Despite what some will tell you, Macs stink and stink some more.
And they smell, too.
(I really don't have any problems with Macs - I just cannot let go of the statement by a co-worker at a sister company that they are "impervious" to viruses.)
A jack of many hobbies and a master of none - spending lots of time on amateur/ham radio, running, and technology.
Showing posts with label Apple. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Apple. Show all posts
Wednesday, April 18, 2012
Friday, March 23, 2012
New iPhone Concept
Wow, that is very sexy looking. We need to get this guy to design some HTs. Image from ADR Studio. Visit the site for more images and information about this conceptual design.
Via Business Insider
Tuesday, March 20, 2012
iPad Usage
Apparently iPad user purchase patterns are different from other mobile users thus making them more valuable:
"A lot of really good businesses build their business model around getting to 10% conversion rate to purchasers within 6 to 12 months. It’s simply amazing that we’re seeing 10% conversion to purchase within the first week for iPad users.
Second, the Custora model forecasts that iPad users are worth twice as much 2-year revenue vs. non-iPad customers."And it seems we are learning new ways to use our iPads. With all the "cloud" services, I'm surprised that the demand for more disk space is going up. Perhaps the magic of syncing across devices actually drives the need for more space when all your pictures, videos, apps, and files start showing up on your tablet. I am seriously thinking about an e-ink Kindle to use as a pure e-reader, so the second graph makes sense to me.
Thursday, March 8, 2012
The New iPad
andrewchen pro tip: want to order the ipad3? Skip the website and use the "Apple Store" app insteadWed, Mar 07 15:05:11 from web
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Thursday, March 1, 2012
$500 Computer or $25 Computer
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Friday, February 3, 2012
The Influence of the iPhone
Digeratii Before and after the iPhone: pic.twitter.com/wz9TpipCFri, Feb 03 01:42:44 from Photos on iOS
retweeted by asymco |
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Tuesday, December 20, 2011
Majel
My wife just got an iPhone and we love playing with the Siri app. It has been surprisingly good at voice recognition and the results have been both fun and useful. (Although Siri did have a fit when were asking "what color is Paddington Bear's hat?")
I can only image that competition will make the tools even more useful in the near future. Bonus points to Google for using Majel as the name for their app. It has immediate geek cred and works on several levels.
I can only image that competition will make the tools even more useful in the near future. Bonus points to Google for using Majel as the name for their app. It has immediate geek cred and works on several levels.
Wednesday, December 7, 2011
iPad Keyboard
Another keyboard innovation for your iPad... (cooler than the one I mentioned over the week-end for your computer).
This is part of a KickStarter project that has already raised $136,000 - a little more than the original goal of $10,000. TechCrunch has the story of how this project came to be.
This is part of a KickStarter project that has already raised $136,000 - a little more than the original goal of $10,000. TechCrunch has the story of how this project came to be.
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Saturday, December 3, 2011
Thursday, November 24, 2011
Monday, November 21, 2011
Kindle Fire Phone
Harry McCraken says:
"I’m not saying that a Kindle Fire phone would be an antidote to Android fragmentation. Actually, if it’s like the Kindle Fire tablet, it would be one of the most fragmented Android phones of all, since Amazon would utterly rework the operating system to serve its purposes. But the Kindle Fire, with its simpler interface and deeply-integrated services, is fragmentation with a point, rather than the random, unsatisfying fragmentation that otherwise pervades Android.
I have no reason to believe that Amazon is planning to make a Kindle phone. Then again, I’d be startled if it hadn’t at least pondered the possibility. I’d consider buying one–would you?"But why not see this as a way to start chipping away at Apple's strengths. Amazon has often said it is not just a book seller. As General Neyland would say... Carry the fight to our opponent and keep it there.
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Tablets for the whole family!
joshuatopolsky So @futurepaul and I just realized you could buy two Kindle Fires AND a Kindle Touch for the price of an iPad 2.Mon, Nov 14 00:35:29 from Twitter for Mac
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Thursday, October 13, 2011
Amazon Whispersync vs. Apple iCloud
Ready. Fight.
