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- Live chat tomorrow: Application Development for the (mythical) Apple Tablet
Filed under: Hardware, Rumors, Developer, Liveblog, App Store, SDK
With just three months left before the hypothetical launch of the as-yet unconfirmed Apple Tablet, what can application developers do to prepare their products for this still-imaginary-but-soon-to-be-real new platform?
There are few hard facts on the ground. Apple has not announced a tablet, but all rumors indicate that a touch-based iPhone OS device, equipped with a ~10" diagonal screen, is currently in private testing with trusted partners. Those who have been monitoring part sales and manufacturing out of Taiwan and China suggest that screen and chip purchases support the projected March launch date.
From a developer's point of view, what do these rumors mean? Is it enough to assume that App Store products will "just work" out of the box on a new device class? Will adherence to Apple's resolution independence design principles allow well-built iPhone applications to adapt to new window sizes? Or are there greater concerns of memory, processor, and the overall user experience that need to be taken into account?
On Friday, TUAW will chat with Craig Hockenberry and Daniel Jalkut. Hockenberry is the senior software engineer for the Iconfactory, a software and design house that ships both Macintosh and iPhone products. Jalkut, formerly of Apple, is the founder of Red Sweater Software (aka the "MarsEdit" people). Both Hockenberry and Jalkut bring multi-platform Apple development expertise to the table for our discussion of possible hardware directions and how developers can proactively prepare their place in a new market.
Please join us at 10AM Pacific/1PM Eastern for this live chat. There's a reminder widget in the continuation of this post.
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TUAWLive chat tomorrow: Application Development for the (mythical) Apple Tablet originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Thu, 17 Dec 2009 17:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Переслать - Tracking and killing insurgents? There's an app for that.
Filed under: iPhone
The Guardian has a story on US military contractor Raytheon who's begun building a series of applications for the iPhone for use in the battlefield. Their first military app is called One Force Tracker and uses satellite positioning and mobile networks to turn soldiers into master tacticians, giving them constantly updating field maps that track the position of friendly troops and enemy fighters in real time.
Jay Smart, chief technology officer of Raytheon's intelligence and information systems business, said, "Raytheon's experience with mobile communications in the tactical environment and the government customers' need for low-power, simple plug-and-play applications led to the development of a real-time situational awareness application using Apple's touch technologies," and that the decision to use the iPhone was "because building software for the gadget was cheaper and simpler than some of the expensive options specifically designed for military use."
While it's probably a safe bet that One Force Tracker won't be appearing in the App Store anytime soon, another military application by Knight's Armament Company, an American weapons maker that supplies rifles to the Pentagon, has an app called BulletFlight [iTunes link] which helps snipers and sharpshooters to hit their intended target.
Yo Joe!
Thanks CharlieTUAWTracking and killing insurgents? There's an app for that. originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Thu, 17 Dec 2009 16:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Переслать - Navigon drops price but fumbles Google integration
Filed under: Odds and ends, iPhone, App Review
The Navigon Mobile Navigator [iTunes link] has become my favorite GPS app for the car. Great graphics, text-to-speech, auto night mode, and traffic integration.
Today, Navigon dropped the price 30 dollars to U.S. $59.99 and added Google search. That's a great idea, because the self contained GPS apps have static databases that tend to age quickly. Navigon solved that problem by integrating a Google search to their app, which gives you the advantages of on-board maps coupled with the most up to date POI information.
That's the good news. The bad news is this first integration of Google into the app is an utter bomb. I selected POI from the menu, then Google. I then typed in 'pizza' and hit search. The query returned a 'no POI in your area' message, yet I was about 200 yards from a Pizza Hut. I tried some other categories. Nothing. Zip. There is another field to fill in with my location, so I typed the default 'current location' as prompted by the software. Still nothing. I typed in a city name and found all kinds of Google hits, but why should I have to type in my location when this is a GPS app? I tried this at several places, and with several categories. Nothing worked unless I typed in a city name, and of course cities are big places so I wasn't getting the closest hits.
