Based on continued strong sell-through trends for Apple’s iPad and iPhone, Canaccord Genuity technology analyst Michael Walkley told clients — as reported by “CIO Insight” (http://www.cioinsight.com/c/a/Latest-News/Apple-Mobile-Market-Domination-Extending-to-2011-Report-778833/) — that he thinks Apple will maintain both market and value share leadership in the mobile device market.
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Apple has “quietly discontinued” its compact wired keyboard, and only offers the full-size wired option on its store, reports “AppleInsider” (http://www.appleinsider.com). You can still get the wireless version of the compact keyboard.
Apple still sells its full-size wired keyboard with numeric keypad for US$49. It also sells the wireless keyboard, without a numeric keypad, for $69.
While the wired compact keyboard is no longer available from Apple’s store, it can still be purchased through Amazon for $46.99, notes “AppleInsider.”
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Sanford Bernstein’s European telecoms analyst Robin Bienenstock told clients in a note — as reported by “Barron’s (http://blogs.barrons.com/techtraderdaily/2010/12/02/apple-europes-telecoms-to-push-android-et-al/?mod=yahoobarrons) — that although the fear of Apple creating an easily unlocked SIM card has faded Europe’s wireless operators have moved ahead with reductions in the subsidy they provide to the iPhone.
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Here are the latest iPhone/iPod touch/iPod/iPad apps announced. You can find ’em at the Apple App Store (http://www.itunes.com/appstore/).
Reports say the BBC will launch the long-awaited global version of its iPlayer TV catch-up service on a subscription-only basis, and initially only on iPad.
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Future Apple operating systems may be even more “animated,” based on some work Apple is doing. An Apple patent (number 20100306680) for a framework for designing a physics-based graphic user interface has appeared at the US Patent & Trademark Office.
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