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TRUE, APPLE WILL NOT ABLE TO GROW OVER THE NEXT 15 YEARS AS MUCH AS IT HAS GROWN OVER THE LAST 15. BUT CEO TIM COOK HAS LISTED SEVERAL REASONS WHY THE TECH GIANT STILL HAS PLENTY OF ROOM LEFT TO RUN.

Apple CEO Tim Cook

FORTUNE -- Apple doesn't waste time. Its own, or anyone else's. That's what I thought when I disconnected my phone Monday at 6:23 a.m., at the conclusion of the Apple teleconference to discuss its new dividend-payment plans.

In 23 minutes, the company got out all its facts, answered some questions, prepared financial markets for its news and wrapped things up -- all while sticking to a carefully prepared script to explain the dividend and share buyback news.

Speaking of the script, and given how efficient Apple (AAPL) is with time, it's worthwhile to pause a day later to reflect on some of the elements of the message. Near the beginning of the call, in his prepared remarks, Apple CEO Tim Cook gave a short homily on why implementing a dividend does not mean Apple will quit investing in its future or that it doesn't see growth opportunities. These are the reasons many tech companies give for "not "paying a dividend. Because we know the list is scripted, we know Cook and his communications team thought about each item on the list. So let's consider each item, why Cook mentioned it, and how he rank-ordered them.

"We are innovating at an incredible pace," Cook began, immediately launching into his list, which I will number and annotate:

1. "BUILDING A TREMENDOUS ECOSYSTEM WITH APPS AND CONTENT." We all know about Apple's App Store ecosystem by now. The choice of the word "content" was interesting. Apple reportedly is discussing content deals with film and TV studios -- who, gloriously, leak more than the record companies did when iTunes was getting started. Apple also is building its e-book business, the subject of a Justice Department anti-trust investigation. It's noteworthy that Cook led here.

2. "PROVIDING GREAT SERVICES SUCH AS ICLOUD, WHICH HAS ALREADY ECLIPSED OVER 100 MILLION USERS WITHIN JUST A FEW MONTHS OF ITS LAUNCH." For what it's worth, the people who like to chatter about this sort of thing don't consider iCloud a "great" service yet. It is clearly important to Apple, however.

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3. "AND WE'RE DELIVERING INCREDIBLE DEVELOPMENTS LIKE SIRI, A PROFOUND NEW WAY TO INTERFACE WITH THE IPHONE." Love it or hate it -- I don't love Siri yet -- the success of the iPhone 4S makes a mockery of those who were disappointed that it wasn't the iPhone 5. (I also don't love the use of "interface" as a verb. But I digress.)

4. "WE ARE ALSO INVESTING IN DISTRIBUTION AROUND THE WORLD." Oh? More would have been great about this.

5. "WE CONTINUE TO OPEN OUR OWN STORES, INCLUDING 40 THIS FISCAL YEAR ALONE." The Apple retail juggernaut continues, with or without Ron Johnson, now CEO at J.C. Penney (JCP).

6. "WE ARE EXPANDING OUR FOOTPRINT WITH NEW CARRIER PARTNERS AND OTHER THIRD-PARTY RESELLERS." Ho-hum. Boring business stuff. But wowza, more telecom partners than you've already got? And more retailers in addition to the likes of Best Buy (BBY), Walmart (WMT), and so on? Okay, good.

7. "AND WE ARE INVESTING IN OUR DIRECT ENTERPRISE SALES FORCE." What was that? Calling out for all to hear that Apple is paying attention to "the enterprise," also known as business customers, also known as the kind of IT buyers Steve Jobs despised? This part was truly interesting. It's not news, by the way. Apple has been quietly building its enterprise sales force for years now. But emphasizing it in the context of how and why Apple is investing for growth was extremely telling.

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And then Cook summed up:

Simply stated, we don't see ceilings to our opportunities. All of this innovation and success have led to the generation of substantial amounts of cash, both domestically and abroad. We have used some of our cash to make great investments in our business to increase research and development, acquisitions, new retail store openings, strategic prepayments in capital expenditures in our supply chain, and building out of our infrastructure, and you will see more of all of these in the future.

There's no question about it: Apple will not be able to grow over the next 15 years as much as it has grown over the last 15 years. Yet reading this list -- and reading between the lines of why Tim Cook chose what he chose to list -- it's hard to challenge the argument that this half-a-trillion-dollar company has plenty of room left to run.

