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iPhone sales set record, double in Asia, Japan

Apple sold 14.1 million iPhones (the most ever) for the fiscal 2010 fourth quarter that ended Sept. 25. iPhone sales more than doubled in the Asia/Pacific and Japan regions.

The iPhone saw 91% year-over-year growth. compared to 64% growth for smartphone overall in the quarter (per IDC’s stats). The iPhone now has 166 carriers in 89 countries. With the iPhone 4, the Apple smartphone has gone from 60% to nearly 80% of Fortune 500 countries, says Apple Chief Financial Officer Peter Oppenheimer. In fiscal 2010, sold over 40 million iPhones — an increase of 93% year-over-year.

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iPhone/iPod/iPad apps for Oct. 18

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/).

TeamLava has announced its free social diner game, Restaurant Story, for iOS devices. Users are given a persistent restaurant to design and style, with ever-increasing amounts of content to create their ideal theme restaurant.

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Greg’s Bite: iPad eats into the PC market

By Greg Mills

The PC world has strangely stopped worrying — at least publicly — so much about the iPad and the tablet market in general. At least for now.  

Frankly, the underlying problem for PC tablets is that in addition to being caught completely flatfooted in the smart phone software market, Microsoft has also hopelessly bungled the tablet revolution as well. It appears Microsoft is doomed to ride the PC into the ground while the smartphone and tablet markets take over the consumer computer market.

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MacTech Conference 2012: Schedule

Unlike many other conferences, MacTech conference doesn’t hem anyone into rigid structures. We don’t force talks to conform to an arbitrary block of time that works for the conference, but not the presenter. Due to this, we list approximate times, but it’s best to look at schedule as more of a ‘running order.’ Think of it like the set list for a rock concert. This invites discussion from participants and allows a natural flow to the event.

Detailed Color Coded by Track Schedule

For a full view of the schedule, color coded by track, this is best done on our

Calendar Web Page

If you’d like to subscribe via iCal, there are four calendars you should subscribe to:

Subscribe to General Schedule

Subscribe to IT Sessions Schedule

Subscribe to Dev Sessions Schedule

Subscribe to Special Activities

For travel planning purposes, here are a couple of times you may want to know.

Wed, Oct 17th:

8am: Conference Registration

10am: Keynote Begins

Schedule includes dinner and evening activities.

Thu, Oct 18th:

8am: Breakfast

9am: Presentations begin

Schedule includes dinner and evening event party.

Fri, Oct 19th:

8:30am: Breakfast

Approximately 12:30pm: Main Sessions conclude

Approximately 12:30pm – 4pm: Additional post-event activities.

4pm: All Conference Activities Conclude.

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