The iPad Marches On

post from Daring Fireball on 10 October 2011 11:03:37 PM. © Daring Fireball

New numbers from Comscore:

In August2011, iPads delivered 97.2 percent of all tablet traffic in the U.S.iPads have also begun to account for a higher share of Internettraffic than iPhones (46.8 percent vs. 42.6 percent of all iOS devicetraffic).

Wonder which tablets split the other 2.8 percent?

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ts_Drive_Nearly_7_Percent_of_Total_U.S._Digital_Traffic

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Ripe

post from Daring Fireball on 10 October 2011 08:04:51 PM. © Daring Fireball

The Seattle Times interviews Windows Phone chief Andy Lee:

Q: Do you think the iPhone 4S (running on iOS 5) gives you an opening? Do you think they missed an opportunity there?
A: Yes I do. I think, from an end user’s experience on the software, there’s a lot of interesting reviews written comparing us to iOS 5 and the amount that we’ve got done in 11 months — so some people (are) making comparisons of pace. [?]
From a pure hardware perspective, I was surprised they’re notgiving the consumer more choice. People want a variety ofdifferent things.

So there have been one million pre-orders for Windows Phone 7 devices running Mango?

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http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2016448788_windowsphoneq
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Comparing Big-Ass Smartphone Screens to 1950s
Tail Fins

post from Daring Fireball on 10 October 2011 08:04:51 PM. © Daring Fireball

This is the absolutist position, and I don’t agree with it. I don’t think 4-inch and bigger screens are silly or needless. For some purposes, bigger is better, and for people who value those purposes, these are better devices. What I believe is that 3.5-inches (or so) is the sweet spot — the best trade-off.

But I do think there’s a Pepsi Challenge type effect going on here. The thing with the Pepsi Challenge was that most people preferred (and prefer today) the taste of Coke over Pepsi, when drinking a full serving. But, when you only take a sip or two of each, people tend to prefer whichever is sweeter, and that was Pepsi. Some people really do prefer Pepsi, of course. But I think there are a bunch of people buying big-ass Android phones after taking just a sip or two in the store.

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http://johnvsinternet.wordpress.com/2011/10/07/2010s-smartphone-screens-are-the-n
ew-1950s-tail-fins/

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iPhone 4S Pre-Orders Top One Million in First 24
Hours

post from Daring Fireball on 10 October 2011 07:04:36 PM. © Daring Fireball

How will Apple recover from this debacle?

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http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2011/10/10iPhone-4S-Pre-Orders-Top-One-Million-in
-First-24-Hours.html

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Zombie Me app included in new best Zombies apps
section on the App Store

post from prMac on 10 October 2011 06:50:00 PM. © prMac

Portegno Apps is proud to announce that its app Zombie Me for iPhone was features in the iTunes App Store home page, section best Zombies apps for this Halloween season. The application, specially designed for fellows aged 12 and more, received excellent raiting and was picked by Apple's staff for second year in a row to be part of it's best Zombies apps category. Zombie Me is the ideal app for this Halloween season. Transforms personal pictures into Zombies.

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http://prmac.com/release-id-32024.htm

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Netflix U-Turn

post from Daring Fireball on 10 October 2011 06:04:00 PM. © Daring Fireball

Zero points for consistency.

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http://blog.netflix.com/2011/10/dvds-will-be-staying-at-netflixcom.html

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Bitehunter Releases New Mobile App for iPhone

post from prMac on 10 October 2011 05:19:00 PM. © prMac

BiteHunter, the first real-time search engine for dining deals announces the release of its newest free mobile application for the iPhone, BiteHunter 1.3 After launching its first app in June 2011, BiteHunter utilized its user feedback to create a more user friendly interface, as well as add multiple features to increase functionality and more than 200 sources to increase deals shown across the country. BiteHunter provides more deals in real-time than any other player.

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http://prmac.com/release-id-32023.htm

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Square Now Processing $2 Billion in Payments Per
Year

Gaining traction fast.

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http://techcrunch.com/2011/10/10/square-processing-2b-in-payments-per-year-signed
-up-800k-merchants-drops-new-user-limits/

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Size

Marco Arment:

Android phones have been one-upping each other with screen size a lot recently. It?s an interesting tactic that seems to be working, at least relative to other Android phones. When comparing phones side-by-side in a store, the larger screens really do look more appealing, and I bet a lot of people don?t consider the practical downsides.

Apple generally tries to make it instantly obvious which of its products are better — what the trade-offs are. 16/32/64 GB: pay more, get more storage. iPhone 4S vs. 4: faster, better camera, Siri.

Bigger-screen iPhone proponents are telling me via email that they don’t necessarily want Apple to replace the 3.5-inch models with a 4-point-something inch one — just want a bigger screen model added to the lineup. But then which is “better”? I think it’s likely that many customers’ intuition would tell them that bigger must be better, and they’d make a choice they’d come to regret. What appeals to you in-store, side-by-side, isn’t necessarily what will appeal to you in long-term actual use.

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http://www.marco.org/2011/10/08/iphone-screen-size

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iSMEStorage Cloud File Manager updated to version
2.19

SMEStorage announced that it has updated the version of it's Cloud File Manager for iPhone and iPad is available in the App Store now. iSMEStorage, the iOS Cloud File Manager that supports over 25 file Clouds, has been updated to version 2.19. This version add increased support for on device security of files as well as adding a raft of other features. Additional security allows users to set a PIN on the application itself which is requested on launch.

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http://prmac.com/release-id-32113.htm

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