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	Analyst: Half of iPad Mini sales will be cannibalizations Apple's lower-priced iPad Mini will significantly cannibalize sales of the company's full-sized iPad, with up to half of customers opting for the smaller tablet, an analyst argued today. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Google Google Apps for Business Do more for less with your team using Google Apps. Custom web-based email, calendars, and documents to easily share & work together in the cloud. Start with a free 30-day trial! In this Issue Apple aims to stay atop tablet mountain Top Apple iOS and retail executives to leave company Apple sells 27 million iPhones but misses profit forecast Apple: No new iMacs for you iPad Mini stock dwindles, supplies to remain tight Apple adds Retina to 13-in. MacBook Pro, makes iMac customers wait iPhone sales boom but iPad disappoints Wall Street iPhone jailbreaking still legal in US, but don't meddle with an iPad iPad mini first look: Tiny, light but not perfect Samsung does not infringe on Apple's multitouch patent, Dutch court rules The human costs of the iPad Mini: Chemical smells, unpaid overtime, constant work Sharon Machlis: Do I want an iPad Mini? Jonny Evans: Casino royale: Apple, Samsung betting on a post-PC world Jonny Evans: Decoding Apple's iPad mini news -- a PC for the rest of us Preston Gralla: Needed: A 7-inch Microsoft Surface or other 7-inch Windows RT tablet to compete with the iPad mini Richi Jennings: As iPad mini pre-orders start, sales fell 18% Jonny Evans: Pride: Apple's biggest weakness gives Amazon Kindle easy fire in the iPad mini war JR Raphael: iPad Mini vs. Nexus 7: Don't sound the death gong yet Jonny Evans: iOS chief Scott Forstall out, Jony Ive to lead future Apple user interface design RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: AT&T Voice Transformation: Taking the First Steps Voice has been - and will continue to be - a foundational component in business communications. But the aging, disconnected voice infrastructures of today are doing more than just impeding productivity, they're impeding progress. Find out in this AT&T article how to transform voice communication in your enterprise today. Click Here Apple aims to stay atop tablet mountain Apple has already sold 100 million iPads and the rollout this week of the iPad Mini will only add fuel to that fire, says columnist Ryan Faas. Read More Top Apple iOS and retail executives to leave company Two of Apple's top executives are leaving the company: Scott Forstall, who has overseen the iOS platform that runs the iPhone and iPad, will leave Apple next year, and John Browett, senior vice president of retail, is leaving sooner, Apple said Monday. Read More Apple sells 27 million iPhones but misses profit forecast Apple sold 27 million iPhones and 14 million iPads in the last quarter of 2012, swelling its revenue by 27 percent, but its profits fell short of what analysts had been expecting. Read More Apple: No new iMacs for you Although Apple on Tuesday unveiled redesigned iMac desktop computers, it has none to sell, nor is it taking pre-orders for the slimmer, higher-priced all-in-one. Read More iPad Mini stock dwindles, supplies to remain tight Apple kick-started pre-orders of the iPad Mini early today, and within hours, sold out the white model in all three Wi-Fi configurations. Read More Apple adds Retina to 13-in. MacBook Pro, makes iMac customers wait Along with the long-rumored iPad Mini, Apple yesterday also refreshed its two best-selling Macs, the 13-in. MacBook Pro and the iMac. Read More iPhone sales boom but iPad disappoints Wall Street Apple on Thursday announced record revenue on the back of booming iPhone sales, but for the second quarter in a row iPad sales came up short of Wall Street's expectations. Read More iPhone jailbreaking still legal in US, but don't meddle with an iPad Modifying Apple's iPhone software to install applications not approved by Apple will still be legal under new exemptions to take effect on Sunday in the U.S., but illegal for an iPad and other tablets. Read More iPad mini first look: Tiny, light but not perfect The iPad mini doesn't arrive in stores until November 2, but we got to spend some time with one on Tuesday after Apple's media event at the California Theater in San Jose. Our conclusion: Yes, it's a small iPad--but there's more (and less) to it than that. Here are our hands-on impressions. Read More WEBCAST: Oracle Optimizing Data Center Infrastructure IDC's proven ROI methodology makes the business case, with quantifiable financial benefits, to refresh data center systems infrastructure. Learn more Samsung does not infringe on Apple's multitouch patent, Dutch court rules Samsung's Galaxy devices don't infringe on an Apple multitouch patent that describes technology that prevents smartphone users from pushing two on-screen buttons at the same time, the Court of the Hague ruled on Wednesday. The technique used in Android is sufficiently different from Apple's patent, the judge said. Read More The human costs of the iPad Mini: Chemical smells, unpaid overtime, constant work As Apple prepares to start selling its new iPad Mini, workers at a Chinese factory that manufactures the product have been enduring chemical fumes, 12-hour work shifts and alleged company mismanagement as they assemble the new device. Read More Sharon Machlis: Do I want an iPad Mini? The Mini has some compelling features, but I'm still not sure I want one. It depends in part on how its relatively low screen resolution and processor speed fare in real-world use. Read More Jonny Evans: Casino royale: Apple, Samsung betting on a post-PC world Apple and Samsung continue to be locked in conflict, with Samsung winning one round in the Dutch court while the ITU declares in favor of Apple in another. The importance of what's at stake cannot be underestimated: the post-PC age is upon us, and the old guard of PC manufacturers are tottering -- even HP is worried, refusing to allow its staff to bring their own devices to work in case they choose non-HP gadgets. Read More Jonny Evans: Decoding Apple's iPad mini news -- a PC for the rest of us The Apple master plan isn't always clear, but decoding a few moments during yesterday's iPad and iPad mini launch event gives us a few hints at where the company is going: at its simplest, the company isn't just fighting to dominate the tablet market -- it intends to dominate the future PC market, too. Read More Preston Gralla: Needed: A 7-inch Microsoft Surface or other 7-inch Windows RT tablet to compete with the iPad mini As Microsoft prepares to unleash a Windows 8 and Windows RT tablet assault, there's one thing notably missing: a 7-inch RT tablet to compete with the just-announced iPad mini and slews of 7-inch Android tablets. Without that missing piece, it will be hard for Microsoft gain a big tablet market share. Read More Richi Jennings: As iPad mini pre-orders start, sales fell 18% Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) admits iPad sales fell by almost 18% quarter-on-quarter. That may explain why its profits were less than expected. Nevertheless, iPad mini pre-orders "sold out" of the initial release (whatever that means), as pundits predict the pricey pomaceousnessss will prevail. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers discuss the 7- or 8-inch BYOD market. Read More Jonny Evans: Pride: Apple's biggest weakness gives Amazon Kindle easy fire in the iPad mini war Amazon [AMZN] is taking the fight to Apple [AAPL], comparing the iPad mini to the Kindle Fire HD and claiming to offer a superior product. The move reflects the critical nature of the post-PC battle to stake a claim in the future of IT. Read More JR Raphael: iPad Mini vs. Nexus 7: Don't sound the death gong yet Apple may be painting the iPad Mini as the death-blow to Google's Nexus 7, but outside of the company's magical force field, its grandiose claims don't hold much weight. Read More Jonny Evans: iOS chief Scott Forstall out, Jony Ive to lead future Apple user interface design Apple's executive reshuffle is an expression of one year's work by Tim Cook to identify those who can help the company forward, to ensure focus isn't on internal politics, but on the main mission of the company: "Everything we do at Apple is aimed at making our products the best in the world." Read More
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