by Conrad MacIntyre
By Conrad MacIntyre
According to The Verge, the new iPad will indeed feature double the RAM of its immediate predecessor, with a full gigabyte of memory ensconced within its aluminum frame. But why doesn’t Apple ever talk about it?
Because Apple doesn't want to compete on spec. It wants to compete on experience. That has always been Apple's M.O.
Matthew Panzarino on a PriceGrabber iPad survey:
The survey [...] asked customers which feature of the new iPad 3 was most important to them:
- 54% indicated cost reduction
- 53% indicated better battery
- 49% indicated SD card to store data
- 44% indicated better camera with flash
- 44% indicated new A6 processor
- 41% indicated built-in HDMI port
- 36% indicated wireless synchronization facility
This is why Apple doesn't do focus groups.
So, crunching the numbers Apple is making around $104,546,122 per day. That’s $100m per day Apple stands to lose if people stop buying the iPad 2 to wait for the iPad 3.
(Emphasis mine)
[A] Samsung Securities document, […] explicitly states that Apple will release a new 7-inch device called the iPad mini to compete with the likes of the Galaxy Tab 7...
The emphasis is mine, and it's how you know the statement is false. No one needs to compete with the Galaxy Tab 7. I didn't even know there was a Galaxy Tab 7.
Apple’s infamous 1984 advertising campaign for the original Macintosh needs little introduction from myself. The one-minute clip, which was inspired by George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four novel and depicts IBM users as mindless followers, was a huge success. So much so that the marketing guru behind it, Regis McKenna, believes it was more successful than the Macintosh itself.
Define 'successful'. The Macintosh ushered in the modern era of the GUI desktop, phone, and tablet. It changed computing forever and it's effect is still felt today. The '1984' ad falls into the same category because it set the tone for Apple to the world and is still considered one of (if not the) best ad ever made.
I might be more inclined to put them on par but still rampantly successful none-the-less. The whole package that was the original Macintosh set off a revolution. One that I'm grateful for today.
My recommendation would have been for Apple to suggest to Godin that he change the links to point to iBookstore versions of the books, but if Godin didn’t want to, to let it slide.
I have never understood why online retailers are expected to be as open as the web ideally is. If these are the rules for selling content through Apple, then these are the rules for selling content through Apple. Simple.
@gruber I don’t buy the iBookstore/B&N equivalency. Apple is asking for books to be changed b/c content doesn’t accord w/commercial policy.
Seriously? No. Apple has no problems with the content. This is with a commercial link to an alternate store. This is like Montana's buying steaks from a guy who includes directions to and a menu for The Keg. There's no problem with the beef, it's the push to a rival company that is the problem.
The iPad is better, bigger, has more apps and better apps, and is cheaper.
Apple's gear has been better for years. But it's never had the advantage in price and developer support. Amazing.
Munster’s betting Apple will introduce the rumored product some time this year and is expecting a Fall availability. The key quote:
It’s going to live up to some of the building hype. It will be the biggest thing in consumer electronics since the smartphone.
This is like hearing that Seinfeld will do a reunion episode. The hype is getting so colossal it may even be dangerous.
[E]ven though everyone here makes money off of Android, iPhones and iPads are everywhere.
A new report tonight claims that Apple is set to announce a 8GB iPad 2 alongside the iPad 3 at its media event on Wednesday, March 7th.
DigiTimes claims it knows this is coming, but it's a smart move and a pretty obvious projection for any Apple follower.
John Gruber on Apple purportedly ditching the Dock Connector:
The 30-pin dock connector is big, relatively speaking, and it isn’t very elegant. Why not switch to wireless charging?
I switched to Apple starting with the iPhone 3G in 2008. I wondered how long it would take until I got Apple'd.
Apple and Google are supposed to hate each other, but just because we use their products doesn’t mean we need to hurl hateful, meatless comments at each other.
Amen.
Ryan Faas, Doom-Sayer:
As Apple continues to encourage the Mac App Store as a primary source for Mac software, this may create problems for businesses and schools that have large Mac populations both because there isn’t currently a volume or site licensing option and because purchases are tied to a user’s Apple ID. Apple does offer volume licensing of its own apps, which are now only available through the Mac App Store but so far hasn’t made a move to do so with apps from other developers.
Well, until the Mac App Store is the ONLY way to purchase software schools and business don't need to worry about it, do they Ryan?
To further promote their Galaxy Note, Samsung has decided to embarrass themselves by “going to the streets” to try and convince people how awesome the S-pen functionality is by challenging an obviously clueless iPhone user to perform the same mundane tasks as a seasoned (trained & scripted) Note user.
I wonder how many interviews they had to film before they found someone this clueless. I also wonder if they could have found a Galaxy S II user who would have fit the bill.
Also, this reminds me of "Rick Mercer Talking to Americans". Watch it now. Especially if you're Canadian (Flash).
Christian Sibreg, on the ongoing legal battle between Apple and Proview (that company that sold Apple the name 'IPAD' and is now suing them claiming that the sale did not include use of the name in China.:
Associated Press this morning reported of a heated exchange between cash-strapped Proview, which recently filed for bankruptcy, and the Silicon Valley giant.
Emphasis mine.
The iPad-customized version of Microsoft’s Office software suite could soon be heading to Apple’s App Store approval team, after The Daily managed to spend some hands-on time with the new application and snap a photo of it running on an Apple device.
How much you wanna wager this sells like the proverbial hotcakes?
Yesterday, wereportedthat Apple’s new Messages app icon looked pretty shamelessly similar to that ofHipChat‘s. Now HipChat has spoken out about the maybe-theft-probably-concidence, and while they don’t have any hard feelings, they still think it sucks they’re about to get steamrolled by Apple.
The similarities are striking…
But Google has now secured one patent that may just demonstrate that companies are figuring out ways of getting around would-be infringement issues — and possibly produce more differentiated products in the process.
Whaaa? There's ways to do things other than the way Apple did it?
Reuters reports that wages for Foxconn employees will rise by 16% — 25%, increasing the pay for a junior level worker in Shenzhen to 1,800 yuan ($290) per month and could be further raised above 2,200 yuan if the worker passed technical examinations. This marks a significant increase from 900 yuan three years ago.
Those monsters!
It isn’t a shocker that Tim Cook is pissed off at the NYTimes and cut off access. If you’ve been covering Apple for a long time, this is beyond obvious and a fact of life.
Agreed.