Navigating from the built in POI database worked fine, but the whole point of Google integration was more data, and more up to date information. On more than one try I saw a server error, and it had to be a problem with the app because Google Maps returned good info with no problems. I'm not the only one seeing this issue, so it's not a local error. Other users of the app are reporting the same thing.
This issue may be a temporary one, or a bad bug, but either way it is a bad start for a new feature. I'm confident Navigon will fix the problem.
Competition has forced Navigon to lower the price (until January 11th) and the app is a good buy at that price. I know a lot of people were anxious to have that Google integration, but at least for me and some others, it simply doesn't work. I've contacted the Navigon folks, but haven't heard back yet about what might be going on.
One more small issue. In the past, even though the app has iTunes integration that works well, it can't seem to find any podcasts. That's still a problem with this latest version. If you select the podcast genre, it just comes up empty handed.
We'll let you know when it these issues get fixed, but if you were waiting to buy for the Google feature you might want to wait a bit longer. If you're having problems, or if it works great for you, let us know.
Update note: One of our readers spotted this on the Navigon Facebook page:
Thanks for all of your feedback. Great that to hear that you
are happy with the new features :-)
Regarding Google Local Search: Some of you are having problems. We
could investigate all your feedback and we found a little server bug.
We are working on it and it should be fixed very soon.
Thanks to all of you!"
So stay tuned. Some of our readers are getting good service. Some are not. I was obviously in the latter group. We'll keep you posted.
Thanks Arch!TUAWNavigon drops price but fumbles Google integration originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Thu, 17 Dec 2009 15:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Переслать - Dozen Daily Deals for December 17, 2009
Filed under: Deals
'Tis the season shop until your brains melt (or skip it all entirely, depending on your interpretation of the term holiday). In that spirit, for the next few weeks we'll be rounding up a dozen daily deals courtesy our friends at DealNews.com. Each afternoon tune in to TUAW for this handy summary. Keep in mind that while our posts will live on, the deals won't. Each is lovingly generated by the deal-bot every day, so get 'em while they're hot. Enjoy!- iTunes Music Store: [iPhone / iPod Apps] Gameloft iPhone / iPod touch Apps: Real Soccer 2010, Blades of Fury, more for 99 cents each
- iTunes Music Store: [iPhone / iPod Apps] App Store Price Drops: Ice Age, IM+, Remote Desktop, Command & Conquer, more
- iTunes Music Store: [iPhone / iPod Apps] F.A.S.T. Fleet Air Superiority Training for iPhone / iPod touch downloads for free
- iTunes Music Store: [iPhone / iPod Apps] Seed 1: Rise of Darkness for iPhone / iPod touch downloads for free
- Apple Store: [MacBook] Refurbished Apple MacBook 13" Laptops from $749 + free shipping
- Academic Superstore: [Operating Systems] Windows 7 Professional 64-Bit Upgrade for $40 + $5 s&h
- PopCap Games: [PC Games] PopCap Games Holiday Sale: 50% off all games, deals for $10
- Buy.com: [iPhone] Otterbox Defender 1942 Case for iPhone 3G from $29 + free shipping
- eBay: [Camera Accessories] Lowepro Edit 130 Camera Bag for $15 + free shipping
- Apple Store: [Shipping] The Apple Store: Free shipping no minimum
- B&H Photo Video: [FireWire Drive Enclosures] Drobo 4-Bay FireWire 800 / USB Hard Drive Array for $300 after rebate + free shipping
- OfficeMax: [Office Furniture] OfficeMax Divoga Task Chair for $70 + free shipping
TUAWDozen Daily Deals for December 17, 2009 originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Thu, 17 Dec 2009 15:15:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Переслать - iPhone to Windows Mobile: Eat my dust
Filed under: iPhone
ComScore has released a list of the top smartphone operating systems by market share in the United States in October. Who's on top? Research in Motion (but for how much longer?), followed by Apple, then Microsoft, Palm, Symbian, and finally Google.
The guys at FierceDeveloper have put together this nifty chart showing the top smartphone operating systems by number of active users in the United States in October, based on comScore's data.