Amazon Whispersync + Silk + Cloud Storage + Amazon Prime
Apple iCloud + iTunes/Documents/Apps/Backups in the Cloud + Photo Stream
What a great time to be a geek (assumes some non-trivial amount of disposable income).
Amazon Whispersync + Silk + Cloud Storage + Amazon Prime
Apple iCloud + iTunes/Documents/Apps/Backups in the Cloud + Photo Stream
What a great time to be a geek (assumes some non-trivial amount of disposable income).
A $250-$300 'iPad Mini'?
Apple Is Reportedly Working On A $250-$300 'iPad Mini':
"Apple is developing a low-cost iPad, which could appear in early 2012, says Ticonderoga Securities analyst Brian White.
White calls it an "iPad mini," because he thinks it will be priced in the "mid-to-high $200 range." The size of the iPad mini could be exactly the same, White doesn't necessarily think it's smaller"True or not, it is a smart rumor to leak as it might dampen sales for Kindles, Nooks, and other lower cost tablets. My whole argument that these things aren't competitors goes out the window once they are all priced the same.
Sunday, October 9, 2011
Tablets R Us
Why buy something besides an iPad? (I'm listing this link first - if you read only one, make it this one.)
"The Kindle Fire is interesting because it’s the first one with a good answer: it’s much cheaper, Amazon offers a digital content ecosystem that rivals Apple’s (fewer apps, more books), and millions of people already use and enjoy Kindle hardware. The e-ink Kindles are to the Kindle Fire what the music-playing iPods were to the iPhone, and what the iPhone was to the iPad — traction in the mass market based on trust and loyalty.
Amazon built an alternative to the iPad, rather than a direct competitor. It’s a different market segment. As Steve Jobs explained back in 2010 at the introduction of the original iPad, there’s unexplored territory between smartphones and laptops."And:
"The iPad and Kindle Fire are emblematic of their makers. Apple’s primary business is selling devices for a healthy profit, and they back that up with a side business of selling digital content for those devices. Amazon’s primary business is as a retailer, including as a retailer of digital content. They back that up with a side business of low-cost digital devices that are optimized for on-the-fly purchasing of anything and everything Amazon sells. The Kindles are to Amazon what the printed catalog was to Sears a century ago."
The X-Ray feature might tip the scale and give me a reason to pay a premium of an e-book.
"All the new e-ink Kindles have an innovative feature called X-Ray. When you download a book on an e-ink Kindle you automatically receive a second file with information about the characters and settings of the book. The sources include Wikipedia and an Amazon-owned company book-related social service called Shelfari. It’s a welcome means to quickly figure out whether an unfamiliar character had appeared a few chapters earlier."
If I buy a Kindle, I will get the version that is ad supported, because you can change your mind later and pay to opt out of the adds with no penalty.
Amazon to buy Palm? Speaking of old school, maybe somebody should snap up BeOS, too.
Some iPad alternatives
I've finally decided what my next tablet will be: The Sabre Pyramid
iPhone 4S... point and shoot camera killer?
What is the difference between a smartphone and tablet? Very similar to my thoughts on which tablets are competitors? It depends on the use case.
edbott Whatever Happened to the iPad Rivals of 2010? A long, sad list http://t.co/7NCEBnqD via @technologizerMon, Oct 03 08:26:01 from Tweet Button
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WIREDInsider The top 10 new features of iOS5: http://t.co/xGVTuecV (via @gizmodo)Wed, Oct 05 10:33:38 from SocialOomph
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WIREDInsider Today's infographic: Every iPhone 5 rumor to date: http://t.co/8dGRL2aUTue, Oct 04 16:36:46 from SocialOomph
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WIREDInsider Delving deeper into the iPhone 4s camera: http://t.co/Qebhe89g (via @wired)Wed, Oct 05 12:33:45 from SocialOomph
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Thursday, September 29, 2011
A Prediction
SammyWalrusIV Collins Stewart: Believe Amazon will launch 10" tablet priced below $399 in early 2012 and buys Netflix.Wed, Sep 28 18:34:33 from Twitter for iPhone
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I like it. Makes sense to me.
