Archive for August, 2011
Apple’s aging iPhone 4 and iPhone 3GS were the best-selling phones in Q2, says NPD Group
Aug. 22, ‘11: Apple’s iPhone 4 first launched in June 2010, and the iPhone 3GS came out in June 2009. But in the three months ending in June 2011, they were again the two most-purchased phones by U.S. consumers, according to NPD Group. And … Continue reading →
Skype buys GroupMe: Smart move all around
Aug. 21, ‘11: Mike Arrington has the story. (GroupMe was founded at a TechCrunch conference.) This is a good move for everyone: Skype, the phone company of the future, gets a hand in the fast-growing group messaging market. GroupMe gets a wealthy parent … Continue reading →
Better Living Through Fake Grass
Aug. 20, ‘11: I recently bought this plastic “grass” plant to liven up the SplatF workspace. Ostensibly, it’s a gadget charging station, but I just like the way it adds some green to my desk. You can get one at Amazon and support SplatF … Continue reading →
Microsoft tries to woo WebOS developers with free phones
Aug. 19, ‘11: Windows Phone 7 developer relations guy Brandon Watson, via Twitter: To Any Published WebOS Devs: We’ll give you what you need to be successful on #WindowsPhone, incl.free phones, dev tools, and training, etc. The question is: Can they deliver app revenue? … Continue reading →
Apple quietly removes UDID API, many developers will have to scramble
Aug. 19, ‘11: Specifically, I’m told that Apple has unexpectedly deprecated the API to access an iOS device’s UDID, or unique device identifier, according to an iOS developer who doesn’t want to be named as the information is under NDA. Developers use this … Continue reading →
Apple could easily take 75% of the tablet market this year
Aug. 19, ‘11: The way things are going, Apple could sell 40 million iPads this year. It already sold 14 million in the first half of the year, and Christmas could be huge, unless the economy falls into the toilet. Between all the … Continue reading →
Holy cow, what a week!
Aug. 19, ‘11: Thanks to Google’s acquisition of Motorola and HP’s decision to get out of the PC and mobile industries, a lot has changed this week: Apple’s dominance of the tablet industry is even more secure. HP is out, and even if … Continue reading →
HP made the right moves: It’s no Apple, so it shouldn’t try to be
Aug. 18, ‘11: HP made several bold moves today, announcing plans to spin off its PC business and shut down its struggling phone and tablet unit. While these decisions are controversial, I believe they are the right ones. In all of these markets, … Continue reading →
Re-ranking the mobile industry
Aug. 18, ‘11: The companies that matter: Apple Google … There will be a third-place platform: Facebook, Amazon, Microsoft, BlackBerry? Right now, it’s but a dream. Earlier: That was fast: HP is already getting out of the tablet and phone business
Meanwhile, RIM is trying to build a music service…
Aug. 18, ‘11: CNET’s Greg Sandoval and Roger Cheng: At a time when Research in Motion needs to sex itself up, the Canadian smartphone maker is in talks with the four largest record companies about launching a new music service to run on … Continue reading →