"Fortune Senior Editor at Large Adam Lashinsky is author of Inside Apple: How America's Most Admired--and Secretive--Company Really Works, which is full of witty analysis similar to the contents of this post."

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Apple Online Stores Will Also Have The New iPad

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Apple has announced that the new iPad will be going on sale at Apple Retail Stores on Friday, March 16 at 8am local time in the US, Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Japan, Singapore, Switzerland and the UK; along with Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands.

Every customer who buys a new iPad at an Apple retail store will be offered free Personal Setup service, helping them customize their iPad by setting up email, loading new apps from the App Store and more, so they'll be up and running with their new iPad before they leave the store. Personal Pickup, available at Apple retail stores in the US and a feature of the free Apple Store app, lets iPad customers shop and buy from anywhere they are, then pick up their purchase at any Apple retail store.

Apple Online Stores will also have the new iPad available for order -- as opposed to pre-order -- at 8am on Friday, March 16. Given the pre-order sellouts, however, it's unknown what the availability or shipping estimates will be.

Several of us from iMore will be lining up on Friday (and giving away free, special edition iMore t-shirts). Leanna, as well as Kevin Michaluk, Gary Mazo, and the Mobile Nations Miami team will also be at their local Apple Stores. If you're lining up, let us know where!

Also let us know which new iPad you're getting, and if you having trouble deciding, check out our 2012 iPad buyers guide.

See you Friday!

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Sony Ericsson Smartphone Android Phones The Subsequent Mobile

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Nowadays everyone's a phone that may playback music. Whether it is an apple iphone, Android or even any kind of feature phone, you are able to virtually shop as well as play as well as flow songs upon almost any phone available.

Universal Speaker Dock for Android

Remarkably, whilst there are many available alternatives with regard to sound DOCKING STATIONS FOR THE IPHONE as well as ipod device, Android loudspeaker docks tend to be few in number. Go into the Common Loudspeaker Pier fro Android through Electronic Improvements.

As you may anticipate, it appears as well as functions since many universal docks perform. The only real distinction is the fact that presently there isn't a collection component within the are a symbol of docking. Rather, a person take out the earphone cable television along with a mini Universal serial bus cable television as well as connect all of them in to the suitable regions of the phone. After that a person change the actual pier upon striking experience your own phone. Songs or other seem will begin actively playing immediately.

As the over might not seem which remarkable, individuals from Electronic Improvements required this a measure additional as well as made a totally free application with regard to Android known as SONR that allows you to make use of an incorporated cellular distant to manage quantity, by pass, perform as well as temporarily stop.

DESIGN AND STYLE

Universal Dock Chair Design for Android is very easy. The kodak playtouch camcorder steps 12.5 x 4.2 x 5 inches as well as weighs in at 3.6 pounds. 2 3-watt loudspeaker rules the leading from the lower loudspeaker at the rear of the dark loudspeaker grill, that features 2.1 stereo sound. There's also 3 "10-watt bass speaker included in the bottom loudspeakers as well as bass speaker provide effective. The actual Common Loudspeaker Pier includes a little Leds at the rear of the actual plastic material include and also the life from the Infrared interface along the side of the actual Brought around the entrance from the Common Loudspeaker Pier includes a pit at the very top to be able to contain the phone, transportable press participant or perhaps a little pill.. Even though marketplace Development Electronic Loudspeaker with regard to Android products, he doesn't possess a docking train station in the region associated with, the outlet over you can put the unit onto it to avoid this through slipping, as well as that's this. Region entry is as well heavy for any cell phone having a slim frame, consequently, prevent the leading plastic material include a little part of your own phone display one benefit of el born area within the starting is you can maintain the 7"or 8.2? pill within family portrait alignment. as well as sit down within the docking region continuously.

Common Pier Loudspeaker Android or otherwise provide products along with micro usb connection good way to fill as well as take part in the press via a brief boat dock micro usb cable television offers 2 cables appearing out of the outlet region:. 3.5 mm sound cable television along with a micro usb cable television. Have a brief length, even though sound cable television 3, 5 mm is all about 2 times lengthier micro usb cable television. you are able to link the unit along with Android on the micro usb cable television, relaxing in the actual clutch system, as well as deliver the actual sound with the loudspeaker phone as well as billed for some time. This can be a excellent style. With regard to products that don't possess a micro usb interface, like a laptop computer computer or even iphone 4s, use a 3.5 mm stereo system sound cable television. Such as Android phone, apple iphone or any other cellular 4S may sit down within the pier region, whilst buffering songs with the loudspeakers by way of 3.5 mm stereo system sound cable television, as the laptop computer ought to be not far from the actual loudspeaker, because the built-in cable television is really a brief string.

