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Apple says that its pre-orders of its iPhone 4S have crossed one million mark in a single day, surpassing the previous single day pre-order record of 600,000 held by iPhone 4. “We are blown away with the incredible customer response to iPhone 4S,” said Philip Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing. “The first day pre-orders for iPhone 4S have been the most for any new product that Apple has ever launched and we are thrilled that customers love iPhone 4S as much as we do.”

iPhone 4S was introduced with Apple’s dual-core A5 chip for fast performance. It has new

image iPhone 4S pre order sold out sold out within hours of commencement of booking
Apple has sold out its pre order stocks within hours of booking launch. The booking strated at 1201 (PDT). AT&T received more than 200,000 orders within 12 hours says Bloomberg. The current delivery time now stands between one to two weeks. The iPhone 4S is available in 16GB, 32GB, and64GB. Each model costs $199, $299, and $399 with a two-year contract.

Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster says that Apple could sell 25 million handsets in the current quarter.
image A true American innovator – Steve Jobs (1955-2011)
In today’s tough economic conditions, if any company can churn out more and more revenues, quarter after quarter, it must be Apple! Whether global stock markets go up or down due to the sub-prime or Euorzone debt crisis, Apple continues to improve its market valuations. New product innovation which is difficult to replicate has been the real winner for the Apple. And the credit for all this goes to only and only Steve Jobs!

His life story has inspired countless individuals and organization. A spirit of true American legendary innovator which is really hard to find in these days of ‘copy-pa
image Amazon tries to set rival tabs on ‘Fire’ with new Android based Kindle priced $ 199
Amazon unveiled its much awaited Kindle Fire tablet computer, taking aim at Apple Inc.’s bestselling iPad with a device that’s smaller and less than half the price. The Kindle Fire has a 7-inch display and sells for $199, compared with $499 for Apple’s cheapest iPad. The device will run on Google Inc.’s Android software.

"We've now reached the magical two-digit price point for Kindle - twice: the new Kindle and Kindle Touch are only $79 and $99. Kindle Touch 3G is the new top of the line e-reader with free 3G - no monthly fees or annual contracts - and is only $149," said Jeff Bezos, Amaz
image Apple sends press invites for iPhone 5 curtain raiser scheduled on October 4
Apple has sent invitation to press for showcasing its new iphone 5 device. With a simple invite captioned "Let's talk iPhone," the invitation said that there will be an "executive presentation at 10 a.m."

This will be first big event by Apple where its iconic Steve Jobs will not be present. This will be the first big product introduction by the Tim Cook, the new chief executive. The event will be held at Apple campus in Cupertino, California.
image Google+ emerges as third largest social media site
As per Hitwise analysts, Google+ tallied attracted nearly 15 million visitors in the week after it opened its site for public and removed ‘invitation only’ tag. In the previous week approximately 1.1 million logged in to the site. Hitwise research director Heather Dougherty wrote in his blog that it improved its ranking from 54th most visited site in our Social Networking and Forums category to 8th place.

He says, “Opening access created a massive spike in market share of visits for the site, with a 1269% growth from the week ending September 17th to the week of September 24th. The evolutio
image HTC unveils news smart phone Rhyme
HTC unveiled new smart phone Rhyme. The Android-powered Rhyme will go on sale in the United States on September 29. It will cost US$199 (S$251) and will be available through Verizon Wireless.

The Rhyme, which runs the latest version of Google's Android software known as Gingerbread, will go on sale in Europe and Asia in October. “HTC Rhyme represents an entirely new approach, based on recognition that there is a substantial group of consumers who want their phones to be more personal and complimentary to every moment of their day,” said Scott Croyle, vice president of design, HTC.
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