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- Consumer Reports' Mobile Shopper a mixed bag
This is the second foray into iPhone territory by Consumer Reports. The first app pretty much duplicated the currently-available online content, and was free. This second app, called Consumer Reports Mobile Shopper is US $9.99, and puts the impeccable brand and product reviews in a more iOS-specific form.
The app allows you to browse through CR ratings of thousands of products, and allows searches by brand name or model. You can also scan the UPC bar-code using the iPhone's camera. The app also gives you best prices both online and locally using PriceGrabber for online price comparisons and Milo for local purchases.
It all sounds great in theory, but there are some rough edges. I thought the scanning worked well enough, and it's a fast way to get to the product you're interested in. Typing product names is easy enough too. Of course you won't find details on everything, since you're always limited to what they've reviewed. In some cases there are big holes -- if you go to the car category, all you get are tires, batteries, and GPS units. Huh? Aren't cars one area where CR has a tremendous amount of information?
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Consumer Reports' Mobile Shopper a mixed bag originally appeared on TUAW on Tue, 19 Oct 2010 21:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Переслать - New Kindle app for Macs adds many desired features
I do most of my reading of books purchased from Amazon on my iPad, but there are times where my laptop and desktop Mac would be just dandy for catching up on my non dead-tree efforts.
Amazon has released a new version of Kindle for Mac, and it brings the Mac version up to feature parity with the iOS versions. The new version includes these capabilities:
- Add, edit or delete notes and highlights
- Search for words or phrases in a book
- Multi-column text is now supported
- The overall look and feel are improved and a bit more contemporary
The update is free of course, and a quick download. I'd like to use the Apple iBookstore more often, but the selection of books just isn't there. Also, Apple doesn't even have an app that will let you access your iBooks on Mac desktops or laptops, which is a pretty big omission in my view.
New Kindle app for Macs adds many desired features originally appeared on TUAW on Tue, 19 Oct 2010 20:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Переслать - Old Sierra games coming to iPad as unofficial web apps
Sierra's old-school adventure games of the '80s bring back many memories of days where finding cheats and walk-throughs were hard to come by, and a binder of scribbled clues sat by my tiny monitor. Many of those same games have been ported to the web, and we're likely to see them made especially for the iPad soon.
Martin Kool of sarien.net has made a hobby of porting many of Sierra's older adventure games to the web, and now he wants to make those same games work especially well on the iPad. Kool plans to make each title on its own landing page, where visitors can create web app icons on their iOS devices to each page, essentially giving them access to a full-blown, free Sierra game.
Another cool aspect to these ported games is that Kool has added a multiplayer aspect to them. You could be walking around the Kingdom of Daventry and see another player completing the quests along with you!
So far Sierra's parent company, Activision, has not submitted a cease and desist letter, but he won't fight them if it comes to that. Kool does not plan to make any money off his ports, and they will remain ad-free.
[via Touch Arcade]Old Sierra games coming to iPad as unofficial web apps originally appeared on TUAW on Tue, 19 Oct 2010 20:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Переслать - Yojimbo 3 released with companion iPad app
In the department of "Things That Took TJ By Surprise" you can add "Barebones released Yojimbo on the iPad!"
Yojimbo was the first "collection box" app that I ever used. It is still the easiest app I know to grab bits of information from anywhere on your Mac to save it for later. The lack of an iOS app has been a big drawback.
Being able to access Yojimbo on the iPad may be surprising, but it's great news, and I look forward to putting it through the paces. There's a good overview on Barebones.com of mobile Yojimbo's feature set, which includes a few caveats. The initial version is "read-only" so you can't add to your Yojimbo collection from the iPad. It will sync with your Mac, but only over Wi-Fi on the same network.
This is version 1.0, but I always caution against buying an app that you can't use today because of what you hope it will do tomorrow. For $10 you are getting mobile access to your Yojimbo collection, assuming that you own Yojimbo 3 which was also just released as a free upgrade for Yojimbo 2 owners and a $20 upgrade for existing users (Version 2 users: you will be getting your 3.0 registration via email "soon" according to the website. They recommend using the demo until then). Yojimbo 3 offers two main features: you can now scan from a TWAIN scanner directly into Yojimbo,and iPad support.
