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9to5Mac‘s Mark Gurman got his hands on an email, purportedly from Apple CEO Tim Cook, that congratulates team Apple on a blockbuster Q1 2012. In the email, Cook plugs Apple’s education initiatives launched last week, and goes on to tease “some exciting new things going on at Apple” that will be revealed at a Town Hall meeting tomorrow.
While Apple CEO Tim Cook had a lot to say during the Apple Q1 2012 conference call, when asked about 4G LTE, bigger screen, and whether or not the mobile market had become a two-horse race between Android and iOS, Cook played his cards close to his chest.
Cook said he didn’t think the mobile market was like Mac vs. Windows, where despite 20 quarters of consecutive growth, Apple’s share remained in the single digits. In mobile, citing recent metrics reports, Cook said Apple and Google’s Android remained in a tight race. Further, he wouldn’t discount Microsoft either, saying that there was a horse in Redmond that always suits up and always runs, and will keep running
We’ll ignore how many other horses there are, we just want to be the lead one.
Cook also managed to skirt question about Apple’s LTE future and larger displays for iPhone, saying that with 37 million iPhones sold last quarter, customers appear happy with the current product.
Personally, we’re just waiting to see what iPhone 5 is packing later this year.
As part of Apple’s Q2 2012 conference call, CEO Tim Cook was asked what, if any effect low-cost, feature-reduced tablets like Amazon’s Kindle Fire had on iPad 2 sales over the holiday quarter. Technically, he was asked a more leading question — did he think people went to the store, looked at Kindle Fire and its ilk, and then bought the more functional iPad?
Cook responded that he pays attention to US sales data on a weekly basis, he saw no change, plus or minus, on iPad sales following Amazon’s introduction of the Kindle Fire. He had, however, heard that theory anecdotally from customers.
It’s a common belief touted in some markets — that low cost or free entrants spur interest among consumers who ultimately opt for a more premium option. In terms of Mac sales, Cook re-iterated that Apple is seeing cannibalization by the iPad, but he still believes low-end Windows PCs are being hit much harder. And he loves that.
With 15.43 million iPads sold in the last quarter, 55 million since launch in 2010, and with 170,000 iPad-specific apps in the iTunes App Store, Cook thinks the overall offering and ecosystem are hard to beat and that, long term, iPad is a huge opportunity for Apple. Overall, Cook doesn’t see limited functionality, lower cost tablets or e-readers as even in the same category, and doesn’t think customers who want the iPad would settle for less.
Last year, Cook said, wasn’t the year of the tablet. It was the year of the iPad 2.
WorldCard Mobile and WorldCard HD are iPhone and iPad apps that allows you to automatically add information on business cards to your Contacts by simply taking a photo. It has recently been updated with iCloud storage and syncing support.
Now excuse me, I have a pile of business cards from CES 2012 to start going scanning.
WorldCard Mobile, the leading business card scanning application for iPhone, uses OCR (Optical Character Recognition) technology to instantly transfer information from business cards to the user's native contacts. With a simple click of the camera, you no longer have to manually input contact info from business cards or email signatures.
Superior text recognition
High-speed scanning & update
Card Holder function to view & manage contact info
Create groups of contacts with Card Holder for easier navigation & organization (school, work, etc.)
Cover flow and List style view for contacts
Automatic camera shake reduction
Email signature capture
Automatic sorting of contact data
Merge new data into existing contacts
Auto-image rotation when scanned sideways
Manual cropping by finger when recognition happens partially
Ability to differentiate business cards from saved images
Add Social Network Function.
Image Distortion and Enhance.
Export card information to Excel/CSV/Gmail file.
Batch scan and recognize.
Support camera flash(iphone 4).
Support data exchange with WorldCard desktop software(Open In/ import /Export / iTunes File Sharing)
Recognition of 7 languages: English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese and Dutch. You can switch from one language to another just like that!
Integrated w/ WorldCard Contacts (sold separately) to make a call, text, email or browse the company website directly from business card images
WorldCard Mobile is available on the iPhone for $6.99 and WorldCard HD on the iPad for $14.99.
Have an app you’d love to see featured on iMore? Email us at iosapps@imore.com, tell us about your app (include an iTunes link), and we’ll take a look.
As part of Apple’s record breaking Q1 2012 financial results, Apple CEO Tim Cook took the time to break out Apple TV numbers — 2.8 million sold last year with half of those sales, 1.4 million, coming in the last quarter.
Cook insisted that Apple TV is still a hobby for Apple and while there was pressure to comment on the Apple iTV Television rumors, Cook managed to dodge his way around those questions simply by stating there was nothing else to talk about in that area. Of course, that’s what Apple said about phones and tablets, once upon a time.
Totally avoided by analysts and Apple execs alike — Apple TV 3 rumors. Where’s our Apple A5 powered, 1080p update already?
iCloud is still relatively new, having launched with iOS 5 last summer as a replacement of MobileMe. It’s a bit more involved, and offers a lot more in terms of functionality, which you can see in our full iOS 5 walkthrough. It’s interesting to hear Apple positioning the service as such a high priority, but since they’ve pretty much owned the hardware game for the last couple of years, it’s the next logical place to go. Having full-bodied services back them up will only serve to cement the iPhone and iPad as leading mobile devices.
Quick show of hands – how many of you actively use iCloud on a regular basis? How many of you sign up for it and forget you have it?
Below are notes of interest from Apple’s just-completed 2012 conference call. Some interesting comments — or non-comments — from Tim Cook on Apple Television, bigger 4G Android phones, and Microsoft. Dig in!
Jan 24 2012, 4:59 PM: reneritchie: Apple Q1 2012 results: $46.33 billion in revenue, 37.04 million iPhones, 15.43 million iPads, 15.4 million iPods
Jan 24 2012, 5:02 PM: reneritchie: Call starting now.
Jan 24 2012, 5:02 PM: reneritchie: Oppenheimer likely up first. Read out the results.
Jan 24 2012, 5:03 PM: reneritchie: And here’s Op.
Jan 24 2012, 5:03 PM: reneritchie: Biggest Q in history, new records. Highs for iPhones, iPads, Macs. (Poor iPod).
Jan 24 2012, 5:03 PM: reneritchie: 46.3 billion in rev. 73% growth. Feuled by iPhone, iPad, Mac. Aided by 14th week in quarter. 17 billion margin. 13.1 billion income.
Jan 24 2012, 5:04 PM: reneritchie: Equalling half the income of half of 2011.
Jan 24 2012, 5:04 PM: reneritchie: Going over stocks now.
Jan 24 2012, 5:04 PM: reneritchie: Macs.
Jan 24 2012, 5:04 PM: reneritchie: New record with 5.2 million Macs. New records for desktop and portables.
Jan 24 2012, 5:05 PM: reneritchie: Average weekly sales up strongly. Outgrew market in all geographies, especially Asia/Pac. Fueled by MacBook Pro, Air, iMac strong.
Jan 24 2012, 5:05 PM: reneritchie: 3-4 weeks of inventory.
Jan 24 2012, 5:05 PM: reneritchie: Mac App Store a success. Over 100 mil apps in less than a year. Thousands of apps.
Jan 24 2012, 5:05 PM: reneritchie: (Not as big as iOS app store by far)
Jan 24 2012, 5:05 PM: reneritchie: 15.4 million iPods. Down from 19 last year.
Jan 24 2012, 5:06 PM: reneritchie: Ahead of expectations. IPod touch more than 50%. Over 70% of MP3 market. Top selling MP3 player in most countries.