What's interesting about comScore's latest number is it's the first time iPhone OS market share has surpassed Windows Mobile. According to the data, approximately 36 million Americans are smartphone owners, with 40% of those owning Blackberries and 25% owning iPhones. Windows Mobile share has shrunk to 20% and with the increasing popularity of the iPhone and Google's Android OS, it's not looking too hot for WinMo.
Below: the chart of comScore's data. The yellow bars are the most recent statistics.TUAWiPhone to Windows Mobile: Eat my dust originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Thu, 17 Dec 2009 14:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Переслать - Apple posts new holiday iPhone ad
Filed under: Apple, iPhone, Holidays
Apple has begun brodcasting a new holiday ad: 12 Apps of Xmas. Though it's not nearly as cool as past Christmas ads, it does spotlight some interesting apps, including one app (Schlage LiNK) that can light up a Christmas tree, at least when it's paired with the appropriate Z-Wave home automation module and the $12.99 monthly service plan [iTunes link].
Here's the lyrics to the new ad, so you can all sing along to the video below.
On the twelfth day of Christmas my iPhone gave to me:
12 cookies cooking
11 cards a sending
10 gifts for giving
9 songs for singing
8 bells for ringing
7 slopes for skiing
6 games for playing
5 gold rings
4 hot lattes
3 flights home
2 feet of snow
And an app that can light up the tree
Apple has thoughtfully compiled an App Store page where you can see all the apps in the TV ads, although it may not be completely up to date. If you've identified one of your favorite apps in this ad, tell us about it in the comments below.TUAWApple posts new holiday iPhone ad originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Thu, 17 Dec 2009 14:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Переслать - Development of VLC for Mac 64-bit is on hold, project needs developers
Filed under: Multimedia, Video, Freeware, Developer
Development on the 64-bit version of VLC Player for Mac has hit the pause button. The Videolan team is looking for Mac development talent to help move the project forward, and revamp the program's interface to be more Mac-like. While the team says that reports of VLC Mac's death are 'greatly exaggerated,' they could definitely use some help.
As we've mentioned before, VLC is a free, open source media player that supports various audio and video formats (MPEG, DivX/Xvid, Ogg, and many more) as well as DVDs, VCDs, and streaming protocols. While the 32-bit version still works fine on Snow Leopard, the 64- bit version (which briefly appeared as 1.0.3, only to disappear again with 1.0.4) is intended to be higher-performance; it also would work more seamlessly with the 64-bit version of Handbrake.
The news of VLC for Mac's 64-bit freezeout started today with this post on videolan.org:
This is going to sound like a PBS sponsorship drive, but it needs to be said:
While VLC is an open source project provided to you free of charge, as with other open source projects, its existence depends on everyone who provides support to the project. This support can come in many forms, such as:
- joining the team and contributing code
- spending time in the forum helping out other VLC users
- making a donation
Every bit helps, since without it the community dies and the project with it.
As mentioned [earlier] we are in desperate need of Mac developers who can help maintain the Mac side of VLC. If you or someone you know is in position to join the team then please let us know. Until we have more Mac developers then the 64-bit version of VLC for MacOS X will be on hold!
Though the new QuickTime X Player has much room for improvement, I've gotten quite used to it and watch all my movie files in it save WMV (which QuickTime plays via the Flip4Mac plugin). For some reason, QTX requires WMV files to go through a loading process before you can skim through the video. On VLC there is no loading process for WMV files before you can skim. This is only one of the many benefits of using VLC, as I'm sure many of our readers can attest.
There are still some alternatives to VLC, including 3ivX, FFmpeg and Perian. There's also this little preference pane to make QTX more enjoyable. But these are all alternatives, not replacements for this great app. Here's hoping that the holiday spirit will inspire a few Mac devs to step up and keep VLC moving forward.TUAWDevelopment of VLC for Mac 64-bit is on hold, project needs developers originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Thu, 17 Dec 2009 13:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Переслать - Apple Movie Trailers website getting an iTunes Store-style overhaul?