I can already hear a host of Evernote users clamoring to add that it does all this and more, but some of us (myself included) have never warmed to Evernote the way that we did to Yojimbo. For us, this is a great day.
Yojimbo 3 released with companion iPad app originally appeared on TUAW on Tue, 19 Oct 2010 19:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Переслать - Metal cover serves as DIY iPhone backplate
Worried about the glass back of your iPhone 4 getting smashed? If you have $13 and a few minutes, Hong Kong manufacturer CNN (Cellular Nationwide Network) can supply you with a nice looking aluminum backplate to replace the glass.
According to the original "how-to" post on Unplggd, the metal back is incredibly easy to install. You just remove the two screws on either side of the Dock Connector port, pop out the glass, slide on the metal cover and Boom! You have an attractive, custom iPhone 4. The sides are even beveled for a more comfortable using experience.
Wired's website noted that a metal backplate should not affect the iPhone 4's call quality thanks to the controversial and much-maligned external antenna design of the device.
You might want to order your backplate soon if you're thinking about doing this. Since it has all of the usual artwork that comes with the regular iPhone 4, including the Apple logo and the famous "Designed by Apple in California" tag, chances are very good that Apple's lawyers will shut down production (or at least the screen printing) of the backplates soon. CNN's website is stating that the covers are currently backordered and that they'll fill the orders as quickly as possible.
[via Wired]
Metal cover serves as DIY iPhone backplate originally appeared on TUAW on Tue, 19 Oct 2010 19:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Переслать - iSuppli: Apple to sell 120 million iPads by 2012Many analysts were disappointed when Apple announced 4.2 million iPads sold in Q4 during the conference call yesterday. The consensus -- or hope -- among many on Wall Street was a 5m+ iPad quarter. But if iSuppli's report today is any indication, the Wall Street boys have nothing to worry about when it comes to future iPad sales. iSuppli states that due to increasing component availability (a lack of which, they suggest, is the only thing that kept Apple from selling more iPads), Apple is set to sell a total of 13.8 million units in 2010, up from 12.9 million units.
For 2011, iSuppli has raised total iPad sales estimates from 36.5 million to 43.7 million. It gets even better for the tablet maker in 2012, when iSuppli estimates Apple will sell 63.3 million units, up from their original estimate of 50.4 million. If iSuppli's estimates are correct, that means that by the end of 2012 -- just 2 years and 9 month since the iPad went on sale -- Apple will have sold 120 million of them. Now that's a lot of iPads.
The increased forecasts are due to greater than expected interest in the iPad from business and education institutions, and also due to the fact that the iPad is now available in more retail outlets like Amazon, Verizon stores, Target, and Walmart.iSuppli: Apple to sell 120 million iPads by 2012 originally appeared on TUAW on Tue, 19 Oct 2010 18:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Переслать - Rumor: Scrolling, QuickLook and Spotlight updated for 10.7
Apple's next big event is less than 24 hours away and the rumor mill is still running full force. We've already seen a lot of speculation about the upcoming MacBook Air revision. This latest batch of rumors is about some of the interface changes that we might see for Mac OS X 10.7 "Lion."
Macstories.net suggests that scrolling is likely to get a major update in both form and function; likely as not the scroll bars are going to disappear. Presumably, they will be similar to the iOS scroll bars that are only visible when you're using them. This will be a welcome change to the bubbly bars from the Aqua interface which have not changed in a long time.
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Rumor: Scrolling, QuickLook and Spotlight updated for 10.7 originally appeared on TUAW on Tue, 19 Oct 2010 18:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Переслать - The future of Tweetie and the Mac
A tweet from @MacHeist provides clarification on another tweet from Twitter founder Evan Williams. Williams commented a few days ago that Twitter was not "actively investing" in Tweetie for the Mac at this time.
Williams' tweet caused quite a stir. Since the acquisition of Tweetie for iPhone and the app's conversion into Twitter's official app for iPhone and iPad, the Mac version of Tweetie has collected a good bit of dust and now lacks the up-to-date features found in its mobile siblings.
