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Apple’s been having one record quarter after another lately, so it shouldn’t come as much of a surprise that it still has plenty more to boast about when it comes to sales. At it’s event today, Steve Jobs revealed that the company recently shipped it’s 100 millionth iPhone, and that it sold 15 million iPads in 2010 — a figure he points out is “more than every tablet PC ever sold,” and one that translates to $9.5 billion in revenue and a more than 90 percent market share. Jobs also noted that there’s now 65,000 apps specifically for the iPad compared to just 100 for Honeycomb tablets, and he even got in a bit of a dig at Samsung’s now infamous (and misquoted) comments about its Galaxy Tab sales for good measure.

Apple ships 100 millionth iPhone, 15 million iPads sold in 2010 originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 02 Mar 2011 12:51:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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If the rumor mill has taught us anything this week, it’s that we should really be looking past today’s event to whatever Apple has planned next. According to at least one employee, today’s iPad announcement is going to be a bit of a snoozer. But while an iPad 3 announcement is likely still a ways off, we’ll no doubt being seeing some kind of of iPhone announcement at around the halfway mark this year.

After seeing many atrocious attempts, it seemed factory iPad integration was something that simply shouldn’t happen. Now, in Volkswagen’s Bulli concept, we’re seeing something that makes sense — something we’ve wanted to see for a while now. The tablet sits in a custom cradle in the center of the dash, extended on a pivoting arm so that it can turn toward driver or passenger. It then provides center stack duties, letting front-seaters manage the climate controls, play some music, and of course get directions. Naturally we’d like to see something a little more platform-neutral if it’s going to be a factory option, but we’re guessing that if indeed this new-age Vanagon ever sees production its interior will look nothing like this anyway. So, no point in getting too worked up about it, then.

VW’s Bulli van concept does iPad integration right, shockingly originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 02 Mar 2011 10:45:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Look, not even the source of these images is absolutely certain that the device in his possession is a legitimate iPad 2, but we can’t very well leave you spending your entire day anticipating Apple’s new tablet launch without a potential candidate for what it might eventually look like. The above mockup has been procured over in China (where else?) and seems to tally closely with speculation we’ve been hearing about this hardware refresh — namely, a slimmer profile, an almost entirely flat back, bigger speaker, and of course, rear- and front-facing cameras. We’ve looked into the digits on the back of the device and the model number is one for the original Apple TV while the FCC ID is for a WiFi-only iPad, but those could be mere placeholders on what is, once again, a mockup and not a real working tablet. The SIM card slot looks to have been repositioned to a slot that was once expected to house an SD card reader. Other tidbits of interest here include the 3G antenna, whose white cover is expected to be black on final units, and the sloped power button and headphone jack, bringing those witty “jumbo iPod touch” jokes to mind. Boy, those never get old. Jump past the break for a few more pics.

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iPad 2 (or something) shows up in the wilds of China originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 02 Mar 2011 02:57:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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The companion app for TiVo Premiere DVRs worked out well when we reviewed it, but ZatzNotFunny points out it could get even better soon when it will feature “limited support” for Series 3 / HD boxes, along with TiVo DVRs offered by cable providers like RCN and Suddenlink. This “coming soon” info was included in an update yesterday that added a new DVR selection screen to the setup process, ability to run in the background plus assorted performance enhancements and bug fixes. Of course, we now know that TiVo’s “lifetime” offers won’t last forever (ten years, give or take) but for users who would prefer to stick with their existing hardware instead of upgrading to a Series 4, there are still a few new features coming down the pipe.

Older TiVo Series 3 / HD boxes will work with the iPad remote app soon originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 01 Mar 2011 18:54:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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