By Frank Petrie
In case you haven’t heard yet, Apple released a new product a few months back that interested a few people. They called it the iPad.
And, just as with any Apple device (in particular, the mobile devices), an avalanche of accessories immediately made their way to market. Many of them the same as every other variation of the same accessory.
But in each instance, you tend to find one example that excels in quality.
Read MoreApple will announce its third quarter fiscal results today at 2 pm (Pacific). Here’s what the Sellers Research Firm (that’s me) is predicting.
I expect Apple to report net income of $2.9 billion, up from $1.8 billion during the year-ago quarter.
Apple will have sold 3.52 million Macs, compared to 2.6 million from the same period a year ago.
Apple will have sold 10 million iPhones during the quarter, compared to 5.2 million from the same period a year ago.
Apple will have sold 10.1 million iPods during the quarter, compared to 10.2 for the same period a year ago.
Read MoreDeveloper Daniel Holtwiesche has updated Art Text (http://www.ssl-danholt.de/english/24/24/181001/include.html) — a Mac OS X app for creating textual graphics, headings, logos, icons and more — to version 2.3, which introduces a built-in vector shape editor that lets you modify icons, shapes, and text objects, as well as create them from scratch.
The new version also offers iImproved program stability thanks to renewed GPC library that handles polygons. And the program now automatically checks for available updates and downloads if necessary.
Read MoreUSB Fever has released two new products. One is for the iPad, the other for the iPhone.
The Headrest Mount for eeePC/UMPC/iPad (http://www.usbfever.com/index_eproduct_view.php?products_id=1918) is an US$33.99 gadget for mounting a tablet device to your windshield windows. The MonoPod Collapsible Self-protrait Stick
(http://www.usbfever.com/index_eproduct_view.php?products_id=1930) is a $16.99 doohickey for using the iPhone and other device for taking a self-portrait.
Apple has posted iTunes 9.2.1, which fixes some bugs found in iTunes 9.2. You should note that Apple says the update disables older versions of some incompatible third party plug-ins, but doesn’t say which ones.
iTunes 9.2.1 requires Mac OS X 10.4.11 or later to run. You can update via the Software Updates component of the Mac OS X Preferences app — or from the Apple support web site (http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1056?viewlocale=en_us).
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