Tag: Apple

Thought via Path

Forgot I have iA Writer on the Mac. The lack of an always connected iPad kind of added to that problem. This mini is probably going to let me be more productive since I won’t have to worry about lack of connection but more importantly, it’s so much lighter and smaller than that old first generation iPad that I can type a lot faster and more comfortably.

I can’t understand why Apple doesn’t have TextEdit for the iPad which would let people switch between the Mac and the iPad or iPhone a lot more seamlessly. For those who want more complex layout, collaboration, and formatting ability, there’s Pages, but those who just need to hammer out words, we need a simpler cloud-based app. iA Writer is the perfect app for that.

Apple probably squandered an opportunity there, but then it would have taken sales away from Pages. – Read on Path.

CNN picks up one of those bash Apple stories

Steve Kovach for Business Insider:

Apple also isn’t nearly as versatile at adding new software features to its devices. Apple usually makes users wait a year or more for a new version of iOS, and even then some older devices can’t access all the latest and greatest features.

As opposed to Google which releases major updates to Android on roughly a yearly basis with more than half of the devices currently still running versions from three years ago and cannot be upgraded even to the version of Android released back in 2011.

Kovach really should look at Android’s pattern of updates before saying such things and by saying that “Apple makes users wait a year or more” implies that Apple’s updates take multiple years to arrive when in fact major iOS versions are released once per calendar year.

Sure, Apple’s not exactly a saint in this matter, because yes, iPhone 3GS and iPhone 4 can’t use all of iOS 6’s abilities, and yes, the original iPad cannot be upgraded to iOS 6 despite being newer and more powerful than the 3GS, but Apple makes it clear which devices will get the update and which will not even before the update’s release. When an Apple update arrives, it arrives simultaneously to all eligible devices. 

Android owners have to wait for months following the release of the latest update from Google before they know whether the manufacturers of their devices will bless them with an upgrade. The solution to most Android OS upgrades is buying a new device or doing it manually if you’re technically adept or willing to get someone to update it for you through unofficial sources once an update is out.

[update] Here’s a more detailed response to this rubbish 

There’s something about these phones…

Pinot’s Vine art

Making stop motion animation is one thing but @pinot has taken it to the next level with his Vine-imation. He drew every single frame. It’s like going back to the early years of animation.

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Jerry Seinfeld delivers Apple’s earnings results

Wow, thank you. It’s been an amazing year hasn’t it? We are just killing it with all the gadgets every quarter. Hey, have you ever wondered why we do that with the quarters? So much extra reporting.

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Jerry Seinfeld delivers Apple’s earnings results

Quick thought on Apple iOS devices sales and why it’s spectacular

mnlst:

2007 -December 2012: 500 million iOS devices sold.

October – December 2012 – 75 million devices sold

Conclusion: Apple sold, during the Q1 2013’s 13 weeks, 15% of all iOS devices ever sold. 15% in three damn months.

Probably a good reason for why Apple’s share price fell. LOL

Google and the competition

This morning I found out that Google is removing support for Exchange Active Sync. This essentially cuts off proper Gmail services to Windows Phone. As the creator of Exchange, Microsoft isn’t keen on supporting the open alternatives to Exchange services but without such support, all consumers considering Windows Phone will hear is, “Windows Phone doesn’t do Gmail” or “Gmail sucks on Windows Phone” and then they’ll go running to iPhone or Android.

Google is cutting off Microsoft from its services because it knows that Windows Phone is a potential threat down the line. Cut it off early and Google has a chance to limit or even stunt its growth.

Don’t think you’ll be safe on iOS. By brushing aside Windows Phone, Google will only have iOS to deal with and currently it’s cozying up real tight to it, offering apps and services that work really well on Apple’s platform to get people to use them instead of Apple’s own. Before you know it you’ll be using all of Google’s apps on iOS which will give Google close to total market dominance.

If it can’t get certain people to use Android, it will get them to use as many of its services as possible that make up Android. If the threat is small enough, it will move to shut it down. Let me point you to Acer which wanted to use Alibaba’s Aliyun OS before Google issued a threat to expel Acer from the Android gang if it went ahead.

The only reason Google hasn’t harassed Amazon for its Kindle Fire is because it will face antitrust issues in the US and Europe if it does. Google has refused to acknowledge Kindle Fire as an Android variant despite Amazon having built its OS from Android and at this point, it can’t go further than that.

Once people who don’t use Android predominantly use Google’s services, Google will get them to jump in and switch to Android and when the number is high enough, it will cut off access from the remaining major competing platforms, which at this point may well be iOS only.

This is a real danger time for companies that aren’t immediate Google partners. In five or so years, without a strong competitive landscape, we’ll likely return to the days of Windows dominance over desktop computers with Android playing the Windows role.

Samsung wanted the Galaxy S to be more like the iPhone

In short, the evaluation report makes the case that the Galaxy (identified here as the “S1″) would be better if it behaved more like the iPhone and featured a similar user interface. And it appears to play directly into Apple’s charge that Samsung “slavishly copied” the iPhone.

Is this document the smoking gun?

Samsung wanted the Galaxy S to be more like the iPhone

You’re welcome to love Android and hate Apple. Just don’t be fooled into thinking Samsung are the good guys

Mic Wright at the end of a long story about how Samsung’s operation is rife with corruption.

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Source: theverge.com