Filed under: iTS, Multimedia, iTunes
A reader has tipped us off that Apple's Movie Trailer site has gotten an iTunes Store-style look. Well, for the Iron Man 2 Exclusive Trailer page anyway. Right now the rest of the site seems to have retained its old look. Is this a slow rollout, or is Iron Man just that cool that he gets his own design? Either way, the trailer for Iron Man 2 looks amazing!
We'll let you know if any other trailers get the iTunes Store treatment.
Thanks Space Taker!TUAWApple Movie Trailers website getting an iTunes Store-style overhaul? originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Thu, 17 Dec 2009 12:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Переслать - Ask TUAW: Syncing photos, compressing and transferring large files, virtual printers, and more
Filed under: Features, Troubleshooting, Ask TUAW
Welcome back to Ask TUAW, our weekly troubleshooting Q&A column. This week we've got questions about syncing photo libraries, compressing and transferring large files, creating a virtual PDF printer, increasing screen readability, and more.
As always, your suggestions and questions are welcome. Leave your questions for next week in the comments section at the end of this post. When asking a question, please include which machine you're using and what version of Mac OS X is installed on it (we'll assume you're running Snow Leopard on an Intel Mac if you don't specify).Ben asks
I have a large iPhoto library and multiple macs in multiple locations. What is the best online solution to put my library online so that I can view/download/upload my pictures from any computer anywhere? I am looking for something that I can host on my own site for security if possible not a shutterfly type solution. I also do not have nor want a .mac account.
My initial thought is that the best way to share an iPhoto library between different macs is with Dropbox; I even found a handy tutorial. This would cost something ($9.99 per month for 50 GB / $19.99 for 100 GB), but would be nearly seamless. Unfortunately, it doesn't meet your requirement of running on your own server. But if you really want to do that I don't think you'll really be able to continue using iPhoto. (In principle you might do it with a network disk, but I suspect you'd find the performance hit unacceptable.)
If all you want to do is host a bunch of photos on your own server you might check out Gallery which is a server-based PHP application that offers various photo organizing and sharing features. Naturally, you could access that from any of your Macs.
Pat asksI have a third party database application running on 4D that prints records to attached printers without going through the Mac OS X print dialog window (it brings up a software specific dialog that allows font and font size selection as well as which types of records to print). This is running on a Mac Mini with OS 10.4.11 installed. I would like to print to a pdf file but my application won't give me the built in print to pdf option. I can select different printers in page setup. Is there a Mac OS X pdf engine that can be installed like a print driver that appears in my page setup dialog box that the database will recognize?
What you need is CUPS-PDF. You might want to grab a slightly older version for your OS X 10.4 machine, but it will create a virtual printer that you should be able to select within the print dialog. When you do that it dumps your "prints" as PDFs into a folder on your Desktop.
Nirgal asksI recently was faced with the need to compress an approximately 50 Gig file, so that I can send it by FTP in less than 10,000 years. I know about the built-in compress utility in Leopard/Snow Leopard, command-line options like tar, gzip, and cpio, and StuffIt and other 3rd party apps. My question is, are any of these options noticeably faster than the others? And, in general, are there any advantages to using StuffIt instead of the built-in file compression in OS X?
You certainly don't need to bother with StuffIt, which is more of an artifact of the Mac past than really relevant these days. Frankly, what I would suggest is that you use RAR. In addition to good compression performance, RAR also allows you to break up big files into several smaller files, each of which is easier to upload/download. In fact, if you also includes some PAR files, you'll also get an automated recovery method if something becomes corrupted along the ways.
There are several Mac RAR utilities like UnRarX and RAR Expander, but if you want to use PAR files you'll probably want MacPAR deLuxe.
Maxintech asksIs there a way to record the sound coming from iphone to computer? I'm recording a tutorial for a game and in certain parts of the game are played simultaneous sounds which difficult to put the sound manually when editing the video. I recorded others tutorials and muted the original video and synchronized the sound manually, but in this case is impracticable.
