Apple - Making a difference. One app at a time. (by Apple)
» Inspiring.
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Real Racing 2 Party Play (by firemintgames)
» I hope more games and apps innovate like this!
“The iPhone 4S is all about the hardware platform shift. Stuff like Siri is window-dressing in comparison, to give the fans at least something visible. LTE support was completely unrealistic… given the other more important and urgent changes going on with the platform. It’s also another reason why fripperies like NFC have been kicked further down the road - especially as I imagine Apple knows very well that it’s being overhyped.”
Dean Bubley’s Disruptive Wireless: My suspicions on iPhone delays - chipset integration complexity?
» Almost exactly what I have been thinking.
(via Apple)
» Sad news for technologists everywhere.
Sometimes you want so badly to say “I told you so!” after months of getting kicked in the ass, that you do so without really looking into what you’re writing about. Or even thinking, really.
Such is the predicament Dan Lyons finds himself in today.
The artist formerly known as Fake Steve Jobs wrote the following this morning immediately after hearing about Google buying Motorola:
“If the average selling price of a Mac runs about $710 more than a PC (ASP of a Mac - ASP of an HP machine), and about $320 of that is profit, then the remaining $390 must be those higher costs… Given the volume their manufacturing partners are turning out… one has to wonder why.
The answer is fairly obvious to anyone coming to Macs after years of using commodity PC equipment: better design and build quality costs more.
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A June 1st research note from Peter Misek of Jefferies & Company pegged Mac gross margins at 28%. Multiply $1,323.40 by .28 and Apple makes $370.55 for every Mac sold… HP makes $52.00 for every PC they sell.
Apple makes more money from the sale of one Mac than HP does from selling seven PCs.
» A dire consequence indeed.
“The iOS 5 beta features an iCloud settings item as well as a separate Store settings item. The iCloud item handles the syncing of mail, contacts, calendars, reminders, bookmarks, notes, Photo Stream, and Find My iPad, as well as storage and backup. The Store setting seems to cover music and apps.”
iCloud: What you need to know | Web | Macworld
» I can’t wait for iCloud… once I’m able to use my iOS devices untethered to iTunes, I can get a Mac mini or some device that can act as an iTunes server for house Apple TVs. iCloud cannot come soon enough.
