Verizon sold more than 4.2 million iPhone contracts

More than 4.2 milion users decided for Verizon CDMA network as their choice, during the last quarter 2011. The rising demand for Verizon iPhone offer. clearly shows that Verizon is successfully attracting both new and old iOS users, onto their nation wide carrier network. Interestingly, it took them only a relatively short time to attract exceptionally high number of iPhone users.

During the third quarter of the last year,more than 2 million users decided to take an Verizon iPhone with a contract, which is a number only slighlty behind AT&T’s 2.7 million iPhone users in the same period. To remind you, AT&T is much longer in the iPhone business, as they have offered Apple’s smartphones all the way since it was launched for the first time, back in 2007.

iPhone 5,completely different according to analysts

One more prediction is circling among Apple fans: Apple’s next iPhone, iPhone 5 will be a completely redesigned device. According to analyst Shaw Wu of “Sterne Agee”, iPhone 5 will be more important for Apple than iPad 3 tablet, and much more important than Apples secretive iTV project. iPhone is the most important Apple product and their main source of revenue. Apple’s profit from iPhone can also grow rapidly in the near future, with a total addressable market as high as 1.5 billion smartphones annually.

New book “Inside Apple”, coming soon

“Inside Apple” is a new book authored by Adam Lashinsky which should hit the market end of this month. This book will delve in into Apple’s business culture and the secret of today’s most successful company in the world. It will also mention Apple University and the secretive retreat for Apple’s upper management which takes place every year. According to the book promotional material,the book will cover Apple’s way of innovative leadership and continual product and services improvement.

Apple working on iPad 3 tablet with much larger battery capacity

According to Digi Times, which is a well known Taiwanese Apple blog with good inside sources, Apple is working on a new battery for the next iPad 3 model. According to this rumor, new iPad 3 will have battery capacity twice larger than what is now possible. The same blog is also a source of the speculations about Apple releasing as much as three new tablet models, which would supposedly cater to different market segments: low, middle and high end tablets. The most expensive and best tablet could have this new battery, with significantly increased capacity.

Apple working on two new different iPad tablets?

After different rumors on a possible new 7.85” iPad tablet, we now heard another rumor mentioning at least two new models, coming with larger screens of 9.7” which will have QXGA graphic resolution and a unique light bar design. According to this rumor, which isn’t convincing in our opinion, these iPad models could be announced on 26 January already, at Apple’s annual iWorld event. Some analysts claim Apple’s strategy is based on forking out their tablet products to cover wide range of users. Essentially, Apple wants to announce different tablets which should cover entry, middle and high end market segments.

Apple releases iTunes Match introduction video

Cupertino has made available a brand new homepage for the new iTunes Match service. This new Apple website contains a wide with a short walk trough on this new, cloud based service.

This is how iTunes Match functions.

Apple offers traditional Christmas giveaways in United Kingdom

As every year Apple is offering their traditional Christmas offerings which will last for next twelve days. At the time being, this is intended for iOS users in UK only. If you have an iPhone or iPad and you are located in UK you can now enjoy in a great selection of music videos, apps and books for free. Every download you get will be available only one full day. After 24 hours it wont be available until you purchase it. Apple has made available a special Christmas Giveaway tool which will help you to control your downloaded stuff and access it easier while you are on the run. If you are not a proud owner of iPhone or iPad, don’t sweat it. Apple is making the same offer available to desktop computer users as well.

Apple probably unsuccessful in getting sales ban for Samsung’s modified Galaxy Tab tablet

Apple has slim chances to win injunction against Samsung’s Galaxy tablet in Germany, according to a statement made by a judge in Dusseldorf. The same court has earlier this year blocked Samsung from selling the tablet on the German market. The reason for this decision was the alleged similarity between Galaxy Tab and Apple’s iPad tablet. Later on, Samsung complied with the judge and slightly tweaked their tablet. These small changes helped Samsung to avoid the troublesome ban.

Explosions in Pegatron iPad 2 manufacturing plant

Many rumors have arose this year about less than ideal conditions for workers employed in iPad and iPhone manufacturing factories. Among worse of the stories was the one which speculated about the high suicide rate among Foxconn employees prompting swift measures by Apple and Foxconn itself. Now there is another gruesome story about an incident in Apple producing facilities in mainland China. This time a terrible explosion happened in Pegatron plants which caused injuries of various degrees on more than 60 people, in Shanghai’s industrial park of Songjiang. 23 of those workers have been less fortunate as the injuries were so sever that they had to be hospitalized. Among other electronics, this plant is for manufacturing iPad 2 back panels.

Apple offers a free game download, get Bejeweled for free!

It seems that somebody in Apple is recently feeling quite generously. Apple was recently giving away a number of free games like the ‘Where is my Water’ game, and now Tim Cook and his team are again feeling generously so they have decided to offer gifts for iPhone and iPad users who ‘like’ Apple’s Facebook page.

If you didn’t play Bejeweled earlier and you think you would enjoy this game, simply visit Apple’s Facebook page and like it. After you ‘Like’ it follow the link ‘Get Your Free App’. The price of Bejeweled is otherwise not too high at $0.99. Still a gift is a gift, and who does nto enjoy in a gift however small it appears to be?