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Financial issues? Economy in a melt-down mode? No problem. Not for Apple anyway. While Yahoo! and many other companies have had to tighten their budget and even cut their workforces, Apple again surpassed the expectations by the street folks though it will not reach its lofty goals next quarter.

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Apple posted revenue of $7.9 billion and profit of $1.1 billion, compared to revenue of $6.2 billion and profit of $904 million for the same quarter a year ago.

Apple will probably feel the effect the economic crisis but it is so strong financially that I don’t believe they will be moved. I think the bigger question for Apple is all the rumors that Steve Jobs is saying goodbye (Steve, don’t leave us now. I am begging ya!).

Apple is taken yet another measure to increase the popularity of the iPhone programming platform. If you are interested in learning the trade from the experts, you should definitely check out Apple iPhone Tech Talk tour by Apple. Here is what Apple had to say:

Apple technology evangelists and engineers will soon be traveling the globe bringing iPhone development expertise to a city near you. Learn about the tools and technologies you’ll use to create great iPhone applications, then work with the experts to optimize your code, refine your user interface, and apply the knowledge you gain from the sessions to enhance the capabilities of your iPhone application.

Just read this piece of interesting news that Moto RAZR is still outselling iPhone 3G in the U.S.? That is not really surprising to me as the device is available through almost all major carriers, and it has been available unlocked as well. The device is also cheaper and more useful for people who don’t the whole iPhone smartphone thing to deal with. iPhone is not for everyone though everyone can have lots of fun with. I personally dumped my RAZR to get an iPhone, so I do expect these numbers to be just that: numbers.

But not what you think. Apple announced today that they are dropping their NDA on their iPhone software to allow developers to have more flexibility:

We have decided to drop the non-disclosure agreement (NDA) for released iPhone software.

We put the NDA in place because the iPhone OS includes many Apple inventions and innovations that we would like to protect, so that others don’t steal our work. It has happened before. While we have filed for hundreds of patents on iPhone technology, the NDA added yet another level of protection. We put it in place as one more way to help protect the iPhone from being ripped off by others.

However, the NDA has created too much of a burden on developers, authors and others interested in helping further the iPhone’s success, so we are dropping it for released software. Developers will receive a new agreement without an NDA covering released software within a week or so. Please note that unreleased software and features will remain under NDA until they are released.

Thanks to everyone who provided us constructive feedback on this matter.

I think Apple is underestimating Microsoft’s and other’s determination to copy its software. I am sure even with the NDA in place Microsoft was looking for ways to borrow from Apple, so I am glad that Apple has finally seen the logic and decided to drop the NDA restriction.

Apple has just announced that you can buy Apple iPhone 3G online. Not actually. You can do pretty much all you need to do online (select a plan, …) but you have to pick it up at an AT&T or Apple store. Still, it’s better than waiting in the store for the things to get done. Go to Apple store for more information. It still shows that Apple’s willing to work to make it easier for us consumers to pick up the device, but I’d still rather get the device without going to the store.