Archive | July, 2009
AT&T activates record number 2.4 million iPhones in Q3
Electronista reports: AT&T today posted one of its best-ever spring quarter results credited mostly to the iPhone 3GS launch. The company says it added 1.2 million cellphone subscribers, an all-time high for spring. It adds that it activated 2.4 million iPhones between April and the end of June. The number ties that of the iPhone […]
Continue reading...The “Genius” of Rob Enderle, and the myth of Apple marketing
23. July 2009
In his latest article, Enderle writes: Apple is a marketing-driven company — something unique in the technology segment — while Microsoft has largely been engineering-driven. During the 90s, this was actually more of an Apple liability than an asset, because Apple was being run by people who clearly didn’t get Apple’s unique capability. Steve Jobs […]
Continue reading...Apple earnings estimate from a random blog commenter is more accurate than those from Wall St. analysts
22. July 2009
Before Apple released its earnings report on Tuesday, we decided to conduct a little test to see just how full of shit analysts really are. We took a look at what the consensus for Apple’s earnings would be among Wall St. analysts, and we added into the mix the prediction of a random commenter we […]
Continue reading...Daily Show riffs on Pull My Finger v. iFart Mobile court case [Video]
22. July 2009
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In case you missed it, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart riffed on the pending lawsuit between Eric Stratton (the developer of the Pull My Finger iPhone app) and Joel Comm, one of the guys behind the immensely popular iFart Mobile app. Stratton claims that iFart Mobile ripped off his idea and illegally misappropriated the […]
Continue reading...Don’t expect a cheap netbook from Apple. EVER.
22. July 2009
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Despite publicly stating numerous times that it has no interest in entering the recently popular netbook market, analysts at Apple’s earnings conference call yesterday couldn’t help themselves and asked COO Tim Cook if Apple had plans to come out with a cheap sub $500 notebook. Netbook pricing is by nature very low, and given that […]
Continue reading...As original iPhone contracts expire, users aren’t migrating to the Palm Pre
22. July 2009
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At Apple’s earnings conference call yesterday, Apple COO Tim Cook said that Apple was having a difficult time keeping up with demand for the new iPhone 3GS. With that in mind, I wonder what Palm investor Roger McNamee thinks about Apple’s latest earnings report. In early March of this year, McNamee went on the record […]
Continue reading...Journalist leaves the iPod for a Sandisk player, quickly returns
21. July 2009
Christopher Null of Yahoo! recently decided to give another MP3 player a try after his 4th Gen iPod went kaput. He subsequently replaced his trusty ole’ iPod with a Sandisk Fuze, but it wasn’t too long before he began to miss the comfort and usability of the iPod/iTunes combo. He eventually dropped the Fuze and […]
Continue reading...Author of ‘Windows File Copy Dialogue’ hits the road [Funny Photo]
21. July 2009
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In case you missed this, this xkcd comic is actually pretty funny. via xkcd
Continue reading...Apple destroys earnings estimates, sells 5.2 million iPhones and 2.6 million Macs
21. July 2009
Apple today reported its earnings from its third fiscal quarter and reported earnings of $1.35 a share on revenue $8.34 billion. Last year during the same quarter, Apple reported earnings of $1.19 a share on revenue of $7.46 billion. Apple’s solid earnings report utterly destroyed analyst estimates, which anticipated earnings of $1.17 a share on […]
Continue reading...Public Radio on the iPhone gets an upgrade
21. July 2009
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ArsTechnica writes of one place where public radio is actually thriving – on the iPhone. Public radio’s existing iPhone app was already cool—it allowed listeners to hear public radio stations from across the country on their phones, live. But the new version of the Public Radio Player, released this weekend, adds an incredible new set […]
Continue reading...Duke makes old and historic TV commercials available for free download on iTunes U
21. July 2009
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Duke University is digitizing and adding an impressive number of old and historic TV commercials to its page on iTunes U. The collection of historic commercials can be found on Duke’s “AdViews” section, and according to the University, are being made “available for use in research, teaching, and private study.” The AdViews archive currently has […]
Continue reading...Foxconn employee commits suicide over missing iPhone prototype
21. July 2009
In a sad news story from the Far East, a Foxconn employee in China has reportedly committed suicide after a 4th generation iPhone prototype he was responsible for went missing. Foxconn is the Taiwanese based company that manufacturers a number of Apple’s most successful products, in addition to a number of other devices like the […]
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23. July 2009
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