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.
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 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.
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.
CES 2011: 3D TVs
CES 2012: Innovative and new designs, or something else…
MG Siegler via parislemon
Hard to pick the most ridiculous element of these updated numbers.
I can’t decide. You choose.
This is a recording of an interview I did with Keaton Fox about tips to keep your children safe using technology that they received for Christmas. This interview aired December 28th 2011 on NBC Channel 6 News in Corpus Christi, Texas.
In this video I review the Hard Rubber case by skech for the iPhone 4/4S. This is another excelent product by Skech utilizing superior materials and construction. I really think anyone that is looking for a simple case for their iPhone this Christmas season should give this case a good look. Buy yourself one on Amazon in one of the many available colors.
John Gruber via The Talk Show
During episode 69 of The Talk Show John Gruber and Dan Benjamin were discussing the death of HyperCard. HyperCard was way before my time but I believe I get the gist of what it was trying to accomplish. I don’t have the exact quote but John basically said that HyperCard allowed normal users to create small insignificant apps for their own use. Gruber said that the lack of a simple programming interface was a “blind spot” for Apple.
I don’t think we need simple programming interfaces anymore, because HyperCard existed in a time when all software was sold in stores in little cardboard boxes. Meaning that it was expensive to write, distribute, and sell software so third party developers wouldn’t allocate resources to simple little apps. Now that we have an App Store on iOS and OS X developers that can code in much more complicated languages can write these simple apps and still make a living selling them for $0.99. I don’t think Apple or Steve Jobs killed HyperCard because they foresaw the way applications would be distributed today. HyperCard was killed because they understood that when normal users need a simple app they shouldn’t have to write it themselves, they should just search for one that is already available.
Shadoe Huard via Smarterbits
The notebook, the desktop, the PC as we know it, are all nearing the end of their relevance. They may not disappear altogether, so long as iOS, Windows Phone, Android and webOS are still designed and given life on them, but their day in the sun is ending; dusk is fast approaching. The only question that remains is how tablets and smartphones will finally gain those few characteristics that still make notebook and desktops valuable to consumers.
If Apple can improve the latency between the iOS device and display I feel that this is exactly how the future of computing will pan out. Any display is a potential monitor for your device. Also think of the possibility of the Apple TV simply becoming a tiny adapter stick that plugs into the HDMI port of any non AirPlay enabled monitor.
