“The iPhone has no secret for you? Well, that’s what you think… join us and develop the most challenging product of your life!” So reads a now-removed job listing on Qualcomm’s website for an “iPhone Developer Guru” (still cached, thanks to Google). Responsibilities will include “iPhone software design and development but not restricted to it” [...]

According to a recent report by Apple Insider, Stanford University’s School of Medicine is handing out iPads to med students. First year medical students and Master of Medicine students are the privileged bunch who’ll be receiving Apple iPads in a move the university is confident in supporting. Four main reasons for the introduction of the iPad have been outlined, and they are [...]

On Thursday, AT&T reported in its earnings call earlier that it activated 400,000 to 500,000 3G iPads during its second quarter. What may come as news, however, is just how many of these activations are coming from businesses—AT&T notes that a “surprising” number of business customers are approaching the company about the iPad. This early embrace by businesses stands in contrast [...]

In addition to the 3.2 million iPhones AT&T activated on their network last quarter they also switched on 400-500K iPad 3G. What’s more: It’s “surprising” how many business customers are approaching AT&T about the iPad. Business Insider quips that Microsoft should look out, but given the profit share Apple has taken on iPhone and the low margins of typical PC [...]

The third-party analytics company, Chitika Research, has just announced that half of all iPhones the company encountered are now running Apple’s recently-released iOS 4 software update. Out of the 9 million iPhones investigated, exactly 50% were running a version of iOS 4, with 49% stuck on iOS 3.x and a tiny 1% still lingering on Apple’s now-ancient iOS 2.x operating system. A more [...]