Expanding the iPhone’s Market Share
Eric Savitz, reporting on a research note from analyst Toni Sacconaghi, who had an interview with Tim Cook last week:
The analyst says Cook “appeared to reaffirm the notion that
Apple is likely to develop lower priced offerings” to expand the
market for the iPhone. Cook said the company is planning “clever
things” to address the prepaid market, and [...]
Tim Bray: Making Money in Mobile
Interesting overview of the nascent mobile software world. I thought this was an interesting juxtaposition, though. First:
Having said all that, I deeply believe that the app-sales business
sucks. Selling anything on a one-time basis at a price below $10
is historically the kind of business that’s been owned by
companies like Walmart. I acknowledge that it’s working for [...]
NZ Developers Supporting Christchurch Quake Victims
Great apps for a great cause:
Until 5 March, 100% of the proceeds of these 38 apps from some of
New Zealand’s top software developers will go directly to the New
Zealand Red Cross.
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Getting Notified
Sebastiaan de With on the notification UIs for iOS, Android, and WebOS.
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Random House Will Adopt Agency E-Book Pricing Model
Carolyn Kellogg, reporting for The LA Times Jacket Copy blog:
Apple encouraged the agency pricing model for ebooks sold through
its ebook store for the ipad. Up until now, books published by
Random House — including Dan Brown’s massive bestsellers — have
not been available for Apple’s ipad. Instead, users have purchased
them for the Kindle.
Random House is set to [...]
Space Shuttle Launch, Viewed From an Airplane
Amazing perspective.
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WEBSITE OF THE DAY – Down for Everyone…?
Has the world ended and nobody told me? Just checking…
Tap, tap, tap, tappity, tap, tap. Click…
Click…
Click…
Click, click, click, CLICK!
Yep, there’s not many things worse in the modern world than spending your precious time trying to access a website and finding it not working. Usually this happens after you’ve typed in all your login details (once [...]
Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9-inch heading to CTIA
CTIA 2011: US mobile show to be global launch
Samsung?is expected to launch an 8.9-inch Samsung Galaxy Tab at CTIA?on 22 March, and the company has started to tease the fact.
An invite has been sent out to American journalists, and also adorns the company’s Facebook page. It sports a simple message, though, a picture of a [...]
What Microsoft Can Learn From Mac OS X Lion
Good piece by Paul Thurrott on Lion. Here, he praises Apple for having a single version:
One version is not just enough, it’s optimal from the customer
point of view. Just ask Apple: It offers just one version of Mac
OS X. It’s called Mac OS X. Not Mac OS X Media Center Edition or
Mac OS X Arbitrarily [...]
Secrets of Thunderbolt and Lion
Great roundup of news bits from Glenn Fleishman.
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