Jan 24 2012, 5:06 PM: reneritchie: 4-6 weeks of inventory.
Jan 24 2012, 5:06 PM: reneritchie: iTunes store generated 1.7 billion
Jan 24 2012, 5:06 PM: reneritchie: Launched iTunes Music in Brazil and 27 other countries.
Jan 24 2012, 5:06 PM: reneritchie: iTunes customer busy on Xmas, 140 million downloads
Jan 24 2012, 5:07 PM: reneritchie: iPhone sold 37 million. 128% growth. Way ahead of market.
Jan 24 2012, 5:07 PM: reneritchie: Very strong growth in all segments thank to iPhone 4S. Customer captivated by Siri.
Jan 24 2012, 5:07 PM: reneritchie: (Talking up Siri)
Jan 24 2012, 5:07 PM: reneritchie: iPhone inventory up 200k, 6 mil in channel, below 4-6 weeks.
Jan 24 2012, 5:07 PM: reneritchie: iPhone revenue was 24.4 billion inlcuding accessories. 133% up
Jan 24 2012, 5:08 PM: reneritchie: Nearly all Fortune 500 companies use/test iPhone. Changing way companies use mobile devices.
Jan 24 2012, 5:13 PM: reneritchie: iPad 2 was strong over the holidays.
Jan 24 2012, 5:14 PM: reneritchie: 1.1 million Macs. Half the Macs sold are still to new Mac customers.
Jan 24 2012, 5:14 PM: reneritchie: 4 new stores including Grand Central.
Jan 24 2012, 5:14 PM: reneritchie: 358 stores open. 17.1 million average per store. 43% up.
Jan 24 2012, 5:14 PM: reneritchie: 45% increase in visitors.
Jan 24 2012, 5:14 PM: Bla1ze: (Still waiting for my Halifax store, cause you know — obviously Apple needs my money lol)
Jan 24 2012, 5:15 PM: reneritchie: 22,000 visitors per store, per week on average.
Jan 24 2012, 5:15 PM: reneritchie: Easy pay checkout has helped handle the traffic.
Jan 24 2012, 5:15 PM: reneritchie: Personal pickup let’s them pick up in-store products in an hour, makes shopping easier/faster.
Jan 24 2012, 5:15 PM: reneritchie: Lower commodities, leverage on higher revernue, one-time (something?), higher iPhone sales.
Jan 24 2012, 5:16 PM: reneritchie: (Getting into the financial stuff.)
Jan 24 2012, 5:16 PM: reneritchie: Cash on hand is now 97.6 BILLION
Jan 24 2012, 5:16 PM: reneritchie: 64 billion is off shore.
Jan 24 2012, 5:16 PM: reneritchie: 17.5 in cashflow. Actively discussing use. Nothing to announce. Very disciplined. Not letting it burn a hole in their pocket.
Jan 24 2012, 5:17 PM: reneritchie: Next quarter is 13 weeks. Expect 32.5 billion. Gross margins to be 42%, OPEX 3.05 billion.
Jan 24 2012, 5:17 PM: reneritchie: 25.25% tax rate, eps of 8.25
Jan 24 2012, 5:17 PM: reneritchie: Closing. Very please. (Yeah, I’d be please too!)
Jan 24 2012, 5:17 PM: Bla1ze: 8.50
Jan 24 2012, 5:18 PM: reneritchie: TThanks!
Jan 24 2012, 5:18 PM: reneritchie: Strongest product lineup in Apple history.
Jan 24 2012, 5:18 PM: reneritchie: Q&A time!
Jan 24 2012, 5:18 PM: Bla1ze: Excited for the new product pipeline..
Jan 24 2012, 5:18 PM: reneritchie: Can you describe iPhone momentum? Enthusiasm for H1 2012?
Jan 24 2012, 5:19 PM: Bla1ze: Looking for details on metrics
Jan 24 2012, 5:19 PM: reneritchie: Cook: Thrilled with sales. Substantially above previous. Breathtaking customer receptuon of iPhone 4S/iOS 5/camera/Siri
Jan 24 2012, 5:19 PM: reneritchie: Customers loving it
Jan 24 2012, 5:20 PM: reneritchie: Made a bold bet as to what demand would be, despite bold bet, Apple was short of supply. Ended with significant backlog. Improved some since end of Q. Still short in key geographies.
Jan 24 2012, 5:20 PM: reneritchie: Also attibuted to delayed purchases from prior quarter, people anticipating new iPhone. Made a correct decsion to go with broad range, turned out to be good. 14th week was part of this, factored that in.
Jan 24 2012, 5:20 PM: reneritchie: Strength in every key region, US and Japan particularly.
Jan 24 2012, 5:21 PM: reneritchie: Many more sales days than most countries.
Jan 24 2012, 5:21 PM: reneritchie: iPhone sale sin greater China especially since iPhone 4S didn’t start in PRC until Jan.
Jan 24 2012, 5:21 PM: reneritchie: Could not be happier
Jan 24 2012, 5:21 PM: reneritchie: Bet bold but not high enough, customers loving it, Apple happy.
Jan 24 2012, 5:21 PM: reneritchie: Q: ASP is up for iPhone, good mix of higher capacity 4S?
Jan 24 2012, 5:22 PM: reneritchie: TC: iPhone 4S was most popular iPhone. Consistent with most launches. See higher mix of front end.
Jan 24 2012, 5:22 PM: reneritchie: Q: Pent up demand at end of December is US, Japan, or new countries?
Jan 24 2012, 5:23 PM: reneritchie: Q: Component environment, production capacity, can you address catch up demand, China? Help you rebuild inventory in March?
Jan 24 2012, 5:23 PM: reneritchie: TC: Demand in China has been staggering. Selling through reseller and online. Not currently in retail. Demand off the charts.
Jan 24 2012, 5:23 PM: reneritchie: Very happy.
Jan 24 2012, 5:24 PM: reneritchie: Other countries were smaller countries in terms of demand. Will see how it goes. Did make progress.
Jan 24 2012, 5:24 PM: reneritchie: Caught up in some countries, still some to catch up on.
Jan 24 2012, 5:24 PM: reneritchie: Component environment is favorable, one of the things that let them overachieve on gross margin. Predicts it will stay favorable except for hard drives affected by tragedy in Thailand.
Jan 24 2012, 5:25 PM: reneritchie: Doesn’t predict issue but will pay more, reflected in guidance.
Jan 24 2012, 5:25 PM: reneritchie: Q: More detail on hard drive? Impact on sales? Impact on revenue?
Jan 24 2012, 5:25 PM: reneritchie: TC: Was not material supply or cost for December quarter.
Jan 24 2012, 5:25 PM: reneritchie: March quarter not expecting any material supply impact but prices have increased, included in guidance.
Jan 24 2012, 5:26 PM: reneritchie: Q: December quarter NAND down 10%, DRAMM down 40%(?) How favorable will pricing be in March quarter?
Jan 24 2012, 5:26 PM: reneritchie: TC: Not confirming percentages but did receive better cost, particularly on displays, NAND flash, DRAMM. Continue to have supply exceed demand.
Jan 24 2012, 5:27 PM: reneritchie: HD big exception, constrained industry wide basis. Can navigate supply issue, paying more for them.
Jan 24 2012, 5:27 PM: reneritchie: PO: Loss of leverage on lower revenue, non recurrence of 1 time items, stronger US dollar.
Jan 24 2012, 5:28 PM: reneritchie: PO: How big were 1 time items?
