Apple Marketshare hits 6.81%

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Fortune says that Apple’s share of the operating system market grew 3.34% in November to hit a record 6.81%, according to the results of a Net Applications survey. “Net Applications’ monthly surveys do not measure market share in terms of computer systems sold, rather, they sample data from visitors to some 40,000 websites operated by their clients. As such, their findings are probably better described as a snapshot of installed base taken from a less than random sample.

NBC is Out, is Apple Hurting?

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Last week all NBC content was officially removed from the iTunes Store, however according to a Forrester Research Study, the move may be hurting Apple more than NBC. According to analysts for Forrest, 30% of all video downloads on iTunes were NBC shows and the percentage of people who buy videos from iTunes is still relatively low.There is also a lot of competition in the Video world compared to Music with Amazon unbox (not mac compatible) and free streaming ad supported shows from the networks.

30,000 iPhones Sold in France in one week

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France Telecom has announced that Orange has sold nearly 30,000 iPhones in France since the launch on November 29th. Could the iPhone's popularity in France have anything to do with that it's currently the only place you can buy an unlocked iPhone?

T-mobile Re-Locks iPhone in Germany

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The temporary injunction which required T-mobile to start selling unlocked iPhones in Germany has been overturned. The unlocked iPhone sold for the outrageous price of 999 Europ compared to the standard 399 Europ price for a two year contract with T-mobile. As a result, the unlocked iPhone will no longer be available in Europe.

iPhone Visual Voicemail Under Fire

Apple was recently hit with a $360 Million paten infringement lawsuit from Klausner Technologies who claim ownership of multiple patents covering the Visual Voicemail found in the iPhone. Klausner claims to have already provided visual voicemail technologies to both AOL and Vonage and has been successful in litigation the protection of these patents in the past.

Google Services Just Got Easier to Access for iPhone Owners

Google has announced that they have released a new web-based application for the iPhone that integrates all of it's services. Now whenever a user visits google.com on an iphone they will be given the interface that will allow them access to search, Gmail, calendar, reader and more

Is iPhone v.1.1.3 around the corner?

TUAW is reporting that a firmware upgrade is about to be released for the iPhone that would bring voice recording and disk mode features to the iPhone. They say the update could come as early as Saturday, December 8th but the question always remains, what functionality will be lost by the new update. Will we will be able to easily add ringtones by renaming file extensions and will third party apps and unlocked phones still work? TIme will tell, if you have a hacked iPhone, proceed with caution.