“Device and content choice key to Apple iTV success.” No shit, Sherlock.
Category: Apple
A More Responsive Home Button
It seems like Cult of Mac’s tip worked on my iPhone 4, but it might just be the placebo effect clouding my judgement.
And It Begins
For starters, we can now confidently say that Apple’s next iPhone will launch in the fall next year, around the same time that this year’s iPhone 4S launched. We have also learned that Apple is planning to use a rubber or plastic material — similar to the material used in the company’s bumper cases — that will be built into the new iPhone case.
The site also says this phone would sport an iPad–2 like back case and a 4-inch screen.
‘Many iOS Activations’ Took Place Over Christmas
Come on, TUAW. You can do better than this.
What the Original iPhone Teaches About a 4G-Equipped iPhone
When Steve Jobs unveiled the original iPhone in 2007, it blew every other phone out of the water.
However, some complained that the device lacked 3G connectivity, leaving EDGE and Wi-Fi as the only two options for data connections.
Apple executives said that the power required to use 3G didn’t make the technology worth it. Here’s Steve Jobs, speaking at the O2 iPhone release:
The 3G chipsets that are available to semiconductors work reasonably well except for power. They are real power hogs. So as you know, the handset battery life used to be 5–6 hours for GSM, but when we got to 3G they got cut in half. Most 3G phones have battery lives of 2–3 hours (of talk time).
Çingleton 2011 Videos
If you have some time off this week, watch these videos.
iOS Dominates Mobile Shopping
Mikey Campbell at AppleInsider:
A study by retail analysis firm RichRelevance released on Friday notes that iOS devices accounted for the bulk of all online non-desktop sales in 2011, holding just over 92 percent of the market, reports Market Watch.
Engadget Interviews Ron Wayne, ‘Lost’ Apple Co-Founder
Speaking of Bad Android Experiences...
The chart in Chris Ziegler’s post really sums things up nicely.
If you want to be respected as a customer, buy an Apple product. Android just seems more and more masochistic every day.
Gannet Buys ‘Thousands’ of iOS Devices for Employees
Jim Hopkins has a copy of the memo. In it, Bob Dickey, President of Gannet, writes:
In every local market, we have the most and the best journalists. These new tools will help our journalists meet the demands of the new news cycle, one that requires agility in real-time reporting, social media and greater emphasis on video storytelling, further increasing our competitive advantage.
In addition, we’ll provide the devices to create a “digital workstation” at each of our local Information Centers to monitor the content experience we provide across digital channels — tablets and smart phones, in particular. This will give us a vital point of view so we can adjust our storytelling with greater precision.
Cool Kickstarter: Michael Mulvey’s ‘Bicycles For Our Minds’ Posters
This Kickstarter project is less than $1,000 from being funded. I backed it because this project captures my favorite Steve Jobs quote.
When re-branding Forkbombr, I almost named the site bicyclemind.net. True story.
Dropbox vs. iCloud
But Dropbox’s success is now at a critical moment. Providing a way to give users access to everything they do on a computer from everywhere has become the brass ring for digital services. And Dropbox is the one to beat. After years of remaining largely below the radar of the world’s biggest computing companies, Dropbox is now faced with a host of very prominent competitors. The most immediate, of course, is Apple, whose iCloud service launched in October.