Type of Article: MacNews Web Site

According to Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster, “Antennagate” — the problems, or perceived problems, with the antenna on the iPhone 4 — cost Apple 20% of sales — but the lack of a Verizon iPhone is a bigger problem.

“Fortune” (http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2010/09/08/antennagate-cost-apple-20-of-sales/) says those are some of the findings a survey released Wednesday by Piper Jaffray’s Gene Munster. His team interviewed 258 cell phone users in downtown Minneapolis. Munster says:

The iPad may not be cannibalizing Mac sales, but it’s putting the smackdown on the entire PC market — and not just networks, UBS analyst Maynard Um told clients in a note today — as reported by “All Things D” (http://digitaldaily.allthingsd.com/20100908/forget-netbooks-ipad-cannibalizing-entire-pc-industry/?mod=ATD_rss).

Apple has released Safari 5.0.2 (http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1070). The 37.56MB download requires Mac OS X 10.5.8 or Windows XP/Vista/7.

According to Apple, the update contains improvements to compatibility and security. You can obtain it via the Software Update component of Mac OS X’s Systems Preferences app.

Apple has released MobileMe iDisk 1.2.1 for the iPhone, iPod touch and iPad. It’s available at the Apple App Store.

According to Apple, MobileMe iDisk 1.2.1 fixes an issue that prevented some Keynote files and other package files from opening properly on the iPad. It also corrects a problem where rotated images wouldn’t display properly, and improves overall performance and stability.