Tag: iPad

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Putting a lot of faith in Apple Maps

On Tuesday, I was heading out to Manhattan, New York from Ridgewood, New Jersey. Armed with an iPad with Apple Maps, I became the navigator. I was putting a lot of faith in Apple Maps to tell me where to go. It’s all good.

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iOS 6.1

Apple releases iOS 6.1 today.

From Apple PR:

CUPERTINO, California—January 28, 2013—Apple® today updated iOS to version 6.1, adding LTE capabilities to 36 additional iPhone® carriers and 23 additional iPad® carriers around the world, so even more iPhone 5, iPad mini and iPad* with Retina® display users can experience ultrafast wireless performance** to browse, download and stream content at blazing fast speeds. To date, iOS users have uploaded over nine billion photos to Photo Stream, sent over 450 billion iMessages and received over four trillion notifications.

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Google Currents 2.0

Google Currents 2.0

What’s New in Version 2.0

  • Edition sidebar – quickly access your editions within categories such as business, sports, etc.
  • Fast scan – Vertical swipe to scan an edition, horizontal swipe advances to next edition
  • Breaking stories – ranked by Google News. Links to full length content.
  • Saved stories – star for future reference
  • New catalog design

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Apple Reports Fiscal Year 2013 First Quarter Results

From Apple PR:

47.8 Million iPhones Sold; 22.9 Million iPads Sold

CUPERTINO, California—January 23, 2013—Apple® today announced financial results for its 13-week fiscal 2013 first quarter ended December 29, 2012. The Company posted record quarterly revenue of $54.5 billion and record quarterly net profit of $13.1 billion, or $13.81 per diluted share. These results compare to revenue of $46.3 billion and net profit of $13.1 billion, or $13.87 per diluted share, in the 14-week year-ago quarter. Gross margin was 38.6 percent compared to 44.7 percent in the year-ago quarter. International sales accounted for 61 percent of the quarter’s revenue.

Note that Fiscal Year 2013 First Quarter is a 13-week quarter compared to 14-week quarter of Fiscal Year 2012 First Quarter.

The Company sold a record 47.8 million iPhones in the quarter, compared to 37 million in the year-ago quarter. Apple also sold a record 22.9 million iPads during the quarter, compared to 15.4 million in the year-ago quarter. The Company sold 4.1 million Macs, compared to 5.2 million in the year-ago quarter. Apple sold 12.7 million iPods in the quarter, compared to 15.4 million in the year-ago quarter.

Apple was expected to sell less Macs because new iMacs were missing in action for the first 2 months of the quarter.In addition to that supplies of new iMacs were constrained. As of January 23, 2013 iMac ship times is at 2-3 weeks, indicating either increasing demand or supply constraints; or both. Sales of iPods follow the downward trend as sales of iPads increase.

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Something Small

I believe they are Iron Powder Toroids. The diameter is at 0.050 inch (1.27 mm) and the height is at 0.025 inch (0.635 mm). The Iron Powder Toroids are placed on top of a Retina iPad screen.

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New York Mayor Bloomberg blames Apple for increase in Crime Rate

New York Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg blames Apple for increase in crime rate.

From The New York Times:

Major crime in New York City inched up this year, and Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg on Friday fingered the culprit: too many iPhones and iPads were being swiped.

A rise in thefts of shiny Apple products accounted for the slight increase in the city’s annual crime index, a statistic that covers a number of felonies, including murder, grand larceny and robbery, Mr. Bloomberg said on Friday morning during his weekly radio show.

Apple competitors should jump on this right away.

“Don’t want to get mugged? Don’t buy Apple products.”

That will go well.