Jan 24 2012, 5:28 PM: reneritchie: Q: iPad — very strong numbers december quarter, any impact from lower price tablets? How do you think of competition from Amazon?
Jan 24 2012, 5:29 PM: reneritchie: TC: Really happy with 15 million iPad sales, took down inventory slightly. Consistent with long term belief that this is huge opportunity for Apple over time.
Jan 24 2012, 5:29 PM: reneritchie: Truly believe that tablet market in units is bigger than PC market. Interesting to note it’s clear on IDC data on desktops, tablets exceeded desktop sales in US.
Jan 24 2012, 5:30 PM: reneritchie: Significant momentum. Competitiveness — ecosystem is in a class by itself. Larger canvas. 170,000 apps for iPad. A few hundred for the competition.
Jan 24 2012, 5:31 PM: reneritchie: People really wnat to do multiple things with tablets. Don’t see limited function tablets/e-readers in teh same categories. Will sell a far enumber of units but iPad wanters won’t settle.
Jan 24 2012, 5:31 PM: reneritchie: Last year year of tablet. Was year of iPad for second year in a row.
Jan 24 2012, 5:31 PM: Bla1ze: No iPad killers? I’m shocked.
Jan 24 2012, 5:31 PM: reneritchie: Q: Digging into iPad, what are you learning in terms of elasticity?
Jan 24 2012, 5:31 PM: Bla1ze: Looking at iPhone numbers now.
Jan 24 2012, 5:31 PM: reneritchie: Pre-paid market.
Jan 24 2012, 5:32 PM: reneritchie: TC: Each model, 3GS, iPhone 4, was important in achieving total units.
Jan 24 2012, 5:32 PM: reneritchie: Glad to cover broad range of products. IPhone 4S most popular.
Jan 24 2012, 5:32 PM: reneritchie: Post paid market much smaller difference between models. Larger in pre-paid market.
Jan 24 2012, 5:32 PM: reneritchie: Too early to tell. Just started in Oct.
Jan 24 2012, 5:32 PM: reneritchie: Thrilled with total result.
Jan 24 2012, 5:33 PM: reneritchie: Q: Discussing uses of cash? Any difference than historical behavior? Thinking more constructively?
Jan 24 2012, 5:34 PM: reneritchie: PO: Always discussed internally in management and board. Recognize it’s growing for all the right reasons. Today, discussions are active.
Jan 24 2012, 5:34 PM: reneritchie: Nothing to announce.
Jan 24 2012, 5:34 PM: reneritchie: Q: Time frame? Will you tell us when you finish? Process? Ending?
Jan 24 2012, 5:34 PM: reneritchie: PO: When they have something to announce, they’ll announce it.
Jan 24 2012, 5:35 PM: reneritchie: Q: Gross margins. Saying it’s going 270 basis points, bucking trends. Loss of 1-time item that significant.
Jan 24 2012, 5:35 PM: reneritchie: PO: (Giving same answer to same question. Sigh. Analysts, up yo game!)
Jan 24 2012, 5:35 PM: llofte: such lame questions
Jan 24 2012, 5:36 PM: reneritchie: (How about asking what they think of the television market?)
Jan 24 2012, 5:36 PM: reneritchie: (They won’t answer, but the non-answer will be interesting)
Jan 24 2012, 5:36 PM: Bla1ze: Here we go Rene
Jan 24 2012, 5:37 PM: reneritchie: Q: Congrats! At CES, everyone has connected TV, trying to solve problems only Apple can solve. Apple TV looks outdated. What’s your strategy?
Jan 24 2012, 5:37 PM: Bla1ze: Sold 2.8 million Apple TV’s
Jan 24 2012, 5:37 PM: reneritchie: TC: Apple TV doing well. Sold 2.8 million last year. December quarter new record, 1.4 million. (Including Leanna!). Still classified as hobby.
Jan 24 2012, 5:37 PM: Bla1ze: (and me)
Jan 24 2012, 5:37 PM: reneritchie: Continue to add things to it. Couldn’t live without it. Fantastic product. Pull strings, see where it takes us. No comment.
Jan 24 2012, 5:37 PM: reneritchie: TC: New job as CEO, any surprises?
Jan 24 2012, 5:38 PM: reneritchie: (Q, not TC)
Jan 24 2012, 5:38 PM: reneritchie: TC: I love Apple, priviliege to work with incredible team. Lucky.
Jan 24 2012, 5:38 PM: reneritchie: Q: Strategic, first 4 months?
Jan 24 2012, 5:38 PM: reneritchie: TC: Look at our results, team doing terrific job.
Jan 24 2012, 5:38 PM: reneritchie: Q: (Montreal!) Cash balance, perspective on framing different opportunities?
Jan 24 2012, 5:39 PM: Bla1ze: Again with the cash balance questions.
Jan 24 2012, 5:39 PM: reneritchie: PO: Examining all possibilities — acquisitions, supply chain, otherwise, nothing to share on dividends or buy backs. Actively discussion. Not burning a hole in their pockets.
Jan 24 2012, 5:40 PM: reneritchie: Q: iCloud? What’s your perception on value add? What are the metrics used to determine if its driving success?
Jan 24 2012, 5:40 PM: reneritchie: TC: Shared number of customers – 85 million in just a few months.
Jan 24 2012, 5:40 PM: reneritchie: Solved a lot of problems
Jan 24 2012, 5:40 PM: reneritchie: (Doing marketing pitch on iCloud)
Jan 24 2012, 5:41 PM: reneritchie: Not a product, it’s a strategy for the next decade.
Jan 24 2012, 5:41 PM: reneritchie: Q: iPhone distro in the Q, moving forward
Jan 24 2012, 5:41 PM: reneritchie: Where are you? Prospects for expansion in China, carriers?
Jan 24 2012, 5:41 PM: reneritchie: TC: 130,000 points of sale, up 35%
Jan 24 2012, 5:42 PM: reneritchie: Captured carriers, key retailers
Jan 24 2012, 5:42 PM: reneritchie: Extremely pleased.
Jan 24 2012, 5:42 PM: reneritchie: Incumbant carriers did incredbly well, proud of new carriers. Nothing to announce on China expansion. Extremely important market for Apple.
Jan 24 2012, 5:43 PM: reneritchie: Q: Revenue guidance for March quarter?
Jan 24 2012, 5:43 PM: reneritchie: (Interesting no one is asking about Google competition this time?)
Jan 24 2012, 5:44 PM: reneritchie: PO: Would expect to have yearly increase on iPhone, down sequentially. iPad same thing.
Jan 24 2012, 5:44 PM: reneritchie: Mac, iPod, same thing, seasonality.
Jan 24 2012, 5:45 PM: reneritchie: PO: Five reaosns why he expects greater down: 1) 14th week, 1/14th of revenue, 2) 14th week fell in March Q last week, not included this week, typically higher than average. 3) iPhone inventory increased 1.7 mil unites. 4) benefited from launch of iPhone 4S, pent up demand. Fastest roll out ever.
Jan 24 2012, 5:46 PM: reneritchie: 5) US dollar up against Euro. Last year was flat.
Jan 24 2012, 5:46 PM: reneritchie: Q: Acquisitions? Strategy? Annobit?
Jan 24 2012, 5:47 PM: reneritchie: PO: Done acquisitions that were small, medium with great talent, great start on product/technology/IP.
Jan 24 2012, 5:47 PM: reneritchie: Tend to do several a year. Very diciplined. track record very strong.