Common Pier Loudspeaker includes a couple of manage control keys within the best correct part from the on and off, perform Or temporarily stop, silence, by pass Or back again as well as quantity manage control keys. They're big as well as simple enough to make use of. This particular bundle additionally has a little handheld remote control which opens you to employ the actual control keys around the control over the space. As well as for Android products, additionally IBNR may use this particular application (totally free within the Android Market) to show your own gadget right into a handheld remote control whenever attached to the 3.5 mm sound cable television programs and it is presently within experiment with. although it doesn't work along with brand new products such as the Moto RAZR maxx Android and also the range in our check sound high quality.

IMPORTANT FEATURES

* Micro Universal serial bus and three.5mm sound fittings mix to provide you with plug-and-play procedure along with almost any Android-based phone

* 6 w associated with sharp, obvious highs, shipped through 2 high-quality speakers

* 10 w associated with punchy, flourishing largemouth bass shipped with a sub-woofer

* Optionally, through installing the actual totally free SONR Laboratories application in the Android application shop, you are able to manage media capabilities such as Quantity, Play/Pause as well as Skip/Back for many phone versions while using incorporated distant or even along with control keys on the the surface of the dock

* Innovative holder style accomodates "landscape" as well as "portrait" phone placement as well as reduces unattractive wires

* Includes Loudspeaker Pier with regard to Android, handheld remote control, common Air conditioning adaptor along with a Ramp up Manual (phone not really incorporated)

* Dimensions: Twelve.5 by Four.2 by 5

* The subsequent mobile phones aren't suitable for the actual Loudspeaker Pier with regard to Android: Sony ericsson smartphone Android Phones

* The subsequent mobile phones aren't suitable for the actual SONR Laboratories Application (Be aware: These to works using the Loudspeaker Pier with regard to Android, however press participant capabilities should be managed while using mobile phone's touchscreen): Nexus one.

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Apple Inc Itether Returns As Tether New Html 5 iPhone Tethering Service

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A few tethering applications have appeared in the App Store only to be pulled very soon after. One such application was iTether, it appeared back in November 2011 and was pulled on the same day it launched. The app cost 14.99 and used USB to connect your Mac to your iPhone to use its data connection. The app bypassed the usual carrier tethering charges which probably explains why it was pulled.

Now the developer behind iTether has returned with a new service which is simply called Tether. The new service is based on HTML 5 so there is no need to source the app through the App Store.
"It was clear from our initial application iTether, there was enormous demand within the iPhone ecosystem," says Tim Burke, CEO of Tether. "It was unfortunate that Apple decided to remove our application, only 20 hours after we launched. However, this caused us to innovate. Our underlying patent-pending technology behind Tether for iPhone is unlike anything on the market." Tether's new version for the iPhone is purely based on HTML5 and creates a completely wireless connection over AdHoc. This circumvents the need of buying the application directly from Apple's App Store and allows any iPhone or iPad with a data connection to allow tethering.
Tether is available as a once a year purchase of 30 and is compatible with Windows as well as Mac. There is currently no trial version so you can't test it before you part with your money. You can see exactly how it works in the video below!

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Twitter iPhone Wont Update

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We're just days away from being able to get our hands on a new iPad and with that we have plenty of content planned out for you all. This week has already been full of awesomeness though, so if you missed out on anything make sure you get yourself caught up here on the blogs. Once you're done that, if you're still looking for more iOS goodness then check out the iMore forums. You can register now to get started today and while you're at it, check out some of the threads below:

* New iPad - Who's not in a hurry to pick one up?

* How should I go about setting this up? (iCloud)

* Camera Roll sending mystery photo to Twitter

* iOS 5.1 won't update on my iPhone

* Provide iPad Training to Field Users via a Webinar - Can this be done?

* Apple TV shipped yet?

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Our iPhone Users

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At the WWDC Keynote, Steve Jobs unveiled the many great features of the newly released OS X Lion. The Keynote continued to highlight the sale of more than than 200 million IOS devices. "That makes iOS the number one mobile operating system, with more than 44% of the market."

To talk more about the IOS 5, Scott Forstall enters the stage. In reference to the iPad 2, Scott Forstall says, "It is an amazing product, and our customers just couldn't wait to get their hands on it actually they did have to wait."

