So here we are: Samsung dominates the smartphone market created by Apple. Samsung = 27.8 millions units sold last quarter with 23.8% market share and counting VS Apple’s 14.6% and decreasing. Another bad story for Apple in this end of 2011, is the legal path against Samsung. Turns out it’s not as thermonuclear as Steve [...]
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Apple iTV: Will Apple Kill Sony Twice?
Remember the old days when Sony was the king of the hill in analog audio music with the Sony Walkman? Then came the digital age and Sony simply forgot to update the Walkman. Normal. They were just anesthetized by it’s success cash cow effect. That’s why came Apple and the iPod. Twisting the market and [...]
Yes, Apple Will Launch a Touch Screen Macbook Air!
Steve Jobs said it, Apple won’t make touch screen computers because they’re not ergonomic. As usual, that means in fact that Apple is under heavy development of such a product (you need to translate business double talk). And considering the above patent figure, the project is far from being a concept. Equipped with a swivel [...]
Will Apple Siri Kill Google Search?
Who pays for Siri? First of all, as you can understand it from the above picture showing Siri out of network capacity, running Siri is a cost to Apple. Means someone has to pay for the servers farms and R&D at the end of the day, and it’s not Apple, of course. That someone is [...]
is iTunes a Digital Vampire?
Pete Townshend from “The Who” band is rising from the dead to talk about Apple’s iTunes. Pete is basically upset by iTunes, the way it works today and keep artists on the dark side. He compares it to a digital vampire. Pete wants a more open thing with such following feats: – Employing talent scouts [...]
Thanks to Apple, You’re in Jail!
Every iOS device user knows more or less the word “jailbreak”, a reminder that when you buy Apple, you buy jail. See how everything that you can click on iOS was previsouly accepted by Apple (30% margin) to be there? See how everything not considered as appropriate by Apple (censorship) is simply in danger of [...]
Why Apple’s iPhone 4S Siri Sucks?
1) Press the button. Every fanboy sees iPhone 4S’s Siri as a game changer in voice command. Really? Hey, you still need to push a button to make it work, right? Any $10 voice command gadget works like that! If the device had to permanently “listen” in case you say something, your iPhone battery would [...]
Steve Jobs is Dead, The Disciples Era Starts for Apple!
That’s it, Apple confirmed Steve Jobs is dead. The co-founder and creator of the company successes like iPod, iPhone, iPad is no longer here. Will the disciples be able to keep the innovation and profit path going? The hommage of Apple.com to its founder: The same hommage seen from boingboing.com with the first Mac OS [...]
Is Apple’s Innovation Capacity Over?
So the iPhone 4S is just a catch-up of what the smartphones competition is doing right now. You only need to check the features of the 4S compared to the other players to understand that. But as a market maker (touch screen smartphones and then tablets), Apple has also generated a big fan base of [...]