Jan 24 2012, 5:47 PM: reneritchie: Q: How are they integrated in? Run as stand alone?
Jan 24 2012, 5:48 PM: reneritchie: TC: We don’t believe in lots of divisions. One company, not a lot of mini-companies. Semi conductors work for Mansfield like rest of hardware. Bob integrating Annobit. Fantastic technical talent. Lucky they joined.
Jan 24 2012, 5:49 PM: reneritchie: Q: Focus on China, 500 carriers in the world? Adding them? Country rollout, China on rollout side, Brazil next, what about Russia, India retail?
Jan 24 2012, 5:49 PM: reneritchie: TC: Key online, carrier, retailer partners. Russia, india through partners. In all thoe countries.
Jan 24 2012, 5:50 PM: reneritchie: Clear in the past, ton more energy in the China market today doesn’t mean lack of focus or effort in other countries, just less.
Jan 24 2012, 5:50 PM: reneritchie: Brazil is huge opportunity.
Jan 24 2012, 5:50 PM: reneritchie: Doesn’t invision retail in near term.
Jan 24 2012, 5:50 PM: reneritchie: Beginning to see traction, recognize they have to focus to deeply understand, get to large revenue figure like greater China.
Jan 24 2012, 5:51 PM: reneritchie: More carriers, anticipate adding them. Nothing specific but looking at the same list you are. Major carriers, number much smaller.
Jan 24 2012, 5:51 PM: reneritchie: Same thing with countries. All are important. Wants to get into all of them.
Jan 24 2012, 5:52 PM: reneritchie: Q: tablet market? iPad growth outpaced expectations. Think Apple benefitted from lower cost, reduced feature tablets? Checked them out, traded up to iPad? Same thing with MacBook Air? Ultrabook clones?
Jan 24 2012, 5:52 PM: reneritchie: TC: Data in US looked at on weekly basis after Amazon launched Kindle Fire. Wasn’t obvious effect plus or minus. Heard your theory from some customers who did just taht.
Jan 24 2012, 5:52 PM: reneritchie: Whether that’s happening on large basis, he doesn’t know. No obvious change.
Jan 24 2012, 5:53 PM: reneritchie: Is cannibalization of Mac by iPad but continue to believe much more cannibilzation of Windows. Love that trend.
Jan 24 2012, 5:53 PM: reneritchie: TC: iPad is very diffrent: Can see it nbegiining to appear everywhere. Business has adopted it. Fortune and global 500. K12 sold 2x iPads to Macs.
Jan 24 2012, 5:54 PM: reneritchie: Education adopts tech slowly so surprising.
Jan 24 2012, 5:54 PM: reneritchie: Consumer has moved in huge way to iPad.
Jan 24 2012, 5:54 PM: reneritchie: Winning market by market by market.
Jan 24 2012, 5:54 PM: reneritchie: Consumers who think about ecosystem, customer experience, Apple will win a fair number. See that in the results.
Jan 24 2012, 5:54 PM: reneritchie: 55 milllion iPads, only in business since April 2010.
Jan 24 2012, 5:55 PM: reneritchie: Q: Customer data, because of refresh cycle, Apple vs. competition? iPhone buying quicker or halo effect?
Jan 24 2012, 5:55 PM: reneritchie: TC: In enterpise, iPhone is catalyst, iPad moves after. Mac follows in several accounts. Clear examples.
Jan 24 2012, 5:56 PM: reneritchie: Macro level, how much it’s happening is difficult to put their fingers on, but all segments pointing that out. Seen that before with iPod halo for Mac in early 2002-2004. Not new to Apple.
Jan 24 2012, 5:56 PM: Patrick Finger: http://9to5mac.com/2012/01/24/aapl-blows-by-450-in-after-hours-trading/
AAPL blows by 450 in after hours trading. Market cap at $420B, passing Exxon | 9to5Mac | Apple Intelligence
Jan 24 2012, 5:56 PM: reneritchie: Q: Android vs. iPhone — this the year of a 2 horse race? Can your integrated model survive?
Jan 24 2012, 5:57 PM: reneritchie: TC: Not like Mac and Windows. Mac has outgrown market for over 20 Q in a row. Still has single digit percentage. iOS look at phone, tablet, touch, over 315 million sold.
Jan 24 2012, 5:57 PM: reneritchie: 62 million in last quarter.
Jan 24 2012, 5:57 PM: reneritchie: Don’t have numbers on Android, hasn’t found a way to get transparent numbers on Android.
Jan 24 2012, 5:58 PM: reneritchie: Momentum, NPD data in the US, Oct-Nov, part of launch, just phones not total iOS, iPhone at 42, Android at 47
Jan 24 2012, 5:59 PM: reneritchie: All of the data he’s seen in US say it’s a close race. On iPad side, no specifci numbers, all of them believe iPad is way ahead. No comparable product to iPod touch. iOS doing exrememly well.
Jan 24 2012, 5:59 PM: reneritchie: Horse in Redmond always suits up, always run. Other players can’t be counted out.
Jan 24 2012, 5:59 PM: reneritchie: Apple focuses on innovating, making world’s best product. Somewhat ignore how many horses. Just want to be the lead one.
Jan 24 2012, 5:59 PM: reneritchie: Q: 4G and larger screens?
Jan 24 2012, 6:00 PM: reneritchie: Has popularity of Android changed you point of view?
Jan 24 2012, 6:00 PM: reneritchie: TC: Won’t comment on future roadmap, not a shock. 37 million iPhones sold, incredible number could have sold more if more supply. Really love what Apple is doing.
Jan 24 2012, 6:00 PM: reneritchie: AND THAT’S IT!
Jan 24 2012, 6:01 PM: reneritchie: Thanks everyone for joining us!
Jan 24 2012, 6:01 PM: reneritchie: Cook didn’t really hint at much this time. Even the snark level was down.
Jan 24 2012, 6:01 PM: Brad Morris: Noooo, I missed it!
Jan 24 2012, 6:01 PM: reneritchie: You can get the replay off iTunes. Or just scroll up.
Apple has just announced another record breaking quarter, coming off the holidays with $46.33 billion in revenue, $13.06 billion in net profit, and a whopping 37.04 million iPhones, 15.43 million iPads, and 15.4 million iPods sold.
"We're thrilled with our outstanding results and record-breaking sales of iPhones, iPads and Macs," said Tim Cook, Apple's CEO. "Apple's momentum is incredibly strong, and we have some amazing new products in the pipeline."
"We are very happy to have generated over $17.5 billion in cash flow from operations during the December quarter," said Peter Oppenheimer, Apple's CFO. "Looking ahead to the second fiscal quarter of 2012, which will span 13 weeks, we expect revenue of about $32.5 billion and we expect diluted earnings per share of about $8.50."
Apple’s live conference call starts in about 10 minutes and we’ll be doing play by play right here on iMore. Full PR after the break.
CUPERTINO, California—January 24, 2012—Apple® today announced financial results for its fiscal 2012 first quarter which spanned 14 weeks and ended December 31, 2011. The Company posted record quarterly revenue of $46.33 billion and record quarterly net profit of $13.06 billion, or $13.87 per diluted share. These results compare to revenue of $26.74 billion and net quarterly profit of $6 billion, or $6.43 per diluted share, in the year-ago quarter. Gross margin was 44.7 percent compared to 38.5 percent in the year-ago quarter. International sales accounted for 58 percent of the quarter's revenue.