"More than 15 billion songs have been sold through the iTunes Music Store, making it the #1 retailer of music in the world."

Forstall also explains that Apple has paid out more than 2.5 billion to developers -- big check signed by Steve Jobs on the screen.

Now, getting to the IOS 5, "iOS 5 is a major release. This is incredible for our developers and our customers."

The first new feature discussed is Notifications. We're looking at the current notifications, the annoying pop-ups that have been "massively popular." More than 100 billion have been pushed so far! The notification center aggregates all the notifications. It is accessed by swiping down from the top. Notifications will no longer be interrupted with the activity on the ios.

The next new feature on the IOS 5 is the Newsstand. Scott Forstall says, "Recently we added subscriptions, which makes it easier to get all the new issues without missing anything." When you have purchased your news publications, they are automatically downloaded and placed on the Newsstand. It is integrated on the home screen making it look like a news stand.

Furthermore, the new issues are automatically downloaded in the background, and also available to users offline.

The third new feature discussed in the Keynote is TWITTER! "We want to make it even easier for all our customers to use Twitter on all their iOS products." There is a single sign-on and you're configured for Twitter. Those credentials are then saved and there will be no need to sign in again and again. Twitter photos and the @ usernames can also be pulled automatically into contacts.

Twitter can also be integrated with many apps, including Camera and Photos. Just tap the action button, hit " and it's attached. "It's that simple."

Another great featured added in IOS 5 is TABBED BROWSING!

"It is lightning fast to switch between windows now." You just have to tap one of the tabs and -boom, your there.

Reading List is another feature, you can save publications (just like bookmarking them) in a reading list for later reading.

Another feature, Reminders allows users to store lists of things and assign them to any dates, plus you can also assign a location. It'll sync across devices, and with Cal.

The iPhone 4 camera is one of the best cameras on mobile, now there is a Camera button on the lock screen. Once you tap on the camera icon and you're right in the Camera app, ready to take a photo.

When you click on the photo icon, it will immediately take you to the photo and you can click as many photos without having to slide the lock key or enter a pass code if you've sent one up. Additionally, you can also use the volume button to take a picture now! You can also pinch to zoom right in the app.

Pictures can also be edited on the ios 5 now. You can crop, rotate, reduce red-eye, and you can do a one click enhance.

Many changes are brought to Mail in IOS 5 now as well. Rich-text formatting, indentation control, draggable addresses (from To: to Cc: or Bcc:), flagging so you can mark them as unread, and now you can search the entire contents of messages. S/MIME is being added as well, for the security mavens. Furthermore, there is also an addition of a built-in dictionary that's a service across the OS. "All apps from the App Store can use it."

Next up is the Game Center. "iOS is the most popular gaming platform on the planet. There are more than 100,000 game and entertainment titles in the App Store." Games can be purchased and dowloaded directly from the game center. You can also see what scores your friends earned in what game and compete with them.

"In just 9 months we have 50 million Game Center users. To put that into perspective Xbox Live has been around for about eight years and they have around 30 million users."

Next feature: iMessage

"I believe we have the best messaging client on the iPhone. It works tremendously well to send text messages and photos and our customers love it -- our iPhone users. But what about our iPad users, and our iPod touch users?"

With iMesssage, users are able to send text messages, photos, videos, contacts, and even do group messaging. For example, one can start a convo on your iPhone and pick it up on your iPad, or the reverse if you're into that.

"iOS 5 will ship to all of our customers this fall."

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Apple Ceo Tim Cook Just Traded In 37 500 Shares For A Grand Total

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Right now, one (1) share of Apple costs roughly the same as a new iPad, and Apple CEO Tim Cook just traded in 37,500 shares for a grand total of 11.1 million. Yeah.

For the last year, Apple CEO Tim Cook has been holding onto a bunch of restricted Apple stock awarded to him when he first took up day-to-day leadership duties when Steve Jobs left on medical leave. On March 10, the restriction was lifted on a bunch of that stock, which allowed him to sell. 17,322 of those shares were surrendered for taxes, but the other 20,178 were all sold yesterday over the span of five separate sales throughout the day.

Cook recieved another million shares when he signed on as CEO that he'll be able to sell in 2016 and 2021, and no doubt he's holding even more stock beyond that; Cook's definitely in it for the long haul. The street doesn't seem to mind the sale -- in fact, prices have climbed from 556 this morning to 568.

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