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Today on NewsCast (February 6, 2012 Edition): A survey from Best Buy has reached some of the retailer's customers, courtesy of The Verge, that makes direct reference to an Apple-branded HDTV and its features. Apple's iOS was mentioned, and would allow users to purchase and stream movies through an internet connection by way of iTunes, Netflix and YouTube. Apps and iCloud are also present, as well as the ability to navigate around the device with an iPad or iPhone, all things we would expect from the purported iTV. The questionaire prices the television at $1499 for a 42-inch model, placing it somewhere along the mid- to high-end spectrum of comparable Smart TVs. - IGN (www.ign.com According to the latest research from the NPD group, Apple has got its second wind in smartphone sales. In the same quarter that saw the iPhone 4S reinvent the wheel obey our every vocal whim, the trio of available models soaked up a total of 43 percent of the US smartphone market in Q4 2012, apparently gnawing away at Android's market share of 53 percent held during the rest of 2011. However, Google's mobile OS appears to be the debutante smartphone of choice, cornering 57 percent of new purchases, with 34 percent going for Apple. The remaining 9 percent is distributed between the smartphone also-rans, with the likes of Windows Phone and BlackBerry languishing in that anonymous grey bar at the top. The top five handsets from NPD's Mobile Phone Track service is an Apple and Samsung love-in, with <b>...</b> |
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