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iPhone 5 supply runs short in India

by Mike Schramm (Nov 6th, 2012)

The iPhone 5 officially launched in India last Friday, and just a day later, stores were selling out of their stock. Don't get too excited. Indian sources note only about 15,000 phones were made available for that market, so a sellout isn't too surprising. There were about 100,000 phones made ...

Apple reportedly readying iTunes Match for Japan

by Mike Schramm (Feb 22nd, 2012)

Japanese Mac site Macotakara notes that the Japanese version of iTunes has been updated with a "Purchased" tab via iTunes in the Cloud, which also suggests that Apple is about to launch an official version of iTunes Match in Japan. iCloud has been up and running in Japan for some time, but only ...

Survey: Consumers are replacing other computers with iPad

by Mike Schramm (May 8th, 2010)

So, now that both versions of the iPad are out and available, it's probably time to ask the question: does a device like this replace another computer, or is it an entirely new category? Back during the announcement, Jobs was adamant that it was definitely a netbook replacement ("Netbooks aren't ...

Rumor: Apple's iTravel being previewed in other markets

by Mike Schramm (May 4th, 2010)

Last week, Patently Apple got a hint of a new app/service from Apple called iTravel, an official app that would allow you to make and check-in travel reservations with just your iPhone. Apparently it's farther along than we thought, because a new app co-sponsored by Apple in a Montreal newspaper ...

Apple hires two more for mobile ad sales

by Mike Schramm (Feb 5th, 2010)

In addition to their Quattro Wireless buy last month, Apple has picked up two more new employees that seems like additions to an incoming mobile advertising business. Theo Theodorou was picked up from Microsoft's mobile advertising sales department and will head sales in Europe, the Middle East, ...

Video of games on the iPad, and what developers plan to do with them

by Mike Schramm (Jan 28th, 2010)

Unfortunately, we weren't able to attend the event in San Francisco yesterday, but our good friends at Joystiq were, and they've brought back this video of Need for Speed: Shift [iTunes link] and a few other games running on the iPad. Not only can you see how the accelerometer works (exactly the ...