Tag: ipad
Why slowing iPad sales didn’t surprise Apple and shouldn’t surprise you
Gigaom wrote about slowing iPad sales. Expecting iPad sales growth to mirror that of the iPhone, which is still on a relatively stronger upward direction, is unreasonable for a number of reasons. First: phones are far more a communications necessity than tablets are, at least for now. That’s why 2013 saw nearly one billion smartphones…
Tim Cook does 80 percent of work on iPad
WSJ.com reported about the Apple-IBM partnership. Apple Chief Executive Tim Cook says he does 80% of the work of running the world’s most valuable company on an iPad. “There’s no reason why everyone shouldn’t be like that,” Mr. Cook said in an interview, explaining why Apple struck a partnership with International Business Machines Corp. IBM…
iOS dominates enterprise market in Q4 2013
MacRumors reports on the iOS domination of mobile device activations in Q4 2013. 73% of all enterprise mobile device activations: iOS devices accounted for 73 percent of all enterprise mobile device activations and grabbed the top ten spots for most popular devices in the fourth quarter of 2013, reports Good Technology in its Mobility Index…
Apple expands worldwide access to educational content
Apple announced that its iBooks Textbook and iTunes U Course Manager are now available in over 50 countries. About a week ago, Walter Isaacson talked about how Apple should “disrupt textooks”. I am pretty sure Apple is already doing so. For Isaacson to comment that Apple needs to disrupt cameras and textbooks shows that he…
A seamless Apple communications system
Cult of Mac writes about how Apple can become the ultimate communications company. I previously talked about my wish for a seamless experience switching between devices while on FaceTime. The ultimate future home run, of course, is when Apple does and should auto-select how to make calls. In other words, you call someone by taping…
Would the Intel IPAD have beaten the Apple iPad?
Did Intel really have an opportunity to own the tablet market with its very own IPAD? Proabably not, but the article is definitely worth a read. INTEL’S MISSED “OPPORTUNITY” In short, it’s not that Intel missed on the opportunity to build a tablet. It’s that they never had a chance. The iPad – the Apple…
72% of prospective tablet buyers want an iPad
Apple Insider reports on a November study by Changewave showing 72% of respondents want an iPad within the next three months. Apple’s 72 percent share represents a 17-point jump since the agency’s August survey, conducted before the introduction of Apple’s new iPad Air and iPad mini with Retina display. All other tablet brands garnered only…
Target accidentally sells demo iPad, consumer reacts without common sense
TUAW reports that Target sold a demo iPad unit to on Black Friday and instead of going to Target for an exchange, she contacted a local news agency. Not only that, according to the original report, the customer noticed that it was a demo unit after inspecting the sticker on the bottom, but instead of…
Android users buy 40% of Black Friday iPads
InfoScout reports that 40% of the iPads sold on Black Friday were purchased by Android users. The analytics company also reports that the iPads are dominating the Black Friday sales in Walmart and in Target.
Apple’s iPhone, iPad used in 82% of mobile sales on Black Friday
IBM’s Digital Analytics Benchmark group reports that iOS devices are used to do 82% of mobile Black Friday shopping. IBM reported that iOS devices accounted for more than 4.5 times the total sales of Android or over an 80 percent share of mobile-oriented sales (above), with 17.3 percent of all online sales occurring on an…