Monthly Archives: October 2009

The One Million Application Store

Posted on October 28, 2009 by Ian Betteridge

The iPhone App Store is now over the 90,000 mark, and marching inexorably towards 100,000. Responding to my and Scoble’s posts on the App Store numbers, John highlights the fact that I think I alluded to in my post: That … Continue reading →

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links for 2009-10-26

Posted on October 26, 2009 by Ian Betteridge

Blackra1n RC2 Is Released, ‘New’ iPhone 3GS And iPod Touch Now Supported Gentlemen, start your jailbreaks! Blackra1n jailbreaks all current iPhones, including 3GS, in one click. (tags: apple iphone) Lenovo Ideapad U150 11.6 inch laptop unboxed – Video Note: This … Continue reading →

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Scoble is right about iPhone users. But the game isn’t over yet

Posted on October 26, 2009 by Ian Betteridge

Robert Scoble has a post up about why Apple’s key advantage is the breadth of the app store. And he’s right – but the game isn’t over yet. 85,000 is the headline figure, and what it allows Apple to leverage … Continue reading →

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iPod sales still growing in Europe

Posted on October 21, 2009 by Ian Betteridge

In an interesting interview with The Guardian, Apple Europe head Pascal Cagni revealed that iPod sales are still going up in Europe: “We are always worried about a fall. In Europe we don’t yet have a fall. We believe we … Continue reading →

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Windows 2009 = Macintosh 2001 (well, nearly)

Posted on October 21, 2009 by Ian Betteridge

It took Microsoft six years, from the release of the first Mac in 1984 to the release of Windows 3.0 in 1990, to make something that matched Apple. It’s taken them eight years, from the release of Mac OS X … Continue reading →

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links for 2009-10-21

Posted on October 21, 2009 by Ian Betteridge

Conde Nast Tries Turning the App Store Into a Newsstand: Will You Buy GQ For Your iPhone? The future of publishing is applications. This is just another example of a step along this road. (tags: publishing iphone)

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The rise of the super-middlemen

Posted on October 21, 2009 by Ian Betteridge

Image via CrunchBase Ken Doctor on Rupert’s attempt to get people to pay for news: “When you hear Murdoch and other publishers justifiably scream about Jeff Bezos’ hard bargain — he keeps customer relationships and 70% of the revenue — … Continue reading →

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Apple declares war on the entire PC industry | Betanews

Posted on October 20, 2009 by Ian Betteridge

Joe Wilcox, on how Apple is declaring war on the entire PC industry: “I’m on record as asserting that Windows 7′s release will stall Mac market share gains. My reasoning: Windows 7 netbooks are sure to drive up PC unit … Continue reading →

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Beleaguered Apple releases yet more machines

Posted on October 20, 2009 by Ian Betteridge

Once upon a time, every article about Apple seemed to begin with the word “beleaguered”. It became something of a journalistic cliche when I was working on MacUser. We only used it when taking the mickey out of the kinds … Continue reading →

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There’s a whaaat on the new iMac?

Posted on October 20, 2009 by Ian Betteridge

Michael Gartenberg: “One other interesting feature is the display port is bi-directional, the first time I’ve seen this. Not only can you easily add a second monitor but you can actually now use a Macbook to output to the 27″ … Continue reading →

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