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OLLIE Christie got the phone call this weekend that every app creator dreams of getting.

OLLIE Christie, a developer who runs an applications and game design company near Oxford England, was surprised with an email on his phone over the weekend that read “Mr. Christie, I’m with Apple in Cupertino, Can you call me? I have some good news to share”.  After returning the phone call, he was told that his “Paper Glider” app was the App Store’s 10 billionth download, which earned the downloader, another British resident, a $10,000 iTunes Gift card.

Christie said he was initially quite excited because he thought the message from Apple meant he was the winning downloader, and he had been watching the digital counter on Apple’s website along with millions of Apple users around the world.  He said he had just put his kids to bed when he checked his phone and after reading the message, “My heart was going pitter-patter.”

Gail Davis was the lucky winner of the $10,000 iTunes Gift card, after one of her teenage daughters downloaded Christies’ program. Davis first hung up on the caller notifying her of the win, because she assumed it was a prank call. Her daughters convinced her to call Apple and so she was eventually able to claim the prize.

Christie, whose career in copywriting, and online game development includes the “Bikini-Bounce” game, will not enjoy the $10,000 iTunes Gift Card, but he is already benefiting from a huge increase in the number of downloads because of the immense publicity Apple generated around its App store benchmark.

Davis says, "The more I thought about it, the more I realized it was a genuine call. The girls were getting quite tense. They never would have forgiven me. They would have held it against me for all eternity."

Release date of Apple’s iPad 2 is gradually approaching nearer (there are even reports that the gadget may be announced by the end of January).


We know Apple is going to update its iPad with a new model sometime this year. Now word on internet has it Apple will unveil second generation iPad in April with some new, exciting features. The 2nd gen iPad tablet will be a thinner and sleeker tablet, with a new screen technology which is pretty similar to iPhone 4's Retina Display. The device will have a 10-inch "super high resolution" display.

The new iPad will also feature a dual GSM / CDMA chipset produced by Qualcomm.

Other features include front and rear facing camera, and a SD card slot.

For more details on this, take a look at Techradar's report.

iPhone 5 rumours are flying thick and fast already. Will there be a rush release to erase memories of the iPhone 4's antenna problems? Will the 5th generation iPhone deliver ultra-fast mobile internet? Will it ever end up on Verizon in the US?

Apple is expected to launch its next iPhone this summer, and new reports describe it as a "completely redesigned handset" as well as a "total rethink from a design standpoint."

To start, the iPhone 5's internals will be different - the device will run on a new, combined CDMA/GSM/UTMS chipset from Qualcomm, which will support both AT&T and Verizon in the U.S., as well as other carriers worldwide - perhaps even an expanded lineup, as would now be possible. Along with the iPad 2, this chipset change represents the transition away from Infineon as the iPhone and iPad chipset maker. Going forward, Qualcomm will make the chips for all Apple mobile devices.

The Apple company has acquired Swedish company, Polar Rose, known for its mobile face recognition technology FaceLib among other similar products.

If you're thinking about buying the iPhone 4, you'll be better off waiting for the iPhone 5 instead, as it should be coming out really soon this year.

Here are some of the expected features:

• The new iPhone 5 is expected to have Face Recognition Security so that you don't have to worry about other people stealing your phone and trying to use it... That is, unless they steal your face too.


• Video Chat on a 4G network instead of a slow 3G one
  Much nicer overall body design of the phone. It's going to be even thinner and have a shiny black piece.


• Shatter Resistant and Scratch Resistant Screen.


• The lowest model will come with 32G of space and 64G of memory. I'll be able to store my whole computer on the lowest model of the iPhone 5. Yippeee for me.


• Longer Battery Life - Up to 14 Hours of Talk Time On The 3G and 7 Hours on the 4G. With 14 hours of talking to my girlfriends, I'm only going to have 10 hours to sleep.


• HD Audio - The quality of sound is going to be extra crisp.


• Built In GPS - You'll never get lost or have to download one of those stupid GPS apps.

Apple announced that the Ipad sales reached the 1 million sales in 28 days, more than twice as the Iphone has achieved.

Apple has also indicated that users of multimedia tablet launched April 3 in U.S.A., had already downloaded 12 million applications and 1.5 million digital books.

The iPad, a tablet with touch screen 9.7 inches, is located halfway between the smartphone and laptop. According to figures provided by the group, 300,000 units were sold the day of its launch on April 3, and 500,000 during its first week marketing.
 
Particular, it allows you to read electronic books and newspapers, surf the Internet, watch movies and play video games.
 
Apple has launched Friday in the U.S. 3G version of the iPad, which offers a dual Wi-Fi and 3G, with nearly a month late arrival on the shelf Wi-Fi model
The analysts expect about five million iPad sold this year, even though the tablet is not available outside the U.S. before the end of May.
 
The Apple stock gained 0.77% to 263.10 dollars in early trading while the Nasdaq Composite Index which has risen by 0.6%.