There is some news about Apple’s case against Psystar. Now it appears that Psystar was planning on selling millions of Macintosh OSX clones through 2011.
According to Gregg Keizer on Computerworld, Psystar was found guilty of violating the DMCA act by copying and creating special versions of OSX that could be installed on non Apple PC hardware. However, both companies are still fighting it out in Federal court.
NPD Group said Thursday that sales of Snow Leopard Mac OS X so far have exceeded Apple’s two previous Mac OS X releases during their first two weeks. According to the market researcher, Snow Leopard unit shipments were more than twice the volume of Leopard’s initial sales and almost four times higher than Apple’s earlier Tiger Mac OS X release.
Moreover, Snow Leopard’s sales only declined about 25 percent from the first week to the second, said NPD Vice President Stephen Baker. In comparison, volume shipments of Leopard and Tiger declined more than 60 percent in the second week, he added.
The Windows Mobile platform is suffering as Apple has revolutionized the smartphone business, says research firm Canalys
Its latest research report highlighted the buzz surrounding the iPhone, Android and BlackBerry smartphone platforms, and focused particularly on Apple’s iPhone gains in the market.
Canalys senior analyst Pete Cunningham, said: “Apple has revolutionized the smart phone sector, leapfrogging more experienced rivals.”
He said, however, that there is opportunity for rivals to target Apple’s weak spots, which he named as the high cost of the iPhone and the restricted selection of operators due to its exclusive tie-ups in many countries.
