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Nearly 500K ‘app-conomy’ jobs since 2007

Ronald O Carlson — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 02:01:53 +0000

Apple and Facebook started the ball rolling and have directly paid out billions to developers to date. Insatiable hater vituperation aside, the iOS space is still far n’ away the most lucrative and innovative place for devs to be. However, like so many created in Silicon Valley innovations, the app-conomy has taken on [...]
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iPhone no magic bullet for Sprint

Ronald O Carlson — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:36:54 +0000

Damned if you don’t, damned if you do. Sprint CEO Dan Hesse said more than a couple times that his company couldn’t grow its subscriber base without Apple’s smartphone in its catalog. Yes, the number three US carrier now has the iPhone and subscriber numbers are climbing, but that hasn’t yet translated into [...]
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Ex-Apple engineer Borchers dishes on iPhone Genesis

Ronald O Carlson — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 22:16:58 +0000

It is the stuff of legend. A story told and retold again and again, yet it only gets better with time. One of the engineers that helped create the original Apple smartphone tells how Steve Jobs’ simple directive on design lead to a device that changed how the world interacts and uses technology [...]
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Those trashy, trashy Android users

Ronald O Carlson — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 23:59:13 +0000

What else would you expect from people with an observable preference for “two-for-one” and “free” phone deals? Yes, folks that prefer Android also seem to have a preference for one-night stands. But, they’re not the only smartphone owners on the make — yes, dear iPhone owner, you too are what you own and [...]
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Apple enters New Year fat, happy and confident

Ronald O Carlson — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 21:14:54 +0000

Since Apple’s latest smartphone sensation shipped on Friday, October 14, it has been listed as out-of-stock on Apple Stores and at third-party resellers worldwide, meaning that ordering one probably meant waiting a week or more. That has finally changed with Apple and the great majority of its partnering showing immediate availability — yeah.

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T-Mobile rolling enhanced iPhone support from Jan 30

Ronald O Carlson — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 04:24:16 +0000

There are four major wireless carriers here in the land of milk and Honey Nut Cheerios, and only three of them are selling the iPhone. So, if you were the odd man out, flush with cash and ready to top up your network “free” spectrum from AT&T, what would you do? Although it’s [...]
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AT&T, iPhone very much joined at the hip

Ronald O Carlson — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 18:09:25 +0000

When you walk into an AT&T retail outlet, you will see a lot of Android devices. In fact, the majority of the store will be dedicated to devices other than the iPhone, which is exactly the opposite of what you would expect given the carrier’s actual sales and activation numbers.

Blorge has covered [...]
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iOS App Store payouts pass $4 billion

Ronald O Carlson — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 19:12:05 +0000

Apple opened the App Store back on July 10, 2008 with the promise to developers that they would keep 70 percent of whatever price they chose to charge for their apps. Since then, an entire new industry sprang up to meet the needs of iPhone, iPod touch and iPad users, as well as [...]
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Holiday iPhone buyers go high capacity

Ronald O Carlson — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 07:31:58 +0000

And, Apple tallies very nice margins as a result. Further, well over one third of iPhone buyers came from another platform. With Apple preparing to deliver fiscal results for the holiday quarter on Tuesday, perhaps the only meaningful question still unanswered is how good it will all turn out.

First off, the great [...]
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Old iPhones don’t die

Ronald O Carlson — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 05:40:53 +0000

In fact, the great majority of them don’t fade away either. Well, perhaps eventually. It seems the great majority of old iPhones get passed to new owners who, in fact, activate and use them. A new study finds a thriving market for hand-me-down and second-hand Apple smartphones — anything’s better than an Android, [...]
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