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The BlueAnt Q1 voice controlled Bluetooth headset for iPhone [$109.95 - TiPb Store] is the higher end version of the BlueAnt V1 I tested last month, and came away impressed with. How impressed? It’s a piece of hardware I would recommend it to anyone in the market for a new bluetooth headset. Now that the good folks over at BlueAnt were nice enough to send me the Q1, will I make the switch? For all of the juicy details follow us after the break! Read the rest of this entry »

We’re listening to Apple’s Q1 conference call, looking for any and all iPhone details in particular to share, and we’ll update as soon as we get them!

• 22.7 Million iPods sold
• iPod touch has been established as outstanding gaming, communication platform.
• 73% of MP3 player market
• 70% in UK and Australia, 50% in Canada
• iTunes record quarter
• App Store tremendous success
• 15,000 apps, 500,000,000 downloads
• 4.4 Million iPhones sold in Q4,
• 13.7 million sold in year (more than the 10 they predicted)
• 70 countries
• Competitors scrambling to catch up
• Years ahead of competition
• 28 billion in the bank
• Plan to open 25 stores in 2009, half internationally
• $199 iPhone a compelling value, nothing else like it in the market
• Not going to play in low-end phone market
• Will look at non-subsidized market and not leaving umbrella
• Loves competition, will suit up against any other smartphone, but won’t stand for anyone ripping off their IP (Tim Cook)
• Call ended!

About the only time Apple updates iPhone sales numbers is during their quarterly conference calls. Last time Steve Jobs himself showed up to crow about the iPhone hitting 10 million ahead of schedule and outselling the BlackBerry. This time? We don’t count on it, but with Steve Jobs, we can never count anything out either.

TUAW says Apple will have this last quarter’s call on Wednesday, January 21 (streaming audio link). TiPb, as per usual, will provide coverage of the event, with focus on the iPhone news.

Mark your calendars, and then jump into the comments and let us know how many iPhones you think have been sold by now, 12 million? What about App Store downloads? Half a billion yet? (Our bet is TiPb commenters get far closer than the analysts who should be popping up any minute now…)