MacHeist director John Casasanta was even surprised by Williams' tweet, because he reports being in contact with Tweetie's developer, Loren Brichter. The good news? Tweetie 2 for the Mac is alive and well, even though work has slowed due to the Twitter acquisitions of the mobile products. There's still no word about when it'll be released, but we'll be sure to let you know when it's out.The future of Tweetie and the Mac originally appeared on TUAW on Tue, 19 Oct 2010 17:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Переслать - T-Mobile FCC memo cites Android app that caused network chaos
Remember, back in 2007 -- you know, Year One BTAS (Before The App Store) -- when Steve Jobs gave Apple's rationale for keeping the iPhone a closed platform versus allowing native app development? "Cingular doesn't want to see their West Coast network go down because some application messed up," he famously said, and was mocked by us and others for his seeming excess of caution.
Now it seems the rogue app is on the other foot -- or, more to the point, on the other OS and carrier. Mike Dano at FierceWireless takes note of a January FCC filing (PDF) from T-Mobile planning & performance engineering director Grant Castle, where Castle makes part of T-Mobile's case on net neutrality rules and the need for traffic shaping and optimization for wireless data. The entire memo is a good read -- surprising enough, considering the audience and topic -- but the real zinger is the revelation about an unnamed instant messaging application that rolled out onto T-Mobile's Android handset base.
This mystery app apparently worked fine and dandy when tested on WiFi by the developer, but once in the wild it began to cause network issues; signaling demand went up, particularly on already-busy nodes in urban settings, and in one test the app was shown to increase device network utilization by 12x. The problems were exacerbated as the app grew in popularity, and eventually the traffic issues began to degrade service overall.
In this case, T-Mobile was able to reach out to the developer and request fixes to the app to resolve the network pain and suffering (which must have been a fascinating phone call). Still, this example of one poorly-adjusted application having widespread impact on a carrier network does indeed validate the original precautions in place for the web-apps-only iOS 1.x world, and today's gated garden/kill switch environment for iOS apps in the wild.
Interestingly, even though T-Mobile's support for unlocked iPhones in the US is officially unofficial, it's not entirely without challenges. FW also pointed out that back in April the carrier reported to the FCC that jailbroken phones on the T-Mobile network caused signaling issues akin to a DDOS attack. One could easily imagine a popular jailbreak application going off the network rails, with no way to restrain or recall it -- depending on the percentage of JB phones in the wild, it could get hectic.
[via Engadget]
T-Mobile FCC memo cites Android app that caused network chaos originally appeared on TUAW on Tue, 19 Oct 2010 17:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Переслать - Apple number 65 on Newsweek's list of green companies
Newsweek has published their list of the most environmentally-friendly companies, and Apple is ranked number 65 out of 500. While it didn't make the top 10 (Dell is number one), Apple improved significantly from last year when it placed 133rd. The rankings considered a number of scores, including green score, environmental impact and green policies.
Other tech companies in the top 10 include HP, IBM, Intel, Sprint, Adobe, Applied Materials and Yahoo!.
Apple has made vast improvements in their environmental friendliness over the past few years, as organizations like Greenpeace have put the pressure on. Last January Greenpeace ranked Apple first in their list of the top 18 consumer electronics company in terms of reduction or elimination of hazardous chemicals in the manufacture of its products.
[Via Macsimum News]Apple number 65 on Newsweek's list of green companies originally appeared on TUAW on Tue, 19 Oct 2010 16:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Переслать - App Review: Kingsburg (née Kinsburg) rolls strategy and frustrating your opponents into one fun game
In September, a board game app based on the 2007 game Kingsburg took the gaming community by surprise. We often hear about upcoming board game ports way in advance of their release, but Kingsburg appeared so suddenly on the App Store [for US$4.99] that someone submitted it as Kinsburg, which made it kind of hard to search for in the early weeks of its release. The typo has now been fixed, so if the game sounds interesting to you after reading this review, you know it'll be easy to find.
