How many iPhones did Apple just sell?

iPhone 4 queue in Tokyo. Source: IDG

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Technically, Apple (AAPL) hasn't sold any iPhone 4s yet -- the first sales won't be recorded until next week. But judging from the pre-orders recorded on Tuesday, it's heading for its best iPhone launch ever.

According to AT&T (T), Tuesday was "the busiest online sales day in AT&T history." Despite widely publicized server meltdowns, Apple's entire first production run had been called for by Tuesday afternoon, and orders placed after 4:30 p.m. EDT were pushed back to June 25 or later. On Apple.com, the iPhone 4 ship-by date has slipped from June 24 to July 2.

In a note to clients issued Wednesday morning, Piper Jaffray's Gene Munster reminds us that last year and the year before, Apple managed sell 1 million iPhones within three days. Given that roughly 8.4 million iPhone 3Gs owners are eligible for an upgrade under AT&T's new rules, he believes an additional 1 million units is "achievable" next weekend, and he is raising his estimate of iPhone sales for Apple's third fiscal quarter to 9.5 million from 8.5 million (and up from 5.21 million the year before). Based on those estimates, he's also raising his price target for Apple's shares to $348 from $330.

But having famously over-estimated iPhone sales a few times before, Munster is probably hedging his bets. We're inclined to agree with Silicon Alley Insider's Dan Frommer, who believes that this launch will be a blow-out. Frommer predicts that by the end of the four-day sales event that begins Thursday, June 24, Apple will announce that it has doubled its previous record and sold 2 million iPhone 4s.

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Analysts: No big surprises in iPhone 4

Leaks and a misplaced iPhone prototype took some of the wind from Apple Inc. CEO Steve Jobs' Monday presentation of the iPhone 4.

Several analysts already expected to see some of the new iPhone's capabilities, such as a camera on the front of the smartphone, video conferencing and longer battery life. But they were pleasantly surprised at the popularity of the iPad, Apple's version of the tablet computer.

William Blair analyst Ralph Schackart said the new iPhone hardware and software were "largely in line with expectations," citing a blog preview of Apple's hardware and Apple's own preview of the software in April that made sure investors were apprised of what was coming.

But he said iPad's popularity supported his view that Apple would sell 3.15 million units in fiscal 2010. Schackart is forecasting shipments of 36.9 million iPhones this year.

Morgan Keegan analyst Tavis McCourt said the iPad is "extremely successful" and the number of applications downloaded to the iPad are "remarkable and may be the real story of the day."

More than two million iPads have been sold since early April with 35 million apps downloaded, he said. About $1 billion has been generated by developers of iPhone apps. Apple gets a percentage of the revenue.

Oppenheimer analyst Yai Reiner has a more upbeat view of the new iPhone's features, saying that it "catapults the smartphone category forward along every axis of relevance to consumers."

The arrival of competing phones seemed to have "sparked an almost fierce level of innovation at Apple," the analyst said in a research note.

NASA TV Streaming Now Available On iPhone And iPad

If you are into space and have an iPad, iPhone, iPod touch or any HTML5/H.264-compatible device, you got lucky: Now you can watch NASA TV in real time. The quality is quite good, as you can see in this capture:

Now I will be able to watch shuttle launches whenever I’m in the bathroom, live. Every single one of the two of them left. But don’t worry: American manned space exploration may be dead but I’m sure that at one point they will replace the shuttle launches with stock footage and Apollo XIII reruns.

