Telephone and Telecommunication News Blog October Archive

Apple stocks go up by 9%

By Website Introductions at 10/22/08 15:11

Soaring iPhone sales lifted up quarterly profits of Apple, making its stock value in the Nasdaq go up by as much as 9%. Apple reached its iPhone sales target earlier than what was predicted after it sold more than 6 million units last quarter.

Steve Jobs assured the investors of the company that despite the ongoing recession, Apple will pull off this crisis resiliently.

News: Bloomberg.com: U.S.

Apple iPhone, Meet Your Match

The new phone from Google that runs on the android operating system may just be what they say it is. a group of testers actually did a trial run of all of the apps for the phone.

I did think one was kind of strange and unnecessary. It is a tracker that lets you know where your friends are without calling them! That could be a little iffy in some situations. Maybe I misunderstood the application's use. Read this article for more details on the apps, Attack of the androids: Google's new phone - Times Online .

iphone Apps not living up to expectations

When the iphone first came out people expected Apple to be all over programming new and useful applications that would make the lives of phone users easier. That seems to not be the case. The top apps on the iphone, 75% to be exact consist of games.

So where are all of the individual developers that were planning on developing apps? One useful thing that the Apple apps store does offer is a spreadsheet app. I am not sure how that would be super beneficial, but at least it is something. Visit this link for more, Finally, You Can Create Spreadsheets On Your iPhone - washingtonpost.com.