Archive | July 23rd, 2009
Apple dominates $1000+ computer market
June data compiled by the NPD analysts reveals that when it comes to the $1000+ computer market, Apple enjoys a 91% market share. Joe Wilcox writes: According to NPD, in June, average selling prices for all PCs sold at US retail was $701, or $690 for desktops and $703 for notebooks. But the ASPs get […]
Continue reading...New Palm Pre webOS update re-enables syncing with iTunes
23. July 2009
Last week, Apple released iTunes update 8.2.1 which prevented the Palm Pre from syncing up with iTunes. Earlier today, Palm responded with an update of its own with the release of webOS 1.1, an update which, among other things, re-enables the ability of the Pre to sync up with and transfer media files from iTunes. […]
Continue reading...AT&T activates record number 2.4 million iPhones in Q3
23. July 2009
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Electronista reports: AT&T today posted one of its best-ever spring quarter results credited mostly to the iPhone 3GS launch. The company says it added 1.2 million cellphone subscribers, an all-time high for spring. It adds that it activated 2.4 million iPhones between April and the end of June. The number ties that of the iPhone […]
Continue reading...The “Genius” of Rob Enderle, and the myth of Apple marketing
23. July 2009
In his latest article, Enderle writes: Apple is a marketing-driven company — something unique in the technology segment — while Microsoft has largely been engineering-driven. During the 90s, this was actually more of an Apple liability than an asset, because Apple was being run by people who clearly didn’t get Apple’s unique capability. Steve Jobs […]
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23. July 2009
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