Type of Article: MacNews News Article

Analyst raises iPad sales estimate for fiscal 2011 from 5.5 million to 7.2 million

Analyst raises iPad sales estimate for fiscal 2011 from 5.5 million to 7.2 million

Posted by | Mar 25, 2010 | , |

imageBMO Capital analyst Keith Bachman is predicting a 17% increase in Mac sales, a new iPhone in June and higher iPad sales than many expect.

According to “Forbes” (http://brainstormtech.blogs.fortune.cnn.com/2010/03/25/bmo-ups-its-ipad-sales-estimate-44/), he says that his initial estimate — that Apple would sell 2.5 million units in fiscal 2010 and 5.5 million in fiscal 2011 — was conservative. He’s raised his fiscal 2011 estimate to 7.2 million — a 30.09% increase.

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Pioneer brings iPhone, iPod touch control to new 7.1 channel/AV receiver line

Pioneer brings iPhone, iPod touch control to new 7.1 channel/AV receiver line

Posted by | Mar 25, 2010 | |

Pioneer (http://www.pioneerelectronics.com) has released a new line of 7.1 channel AV receivers that offer A/V control via the iPhone and iPod touch. The VSX-920-K, VSX-1020-K and the Pioneer-branded flagship receiver the VSX-1120-K, offer enhanced iPhone and iPod touch control and functionality, are 3D capable with the advanced version of HDMI and feature wireless Bluetooth audio streaming for Bluetooth-enabled devices.

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Speck delivers four new Artsprojekt cases for the iPhone

Posted by | Mar 25, 2010 | |

Speck, Zazzle and Artsprojekt have teamed up to offer another four all-new limited-edition Fitted Artsprojekt cases for iPhone 3G and 3GS: Random, Waves, Blue River and Koi.

Each design is printed on fabric that is then fused to Speck’s road-tested “Fitted” two-piece snap-together hard shell case. The fabric increases in-hand comfort, while helping phones stay securely in place when set down, according to the folks at Speck.
 

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MyService Offers 1TB MacBook Pro hard drive upgrade

Posted by | Mar 25, 2010 | , |

MyService (http://www.myservice.com) has announced a new 1TB hard drive upgrade for the MacBook Pro. These new Scorpio Blue drives by Western Digital are the largest mobile drives available.

MyService has these drives in stock and the complete upgrade service is US$345. The price includes the new 1TB drive, round trip shipping, professional installation and data transfer.

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Maintain releases Cocktail 4.7.2 (Snow Leopard Edition)

Posted by | Mar 25, 2010 | , |

Maintain has released Cocktail 4.7.1 (Snow Leopard Edition), the latest maintenance update of Cocktail (http://www.maintain.se/c) for users running Mac OS X 10.6 (“Snow Leopard”).

The new version fixes some bugs and adds: a “Show full folder path in window title” setting; a “Don’t remember open windows when logging out” setting; an “Enable Remote Disc access” setting; an “Enable Quick Look folder previews” setting; and an “Always show Quick Look preview” setting.

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