One of the truly awesome things about the iPad is its battery life, which Apple advertises at 10 hours but in my experience regularly exceeds that. Now imagine that your Mac, iPhone, iPad or whatever can run for days, weeks or even longer while never requiring charging in the traditional sense.
Although I still don’t get the attraction, Apple’s latest effort to drive subscriptions on the iPhone, iPod touch and iPad is succeeding. Newsstand is, after all, just a glorified folder, but it’s nonetheless getting users to pay for digital magazines and newspapers — the proof is in the numbers.
For many members of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, it must be more than a little galling to give the Apple co-founder and erstwhile an award for in essence taking the lead role in the ongoing dismantling of their business model. Alternately, isn’t it tellingly cheap and myopic that they only got ’round to bestowing this largess after the instrument of the industry’s collective salvation died.
I went to the Apple Store and all I got was this totally awesome (single color, tastefully plain) t-shirt! When I was a kid, you could either BE cool or you could be one of the few and proud to own at least one of the really cool concert t-shirts. The assumption being you were actually there to see, for example, ACDC open the US leg of their ‘Back in Black’ tour in Erie, PA on July 30, 1980. Well, concerts aren’t what they were, but Apple’s cooler than ever.
Christmas really isn’t a day — it’s a season. For Twitter and Wolfram Alpha, iOS 5 ties are already beginning to pay dividends, but their good cheer is only just getting started. That is, Apple looks almost certain to deliver stellar iOS sales this quarter, which will drive partner results even higher.
Once upon a time, a PC was a PC and the Mac definitely wasn’t. With an ever growing number of consumers and enterprises, one user at a time, choosing iPhones, iPads and Macs over Microsoft products, the distinction is fading. Pissy aspersions from me aside, this is good for users, businesses and Apple, especially Apple.
Who loves the Apple cofounder? An amazing array of people and organizations have shown their respect and affection for Steve Jobs in a whole host of ways, both expected and some just off the wall. Stamps? Yup. Giant iPhones? We’ve got that, too.
If for no other reason, Warner Brothers should be punished for naming their UltraViolet playback app “Flixster” — their attempt at cachet smells unmistakably like rotting meat. Seriously, Friendster is dead and Napster isn’t long for this world either. But, that’s just one of UltraViolet’s lesser sins.
For years, quite literally, notifications on the iPhone were poorly implemented, disruptive and something of an embarrassment. That changed with the release of iOS 5 and now a clever lad has figured out how to bring some of that goodness back to the Mac.
No single individual has Jobs’ chops, taste, silvery (acid) tongue or authority — will Apple continue to make insanely great products and services now that Steve’s gone? Though some have their doubts, the man himself seemed rather confident the team and company he built was ready to continue on.
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