Huge news for iOS users is coming in this morning. Digitimes has reported their 2011 iPhone shipment forecasts, a leaked document on Skype shows that video calling is coming to the iPhone and Walt Mossberg from the Wall Street Journal named the Apple iPad the best product of 2010.
Apple will reportedly ship between 20 and 21 million iPhones in Q1 2011, 14 to 15 million will be GSM (WCDMA) while the other five to six million will be CDMA phones (likely due out on Verizon Wireless in the US). Compared to 2010, Digitimes has reported that Apple shipped a total of 47 million iPhones, 15.5 million came from Q4 2010. In other Digitimes news, the website has confirmed that Foxconn will be the exclusive manufacturer of the iPad 2 and the device is still on track for shipment within 100 days.
Skype iPhone and iPod touch users will soon have a chance to enjoy their conversion with video. In document temporarily released on the company’s website, Skype video calls were confirmed for iPhone and iPod touch users. The video calls will be compatible with the Skype desktop client software (both PC and Mac) as long as you are running Skype for Windows version 4.2 and above or Skype for Mac OS X version 2.8 and above. Now for the rub — Skype video calls will work over WiFi and 3G connections, however they do not support group video calls.
The most vocal man in tech, Wall Street Journal’s Walt Mossberg, has named the best and worst products of 2010. Topping the list of best products was the Apple iPad. If you are curious why he selected Apple’s tablet, it all comes down to the new iOS 4.2 update and the “huge selection of apps”. Until the Android 3.0 Honeycomb tablets release in 2011, don’t expect much to change in the tablet space as “the iPad continues to stay ahead of the competition”.
Now that you are all caught up with iOS news for today, let us know what you think about the 2011 iPhone shipment forecasts; will Apple be able to meet the production volumes?
