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Why we won’t be using a computer soon enough

March 3, 2011

Not too long ago we mentioned here the projected tablet sales; nearly 71 million to hit the streets by the end of 2012. While surfing the web on a tablet is much easier than you iPhone or Android in terms of physical space, many, many more folks actually have smartphones. The newest stat has the world hitting 850 million smartphones by 2015. That is a staggering number that has nearly 1 in 8 people on planet earth holding a smartphone within 4 years. If that is the case, why would anyone need a computer? As it stands now urban

iPad 2 – what oh what will it be?

March 1, 2011

I am sure by now everyone knows that the list of folks who panned the iPad early on were, to put it kindly, wrong. They were wrong about it being a “big iPhone”, they were wrong about people wanting to buy it, and they were most certainly wrong about the fact that it would literally change the world; or at least how we interact with it on the mobile side. Since its birth there have been several, and I do mean several, companies scrambling to catch up. In the end though it has bee slow until recently. Now that

Just plain cool

February 28, 2011

While this is nothing totally new, I never get bored of this technology being used. Recently eBay released a new app that allows sellers to list a geo location of the item. This in turn allows users, or shoppers, to see which eBay items are for sale in their immediate surroundings. I mean how cool is that? Again, augmented reality apps are hardly new. This latest one however I think underscores how important it is to understand the things that mobile can do well and then capitalize on it. This new app gives an entirely new dimension to the

The tablet train has left the building

February 24, 2011

The latest figures are high; very high. Tablets are out there and on fire. The company International Data recently released a report saying that 70.8 million tablets will be out on the market by 2012. To further punctuate this, they said that the tablet market shot nearly vertical with a 45.1% growth in just the third quarter. For anyone still left wondering about these toys, stop wondering and start making your mobile app. A few other tidbits of interest. One, an estimated 44.6 million tablets will ship in 2011. This number is constantly growing though so who knows where

Mobile video is almost half of mobile traffic

February 21, 2011

In 2010 video accounted for 40% of all mobile traffic. That is not insignificant by any measure. It is guessed that in 2011, we are jumping up to 60%. That clearly is even bigger. The interesting part of this is that while it has never been easier to get video on your mobile device, good video nonetheless, only about 10% of us are responsible for these numbers. As it seems, a small portion of folks are monopolizing nearly half our available bandwidth all alone. We have been saying for quite some time now that AT&T majorly dropped the ball

Apple profits straight through the roof

February 3, 2011

Well Steve might be out for the time being but profits for Apple are literally through the roof. There is a lot going on over there and it is all good apparently.Many folks have been clamoring of late about Steve’s medical leave but it would seem as though he left the ship in very capable hands. The better news here is that it is clearer now that Steve does not equal the only way Apple can be a success. For the number geeks hanging around, Apple’s revenue was $26.7 billion; or a 71% heave-ho upwards. Add to that Apple

Apple’s 10 billionth app

February 1, 2011

I suppose we will keep counting for the time being. Now it is 10 billion. Apple has now pushed 10 billion apps to the marketplace. That is a whole lotta zeros to be sure. Not only is this significant in terms of downloads but it also is a tremendous accomplishment in a field that they literally invented. Apple has a history of give aways on this and they gave a $10,000 gift card to the lucky 10B user. She downloaded a free app and won $10k. Not bad for 10 seconds worth of work.