What is Kingsburg (subtitled "Serving the Crown") all about? It's a light, fun strategy game with plenty of luck and a good helping of "screw-your-neighbor" involved. You play an advisor to the king - or maybe a duke with his own duchy, something like that - and you spend five "years" gaining resources, erecting buildings, and preparing for invasions of evil armies with things like barbarians and zombies. It's fun once you know what you're doing. Continue reading for more.
App Review: Kingsburg (née Kinsburg) rolls strategy and frustrating your opponents into one fun game originally appeared on TUAW on Tue, 19 Oct 2010 16:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Переслать - iShred jumps up the charts thanks to viral video
Last Saturday, we posted this video of the band Atomic Tom singing with their iPhones on the B train over the East River. Since then, the video has gone viral, nabbing more than a million views on YouTube. But the band isn't the only group benefiting from the attention -- we heard from the developers of iShred, the guitar app seen in the video, and apparently just being seen in the video has had a huge effect for them as well. The app has jumped from #84 to #4 on the App Store music app charts, and has reached the #65 app overall.
That's quite amazing, and it shows that people are getting recommendations for their apps from all over the place, from sites like ours to just spotting apps used in other contexts. What's most surprising isn't just the US App Store growth, but the fact that iShred has seen a big jump up overseas as well -- iShred is in the top ten in over 20 countries in the world. In Japan, we're told, it's the #3 app out of all of them. That's surprising -- when the video went viral, it must have become popular internationally.
Of course, it probably doesn't hurt that the iShred folks have put the app on sale for just US$0.99 (and honestly, this post will probably give them another nice jump in the listings). But it is interesting to see the effects of such a subtle app mention when it goes out and reaches the right people.iShred jumps up the charts thanks to viral video originally appeared on TUAW on Tue, 19 Oct 2010 15:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Переслать - TUAW predictions for the "Back to the Mac" event
Apple's "Back to the Mac" event is almost upon us. While the world eagerly awaits Apple's unveiling, we at TUAW are sticking our necks out and predicting (with tongue slightly in cheek) what we think Steve's gonna announce when he takes the stage.Continue reading TUAW predictions for the "Back to the Mac" event
TUAW predictions for the "Back to the Mac" event originally appeared on TUAW on Tue, 19 Oct 2010 15:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Переслать - Does open matter?
Much has been made of Steve Jobs' presence on the earnings call yesterday. In particular, there's a little nerd slapfight going on between Apple and Google around the "openness" of their platforms. As Steve said yesterday, "open doesn't always win." Andy Rubin, the father of Android at Google, later reportedly tweeted the code needed to compile Android, thus jabbing at Apple by illustrating that anyone could freely download and compile the Android OS. Yeah, and how many "average" people do you know that'll do that? Exactly none.
Here's the thing, we nerds like to think we're inheriting the earth now that everyone is playing video games and carrying too many gadgets and stuck at their computers all day. The fact is, however, that the average consumer doesn't give a moof's fanny about whether their phone or tablet or PC or monkey is running an "open" platform. What they want is to find a Twitter client without having to make a tech support call.
Earlier today I spoke to Download Squad blogger Erez Zukerman who has been playing around with an Acer Liquid E. He said in our chat room: "It's completely rooted, with a community-ROM installed, 2.2 Android which wasn't even released for Acer. Worked just fine with a Fido SIM in Canada (It's originally a Rogers device). Then I put in a T-mobile SIM in the UK, and it asked for a PIN. I put in the correct PIN (was a brand new SIM) but it wouldn't take it. I kept retrying because it said after a few retries it would request the PUK, which I also had. After a few retries, it _locked_ completely, and now no SIM works with it at all! Not even the Fido one which worked with it. I need to consult the nerds at Modaco to see what to do." My response? It reminded me of the time my great-grandfather regaled me with stories of re-vulcanizing the tires on his horseless carriage.
I'm not dismissing the notion of open-source platforms or software because the fact is that many awesome things have been created this way. The world owes a debt of gratitude to the people who toil away at code that makes our lives better even if there's no monetary reward for them or even if their code isn't "protected" by archaic patents. Open is a powerful force in technology and it should always remain so.