The Company sold 37.04 million iPhones in the quarter, representing 128 percent unit growth over the year-ago quarter. Apple sold 15.43 million iPads during the quarter, a 111 percent unit increase over the year-ago quarter. The Company sold 5.2 million Macs during the quarter, a 26 percent unit increase over the year-ago quarter. Apple sold 15.4 million iPods, a 21 percent unit decline from the year-ago quarter.
"We're thrilled with our outstanding results and record-breaking sales of iPhones, iPads and Macs," said Tim Cook, Apple's CEO. "Apple's momentum is incredibly strong, and we have some amazing new products in the pipeline."
"We are very happy to have generated over $17.5 billion in cash flow from operations during the December quarter," said Peter Oppenheimer, Apple's CFO. "Looking ahead to the second fiscal quarter of 2012, which will span 13 weeks, we expect revenue of about $32.5 billion and we expect diluted earnings per share of about $8.50."
Apple will provide live streaming of its Q1 2012 financial results conference call beginning at 2:00 p.m. PST on January 24, 2012 at www.apple.com/quicktime/qtv/earningsq112. This webcast will also be available for replay for approximately two weeks thereafter.
This press release contains forward-looking statements including without limitation those about the Company’s estimated revenue and earnings per share. These statements involve risks and uncertainties, and actual results may differ. Risks and uncertainties include without limitation the effect of competitive and economic factors, and the Company’s reaction to those factors, on consumer and business buying decisions with respect to the Company’s products; continued competitive pressures in the marketplace; the ability of the Company to deliver to the marketplace and stimulate customer demand for new programs, products, and technological innovations on a timely basis; the effect that product introductions and transitions, changes in product pricing or mix, and/or increases in component costs could have on the Company’s gross margin; the inventory risk associated with the Company’s need to order or commit to order product components in advance of customer orders; the continued availability on acceptable terms, or at all, of certain components and services essential to the Company’s business currently obtained by the Company from sole or limited sources; the effect that the Company’s dependency on manufacturing and logistics services provided by third parties may have on the quality, quantity or cost of products manufactured or services rendered; risks associated with the Company’s international operations; the Company’s reliance on third-party intellectual property and digital content; the potential impact of a finding that the Company has infringed on the intellectual property rights of others; the Company’s dependency on the performance of distributors, carriers and other resellers of the Company’s products; the effect that product and service quality problems could have on the Company’s sales and operating profits; the continued service and availability of key executives and employees; war, terrorism, public health issues, natural disasters, and other circumstances that could disrupt supply, delivery, or demand of products; and unfavorable results of other legal proceedings. More information on potential factors that could affect the Company’s financial results is included from time to time in the “Risk Factors†and “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations†sections of the Company’s public reports filed with the SEC, including the Company’s Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 24, 2011 and its Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended December 31, 2011 to be filed with the SEC. The Company assumes no obligation to update any forward-looking statements or information, which speak as of their respective dates.
Apple designs Macs, the best personal computers in the world, along with OS X, iLife, iWork and professional software. Apple leads the digital music revolution with its iPods and iTunes online store. Apple has reinvented the mobile phone with its revolutionary iPhone and App Store, and is defining the future of mobile media and computing devices with iPad.
Smartr Contacts, which had great success on both the BlackBerry and Android platforms, is now available for the iPhone. The company behind Smart Contacts, Xobni has not only managed to re-imagine their app for iOS devices but they’ve done so in a way that makes the native iOS address book look like a disaster by comparison.
If you’re a GMail or Outlook user, Smartr Contacts could be just the contact management solution you are looking for. Rather than just creating a directory of contacts for you, which you then have to meticulously edit, Smartr Contacts builds profiles for those you are in contact with and orders them however you wish, although the ideal situation is to have them ordered by importance. A quick rundown of the features:
Automatic Address Book – Imagine having an address book that automatically identifies and maintains the names and contact information for everyone you communicate with.
Smart Contact Discovery – Enabled by the Smartr Cloud, contacts are automatically discovered from email data (currently GMail or Outlook), as well as data from social networks.
Rich Profiles – A complete profile is created for each contact, including a photo, job title, phone numbers, company details, email history, common contacts and info from Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter.
Robust Search – Search by name, initials, company, title, email, phone and more to make finding anyone fast and easy.
Ranked by Importance – All contacts are ranked by importance, not alphabetically, so the most important people are at the top.
Having been a Xobni / Smartr Contacts user across the various platforms they offer, including their desktop solutions, I have no problem suggesting this app to anyone wishing to get a better handle on their contact management.
Iconic iPhone hacker George Hotz has quit Facebook and joined a new startup named Backplane. The folks over at BusinessInsider met up with Geohot recently and it looks like Backplane, funded by Lady Gaga and Google Ventures, is keeping him busy with hacking and coding.
Backplane empowers social community. We are a canvas for self-expression. We unite people around interests, affinities and movements. We are just getting started.
During a recent hackathon, Hotz was working on coding a program that would find all your friends on Facebook and put them on a map. Even though their project didn’t win, it’s good to see Hotz back to doing what he appears to be best at. Anyone besides me hoping he’ll become involved in the iOS jailbreak community again?
Inside Apple is a new book from Fortune‘s Adam Lashinsky that aims to reveal some of the secrets behind the success of America’s premiere consumer electronics company — Apple. Lashinsky wasn’t given the access that Walter Issacson was given for the Steve Jobs biography, but he did lots of interviews and paints a compelling portrait of one of the most secret companies in recent history. How much of the Apple magic he ultimate manages to expose is anyone’s guess, but for Apple enthusiasts and business students alike, it certainly looks like a must read.
Check out the full description — and giveaway! — after the break, and pre-order now to avoid the virtual rush. (We’ll also be discussing this in the iMore book club, so head on over!)
INSIDE APPLE reveals the secret systems, tactics and leadership strategies that allowed Steve Jobs and his company to churn out hit after hit and inspire a cult-like following for its products.
If Apple is Silicon Valley’s answer to Willy Wonka’s Chocolate Factory, then author Adam Lashinsky provides readers with a golden ticket to step inside. In this primer on leadership and innovation, the author will introduce readers to concepts like the “DRI” (Apple’s practice of assigning a Directly Responsible Individual to every task) and the Top 100 (an annual ritual in which 100 up-and-coming executives are tapped a la Skull & Bones for a secret retreat with company founder Steve Jobs).
Based on numerous interviews, the book offers exclusive new information about how Apple innovates, deals with its suppliers and is handling the transition into the Post Jobs Era. Lashinsky, a Senior Editor at Large for Fortune, knows the subject cold: In a 2008 cover story for the magazine entitled The Genius Behind Steve: Could Operations Whiz Tim Cook Run The Company Someday he predicted that Tim Cook, then an unknown, would eventually succeed Steve Jobs as CEO.
While Inside Apple is ostensibly a deep dive into one, unique company (and its ecosystem of suppliers, investors, employees and competitors), the lessons about Jobs, leadership, product design and marketing are universal. They should appeal to anyone hoping to bring some of that Apple magic to their own company, career, or creative endeavor.
The Giveaway
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“It’s not quite iTunes for comic books yet, but Comics and the comiXology apps like Marvel and DC are getting terrifically close.”
Comics is the best app for buying comic books — and graphic novels — on your iPad. Well, that’s not exactly true. Comics is one of the best places to buy comics, but the developer, comiXology also makes dedicated versions of the app for Marvel, DC, Dynamite, IDW, Image, and other publishers. They claim over 16,000 titles, more than enough to delight anyone’s inner Sheldon. Comics itself has a great selection of titles from several of their partner publishers and, taken together, the comiXology apps are everything you need to get your weekly fix of new releases and classic back issues alike.
comiXology's dedicated DC Comics app opens up with all the latest titles.
