Next iPad on track for spring, new iPhone to launch in summer

Apple is lining up suppliers for its annual update to the iPad and iPhone, according to several reports in Asian business journals. The Taiwan-based DigiTimes, which frequently breaks news from the Apple supply chain, reported Friday that Apple has doubled the number of suppliers it uses for some iPad components and told them to begin production in late February. Mass shipments will then begin in April, the report said. That would coincide with the one-year anniversary of the iPad, when Apple is expected to release the next generation of the path breaking tablet. Equally anticipated is the iPhone 5, which looks to be the first to launch simultaneously on both AT&T and Verizon Wireless in the US. Given the astronomical sales, Apple is striking a hard bargain...

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iPhone, iPad leading Android in mobile enterprise adoption

Enterprise mobile services vendor Good Technology reports iPhone 4 became the leading mobile device among its enterprise customers in the first month following its launch, with iPad helping Apple account for more than half of all its new enterprise device activations this summer. Good provides push messaging, device management and security products for corporate mobile users, serving as an alternative to RIM's BlackBerry Enterprise Server. As such, Good supports mobile platforms outside of RIM's own, including Microsoft's Windows Mobile, Symbian, and adding relatively new support for iPhone and Android in December of 2009. "As the leader in multi-platform enterprise mobility, security, and management," the report said, "Good has a clear view into enterprise adoption and support...

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Apple now the largest mobile phone vendor in the world by revenue

With sales of its iPhone handset and accessories hitting $10.47 billion in the winter 2010 quarter, Apple has now surpassed Nokia to become the world's largest mobile phone maker in terms of revenue. Nokia's most recently reported quarter saw its Devices & Services division bringing in 7.17 billion Euros ($9.7 billion), and the company projects Q4 sales of 8.2 to 8.7 billion Euros ($11.4 to $11.7 billion), but this includes more than just its smartphone sales. Nokia's Devices & Services folds in the company's line of handheld mobile computers, tablets and other devices falling within its Mobile Solutions group, as well as its global sales of non-smart feature phones in its Mobile Phones unit, as well as a Markets unit that manages the company's Ovi-branded services ranging from email...

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iPad 2 will have the same cameras as the iPod touch

Oh, hello. We’ve done some digging in the latest SDK it looks like Apple’s much rumored second-generation iPad will not feature some fancy 5 megapixel camera, but will instead shoot your flicks and take your pics with something close to a 1 megapixel camera. That’s awfully close to the fourth-generation iPod touch’s 0.7 megapixel back camera so we speculate they could be the same thing. That means you’ll be able to take some unwieldy 720P video with your iPad (whether you’ll be able to view that 720P video natively is another question).As for the front, it’s VGA, just like the iPhone 4 and fourth-generation iPod touch. The front-facer for FaceTime and taking pictures of yourself will do video recording too, if you had any doubts. As for how we are making the connection? Sources...

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