Apple and Adobe aren’t on good terms. First, Apple decided not to put Adobe Flash support in the iPad. Second, Apple went one step further to try to put the nail in Adobe’s coffin. At the iPhone OS 4.0 event, Steve Jobs revealed that the Terms of Service all app developers must abide by now [Read More...]
There is no doubt that the market for mobile apps is on fire. ABI Research is predicting enormous growth in app downloads in 2010 followed by modest growth through 2013 and then the trend will move downward. See the figure below: As the graphic shows, ABI Research believes Apple will continue to be the dominant [Read More...]
The Apple “lock-down” on the iPad is bad for consumers. The closed App Store that Apple rules with an iron fist is not the future model of computing that I would like to see. I’ve been reading a lot about the iPad, primarily because that’s all there is to read in the tech world at [Read More...]
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Approaching 1.2 million views on YouTube, AppleGirl peforms Lady Gaga’s Poker Face using four iPhones. Impressive.
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It seems like there are almost as many news stories about the iPad as the number of them sold. Clearly, Apple has the first mover advantage as they did with the iPhone and many of their other products. However, many alternative tablets are in development, including Neofonie’s WePad. Despite the knock-off name, this is no [Read More...]
AppAdvice.com broke the news early this morning that MuscleNerd, a member of the Dev-Team, jailbroke his iPad. Like jailbreaks for other Apple hardware, this allows unsigned apps to run on the device. Accordingly, apps from sources other than the official App Store can be installed once an iPad is jailbroken. The jailbreak relies upon a [Read More...]
…the Apple iPhone is the big winner, again. On a 1,000 point scale, the iPhone scored 810 points followed by Blackberry with 741 points and HTC with 727 points. In the dumbphone category, LG took first place with 729 points followed by Sanyo and Samsung. Some of the conclusions in the report are interesting: Touchscreen smartphone owners [Read More...]
Anyone looking to buy a terrific smartphone today is faced with the dilemma of choosing between the iPhone 3GS and an Android 2.1 device. ZDNet and PocketNow.com recently ran dueling posts on this topic with ZDNet offering five reasons why the iPhone is superior and PocketNow.com countering with five reasons why Android 2.1 is superior. [Read More...]
According to iPhone Footprint, Google’s Nexus One outsold the iPhone worldwide by 16% in February 2010.* This gap is likely to widen very soon when the CDMA version compatible with Verizon Wireless is released. I see a number of reasons why the Nexus One is globally popular. Google is known as one of the world’s [Read More...]
The Wall Street Journal is reporting that a CDMA iPhone is heading to Verizon later this year, according to its sources. There is a ton of spin being put on the story but I recommend getting the news straight from the WSJ. (link below) This is obviously bad news for AT&T which has gained many [Read More...]
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A recent survey by Crowd Science reveals that 40% of Blackberry users would prefer an iPhone if they were in the market to purchase a device available today. Similarly, 33% of the same group would prefer an Android device to a Blackberry. 1,092 Blackberry owners were surveyed. If these numbers are statistically meaningful (BGR reports [Read More...]
I think there’s reasonable evidence that Apple and Verizon really hate each other, especially in light of recent developments. If I’m right, this may dash hopes of some loyal Verizon customers wishing that Verizon and Apple would strike a deal to bring the iPhone to Verizon. Below are the pieces of the puzzle that suggest [Read More...]
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AdMob just released a report that analyzes various metrics to compare users of the following devices: iPhone, iPod Touch, Android and Palm’s WebOS (notably missing–RIM). The metrics are age, gender, app downloads, app purchases, and likelihood of recommending the device to a friend or colleague. CNN has a pretty good take on the report, along [Read More...]
Apple iPad vs. Adobe — what’s going on and why Adobe is playing the porn card…
Apple has approved the first VOIP app for the iPhone which enables voice calls over a 3G data connection.