When you first load up Comics, or any of the dedicated comiXology apps, you’re taken straight to the store and will have various options up top for featured titles, new or recently added title, popular or best-selling titles, and sometimes free titles as well. Browse your way through or use the tabs at the bottom to jump to series (like trade paperbacks, they’re several issues collected into one easier-to-manage edition), story arcs (related issues you still have to buy and keep separately — why not just make these into series, folks?), creators (if you’re looking for specific titles by your favorite artist or writer), as well as the option to search, and My Comics/purchases to see what you’ve already bought.
The option to buy series (think trade paperbacks) in the dedicated apps like Marvel and DC is a nice addition.
There’s a ton of content to be found. Comics proper has a good sampling of titles from the various publishers. The dedicated apps for Marvel, DC, et al have loads of current stuff, most of the popular arcs and series from the last few years, and a smattering of classics (though why I can only find something like Batman: Year One as a set of individual issues in a story arc and not as a collected series is irksome — fix that DC!).
When you find what you like, it's just one in-app purchase away, just like iTunes.
When you find something you like, just tap the price to buy, same as you would in iTunes, and the familiar in-app-purchasing system takes over. Your comic issue or collected edition is downloaded straight into the app and made available on your reading shelf.
Pricing is okay. Individual issues are often $1.99 though some newer/hotter titles are $2.99 which is too high. As Steve Jobs told the music industry a decade ago, their competition is free — price things fairly and make them easily available and the market will flourish. Also, while Marvel offers true collections in their series, DC doesn’t seem to have embraced that yet which is baffling. (Prices for the Marvel series range from $6.99 for smaller, more obscure 130 page collections all the way up to $24.99 for large, popular 330 page collections like Planet Hulk). There’s also no subscription model, let alone all-you-can-eat offering.
Thumbnails of all the pages in your issue or series are just a tap away.
The reading experience is excellent. Pages are shown one at a time, or side-by-side for double-page spreads. You can also double tap to “zoom in” and show only one panel at a time. There’s no page flipping animation but swiping between pages is a breeze. You can also tap to bring up the controls which let you get info on the title, go to a thumbnail view of all pages, pull up the option for transition speed, letterboxing, etc. and get help on how the reader works.
While not extensive, basic options let you tweak the reading experience.
You can’t load your own comics, or comics you’ve bought in PDF form (for example, on Marvel’s extensive DVD volumes), but that’s what apps like Comic Zeal are for.
Overall comiXology has done an amazing job. Marvel, DC, and the other companies are also tepidly inching their way into digital confidence. It would be nice to have everything all in the Comics app and not need the separate Marvel, DC, et. al apps, for example (could you imagine if Warner, Sony, etc. were all separate iTunes app clones and we couldn’t keep our music or movies in one place?). It would also be great to see the bigger collections, absolutes, omnibuses, etc. available, discounted the way they are for trade paperbacks in comic book specialty shops. (Speaking of which, the comiXology apps go out of their way to point out where you can go buy real-world paper versions of the comics, which is both awkward and charming.)
Double page spreads look especially great on the iPad
The good
Excellent availability of titles, especially in the dedicated apps
In-app purchases are quick and efficient
Reader is fluid and functional
The bad
Having dedicated Marvel, DC, etc. apps is annoying, all content should also be in the main Comics app
Can’t load your own comics into the reader
The conclusion
It’s not quite iTunes for comic books yet, but Comics and the comiXology apps like Marvel and DC are getting terrifically close. If you’re a general fan, get the Comics apps proper. If you’re a Marvel or DC purest, get the dedicated Marvel or DC apps. If you love everything, get them all. With day-and-date new releases and an expanding back catalog of classic stories, Comics makes iPad the premiere device for any comic loving geek.
Have a shattered or unresponsive screen on your GSM iPhone 4 and need to know how to DIY repair it? If you don’t want to put out the extra cash for a new phone and feel pretty confident in your repair skills, we can walk you through how to fix your iPhone 4 on your own.
Disclaimer: As with any repair, iMore nor PXLFIX can be held responsible for any damage you may do to your device. It's also worth considering that opening up your device to perform any repair or modification can and will void your Apple warranty. If you don't feel comfortable opening your device, don't. Use extreme care and caution when performing a repair on any device.
What you need for a DIY GSM iPhone 4 screen replacement
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GSM iPhone 4 (please note there ARE internal differences between the GSM and CDMA models)
New GSM iPhone 4 LCD & digitizer assembly
SIM removal tool (or a paper clip)
#00 Phillips screwdriver
Pry tool or spudger (you may need a handheld razor blade as well)
Security screwdriver (only if your iPhone has 5-point security screws in the dock connector)
Power off your iPhone 4
Before performing any repair, always power off your device before removing any screws or parts.
Remove the back
First remove the bottom 2 dock connector screws in your iPhone 4. Use either your #00 screwdriver or the five point depending on whether or not your iPhone 4 has security screws in the dock connector. Almost all newer devices will have security screws.
To remove the back simply slide the back upwards and lift it off gently.
Set the back and 2 dock connector screws aside.
Remove your SIM card
Use a SIM removal tool or a paperclip to remove your SIM card and tray. Set them aside.
Remove the battery
To remove the battery you'll need to remove the #00 screw holding the battery clip in place. Remove this screw located to the bottom left of the battery.
The metal clip on the battery is what clips the battery to the logic board. You'll need to pop this clip up with your plastic pry tool. Simply stick the end of your pry tool underneath the clip and gently pull upwards until it unfastens from the logic board.
To remove the battery, I do not recommend using the plastic pull tab. There is quite a bit of adhesive underneath the battery and the tab will normally just rip off or you can bend the battery. Instead, run your pry tool along the right side of the battery and break the adhesive that way. Once the battery is free from the adhesive, you can pull the battery out of the phone. There are no other connectors holding it in.
You will notice a tiny grounding clip sitting underneath where you unscrewed the battery. Set this aside for replacement during reassembly. This is a grounding clip for your antenna. Make sure you put it back in place before reconnecting your battery.
Remove the dock connector shield and disconnect the cable
There is a shield held on with two screws covering the dock connector cable. Remove the two screws holding it in place and set the shield and screws aside, remembering where they came from.
Next, use your pry tool to pry up the actual dock connector cable. Be careful as there is adhesive holding the cable in place as well. Peel back the adhesive gently to free the cable.
Remove the top logic board shield
There are 5 screws holding the logic board shield in place. Remove the 5 screws holding it in place. Just be sure to remember which holes they came out of as the screws are different sizes. I always keep them in order of how they came out.
Next you’ll need to remove the shield. There is a tiny clip built into the shield holding it in place. (Refer to the photo above.) Pop it up with your pry tool and you should be able to slide the shield up fairly easily. Just take care not to bend it or break off a clip.
Disconnect the 6 cables from the top of the logic board
There is only one connector holding the camera to the logic board. Remove this cable in the picture above using your pry tool. Gently lift upwards and it will pop right off.
Next gently lift the camera out of the device. You’ll notice there is a tiny tab that is seated underneath the LCD and digitizer cables to the right.
Next pop up the LCD and digitizer cables to the right of where the camera cable was connected. You pop them up in the same direction.
The 3 cables further to the right will need to be disconnected as well. They pop up in the opposite direction.
