Android global presence

Posted on November 22, 2011 by marshallstanton

52.5%

Android is crushing the competition and now owns over 50% of the global smartphone market (52.5% to be precise) – double from this time last year. The growth comes largely at the expense of every non-iOS mobile platform, although Apple did fall slightly to 15% of the world-wide market in Q3. Continue reading →

Watch the Apple iPhone event – live!

Posted on October 4, 2011 by marshallstanton

Watch the Apple iPhone event – live! || “Apple iPhone 4S / 5 event live blog LIVE” http://ow.ly/6NdKH

In a two-hour event this morning at Apple’s Cupertino headquarters many people had expected the tech giant to unveil a completely new version of its adored iPhone. The company spent the first 55 minutes recapping their overwhelming success over the past several months and years, as well as unveiling several new features that will be in the new version of their mobile operating system (iOS). Critics and fans alike halfheartedly clapped their way through these announcements as most of them had been unveiled at Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) in June. When the moment had finally arrived to unveil the new iPhone it was not the iPhone 5 but rather a 4S that was revealed. Continue reading →

Apple wants its iPhone 5 back. Now.

Posted on September 12, 2011 by marshallstanton

As most of the Internet-connected world no doubt knows an Apple employee has lost another iPhone prototype in what can only be called a ~~quasi-clever marketing plot~~ stunning coincidence. The folks over at Conan O’Brien’s Team Coco have “been handed” a copy of the new ad created by the Apple marketing department to help motivate the individual currently in possession of the missing iPhone to return the priceless device. Continue reading →

Apple employees should take it easy on the drinks

Posted on September 1, 2011 by marshallstanton

Apple employees should take it easy on the drinks || “Apple Loses Another iPhone Prototype at a Bar, Says Report” http://ow.ly/6j2g1

Apple employee ‘loses prototype iPhone in bar’ (telegraph.co.uk)
Employee Loses Another Unreleased iPhone in a Bar As Apple Tries to Repeat PR Spike (thedenveregotist.com)
Apple employee may have lost iPhone 5 prototype in a bar (geek.com)
REPORT: Apple Employee Loses Another iPhone Prototype In A Bar And No One Knows Where It Is Now (AAPL) (businessinsider.com)
Lost iPhone 5: Apple Employee Reportedly Loses Prototype In Cava22 Bar (huffingtonpost.com)

iPhone next?

Posted on August 31, 2011 by marshallstanton

Forget about am ultra-thin design, extended battery life or even near field communication (NFC). The folks at Aatma Studio have produced a slick little video of the features they think should appear in a future generation of iPhones and I tend to agree that these would certainly pique my curiosity.

Whether it is the laser keyboard, the impossibly thin design, or the holographic display I think we can all comfortably agree that these features would be significantly more than the next evolutionary step in the iPhone family tree. That said they do represent the “art of the possible” for what’s to come.