فلیش ٹیکنالوجی استعمال نہیں کر سکتے:اپیل

کمپیوٹر بنانے والی بین الاقوامی کمپنی اپیل کے سربراہ نے ایک کھلے خط میں کمپنی کے اس فیصلے کا دفاع کیا ہے جس کے تحت اپیل کی متعدد مصنوعات میں فلیش ٹیکنالوجی کا استعمال نہیں کیا جائے گا۔

اپیل کے سربراہ سٹیو جوبز کی جانب سے لکھے گئے خط میں کہا گیا ہے کہ فلیش ٹیکنالوجی کے بڑے پیمانے پر انٹرنیٹ پر ویڈیو اور اینیمیشن کے استعمال کی وجہ سے اس کا استعمال آئی پوڈ، آئی فون اور آئی پیڈ میں نہیں کیا جائے گا۔

انھوں نے کہا فلیش پی سی اور میک کے دور کے لیے بنایا گیا تھا لیکن جب اسے ٹچ سکرین اور سمارٹ فون میں استعمال کیا گیا تو اس نے بری کارکردگی کا مظاہرہ کیا۔

اپیل کے سربراہ کی جانب سے یہ دفاعی خط ایک ایسے وقت سامنے آیا ہے جب فلیش کو بنانے والی کمپنی ایڈوب نے اعلان کیا ہے کہ وہ ایسے ٹولز بنانے بند کر دے گا جو جلد ہی ڈپویلپیرز کو اجازت دیتے ہیں کہ وہ اپیل کی مصنوعات پر استعمال کے لیے فلیش کوڈ ٹرانسلیٹ کر لیں۔

اس تبدیلی کی وجہ سے ڈویلپیرز پر آٹومیٹک ٹرانسلیٹ ٹولز بنانے پر پابندی ہو گی اور اب انھیں دو اپلیکیشنز بنانا ہوں گی ایک اپیل کی مصنوعات کے لیے اور ایک دوسری تمام دیگر مصنوعات کے لیے۔

ایک طویل خط میں فلیش کے بارے میں بات کرتے ہوئے ایپل کے سربراہ نے کہا کہ فلیش جدید موبائل فونز کے اس دور کے لیے برا ہے کیونکہ یہ ملٹی ٹچ سکرین نظام کو سپورٹ نہیں کرتا ہے اور موبائل فونز کی بیٹری کو جلد ختم کرنے کا باعث بنتا ہے۔

اس کے علاوہ فلیش میں سکیورٹی مسائل کی وجہ سے یہ میک سسٹم کے کریش ہونے کا سبب بناتا ہے ۔انھوں نے کہا کہ اب فلیش ٹیکنالوجی کے متبادل موجود ہیں خاص طور ویب ویڈیو کے لیے۔

ایڈوب کے چیف ایگزیکٹو نے وال سٹریٹ جرنل کو بتایا کہ اب ڈیویلپیرز کے کام میں اضافہ ہوگا اور انھیں دو دو کام کرنے پر مجبور ہونا ہو گا۔انھوں نے فلیش کی خرابی کی نمایاں کرنے کو اپنی خرابی کو چھپانے کی کوشش کہا ہے۔

ایڈوب کے کے سربراہ کا کہنا ہے کہ اگر فلیش کی وجہ سے اپیل کی مصنوعات کریش کر رہی ہیں تو ایپل کو آپریٹنگ سسٹم کے ساتھ کچھ کرنا پڑے گا۔ انھوں نے اپیل کے سربراہ کے اس بیان کو دلچسپ قرار دیا کہ فلیش ایک کلوز پلیٹ فارم ہے۔

انھوں نے وال سٹریٹ جرنل کے ساتھ بات کرتے ہوئے کہا کہ دنیا کے لیے ان کی مختلف رائے ہیں ہماری رائے ہے کہ دنیا ملٹی پلیٹ فارم ہے۔

Apple IPhone To Get Multitasking

Apple Inc.’s iPhone and iPad devices will soon be able to run more than one program at a time, an ability that phones from Apple’s rivals already offer and that iPhone owners have long sought.
Currently, users must return to Apple’s home screen, effectively quitting the open program, before starting a new task.
“We weren’t the first to this party, but we’re going to be the best,” Apple CEO Steve Jobs said. The iPhone already permits some multitasking, but that’s largely limited to Apple’s own programs. Apple had not given users ways to seamlessly switch among all the software “apps” available from outside software companies, the way phones from rivals Palm Inc. and Google Inc. already do.
Jobs said that the company waited so long because it wanted to offer multitasking in a way that didn’t drain the iPhone’s battery or reduce the phone’s performance.