Remove the logic board
Start with the 2 screws holding the logic board down in the middle and at the bottom left. Both use your #00 Phillips screwdriver. They are the same size. The one on the right of the logic board in the middle of the device has a water sensor over it you’ll need to remove.
The second screw is located where the logic board meets the speaker assembly towards the bottom left of the device.
The third and final screw holding the logic board in is located at the top of the logic board off to the right. It is the only cross-head screw in your device. Use a small flathead screwdriver to carefully remove it.
You should now be able to remove your logic board. Holding it at the bottom, gently pull it upwards. I use my other hand to lift up at the top where the rear facing camera used to be.
Take note that there is a small rubber piece that sits at the top of the logic board. You will need this for re-assembly so make sure it doesn’t fall off. If you lose this, you could see reception issues.
Remove the speaker assembly
To remove the speaker assembly you have one more #00 screw to remove. It sits to the right of the speaker assembly in the bottom right hand corner of your device. Remove it.
The second screw holding the speaker assembly into your iPhone you’ve already removed when you removed the logic board.
Gently lift the speaker assembly out of your device and set it aside.
Remove the vibrator assembly
Locate your vibrator assembly in the upper right hand corner of your iPhone 4 (assuming you’re looking at it from the back).
It is held in with two screws. Use your #00 Phillips screwdriver and remove them. The screw on the left will be significantly longer. Just remember which screw came from where.
Next, gently lift the vibrator assembly out of the device.
Remove the 4 screws in each corner
There are 10 total screws that attach your iPhone 4 LCD/Digitizer assembly to your frame. The 4 in the corners will need to be completely removed. They are all #00 screws.
Loosen the remaining 6 screws
These screws run along the sides of your iPhone and also have washers on them. I find it best to just loosen them opposed to removing them completely. The washers are not fun to put back in. Loosening them will allow you to remove the LCD/Digitizer assembly just as easily. About 2 1/2 to 3 turns for each screw should loosen them up enough to continue. If you feel the washer wobbling back and forth a bit, you’ve loosened it enough.
Remove the broken LCD & digitizer assembly from your iPhone
This is where it can get a bit tricky. Your screen is held in not only with the 10 screws mentioned above but also with strong adhesive. You will need to break this adhesive in order to remove the front panel.
Hold your iPhone in one hand with the screen facing you. Starting in the top left hand corner, run a pry tool or razor blade in between the frame and front panel. You’ll need to pry up quite a bit in order to break the adhesive. Be careful around the front facing camera and speaker area.
Next move your pry tool or razor blade to the bottom of your device and do the same thing, working your way around until the adhesive is broken and the front panel starts to come off. If your screen is cracked, additional glass may break off. That’s perfectly normal.
To completely remove the front panel – start at the top of your iPhone and gently pull the assembly away from the frame. Be careful to allow the LCD and digitizer cables to slip through the opening in the frame without getting caught up.
Remove any left over glass or debris from the frame
Before reassembling your iPhone, you’ll need to make sure there is no glass stuck to the remaining adhesive or inside the frame. If there is it could cause damage to the new screen or you’ll be able to see it through the new assembly, which can be annoying. Just make sure you do a thorough job of picking off all the glass on and around the frame before continuing to reassembly.
Reassemble your iPhone
Once you’re sure you’ve gotten all the glass and leftover debris out of your iPhone, you’re ready for reassembly. Watch our reassembly video above or repeat all the steps above in the reverse order.
And… done!
If you followed the above steps correctly you should know have a working and non-broken iPhone 4 again. Have you done this repair yourself? Let us know how it went! Want to know how to perform another type of iPhone repair or modification? Send me suggestions to ally.kazmucha@imore.com or leave a comment in our brand new Mod and DIY Repair Forum!
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Defense zone: Hold your defence with your turrets against the massive hordes of enemies. It is up to you, commander, how to spend the resources: restore and upgrade your veteran units or to purchase some new ones.
Rewards – A reward tracker for parents: Add a reward when your child is helpful, does the dishes, helps put the trash out and many more! At-a-glance, you and your child can see how many rewards they have totalled up for the week.
PDF Forms: A powerful software tool for work with PDF documents and forms which allows commenting on ready PDF documents, filling forms, signing legal documents such as contracts or notices and sharing processed PDF documents via email or Dropbox.
Favomatic: Provides you with an easy to use interface to create and manage launch-buttons for your favorites. Think of it as a to-do list that helps you in that daily routine. It not only reminds you to check out something you were about to forget but it also makes sure not to check it too often.
Operation Math: Dr. Odd is on a global quest to eliminate the world's even numbers. And it's your job to stop him, by seeking out his secret bases, destroying his menacing mainframes and making the world a safer place for math. Complete each mission by solving the equations that lock the doors along your escape route in 60 seconds or less and earn all the uniforms and watches of a seasoned Base10 spy.
Any other big app or game releases or updates today?
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The only thing more sweet than a rampaging tyrannosaurus rex is a rampaging tyrannosaurus rex on an iPad 2 – a gift which Telltale has graciously given the world by way of Jurassic Park: The Game, Episode 3. In “The Depths”, your group is trying to escape Isla Nublar through a series of maintenance tunnels, while being hounded by a variety of nasty predators. Jurassic Park’s security system is completely shut down, so all sorts of dinosaurs are roaming about the island freely. All episodes of the Jurassic Park game are built specifically for the iPad 2, as it makes use of the dual-core processor, and has full AirPlay support if you want to enjoy the action on the big screen.
I’ve played a couple of Telltale’s games on PC, and I’m a big fan of their style, quality, and sense of humour. Obviously this game is going to be a little more dramatic, but it looks like they’ve done a great job with it. The game is stitched together as a kind of direct-your-own-movie style, where you can jump between scenes, and your actions take place in the midst of 3D cinematic sequences.
You can check out a few snippets of the iPad 2 gameplay after the jump, though it plays more like an Apple ad. The game is available for $6.99 in the App Store at the link below.
Readdle’s PDF Expert for iPad has been updated with the ability to do a full text search across your PDF library. Additionally, there is a new sorting panel and a much needed eraser tool for handwritten notes and little conveniences like the ability to hit the tab key to move to the next field when filling out forms.
Here’s the update notes:
Document Search now looks far beyond the file name. It lets you find the needed documents faster and easier than ever before!
New sorting panel lets you reorder the files based on Name, Date or Modified Date. Just scroll the document list to the very top to reveal it, pretty much like in iBooks or Pages.
Support of “Tab” and arrow keys on the bluetooth keyboards when filling PDF forms makes the process lightning fast.
An eraser tool for your handwriting has arrived! It is located on the Pens toolbar and works exactly like you expect.
Handwriting and Wrist Protection are now better than in many note taking apps.
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The Court of the Hague, in the Netherlands, has denied an appeal from Apple to place an injunction on Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 sales on grounds of design patent infringement. The Dutch ruling took into account two out of six potential pieces of prior art, though they may take more into consideration later on. Apple has already been shot down once for this case in the Dutch lower courts, and having the appeal denied as well means this case is pretty cut and dry.
Apple’s having some good luck against Samsung in Germany, but that’s apparently not setting a precedent for the rest of Europe. It seems like globally, Apple is going to have a hard time enforcing these design patents, despite seeing varied success in a few regions. Even Australia, which had placed a ban on some Samsung products, eventually reversed its decision. Unless Apple manages to get consistent ruling internationally, it will be hard to avoid imports into the few countries that have a local sales ban on devices that look like the iPhone or iPad.
