At yesterday’s earnings call, Apple CEO Steve Jobs went on a 5-minute epic rant about Google and Android as a platform competing with iOS and the App Store. In his own words, “open” vs. “close” is more “integrated” vs. “fragmented”. Jobs is not buying Google’s openness claims, and he’s got the numbers to back up his theory. Read more
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“Integration” As A New Way To Define iOS
In case you missed it, Steve Jobs made a surprise appearance at today’s Apple Q4 earnings call. What he had to say about 7-inch tablets, Android, Nokia, RIM and Apple’s philosophy is all over the internet. You can read a full transcript here.
Reading between the lines, what strikes me is the focus Steve put on the word “integrated”. The iOS platform is integrated, Android is fragmented. With the iPhone, you get an integrated device. You don’t have to mess with hundreds of different devices running multiple versions and variations of the Android OS. But that’s not really the point, we get Steve’s thoughts on Android. Tweetdeck’s developers get them even more.
What interests me is the use of the term “integrated” as a new way of defining iOS, and thus the devices is runs on, against competitors. By definition, to integrate means to “combine two or more elements so that they become a whole”. So it’s clear that, in Jobs’ mind, Apple deeply integrated the hardware with the software to create a new, reliable, user-friendly experience. Read more
Complete Transcript Of Today’s Steve Jobs Statements→
Complete Transcript Of Today’s Steve Jobs Statements
This one pretty much sums it all up:
Nokia makes $50 handsets, and we don’t know how to make a great smartphone for $50. We’re not smart enough to have figured that one out yet, but believe me I’ll let you know when we do. And so our goal is to make really breakthrough great products, make the best products in every industry that we compete in, and to drive the cost down while constantly making the products better at the same time. That’s what we did with iPod. We updated our products many times every year with better functionality, often times at same price and sometimes at a lower price. And it was the relentless improvement at in some cases a lower price, that was able to beat our competition and yield the market share that it did.
Wi-Fi LED Lights + iOS App = iParty
This is a whole new use for the iPhone - the iGLO LED Set bundles a WiFi-enabled strip of 120 multi-color LEDs (over 16 feet) with a (free) iOS app to control them. The lights are $299, but imagine all the possibilities! Parties, raves, birthdays, college dorms, a colorful lasso - the possibilities are endless.
Apple Geeks Recreate Michael Jackson’s “Beat It” as “Tweet It”
A Michael Jackson spoof featuring iPhone and iPad rival gangs who fight over Twitter and different devices?
Oh boy. I don’t know what bothers me the most, the fact that these people spent hours filming this or that I actually enjoyed the video below. Read more
FolderEnhancer Updated for 4.1, Still The Best Mod For iOS Folders | Cydia Store
Today is a great day for jailbreakers, in case you haven’t noticed. FolderEnhancer, the great tweak that brings dozens of new features to iOS’ folders, has been updated to include support for iOS 4.1. It’s available in Cydia at $1.99, but if you’re a previous CategoriesSB customer you can get the app at $0.99 until the end of October. Read more
In-App Purchases Overtaking Ads in iOS
Back in June of 2009, Flurry posted an article talking about “The Awesome Potential of iPhone In-App Purchases.” Well, today, they have the facts and figures to prove it. According to Flurry’s study, conducted using some of the leading iOS apps with 2.2 million users combined, in-app purchases are the leading source of revenue for social networking and social gaming applications.
150 Million iOS Devices Next Year→
150 Million iOS Devices Next Year
Horace Dediu:
What seems to be happening is that Apple is pulling out all the stops and going for unrestricted iPad distribution. This may also foreshadow unrestricted iPhone distribution next year. It may also portend a CDMA iPad (or at least an LTE version) next year.
If it happens all estimates for next year need to be revised sharply. I had been expecting 100% growth for the iPad and 50% growth for the iPhone. These might need to be increased to 150% and 100%.
The consequence could be that total iOS devices sold could top 150 million for calendar 2011.
And none of them runs Flash.
Scientific Success: The Physics of Angry Birds
Not only is Angry Birds a mainstream, blockbuster success, it turns out that scientists and physicists have been keeping an eye on it as well. Using the popular Tracker video analysis tool, physicist Rhett Allain analyzed the behavior in space of Angry Birds’ most important characters - the birds. Read more