However, Steve's point was to the consumer marketplace and specifically to consumer electronics. Do you care if the code in your digital TV is open? How about your refrigerator? The chances are slim you'll ever service these items yourself, so what does it matter? In the open market, it really doesn't matter that much. Not to the consumer, anyway. Apple's strategy has nothing to do with fighting an ideological war -- it has everything to do with selling more units than the other guy and providing a best-of-breed experience to its customers. Everything else is ultimately a debate left for academics and pundits and proselytizers.Does open matter? originally appeared on TUAW on Tue, 19 Oct 2010 14:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Переслать - TweetDeck CEO: Developing for Android "not a nightmare"
During yesterday's classic tirade by Apple CEO Steve Jobs during the 4Q Earnings Call, there was a rant about the fragmentation of the Android OS that included a reference to "TwitterDeck's" (actually TweetDeck's) recent chart showing how many hardware platforms they must contend with during development. By implication, Jobs was making the Android development world seem like a nightmare.
TweetDeck's CEO Iain Dodsworth responded in a series of tweets after the call, saying "Did we at any point say it was a nightmare developing on Android? Errrr nope, no we didn't. It wasn't." That wasn't the only time Dodsworth called out Jobs on his assertion that Android development is difficult because of the vast variety of OS / hardware combinations available. He later responded to another tweet by saying "We have only 2 guys developing on Android TweetDeck so that shows how small an issue fragmentation is."
Here at TUAW, we're taking bets on who will be the third executive to step up and respond to the Jobs rant. Anybody putting money on Steve Ballmer? Not that Microsoft was even called out in the rant; he just seems to enjoy yelling.
TweetDeck CEO: Developing for Android "not a nightmare" originally appeared on TUAW on Tue, 19 Oct 2010 14:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Переслать - Rumor: Apple field testing revised iPhone 4
With all of the hoopla about the alleged Verizon iPhone now being stirred up by such illustrious sources as the Wall Street Journal, it's surprising that we haven't seen much physical proof of the device turning up. Usually there are a few good leaked photos, devices are left in bars, and excited engineers spilling the beans to blogger friends.
Boy Genius Report (BGR) is quoting a "solid Apple source" as saying that iPhone model 3,2 is ready for field testing. This is widely expected to be the CDMA version of the iPhone 4, and has reached the last testing stage ("AP") before retail release with finalized hardware and software that just needs minimal tweaking.
The identifier 3,2 refers to a revised iPhone 4, as iPhone model 3,1 is the current iPhone 4. BGR's source stated that the new iPhone contains a SIM card, which indicates that the phone can run on GSM standard systems. Rumors earlier this month implied that the Verizon iPhone could use a dual-mode baseband chip from Qualcomm that would enable it to run on both CDMA and GSM networks. There's also speculation in the BGR post that the new model could include a fix for the "antennagate" issue.
The site is also saying that the iPhone 5 (model 4,1) is now in Engineering Verification Testing for a release sometime next year. As AppleInsider pointed out, BGR has been wildly incorrect with some previous rumors. They asserted that iTunes 9 would include support for Blu-Ray, and were slapped upside the head by Apple PR after they published a set of emails allegedly sent between Steve Jobs and an unhappy customer. In other words, if you have salt, sprinkle it liberally on this rumor.
[via AppleInsider]
Rumor: Apple field testing revised iPhone 4 originally appeared on TUAW on Tue, 19 Oct 2010 13:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Переслать - Apple sells 250k Apple TVs in six weeks
While Apple TV sales were apparently not published in Apple's quarterly earnings release, during the much-ballyhooed investor conference call yesterday, Steve Jobs noted that as many as 250,000 Apple TVs have been sold since its debut last month.
To put that number into perspective, in the first month of sales of the original Apple TV (January 2007), Apple took orders of around 100,000 units. Also, prime contender Roku has reported sales of about 500,000 of its devices after being on the market for a year-and-change.
