The next iteration of the Mac operating system, OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion could be headed for a launch in the last week of July, specifically July 22nd, if Apple employee vacation blackouts are to be believed. According to MacRumors, Apple has put in place a vacation blackout for retail employees from July 22nd to July 29th, to support an unspecified event. There is no word on what the event is, but the vacation blackout suggests that a new product will be unveiled in Apple Stores.
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Rumor: Mac OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion Set For July 22nd Release
An iPad Retail Display; The Coolest Bar Ever?
A new listing has appeared on eBay featuring a genuine Apple Retail Store Display for the iPad 2 which can be bought for a mere $400. The display is approximately five feet tall and 4 feet wide, featuring a face on display panel for the iPad 2 as well as a plexiglass product cover. The display also features sliding glass doors and, perhaps even cooler, a laser cut black metal Apple iPad logo on the top.
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New Apple Store Link Highlights Statutory Seller Warranty In EU
The Apple Store went down overnight and, disappointingly for some, came back with no big changes or new products. However, one change was that notable for many European Online Apple Stores, such as the UK Apple Store, was the addition of a small link at the bottom of the page which, in English speaking countries, is labelled ‘Statutory Seller Warranty’. The link takes customers to a page which details statutory warranty rights for consumers who buy Apple products in the European Union.
The statutory warranty in the EU, laid down by consumer law, gives consumers protection in addition to the coverage offered by Apple’s product warranties. One notable difference between the what Apple offers and what is stated in EU law relates to the time period that consumers have when they wish to make a claim against a product warranty. As detailed by the document on the Apple site, there is a 2 year warranty claim period under EU Consumer Law whereas Apple only offers a 1 year warranty from date of purchase for customers outwith the EU.
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New iPad Gets A Second Wind Tomorrow
In the second wave release for the new iPad, the device will be going on sale in an additional 25 countries tomorrow. This follows on from the March 16th launch of the device in the United States, Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Japan, Singapore, Switzerland and the UK, along with Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands.
For those of you who have been eagerly awaiting the launch of the third generation iPad in your country, and according to Apple’s press release on the subject, the new iPad will be hitting Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Macau, Mexico, The Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain and Sweden tomorrow.
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Apple Has A ‘Record’ Weekend
Apple today held an investor conference call in which CEO Tim Cook has noted that the launch of the new iPad set a new record and that the company was thrilled with the response to the new device. However, the company is not releasing any figures as to how many units of the new iPad were sold.
While the response to the new iPad may well have set a new record, they didn’t offer any clarification on exactly what the record was. It could either refer to the launch of previous iPads or indeed any previous mobile Apple device such as the iPhone or the iPad. Certainly, anecdotal reports from shoppers around the US have indicated that Apple has done a very good job keeping up with the demand for the iPad in Apple Retail Stores, with lines nowhere near the size of those for the iPad 2.
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Confirmed: Apple Stores Opening Early For New iPad Launch
Some new artwork which has been photographed by a 9to5Mac source seems to state that Apple Retail Stores will be opening early on March 16 for the launch of the new iPad. This confirms information that we received on March 9th suggesting that Apple would be putting special arrangements in place for the launch and that Retail Stores would be opening early, both on the day of the launch and, from what we are hearing, possibly several days after as shipments continue to arrive.
This arrangement echoes the launch of the iPad 2 in which we discovered that some Apple retail stores were choosing to open one hour early, although it was an arrangement decided by the stores themselves rather than an overarching policy set in place by Apple.
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Apple Finally Lets Go Of White MacBook
Apple has started to make the final arrangements for removing all traces of the white polycarbonate MacBook from its inventory (via MacRumors). The company stopped selling the 13 inch white MacBook to consumers last year but continued to offer it as an option to educational institutions through the Apple Institutional Purchase Program. However, as of this month, Apple has now categorized the white MacBook as ‘End of Life” and is completely ceasing distribution of the device.
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Apple Stops Online Sales Of iPad 2 3G And iPhone 4 In Germany (Updated)
Legal action by Motorola and directed towards Apple has forced the company to remove some models of the iPhone and iPad from the Apple Online Store in Germany (via Businessweek). The problems stem from an injunction secured by Motorola which states that Apple allegedly infringed upon patents related to 3G devices. As a result, sales of 3G Apple devices through the online store which infringed the patent were stopped.
Not all 3G devices were affected by the ruling and, as a result, the iPhone 4S remains available to purchase through the online store. However, the iPad 2 3G version, the iPhone 4 and the iPhone 3GS have all been pulled from the Apple online store in Germany. It should be noted, however, that the withdrawal does not affect physical retail stores in Germany and, as such, consumers looking to purchase the pulled devices are still free to walk in and purchase them at Apple Stores throughout the country.
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Apple Wins, HP Loses In The PC Market
Apple has pulled ahead of Hewlett Packard as the largest vendor of PCs in the world, thanks to its Q4 iPad sales. Steve Jobs may have declared it the “post-PC era,” but Apple just became the biggest maker of personal computers in the world… though it mostly has the iPad to thank for that.
Cupertino pulled ahead of the Packard in the fourth quarter – beating out HP, Lenovo, Acer and Dell in the race for client PC market share. According to a report by the market research firm Canalys, Apple shipped more than 15 million iPads and 5 million Mac computers in the quarter ending 31 December 2011 – representing 17 per cent of the total 120 million client PCs shipped globally in Q4.
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Festive Shipping Deadlines For Apple Store
Apple has posted a new webpage detailing the deadlines for ordering and shipping Apple products via the Online Store over the festive period. The document, shown here on the US Apple Store, breaks down the major Apple product families and states the dates by which engraved and un-engraved products should be ordered by so that consumers can receive them by Christmas.
Interestingly, the Store indicates that people can order non-personalized iPods, iPads and as-sold Apple TV’s right up until December 21st (using expedited shipping). However, the iPhone 4S is still in such high demand that the last day for orders of the iPhone 4S in time for Christmas is actually December 5th. Any orders after that date cannot be guaranteed for Christmas delivery.
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