Steve Jobs has allegedly told a Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) government official exactly why no retail store is planned for the country — ”super crazy” import taxes, he wrote in an e-mail, according to to the “ifoAppleStore” site (http://www.ifoapplestore.com/db/2010/03/15/no-to-retail-store-in-brazil-high-tariffs/).
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After the initial burst of excitement on Friday that saw iPad pre-orders coming in at the rate of 25,000 per hour, there was a dramatic fall-off over the weekend. Friday was when the Apple device was available for pre-order.
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If you buy an iPad and the battery conks out, Apple will replace it with a new iPad, Apple says on a web page called “Battery Replacement Service” (http://www.apple.com/support/ipad/service/battery/).
According to the page, if your iPad requires service due to the battery’s diminished ability to hold an electrical charge, Apple will replace your iPad for a service fee. The service costs $99, plus $6.95 shipping. The total cost is $105.95 per unit.
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PA Semi founder and CEO, Dan Dobberpuhl, has apparently left Apple to join a Silicon Valley startup company founded by other former PA Semi employee, although exactly when he left is uncertain, as reported by CNET (http://news.cnet.com/8301-13924_3-10465618-64.html).
Dobberpuhl isn’t alone. Other key PA Semi team members have left Apple, including one of PA Semi’s leading members, Mark Hayter, adds “CNET.”
Read MoreFourth quarter mobile handset sales almost always outpace the performance seen in the rest of a year. But according to the latest market data from ABI Research (http://www.abiresearch.com), the final quarter of 2009 was remarkable for the strength of smartphone shipment growth compared to the rather lackluster preceding nine months.