Mobile Orchard

Foxconn is expected to ship 20 million iPad 2s in the 3rd quarter. Apple releases iOS 5 Beta 7 to developers. Sprint tells employees to keep quiet about the iPhone. iTunes Match music streaming feature removed from iOS 5 Beta 7. Financial Times app removed from App Store.

The cloud.tv guys are at it again. Their first Android app, Cloudskipper, had over 400,000 installs in the first 3 months. They have announced their new app: HD Widgets – the first customizable widgets made exclusively for Honeycomb tablets. These highly detailed widgets set the bar for the next generation of Android companies intent on [...]

Aatma Studio, an animation and visual effects firm out of San Francisco has released their vision of the iPhone 5. Some of the features their concept includes are a laser keyboard and holographic display. Check out their computer generated concept:

The Tampa Bay Bucs are using iPad 2s for their playbooks and game film. Rumor has it that T-Mobile is also getting the iPhone 5. AirPlay mirroring is supposedly iOS 5s “most exciting feature”. Hopefully they can do better than that. “Nothing is going to change” with Steve Jobs stepping down and Tim Cook taking [...]

According to the Wall Street Journal, Sprint is going to be offering the iPhone 5 starting mid-October. As someone who used to work for Sprint at their headquarters hopefully this will help curb the layoffs they are known so well for in the Kansas City area. The deal could help prop up the nation’s third-largest [...]

Last week BGR reported that testing of an LTE enabled iPhone was underway. Now MacRumors has an article showing proof that there is 4G LTE test code in the iOS 5 developer build. Source: Apple Testing LTE in iOS 5 and Hiring More LTE Engineers

Pre-orders for iPhone 5 to start on September 30, launch on October 7. Apple would like to ban Samsung Galaxy smartphones and tablets in Europe. That was 1.2 billion well spent, HP to discontinue line of webOS devices including the recently released TouchPad tablet. Apple executes warrant to seize counterfeit products being sold in New [...]

It took Mickey Ds almost 26 years to reach 15 billion burgers sold, and about 46 years to hit 100 billion. That means Apple hit the 15 billion mark about 9x faster than McDonald’s. And based on projections, Apple could hit 100 billion within five and a half years, or about 9x faster than McDonalds. [...]

It is being reported that the iPhone 5 or 4S, whatever they are going to call it, is now going to be released on October 7th. Previously it was reported that the next generation iPhone would be out on September 7th. Apple’s next generation iPhone, be it an iterative “iPhone 4S” or a completely revamped [...]

The folks at ConFoo recently contacted us and asked that we pass the following information along to our readers. ——– We are looking for the best speakers willing to share their skills and experience with developers and managers. This year, ConFoo is dedicated to software development, project management and best practices. The technical part covers [...]