Although Apple stands a good chance of taking the lead over Roku in sales at some point, as far as the company is concerned, those numbers still put the Apple TV in the "hobby" category. iPads and iPhones still reign supreme in terms of sales for the company's fourth quarter.Apple sells 250k Apple TVs in six weeks originally appeared on TUAW on Tue, 19 Oct 2010 13:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Переслать - Oddsmakers lay bets on Wednesday's event
With less than 24 hours to go before Apple's "Back to the Mac" press event, oddsmakers have laid odds on what we're likely to see. Specifically, CEO Mickey Richardson and his team at Bookmaker have presented the following odds (note that the +/- denotes the return on any wager) and the likelihood of a response occurring:
There will be an 11-inch version of Macbook AirYES -750 88.5%
NO +150 40%
Updated iWork & iLifeYES -500 15%NO +100 50%
There will be a Facetime for iChat in new OSYES -750 88.5%NO +150 40%
The next version of OS X will be called LionYES +150 40%NO -750 88.5%
All of those things are likely to happen if you ask us. There are a slew of rumors about the MacBook Air, German Amazon.com has inadvertently dropped a hint about iLife '11 and a retooled iChat with FaceTime support seems like a no-brainer. Plus the invitation features a picture of a lion for goodness sake.
We'll have full coverage tomorrow. See you then.Oddsmakers lay bets on Wednesday's event originally appeared on TUAW on Tue, 19 Oct 2010 12:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Переслать - Piper Jaffray raises Apple price target to $429
Piper Jaffray has raised the price target on shares of AAPL to US$429 following yesterday's financial report from Apple. The company posted its first $20 billion quarter, beating expected earnings.
In addition, Piper Jaffray raised FY11 revenue growth rate from 24% to 32%. In a note to clients issued today, Jaffray said, "While shares of Apple may pull back today (10/19), we would be buyers based on our belief that investors will gain optimism over the next three months that the growth story will continue."
Indeed there was a bit of a pullback, as AAPL dropped 5.6% in after-hours trading on Monday. The stock fell to $299.70, down $18.30 (-5.75%), within two hours of yesterday's announcements. The drop was blamed on iPad sales of 4.1 million; more were expected.
For more Apple financial news, look here.Piper Jaffray raises Apple price target to $429 originally appeared on TUAW on Tue, 19 Oct 2010 12:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Переслать - Apple retail presence continues to grow and produce
Years ago, when Apple announced they were opening retail stores I don't know that anyone expected them to be such a resounding success. But yesterday's call confirmed this fact, as nearly every metric was up: sales, traffic and number of new stores. The Apple retail engine is firing on all cylinders.
Some highlights:- Revenues are up 75% since last year. Last year revenues were $2.04 billion, and this year they were $3.57 billion.
- Mac sales went up from 670,000 to 874,000, a 30% increase.
- Almost half of Mac sales were to new customers, something we've been hearing for years.
- Foot traffic in stores were also up significantly, reaching 74.5 million, up 62% from last year.
- Expansion has been a big deal as well, with Apple opening 24 new stores, and 16 of those were outside the US. The Beijing and Shanghai stores were noted in the call, with the Shanghai store opening on the last day of the quarter yet blowing away sales records from all store openings in years past.
- Further increasing its reach, Apple plans to open 40-50 new stores in 2011, with half of those overseas, and it plans to renovate many existing stores to reflect its new product lines and achieve "service goals."
No matter how you look at it, Apple's retail efforts have been a huge success in Q4.
Apple retail presence continues to grow and produce originally appeared on TUAW on Tue, 19 Oct 2010 11:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Переслать - Qantas to offer in-flight iPads on Jetstar flights
MarketWatch is reporting that iPads are to be offered to passengers as in-flight entertainment on Qantas Airways' Jetstar flights, according to a company official speaking to the Dow Jones Newswires. The move is to draw would-be flyers to Jetstar in an increasingly competitive market for budget airlines operating in and around Australia and Asia.
"We're in the final stages of putting in place what would be a broader roll out across the network. We're in ongoing discussion with the manufacturer around a more integrated network proposition," a Jetstar spokesman said in an interview Monday.According to ZDNet Australia, passengers will have the option to rent an iPad for the duration of the flight at AUD $10.
The larger screen would certainly be a plus, but I must admit, holding an iPad for the duration of a flight would become slightly tiresome. However, I know that if I was on a long-haul flight, I'd certainly choose an iPad loaded with games, music, and movies over the usually clunky in-flight entertainment service offered on most airlines these days. Though, not at an additional cost -- especially if I've got an iPad of my own already.
