At least, that’s what asymco claims. We knew that there were 59.6 million iPhones and 3.2 million iPads through June; at the music event last Wednesday, Apple announced that 120 million iOS devices were sold to date. So asymco assumed that Apple sold 8 million iPhones and 4 million iPads during July and August, and they came up with a 45.2 million iPod Touches sold to date estimate. That’s 37.7% of total units. Read more
The Ultimate iOS Pie Chart
Cyberduck 3.6 Released with Google Storage Support
Cyberduck is a great FTP client I use every day to upload files to Rackspace Cloud Files (actually, it’s one of the few OS X apps that support Cloud Files) and access my iPhone and iPad file system (jailbreak is required). It’s a full-featured application to upload files to the internet, which just got a lot of better and is about to be used by a lot more users.
There’s a Windows version in the works, that’s true, and a beta is launching later this month. You can read the details here and also take a look at the first screenshots; for what it’s worth, the Windows UI looks pretty clean. Down to our Mac business, the new version introduces support for Google Storage (go sign up here), a refined dashboard interface with awesome new icons, support for S3 Bucket versioning and new Google Docs features.
Check out the full press after the break. Read more
Barcelona “La Maquinista” Apple Store Opening [Video]
Every Apple Store is an event. People waiting in queue for the whole night, discussing the latest Mac tips or Apple rumors together, Apple employees bringing them coffee and water to help them having a great experience. Even in queue. I would say, that is magical.
The good f0lks over at Bloc d’Apple en Català shot a great video of the latest Apple Store opening: La Maquinista in Barcelona, Spain.
Terminology Winners Announced
Thanks everyone who entered our Terminology for iPhone and iPad giveaway. We also want to thank the Agile Tortoise developers for the promo codes they offered to MacStories readers. Read more
50 Homescreen.me Invites Up for Grabs
Homescreen.me is an invite-only great new service launched by the iXyr guys (the same folks behind Smoking Apples and Beautiful Pixels) which allows you to share your iOS homescreen.
Just take a screenshot, upload it (you can upload both via browser and email) and the service will automatically create a beautiful device-specific template. Take a look at my profile to get the hang of it. Read more
A Sliding QWERTY Keyboard for the iPhone 4
Just in case you were thinking about ditching your iPhone 4 for a brand new HTC with a physical keyboard and Android - hold on! You can get a sliding QWERTY thing on your magical iPhone 4, too.
Can You Drop Your iPhone On The iPhone 4 Table?
I also wonder whether you could hold this whole thing wrong or not. Does it have worse reception if you lay your legs on it? Can you put another iPhone on it? That would be meta.
The only truth is you can’t buy this. But you can make it. Just ask Jony for the glass.
International Insurer Lloyds Testing iPads With Brokers
We reported many times in the past that businesses are jumping on the iPad. If you remember, Mercedes even decided to start using the iPad as a sales tool. Not to mention Forrester saying that iOS devices are ready for enterprise and Apple deploying even more Enterprise features in iOS 4.0 such as wireless app distribution (which I tested a few days ago, really works great) and better Entourage support.
Sneak Peek: Sketch, Vector Drawing App by Bohemian Coding
Bohemian Coding is well known for pushing beautiful pixels and releasing great software, both for Mac and iOS. Fontcase is one of the best font management tools for the desktop. Review app, which Raj reviewed here, is turning out to be one of the most useful for designers and developers. Sketchpad was one of the first vector drawing apps to come out on the iPad months ago, and it’s still doing great in the charts. Pieter Omvlee, Bohemian Coding designer and dev, knows how to make great apps. Read more