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Funny
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Amazon - New Kindles Touch and Fire
So I'm all about the tablets right now... I was like a kid at Christmas watching two live blogs (here and here) yesterday as they covered the announcements from Amazon. I'd been reading all the predictions about how great this new tablet was going to be and then in the 48 hours leading up to the announcement, opinions seemed to become much more negative. The tablet was going to be a hack job and would be replaced with something different in Q1 2012. And what did we get... not only the color tablet we expected, but several new models of the Kindle - including a $79 low-end ebook reader and new touch screen models.
My take... I'm not sure I need anything beyond my Android Nook Color, but I think the future is very exciting! I don't think Amazon is trying to attack Apple directly. Others have said that the Kindle is not a book, but a bookstore. The Fire is a bookstore, movie studio, and a TV network - and maybe a data mine (one view - Amazon attacks Apple... and Google!)
Via Technologizer
Kindle - Nook - iPad Comparison (image from This is My Next)
The Kindle Fire competes with...
Hands on with the Kindle Fire
Amazon makes $199 challenge to iPad
Apple is no longer the only tablet maker that matters.
Playing With Fire: Amazon Launches $200 Tablet, Slashes Kindle Prices
Broken Models - Syncing and Backups
The new browser - SILK
What is old is new - SILK and Opera Mini
Slashdot's Rob worries about Privacy and Security
And again... why SILK and the new browser model means Amazon attacks Apple... and Google!
And when will the Kindle be free?
Bonus Link - you aren't getting a TouchPad.
My take... I'm not sure I need anything beyond my Android Nook Color, but I think the future is very exciting! I don't think Amazon is trying to attack Apple directly. Others have said that the Kindle is not a book, but a bookstore. The Fire is a bookstore, movie studio, and a TV network - and maybe a data mine (one view - Amazon attacks Apple... and Google!)
Via Technologizer
Kindle - Nook - iPad Comparison (image from This is My Next)
The Kindle Fire competes with...
Hands on with the Kindle Fire
Amazon makes $199 challenge to iPad
Apple is no longer the only tablet maker that matters.
Playing With Fire: Amazon Launches $200 Tablet, Slashes Kindle Prices
Broken Models - Syncing and Backups
The new browser - SILK
What is old is new - SILK and Opera Mini
Slashdot's Rob worries about Privacy and Security
And again... why SILK and the new browser model means Amazon attacks Apple... and Google!
And when will the Kindle be free?
Bonus Link - you aren't getting a TouchPad.
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Tuesday, September 27, 2011
Tablets, Tablets, Tablets
A review of the iPad challengers...
And a new one coming next week... Amazon Tablet announcement on Wednesday
Amazon Kindle Tablet Could Shake Up Tablet Wars: Here's How | PCWorld (Via Slashdot.org) - thoughts about Amazon's possible tablet and strategy - pros and cons.
Looks like I am one of the cool kids with my 7" Nook Color Android tablet...
The Motorola 7" Android Tablet
The 7" HP TouchPad that will never be.
And the power of the iPad and other consumer devices in the enterprise - they have been leaking into our company for years and it is only getting worse, err better, err worse.
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Wednesday, September 14, 2011
Tablet Links
What a tangled web we weave...
Color Kindle? Running Android?
Eric Schmidt: The Next Big Android Launch is Coming in Oct or Nov
Sony Tablet Wonder if they will make some slick device and then wreck it by making it proprietary.
Amazon’s Future Is So Much Bigger Than a Tablet - I like the line saying that the Kindle isn't a book - it is a bookstore.
Amazon.com begins rolling out new homepage design - so it is easier for tablet users?
Amazon Book Service Rent books on demand?
Low Expectations for the Amazon Tablet?
Color Kindle? Running Android?
Eric Schmidt: The Next Big Android Launch is Coming in Oct or Nov
Sony Tablet Wonder if they will make some slick device and then wreck it by making it proprietary.
Amazon’s Future Is So Much Bigger Than a Tablet - I like the line saying that the Kindle isn't a book - it is a bookstore.
Amazon.com begins rolling out new homepage design - so it is easier for tablet users?
Amazon Book Service Rent books on demand?
Low Expectations for the Amazon Tablet?
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