Awaz Apni

Apple Inc had sold 1.7 million units of the iPhone 4 by Saturday June 26, its most successful product launch yet, the company said on Monday. Sales of the touchscreen smartphone, which competes with devices from Nokia, Research In Motion and Motorola, surpassed some analysts' expectations, as well as those of Apple itself, which has been having trouble keeping up with demand. In a statement, Chief Executive Steve Jobs apologized to "customers who were turned away" because the company did not have enough supplies of the iPhone 4. Hudson Square Research analyst Daniel Ernst said the 1.7 million number likely included pre-orders, which began on June 15. He said the phone appeared to have sold out in some stores this weekend in New York, Connecticut and Maryland, after the official launch on June 24. Ernst said his rough estimate was for sales well north of one million. "This is closer to two million so it's above our expectations," he said. ...

Apple made iOS 4 available on Monday, June 21. The download is free for both iPhone and iPod Touch users, but it is incompatible with first-generation models of either device. The iPhone 3G will support most iOS 4 features except multitasking and home screen backgrounds. Apple kicked off an action-packed week today with the full release of iOS 4, its newest operating system for iPhone and iPod Touch devices. Though we've been playing with the developer's version on an iPhone 3GS since April, we wanted to wait for the real deal before offering our official take. And from what we can tell so far, our original positive impressions hold true. That's not say that everything is perfect, but iOS marks a significant and welcome jump in the iPhone's evolution. In fact, we'll go so far as to say that iOS 4 is just as significant a development as Thursday's release of the iPhone 4. Naturally, new hardware tends to get the biggest spotlight, but iOS 4 brings a handful...