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Did Apple's unrelenting advertising campaign for the iPod touch as a game machine ("The funnest iPod ever") pay off this holiday season?

Welcome to the weekend Web, where people are spending a bigger slice of time online via wireless devices - and using a different set of sites than during the workweek. "At Google, we see the majority of our desktop traffic [in the US] during weekdays," says Matt Waddell, chief of staff for Google Mobile. "On mobile, the situation is completely reversed." Mobile browsing surged 89% in the past year, with mobile page views increasing by 127%, according to researcher M:Metrics. The increase reflects growing availability of all-you-can eat data plans and increasingly sophisticated handheld devices such as the Apple iPhone.

The Apple iPhone is easily the most publicized new mobile device in recent memory. But despite all the discussion about the product, there's relatively little hard information available to the public on its impact. How is it being used? What effect is it having on customers and on the technology industry?

After visiting the tech giant's Asian suppliers, a Jefferies analyst concludes that "preproduction issues" could cause mass production delays on the majority of Apple's mobile devices.

"O2's money transfer and shopping tech-tool, the O2 Wallet, has arrived in Britain is available for users of Android, Apple iOS and BlackBerry OS."

The iPad development sector has become very intense with the launch of Apple's smart phones. iPad amongst the users today, be it kids, adults or business personnel has become an obsession for all. The most awaited gadget of the year is undoubtedly the Apple iPad.