device, according to a report by the “Korean Times.”
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