It took RIM a full quarter (let’s say 90 days) to ship (not sell) 200,000 PlayBooks. In its last quarter, Apple sold 9.25 million iPads, or approximately 102,000 per day. In two days of sales the iPad beat the PlayBook. … Continued
Monthly Archives: September 2011
∞ RIM only ships 200,000 PlayBooks in Q2
The numbers are in and they don’t look good for RIM. The company reported shipping approximately 10.6 million BlackBerry smartphones and approximately 200,000 BlackBerry PlayBook tablets. Keep in mind, those numbers are shipped, not sold. By using the shipped number, … Continued
∞ Video: iOS 5 vs Windows 8
Winrumors.com did a comparison.
∞ King of Dragon Pass makes iOS debut
A Sharp has announced the release of King of Dragon Pass, a unique indie strategy game for the iPhone. It costs $9.99 and is available for download from the App Store. King of Dragon Pass is set in a mythical … Continued
∞ World War I flying aces take to iOS in Sky Gamblers
Namco Bandai has announced plans to release Sky Gamblers: Rise of Glory worldwide on the App Store on Thursday, September 22, 2011. The game will cost $4.99 and a “Lite” version will be made available the same day. Sky Gamblers … Continued
∞ Microsoft failures leading up to Windows 8 tablets
It feels like the whole world is holding its breath for the Apple tablet. But maybe we’ve all been dreaming about the wrong device. This is Courier, Microsoft’s astonishing take on the tablet. Gizmodo — September 22, 2009 Courier was … Continued
∞ MacBook Pro, Mac mini, Thunderbolt fixes abound
In the last 24 hours Apple has posted two separate EFI firmware updates for Thunderbolt-equipped Macs and a software update that provides support for the new Apple Thunderbolt Display. All are available for download from Apple’s Support Downloads Web page. … Continued
∞ Boeing 'Dreamliner' gets Android touchscreens
Australian Business Traveller: According to Mark Larson, technical manager at Boeing’s Dreamliner Gallery, all 787s now in production will be fitted with Android-based servers and touchscreens. The Android systems will be used for in-flight entertainment systems throughout first class and … Continued
∞ Batman: Arkham Asylum headed to Mac this October
Feral Interactive on Thursday announced plans to publish a Mac version of Batman: Arkham Asylum on Thursday, October 13, 2011. The game will cost $39.99 and will be available on retail shelves and for online download. Batman: Arkham Asylum takes … Continued
∞ Stevie Wonder lauds Apple for iOS accessibility
The Next Web: Last weekend, Stevie Wonder made a special appearance at a nightclub in Los Angeles, ad-libbing to his songs, playing some other tracks but also taking some time to stop the music to give a speech on helping … Continued
∞ Netflix cuts subscriber guidance by 1 million
Peter Kafka: Netflix, which instituted a price hike earlier this fall, says the higher costs are turning off more customers than it expected. The video rental company has cut its third quarter U.S. subscriber projections from 25 million subscribers to … Continued
∞ Windows 8 math
Andrew Richardson: Well, Windows on a diet running alone in 2 GB sounds reasonable. Windows plus one non-bloatware application running in 2 GB, maybe. Windows multitasking a half-dozen apps, some of them legacy Windows applications like Outlook, Excel or Photoshop, … Continued
∞ Arrington rips on TechCrunch editor Schonfeld
Arrington took issue with a story and posted in the TechCrunch forums: Erick, I’m still an AOL employee through tomorrow (15th). Also, as you know I had significant input into this list of finalists and spoke to Heather [Techcrunch CEO] … Continued
∞ Analyst: RIM's PlayBook headed to the scrap heap
Wedge Partners analyst Brian Blair at BGR: On the PlayBook tablet, Blair’s opinion is even more dour. “Last quarter RIM talked about shipping 500,000 units but did not speak of sell-through for obvious reasons,” the analyst wrote in a note … Continued
∞ Google upped Motorola Mobility bid by $3 billion
Mobileburn: According to the filing, Google increased its bid for Motorola by 33 percent in one day, bringing the purchase price up by $3 billion. This was without Motorola entertaining bids from other companies. The filing also says that Google … Continued
∞ Nintendo's Iwata: Smartphone games 'not under consideration'
IndustryGamers: In an interview with Japanese news organization Nikkei (translated by Andriasang), Nintendo president Satoru Iwata reiterated the company’s stance on creating games for smartphones. “This is absolutely not under consideration,” Iwata definitively replied when asked about Nintendo possibly making smartphone … Continued
∞ Reading Rainbow gets iPad reboot
Fast Company: LeVar Burton, a children’s literacy advocate and a former star of Star Trek: The Next Generation, plans to make an ambitious comeback, giving the once-loved Reading Rainbow brand a 21st-century upgrade. Burton’s for-profit venture, RRKidz, plans to launch an … Continued
∞ iWeb to WordPress converter
Now you can quickly and easily convert your iWeb blog to a WordPress blog. Simply export your iWeb website to a Local folder and import it into iWeb to WordPress. In just minutes you will get all of your blog … Continued
∞ VMware Fusion 4 adds more than 90 new features
VMware on Wednesday released Fusion 4, the company’s virtualization software, allowing users to run other operating systems on their Macs. Fusion 4 is a 64-bit Cocoa application, built with Apple’s new OS X Lion in mind. You can add Windows … Continued
∞ Anonymous developer suggests protest against Apple, Google
Apple and Google are dragging their feet to assist with the Macrosolve and Lodsys patent bullying of small businesses, entrepeneurs, and developers. Without Apple’s and Google’s assistance, the app development community is vulnerable to the strategic attacks made by these … Continued
∞ Gruber on Windows 8
It’s one thing to look at today’s Windows-8-on-a-tablet and say that it has a lot of potential. It’s another thing altogether to look at it and declare victory. Exactly right. Windows writers are claiming victory over one of the most … Continued
∞ Apple bloggers 'flustered' by Windows 8?
Boy Genius Report has a glowing piece on Windows 8 that they say ushers in the “post-post-PC era.” In the story, “Sorry Apple, Windows 8 ushers in the post-post-PC era,” BGR makes some pretty amazing claims. As you can guess, … Continued
∞ Verizon introducing $50 unlimited plan
BGR.com In an effort to edge in on MetroPCS and Sprint-owned Boost and Virgin Mobile, Verizon Wireless will introduce a brand new $50 monthly prepaid this week that includes unlimited text, talk and web. The new plan, which first launched … Continued
∞ Is there anything Vladimir Putin can't do?
Wow.
∞ Apple, Starbucks launch 'Pick of the Week'
Apple and Starbucks on Tuesday relaunched the partnership that saw the companies bring “Song of the Week” to customers. However, this new program is even bigger. Dubbed “Pick of the Week,” the new program will include all types of content … Continued
∞ Windows 8 screenshots
∞ Must have accessory for Windows 8 tablets
See here.
∞ Windows 8 tablet review notes 'fan noise' and 'heat'
This is my next: However, fan noise is very noticeable, as is the heat coming out of the top vent Somebody is being punked right?
∞ Sprint prepares for iPhone 4
Erica Sadun for TUAW.com The briefing reportedly told the sales team that Sprint will begin offering the iPhone 4 in October 2011 (next month) with standard Sprint data plans; they will include a $10 data smartphone premium that is not … Continued
∞ MacBook Air firmware update fixes Thunderbolt, Lion Recovery
Apple has posted MacBook Air EFI Firmware Update 2.1. The update is specifically for “mid-2011″-era MacBook Air models equipped with Thunderbolt high-speed I/O ports. This update includes fixes that enhance the stability of Lion Recovery from an Internet connection, and … Continued