Netbooks

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Todd Bishop, on Microsoft’s quarterly results:

In its quarterly filing, Microsoft indicated that the consumer PCmarket was the primary culprit for the decline — pointing inparticularly to a 40 percent decline in netbook sales in theconsumer market.

40 percent decline in netbooks, eh? Some netbook claim chowder:

David Carnoy, February 2009: “Why Apple Must Do a Netbook Now”
Preston Gralla, March 2009: “Why Apple Will Have to Release a Netbook”
Charles Moore, March 2010: “Apple Still Needs a Sub-$700 Conventional Notebook”

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http://www.geekwire.com/2011/microsoft-profits-top-expectations-xbox-office-trump
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Google TV Update

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Janko Roettgers:

Logitech?s Revue Google TV set-top box and periphery devices,such as the a Revue-optimized webcam, only generated about $5million in sales in the last quarter, according to Thursday?searnings.
That?s far below expectations. Logitech had reported Google TVproduct sales of $22 million for the previous quarter, andestimated to sell another $18 million in the fiscal fourthquarter. The company missed these estimates by more than 70percent. Tanking Google TV sales were also reflected by a28-percent rise in inventory.

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http://gigaom.com/video/logitech-google-tv-earnings/

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Marco Arment on Pulling the Free Version of
Instapaper From the App Store

post from Daring Fireball on 28 April 2011 08:04:17 PM. © Daring Fireball

He created the free version in the hope that it would increase sales of the paid version, but sales of the paid version have gone up after he removed the free version of the store. Correlation is not causation, but that’s interesting.

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Read The Full Article:
http://www.marco.org/2011/04/28/removed-instapaper-free

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How the iPhone Knows Where You Are

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Great article by Glenn Fleishman on how Apple uses cell towers, Wi-Fi, and GPS for location services.

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http://www.macworld.com/article/159528/2011/04/how_iphone_location_works.html

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Holderness Media presents iMelodica - Virtual
Melodica for iPhone

post from prMac on 28 April 2011 07:30:00 PM. © prMac

Florida based Holderness Media Inc. today introduces iMelodica 1.0 for iPhone and iPod touch devices. iMelodica is a fun, great sounding virtual melodica for the iPhone. Also known by the names "wind piano", "melodyhorn", etc. traditional melodicas are wind instruments that are played by blowing into the mouthpiece while pressing the keys. iMelodica is played by simply touching the keys.

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http://prmac.com/release-id-24897.htm

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The Economics of Death Star Planet Destruction

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Or, as Matthew Yglesias puts it, “the logic and limits of the Tarkin Doctrine”.

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http://www.overthinkingit.com/2011/04/25/star-wars-death-star-economics/

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RIM Cuts Profit Forecast as BlackBerry Demand
Falls Short

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Bloomberg:

Research In Motion Ltd., facing intensifying competition fromApple Inc. and Google Inc., cut its sales and profit forecasts forthis quarter on slower-than- expected demand for BlackBerrysmartphones. The stock plunged. […]
RIM said BlackBerry shipments will be at the lower end of therange of 13.5 million to 14.5 million it projected last month, andthe mix of devices it sells will shift toward cheaper models.

Starting to get the feeling that RIM is a company on the verge of collapse.

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Read The Full Article:
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-04-28/rim-cuts-profit-forecast-as-demand-for-b
lackberry-smartphones-falls-short.html

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White iPhone 4 Slightly Thicker

It’s always something with that jerk.

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http://ryancash.net/post/5019047695/white-iphone-4-is-thicker

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Dont Forget the Mac

Bloomberg, reporting on Microsoft’s quarterly results:

Personal computer shipments unexpectedly fell 3.2 percent in thequarter as businesses and consumers held off purchases and shiftedto tablet computers, IDC said. Microsoft?s multi-year contractswith corporations weren?t enough to make up for businesses thatare holding onto machines for longer periods and consumers who arechoosing iPads over a new laptop with Windows.

The iPad does seem to have siphoned off much of the growth in the PC industry. But don’t forget that Mac sales are up, too — 28 percent higher in the just-completed quarter than a year ago. So it’s really more that Apple has taken the growth, with the Mac at the high end and the iPad at the low end.

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Read The Full Article:
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-04-28/microsoft-meets-analysts-estimates-as-co
nsumers-shift-to-ipad-tablet-pcs.html

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Marco Arment on Pulling the Free Version of
instapaper From the App Store

He created the free version in the hope that it would increase sales of the paid version, but sales of the paid version have gone up after he removed the free version of the store. Correlation is not causation, but that’s interesting.

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Read The Full Article:
http://www.marco.org/2011/04/28/removed-instapaper-free

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