While I certainly appreciate Apple’s classy design, it seems a little extreme for a company whose founder openly borrowed good ideas and made them better. You can find the full Dutch court ruling, ripe for Google Translating, via the source link below.
Verizon has released their Q4 2011 financial results and they seem to have done fairly well for themselves — 18.3 billion in gross profits, up 7.7%. Wireless revenue was up 13% with data revenue up 19.2%. (And yes, in case you were wondering, that’s why carriers want data-hungry devices like iPhones on their network.)
iPhone sales numbers weren’t disclosed in the results but Verizon had previously stated 4.2 million of Apple’s handsets went out the door last quarter. That’s double the previous quarter, which is impressive considering overall smartphone sales were short. Verizon did take a slight hit on the iPhone, however, having paid out higher than average subsidies.
It will be interesting to see the next few quarters when the iPhone 4S isn’t the newest, hottest handset on the market and rival platforms start to release their big hero devices.
Virgin America has named one of its planes in memory of Steve Jobs. The plane has a well known Jobs quote emblazoned across it from his 2005 commencement address at Stanford University, "Stay Hungry, Stay Foolish".
On the back cover of their final issue was a photograph of an early morning country road, the kind you might find yourself hitchhiking on if you were so adventurous. Beneath it were the words: “Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish.” It was their farewell message as they signed off. Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish. And I have always wished that for myself. And now, as you graduate to begin anew, I wish that for you.
Virgin America told MacRumors that the plane had received the name after an internal staff naming competition. The plane with tail number N845VA has been in operation since the fall of last year.
According to Adam Lashinsky, author of the upcoming book, Inside Apple, the late Steve Jobs arranged a meeting with Ren Ng, a Stanford graduate and the CEO of the incredible Lytro light-field camera company.
The company's CEO, Ren Ng, a brilliant computer scientist with a PhD from Stanford, immediately called Jobs, who picked up the phone and quickly said, "if you're free this afternoon maybe we would could get together." Ng, who is thirty-two, hurried to Palo Alto, showed Jobs a demo of Lytro's technology, discussed cameras and product design with him, and, at Jobs's request, agreed to send him an email outlining three things he'd like Lytro to do with Apple.
Lytro, if you’ve not heard of them, uses radical new imaging technology that involves capturing the entire light field into one single file. Edits can then be made post-production, including refocusing the image or any portion of it.
Given the nature of their technology and how it works, it all seems like something Steve Jobs would have been interested in, especially when you consider the amount of attention Apple gave to how the iPhone 4S camera worked.
According to Walter Isaacson, Steve Jobs had three things he wanted to reinvent – the television, textbooks and photography. We’ve bared witness to the beginning of one of those things at Apple’s education event with the introduction of iBooks 2 and iBooks Author for Mac OS X. And Apple Television has been rumored for a while now.
One could argue that Steve Jobs and Apple have already changed the photography world with each iteration of the iPhone, as the cameras got better with each new release. The the iPhone 4S has an 8 megapixel camera equipped with a fast f/2.4 lens, and is certainly capable of taking great shots and that photo taking ability has caused some folks to drop their point & shoot cameras and strictly use their iPhone for shots as needed.
Could we see a portion of Lytro’s camera technology in the some iteration of the iPhone and possibly even the iPad? It’s quite possible – but we’ll have to hold on for that. One meeting does not a next-generation iPhone 5 camera make.
“Pairing the latest in Apple iPhone hardware with a 1980s style telephone handset, iCooly certainly demands attention even if its form sometimes overwhelms its function.”
The iCooly PhoneStand is an iPhone dock/cradle with a twist — a retro-future look like something out of the 1980s… or a 60s world’s fair. Instead of a rotary dialer or touchtone keypad, it has a tacky surface on which you can place your iPhone, and the handset plugs right into your 3.5mm audio jack. And that’s only the beginning.
You don’t need leg-warmers or big hair to rock the iCooly PhoneStand, though they certainly wouldn’t hurt. This is one sleek plastic and shiny white and silver finished 80s flashback phone. But it works; once the spiral corded handset is plugged in you can answer calls with the tap of a button. (You can also activate Siri on an iPhone 4S or Voice Control on an iPhone 4 or iPhone 3GS with a longer press.)
Your iPhone sticks in place but remains totally accessible.
The nice thing about the old school handset design is that it was an absolute breeze to tuck between the side of your head and your shoulder, so you could keep your hands free to keep working, cooking, gaming… whatever you want to keep doing. The cord isn’t incredibly long, mind you, but it’s long enough to go from your desk, counter, or comfy chair. iCooly even maintains the distance allows for a 96% reduction in cellphone radiation.
Big handsets are easier to use hands-free. Go figure!
The build quality is great. The iCooly PhoneStand aluminum so it feels strong but not heavy. The sticky surface that holds your iPhone in place can be a bit annoying the first few times you use it, but since it doesn’t obstruct the touch screen or buttons, your iPhone remains fully usable even while docked. Likewise, the 30-pin connector is completely exposed so you can charge your iPhone while it’s in the cradle as well. The iCooly PhoneStand even includes a place to keep a pen (or capacitive stylus!)
Now, I’m not going to lie. The iCooly PhoneStand isn’t for everyone. It’s a conversation piece. It’s something to have fun with, especially if you enjoy that retro vibe. It’s probably not going to be the go-to cradle solution for everyone, and that’s okay. Those who do want it, however, will want it a lot.
Pairing the latest in Apple iPhone hardware with a 1980s style telephone handset, iCooly certainly demands attention even if its form sometimes overwhelms its function.
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Are you using Google’s digital magazine-style news aggregator, Google Currents on your iPad or iPhone? Google Currents is going on 2 months old and while it got to the market with Flipboard well ahead of it, it does have Google’s brand and power behind it. It’s also got a brand new iMore editions for your reading pleasure. Along with the launch-day Android Central edition, we’ve also added a Mobile Nations super edition, so you can keep up with all your platforms, all in one place, all for free.
If you haven’t used Google Currents yet but want to check it out, it’s as simple as downloading it from the App Store, logging in with your Google ID, and hitting the subscribe links below. If you’ve already used it, let us know if you’re still using it, or if it’s dropped off your radar.
The numbers were calculated using Cydia, the jailbreak app store, which can track queries being made to the server based on the list of available SHSH blobs. While the numbers may seem quite small in comparison to the number of iOS devices out there, it certainly shows there is still many folks willing to take the plunge and jailbreak their devices.
iMore recently ran some polls asking our iPhone 4S and iPad 2 enthusiasts if they were going to jailbreak their devices using Absinthe. For iPad 2 users, 40.23% noted they would be diving in immediately while 33.64% of iPhone 4S users were jumping on-board.
So even with all of the iOS 5 improvements, a large percentage of our readership still wants more then what Apple is directly offering.
Sony has announced a new 13 megapixel back-illuminated CMOS image sensor, which could one day allow for thinner iPhones that take even higher quality photos and HDR (High Dynamic Range) video.
This image sensor layers the pixel section containing formations of back-illuminated structure pixels onto chips containing the circuit section for signal processing, which is in place of supporting substrates for conventional back-illuminated CMOS image sensors. This structure achieves further enhancement in image quality, superior functionalities and a more compact size that will lead to enhanced camera evolution.
The setup separates the CMOS sensor from the imaging circuits which, along with a bit of optics-magic, results in higher quality images. It also thinner, which means iPhones and iPads, if Apple implements it, could be thinner.
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