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For those who registered in Apple's MobileMe between July 9th and July 15th, Apple is offering a 30 days extension as an "i'm sorry" gift for all the problems that occur this last week.

Official note here

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Medialets, a company that got off the ground June 1, is providing a mechanism for developers to include ads in their applications and make them free to iPhone users on the App Store. Revenues are split between Medialets and the developer—Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) gets none. Developers need to drop a code into their applications for the ads to show up correctly and allow for Medialets to offer metrics and tracking info on each ad campaign's performance.

It sounds like just the kind of thing Apple wouldn't tolerate: a company partnering with others to offer applications for free on its App Store and then monetizing their work through ads. But Medialets CEO Eric Litman says that's exactly the case and that none of the advertising revenue will go to Apple's coffers. "It's in Apple's best interest" to see developers prosper on the new distribution model, Litman said. Perhaps it doesn't hurt that the longtime online executive worked at NeXT Computer Inc., a company founded by Steve Jobs in 1985 after he left Apple Computer.

By the way, the release of the App Store is schedule for today! I'm waiting....

Source: http://www.moconews.net

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Vodafone has closed a deal with Apple to distribute iPhone in ten countries: Australia, the Czech Republic, Egypt, Greece, Italy, India, Portugal, New Zealand, South Africa and Turkey.

This means that Apple has broke the deal with TIM to sell the iPhone exclusively on Italy.

Source: Reuters

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Apple’s iPhone is expected to be released into Canada later this year. It will be launched with Rogers Communications, the largest and only GSM carrier in the country.

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Mobilestance has a great article with a couple arguments explaining why 2008 will be the year of QR codes in the United States.

The main idea is:

- Apple: it has created a near perfect platform for a QR reade: its iPhone (two megapixel camera, public SDK, bullet-proof distribution model, and most importantly, a highly-attractive, early-adopting, data-hungry user base).

- Google: Android mobile platform will have a non-proprietary QR Code reader embedded.

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An internal memo reported by Engadget reads: "Due to the highly successful sales of the Apple 8GB I-Phone [sic], supply chain have today run out of stock & will not be replenishing stock of this product as it has now gone to end of life."

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Apple released its Q1 result numbers yesterday (Apr 23): earnings rose 36% on a 42.5% increase in sales. Part of this was credit to the good sales of Macintosh computers: company has sold 2.29 million Macs, just a little less than the 2.32 million it sold during the previous period.

These numbers are a surprise, since U.S. economy is currently in a downturn, especially in the consume of high-end products, such Macs.

source: BusinessWeek

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