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iPhone, iPad own shopping, holiday and otherwise

Ronald O Carlson — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 05:08:53 +0000

Google’s Andy Rubin claims that 700,000 Android handsets get activated every day. While that’s a lot phones, users seem to be only using them as — surprise, surprise — dumb devices. Thereupon, no better proof of this is Apple iOS’s near complete dominance of mobile shopping with fresh statistics showing more than 90 [...]
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Siri, Wolfram|Alpha gain a shopping buddy

Ronald O Carlson — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 13:59:18 +0000

So, you’ve got an iPhone 4S and need a new washer-dryer, but your parents aren’t available or otherwise unhelpful — who ya gonna ask? Siri, of course, and now she and Apple search partner extraordinaire (answers not a results page) have appliances, Macs, TVs, iPads and more.

Wolfram|Alpha has announced Siri’s search [...]
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Learn iOS development for free

Ronald O Carlson — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 03:21:09 +0000

Barriers to entry matter. Similarly, endorsements, especially from A-list universities, make a difference, as well. Combine the two and developers have a big incentive to chose the platform that, happily enough, also pays better than the competition.

Pop quiz — name the top five high-tech universities? No matter who’s making the list, Stanford [...]
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Review: Why buy the Fourth Generation iPod touch

Ronald O Carlson — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 18:16:40 +0000

My son’s first generation iPod touch died a couple months back. As soon as the prognosis was clear, he was very clear — “Dad, I want a new one for Christmas.” No hesitation, no hemming and hawing over alternatives because this is the cool device kids want.

Well, let me qualify that. I am [...]
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iPhone 4S: AT&T’s speedy, Verizon stalwart, Sprint cheap

Ronald O Carlson — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 17:42:27 +0000

Which US-based iPhone 4S carrier is fastest? Most reliable? Drops the fewest calls? Offers the best value? It’s easy to get sucked in by the very specific numbers generated by surveys and the those pretty, pretty colorful charts seem so convincing. However, that’s all just a setup for the iPhone 4S quote of [...]
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The ‘whole internet’ dies as Adobe kills mobile Flash

Ronald O Carlson — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 15:59:33 +0000

What a truly satisfying moment. For many, many months, Adobe and the Android crowd have crowed that because the iPhone, iPod touch and iPad don’t support Flash the rest of us aren’t getting the “whole internet.” That lie along with its performance, battery and security implications have finally been put down, euthanized and [...]
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iPhone web usage share soars

Ronald O Carlson — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 03:34:14 +0000

HTC and Samsung are taking over the world, or so you might believe if unit volume data is all you consider. However, there are other measures that matter and, perhaps most tellingly of all, both Android vendors have announced significantly lower unit guidance now that Apple’s “disappointing” iPhone 4S is shipping in dozens [...]
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iPhone 4S: Am I eligible for the upgrade price?

Ronald O Carlson — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 23:12:40 +0000

Do you need the iPhone 4S’s best of class camera powered by the best in class A5 processor? Can’t wait for one-on-one FaceTime with Siri, but don’t know if you’re eligible for upgrade pricing? There’s an easy and free way to find out how much you’ll have to pay for the latest shiny [...]
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Fresh iPhone 5, iPhone 4S sightings

Ronald O Carlson — Sun, 02 Oct 2011 15:40:31 +0000

In the internet age, everyone’s a source. Thereupon, the developer references, code snippets and placeholder pages are being bandied about as evidence for and against the existence of various iPhone models that, until Apple says otherwise, don’t exist.

That said, product placeholder pages on corporate websites are notoriously unreliable. Remember all of those [...]
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In-app purchases drive iOS app revenues

Ronald O Carlson — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 00:57:49 +0000

If your iOS development model can be summarized by the words “show me the money,” then you need to sit up and pay attention. Whereas last year at this time paid apps accounted for the lion’s share of the cash, freemium is the new black and savvy developers are coding appropriately.

Quoting Distimo [...]
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