I think you could simply use a 1/8" audio patch cable from the iPhone. For the best results I'd use the output from an iPhone dock (or similar) to the line in. If you don't have a line in on your Mac, you may need a USB audio interface like the iMic from Griffin.
iGO asksIs there a setting to make all the system Fonts, Menu's, Text, LARGER, globally? We don't wish to change the native resolution, which displays everything beautifully, but the native resolution display (1920x1200) makes everything too small.
While there has been lots of talk about resolution independence in OS X, it has not yet appeared as general feature. With TinkerTool you can adjust some of the default font settings in OS X. Unfortunately, it will not affect things like the menubar font. While it's not entirely practical she could also use the zoom feature when necessary. Once turned on in the Universal Access Preference Pane it allows you to zoom in on the part of the screen under the mouse cursor if you hold down the Control key and scroll (with a mouse scroll wheel or even two-fingers on the trackpad). Other than that, I'm afraid you would actually have to change the screen resolution to make everything appear bigger.
Josh asks
I have a 27" iMac and a new Mac Mini both running 10.6.2. Is it possible to use Target Display Mode and something like Teleport or Synergy to control the Mini? Or is a second, separate display - directly attached to the Mini - needed?
While, in principle, I think you could do that I suspect you'd be better off to run the Mac mini headless and just use Screen Sharing to control it. If you turn on Screen Sharing in Sharing Preference Pane on the mini (and the mini is on the same network as the iMac) you should see it in the Finder sidebar on the iMac and easily be able to connect to it. If necessary you could connect the mini to the iMac in Target Display Mode in order to set it up and from then on just use Screen Sharing.
TUAWAsk TUAW: Syncing photos, compressing and transferring large files, virtual printers, and more originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Thu, 17 Dec 2009 11:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Переслать - First Look: Snagit for Mac Public Beta
Filed under: Software, Switchers, First Look
Switchers were elated earlier this year when TechSmith, developers of the fabulous Camtasia screen recorder application for Windows, finally shipped their flagship app for the Mac. Those switchers were probably also wishing that TechSmith would create a Mac version of their screen capture application, Snagit. Well, their wishes have been granted!
TechSmith has announced the public beta version of Snagit for Mac, and a first look at the application shows that it's a worthy screenshot snapper for the platform. The company has made the beta available for feedback on operation and features, so this is a perfect time to download the program and give it a try.
After installing the application and launching it, all that is visible is a small "tab" that pops out from the side of the Mac screen when you hover over it. The tab has a drop-down for choosing the capture mode and a red button for taking the screen shot. There are two capture modes -- all-in-one capture and window capture. Window capture mode displays all open windows Exposé-style, and you click on one of the windows to select it for capture. Once captured, it appears in a screen where you can annotate the screenshot in a number of ways, or add effects. At this time, there are no effects and the app shows that the feature is coming soon.
In the all-in-one capture mode, clicking the red button brings up a set of gold crosshairs that you direct across the display using your trackpad or mouse. Bringing the crosshairs to bear on a window causes that window to be selected for capture. There's one really cool feature of Snagit that comes into play in either capture mode. If the window you've selected to capture is a scrolling window, Snagit will grab the entire length and width of the window, not just what's visible.
After a window has been captured, it appears in an application window. It's here that you can apply a number of tools, including labels (notepad or cartoon balloon), arrows, stamps (including many accents and cursors), markers and highlighters, a blur tool for hiding personal information in screen shots, lines, shapes, fills, and erasers. Each tool is highly configurable, with choices of line widths, shapes, and foreground and background colors.
Each screenshot appears in a scrolling pane at the bottom of the Snagit window, and the application also auto-saves your captures for future reference and work. In my initial "play" with the application, I found it to be easy to use, full-featured, and a serious competitor to Apple's free Preview app (which provides screenshot and annotation tools) and my personal favorite, Snapz Pro X (which has no annotation tools).
