Apple’s iPod has been outrageously successful and slyly prolific. In the seven-plus years since Apple introduced the iPod, the company has created 17 versions. Here’s a look back at iPod’s evolution.
In its first detailed look at web market share for cellphones, a research firm has found that Apple’s iPhone represents a staggering 66.61 percent of mobile traffic while its competitors have only just gained a foothold.
We’re not exactly making plans yet, but word on the street is that Apple’s planning a March 24 desktop hardware event. Both World of Apple (which has a decent track record) and a site called My Apple Guide (which we’ve never heard of but apparently has a “rough” prediction history) say the event’s on the books
Are Apple stores elitist? You bet — and that’s not a bad thing. Unless the U.S. economy keeps going south.
nk497 writes “The release of the beta for the next version of Apple’s Safari browser last week helped drive Apple’s market share above ten per cent. The Safari beta has gained users at a rate of about 0.5 per cent a day since its release, topping one per cent by day four. For comparison, Microsoft’s beta of IE took six months to hit one percent, Chrome needed almost a month, and Firefox 3 took a week.”
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reifman links to his thorough and thoughtful review of the experience of reading a newspaper on the Kindle 2. “I’ve been eager to try The New York Times on the Kindle 2; here’s my review with a basic video walk-through and screenshots. I give the Kindle 2 version of The Times a B. Software updates could bring it up to an A-. Kindle designers should have learned more from the iPhone 3G. Unfortunately, my Kindle display scratched less than 24 hours after it arrived. As I detail in the review, Amazon customer service was not very accommodating. Is it my fault — or will Kindle 2 evolve into an Apple 1G Nano-like .5M settlement? You can read about Hearst’s e-reader for newspapers from earlier today on Slashdot.”
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Wow! Apple has now almost 11% of the browser market, well at least on one day. But it appears that Safari 4 had a great start.
MBCook writes “AppleInsider has posted a great article explaining that Wired’s story about Japanese iPhone hate was completely false and has been edited at least twice. The comments in the article were recycled and taken out of context, with those interviewed blogging about the mistakes. The piece then goes on to analyze the iPhone’s standing in Japan, as well as some of the major factors working for and against it. At last it points out that the Wall Street Journal tried the same myth of failure just after the phone’s launch in Japan, recycled from a myth the year before, pushed by a research company with a possible anti-Apple agenda.”
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In addition to expected fixes, Apple’s upcoming 10.5.7 update to Mac OS X Leopard is now claimed to recognize Intel’s newer Nehalem architecture as well as AMD’s ATI Radeon HD 4000 graphics chipsets.
They suggest you just buy a new one instead!
