Posts Tagged ‘Apple’
Techcrunch has a nice comparison today between the new Kindle DX from Amazon and Apple’s iPad, nicely indicating what most will have already noticed: that the two look rather alike (similar colour options, same screen size etc). The TC post concludes that Amazon are clearly not afraid to mix it up and re-vamp their products to try something new when things aren’t working and, indeed, this seems to be exactly the idea behind the strategy of introducing a significant price cut to avoid attempting to compete with the iPad on price.
This seems pretty smart, since the Kindle could never win that battle (its screen is neither colour, nor touchscreen to name just a couple of inferior qualities compared with the iPad),…
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Microsoft communications head Frank Shaw caused somewhat of a stir yesterday when he posted some highly telling statistics about the company – and its rivals – on the official Microsoft blog. Judging by the sheer volume of comment and debate that it has already attracted, I’d say he’s done a pretty good job of trying to set the various doubters straight – even if some of the stats are a little out-of-context.
As anyone following any sort of technology-orientated media sources in recent years will be aware, the likes of Google, Apple, Twitter and Facebook tend to get about three to ten headlines (this is a blatant guess from me, let me know if you disagree) for every one Microsoft is…
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There’s some interesting new data available from Forrester Research today, predicting the development of the computer market over the next five years, covering pc’s, laptops, netbooks and tablet computers. For those who have been following the tremendous success of Apple’s iPad, Forrester’s forecast that such devices will, in five years’ time, occupy roughly a quarter of the market will come as no surprise.
However, perhaps more intriguing is Forrester’s breakdown of the market by 2015, which suggests that most of the tablet share will actually come at the expense of desktop pc – and not the other two portable devices (notebooks and netbooks) with which one might assume it was in direct competition with.
Whatever happens, I expect web developers will be following…
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One thing you can say about Apple is that they have pretty good timing when it comes to organising their product announcements and releases. Just as the iPad hype begins to dissipate (and the spectacular sales figures start to come in), Apple have released some more info on their next sure-fire mega hit; the iPhone 4.
As expected, the phone looks roughly like the iPhone 3G which we all knew would be the case anyway since the high profile debacle surrounding the lost prototype (if you by any chance didn’t already hear about this then check out our previous post on the topic). However, there are a number of significant changes under the bonnet which do distinguish the iPhone 4 as…
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Engadget is currently hosting some pretty interesting video highlights of a lengthy Steve Jobs interview from this year’s D8 conference which is currently in full swing in California. The Wall Street Journal has been organising the event for the past seven years and it looks like this, the eighth conference, will be even more high profile than in previous years. Since its fully sold out however, I thought I’d do the courteous thing and link the videos here for all those that are unable to attend D8 in person.
So basically, if you fancy hearing what Jobs has to say on everything from the missing iPhone to Google and Android, click over to Engadget for their nicely organised highlights.
D8 is due to…
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