iOSDocked - EP004 - Apple TV
In this weeks minisode of the iOSDocked podcast, Joe and myself talk about the Apple TV and how it helps us enjoy TV and Movies without a cable subscription.
In this weeks minisode of the iOSDocked podcast, Joe and myself talk about the Apple TV and how it helps us enjoy TV and Movies without a cable subscription.
This is another post in the weekly post series called, the app of the week. This post highlights a great App (new or old) for the Mac, iPhone, iPad, or the web that I believe is due some attention.
This weeks app is called PDFpen by developer Smile Software. This app is currently at an introductory price of $9.99 and available in the AppStore. This application also goes very well with Smiles Mac apps PDFpen and PDFpen Pro including iCloud sync for your PDFs.
MG Siegler via parislemon
As for the early projections of 34 million iPhones sold - which again, some people thought were crazy - also low. Try 37 million.
There are so many articles that deserve to be made fun of, but I couldn’t just pick one.
55% of $VZ smartphones sold were iPhones. 4.2M of 7.7M. $AAPL
— Turley Muller (@turleymuller) January 24, 2012
So not only is the iPhone the best selling phone on Verizon1, iOS is the best selling mobile operating system on what most believe to be the dominate Android carrier. So the old argument that lower sales for multiple different Android phones still would cumulatively outsell the iPhone is wrong.
1. and most likely the best selling phone on all carriers it is sold on↩
In case you missed it last week, go check out iOSDocked Episode 3 with Clay, Joseph, yours truly, and special guest Donny Benfield where we ask a very timely round table question.
John Gruber via Daring Fireball
It’s the difference between “What’s the best we can do within the constraints of the current ePub spec?” versus “What’s the best we can do given the constraints of our engineering talent?” - the difference between going as fast as the W3C standards body permits versus going as fast as Apple is capable.
This design trade off is just like Apple’s 30 pin dock connector. Many try and argue that a mini or micro USB port that is supported throughout the industry is a better choice that an Apple only port. I see the other side to that argument. The 30 pin dock connector offers not only power and data, but video, audio out, audio in, FireWire, midi, ect. ect. Apple made the choice ~8 years ago to push forward with their own port with the features they wanted rather than wait for a standard port to be adopted. I think that choice has turned out ok.
In this video I detail the process of downloading a Zip file of iPhone wallpapers, an image file from Google images, and an MP3 file from soundcloud all via the built in Apple provided Safari web browser. Once downloaded these files can be opened in many apps including Dropbox, GoodReader, or Camera+. Check out Camera , Dropbox, and GoodReader on the App Store.
In this video I take a look at the Colorshield by Bricson for your iPhone 4 or 4S. This is, as the name suggests, a colored screen shield for your iPhone that not only protects it from scratches and minimizes the effect of fingerprints and glare on your screen but it can change the color of your iPhone. Buy your own pink, green, or white Colorshield from Amazon or visit Bricson for more information. Watch the video for details on how to win your own Colorshield.
They got Microsoft to help out with the name before they left the event for good.
26 minutes into the Verge CES 2012 SuperSession video
Nilay Patel-“Who owns the customer relationship when you guys sit down and hash out a phone? It’s you (OEM), it’s the platform provider, it’s the carrier.”
Drew Bamford (HTC)-“Thats just the fact of life in the mobile business right? Everybody owns the customer who wants to own the customer and so there is a fine balance.”
Joshua Topolsky-“Fun for the customer isn’t it, four or five different entities want to own you.”
Aaron Woodman (Microsoft)-“Whats funny about that question is that if you asked a customer most of them would say, at least in the US they would say their mobile operator.”
This just makes John Gruber’s point so much more poetic
Apple: Here is our new phone. It comes in black or white. We will let you sell it.
Apples controls the entire experience with its iPhone customers and no other smartphone OEMs, OS vendors, or carriers can make that claim. They sell the phone, provide support, provide updates, and curate the ecosystem. Maybe its not a coincidence that Apple is making the most money.