No price or release date has been set yet for Snagit, and there are definitely some features that are still in the works, but it looks as if Snagit for Mac could be a real winner in the screenshot capture application genre.TUAWFirst Look: Snagit for Mac Public Beta originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Thu, 17 Dec 2009 10:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Переслать - An app with everything but sales
Filed under: Gaming, iPhone, App Store
TriplePoint PR's site has a post on their blog about Orbital [iTunes Link], an iPhone game released a while back that I presume is one of their clients. Obviously, they've done their job: we're talking about the game, which is $.99US or available in a lite free version [iTunes Link]. But they've also provided us with a little insight into just how things are going in the app's release, and the picture they paint says "not well." Oh, sure, it's been reviewed well, there's a little bit of buzz about it, and the game itself, says the firm, is good (trust them at your own risk, but they sound like they really do enjoy it). So what's the problem? It's not selling.
To be fair, it is selling. They've sold less than 100,000 units, they say, and even half of that is a nice chunk of sales. But apparently that's not a success, and they're wondering why. Piracy is their first guess -- we've heard before that piracy can be a huge issue, even on cheap apps. They say the game had an 80% piracy rate in the first week, which has since dropped down to 24%. I'm not convinced piracy can be blamed completely -- there's no guaranteeing that all pirates would have bought a real copy anyway.
But certainly there's something going on here -- you can have a terrific app that's well-reviewed and buzzworthy, and if it doesn't end up in the right place at the right time, it still won't be successful (or at least as successful as you want). Everyone is still working to unlock success in the App Store, but with over 100,000 products on the shelves, it has become increasingly more difficult for the good apps to stand apart.TUAWAn app with everything but sales originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Thu, 17 Dec 2009 09:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Переслать - Going to Vermont for a White Christmas? Relax - you'll have 3G service
Filed under: Odds and ends, iPhone
So, you and your song-and-dance partner have decided that you're going to follow a few classy dames that you met at a nightclub in Florida up to Pine Tree, Vermont, where they're going to be spending the Christmas holidays performing their sister act at a lodge. The only problem is, you have AT&T service and you've heard that 3G service is nonexistent anywhere in the Green Mountain State. How are you going to be able to stream a live video from your iPhone 3GS to the Ed Harrison show so you can get your old Army buddies together for a tribute to the lodge owner, who is the General you served under in WW2?
There will be no problems this White Christmas, since AT&T is in the process of lighting up their 3G network in Vermont starting today. This week, service will roll out in Bennington, Brattleboro, Brownsville, Killington, Vernon, Warren, West Dover, and White River Junction. By New Year's Eve, service will be extended to Burlington, Colchester, Essex Junction, Fayston, Hartford, Jamaica, Jeffersonville, Middlebury, Rutland, South Burlington, St. Albans, Stowe, Waitsfield, West Rutland, West Townshend, West Wardsboro, Williston, and Winooski. In the first quarter of 2010, Barre, Montpelier, and Northfield will finally see the light of 3G goodness glowing in their iPhones.
Wait a second... I didn't see Pine Tree in that list. Maybe it's not going to be a Merry Christmas after all!
A tip of the TUAW Santa hat to Vermont resident Bradley M. for sending us the news.TUAWGoing to Vermont for a White Christmas? Relax - you'll have 3G service originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Thu, 17 Dec 2009 08:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Переслать - iPhone, iPod touch leading product search for Christmas
Filed under: Hardware, Internet, iPhone, iPod nano, iPod touch
This is an interesting little statistic, but it could be very telling about what's going on in terms of sales this holiday season. 9to5Mac says that over in the UK, the iPhone and the iPod touch are the current most searched-for products this holiday. iPhone made up 1.75 percent of all product searches last week, and 14% of mobile phone product searches. Meanwhile, the iPod touch was in second place at 1.29 percent, and the iPod nano was actually third, at .5 percent. Over three percent, then, of all product searches in the UK were for Apple's handhelds.
Of course, just because one in 34 people are searching for an iPhone or iPod doesn't mean that they'll be huge gifts necessarily -- maybe the searching just means that they want one, not that they'll be getting one. But there's no question that as big as Apple's 4th quarter has been so far, it's going to get even bigger, in the UK and probably everywhere else as well.TUAWiPhone, iPod touch leading product search for Christmas originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Thu, 17 Dec 2009 07:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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