[via MacDailyNews]Qantas to offer in-flight iPads on Jetstar flights originally appeared on TUAW on Tue, 19 Oct 2010 11:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Переслать - Camp Logos took me from know-nothing to advanced
Over the weekend, I attended the Camp Logos training seminar for Logos Bible Study software. I have been to lots of seminars, but this was my first one specifically about software, and I went in not really knowing what to expect. I was completely blown away by how useful it was.
When Logos for Mac came out last year, I spent a little bit of time using it, but I never really got into it. Logos 4 is a major redesign, and it was recently released for Mac. This is software that I could use on a daily basis, and learning more about it would save me a great deal of time, so it seemed like a good fit.
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Camp Logos took me from know-nothing to advanced originally appeared on TUAW on Tue, 19 Oct 2010 10:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Переслать - Does Apple want to buy Facebook?
Peter Kafka at All Things Digital thinks that Steve Jobs might want to buy Facebook. His reasoning is that Jobs, when asked what Apple plans to do with its now $51 billion in cash, said, "We firmly believe that one or more unique strategic opportunities will present itself to us, and we'll be in a position to take advantage of it." Kafka believes that one such "unique strategic" opportunity is called Facebook.
Jobs and Facebook founder/CEO Mark Zuckerberg met for dinner the other day. Many presumed that they were discussing Facebook Connect and Ping integration, but what if it were something more, like Apple buying Facebook? Kafka thinks that Apple acquiring Facebook makes sense because Facebook doesn't compete with Apple in any significant way, and Facebook is something that Apple couldn't compete against even if it wanted to. Plus, Facebook is already competing with Google, "which has to make Jobs like it even more," Kafka argues.
What would Apple buying Facebook lead to? Every Facebook user would probably automatically have an iTunes Store account. FaceTime chat could be integrated into Facebook chat, potentially leading to increased sales of iOS devices. If Apple continues down the road of using not only phone numbers, but email addresses and eventually Facebook IDs as designated FaceTime "phone numbers," then 500 million users would already have a FaceTime ID to use when all telephony goes VoIP.
Apple has the cash to buy Facebook outright (Facebook is valued at around US $25-35 billion), but will they? Steve Jobs and Mark Zuckerberg seem to share a lot of traits (not to mention both having had movies made about them), but could two of the most powerful people in tech -- with equally powerful egos -- work together?Does Apple want to buy Facebook? originally appeared on TUAW on Tue, 19 Oct 2010 09:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Переслать - TUAW's Daily App: Tap DiscI have to say, I'm a little more interested lately in longer and more developed experiences for the iOS devices, which is one reason why I loved Game Dev Story so much. But there is still some space in my app diet for quick, pick-up-and-play experiences, and Tap Disc is one of those. Actually, "pick-up-and-play" might not be the right phrase to use -- there is a lengthy tutorial with the game, and lots of things are happening. But at its core, Tap Disc is a pretty straightforward action game, and it's clean and satisfying enough to be well worth the buck it's selling for on the App Store right now.
The basic gameplay has you following a series of discs around the iPhone's screen, and you tap the screen to create matching orbs for them to touch. Touch to create an orb, then line it up so the bouncing disc touches it at the right time. The twist is that the discs are all different colors, and the orbs you create change colors over time. For example, a white disc simply has to hit a white orb, which is the color it is when it's first created. But a red disc can only hit an orb after it's turned red -- about a half second after you create it. You have to calculate the angles and time your orb placement just right in order to match colors and clear the discs.
It sounds complicated, but in practice, it's not. What you end up with is a fun mix of a timing and angle game that's pretty addictive. There is also a "preschool" mode for kids (much less complicated -- just tap the moving objects to clear them), and there are a number of different difficulties and powerups to contend with. OpenFeint integration extends replayability, and the team is even offering a monthly contest with cash prizes for the game's best players. Tap Disc is definitely worth checking out.TUAW's Daily App: Tap Disc originally appeared on TUAW on Tue, 19 Oct 2010 08:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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