Blog Entries tagged 'Apple'

Report: Apple Taps Unisys to Support Enterprise, Gov

rgarretson@gmail.com — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 23:00:00 +0100

Unisys confirmed last week that it reached an agreement Apple to help integrate and support its consumer products, including the iPhone and iPad, into enterprise systems for corporate and government customers.

The deal, first reported by Bloomberg News, is the latest example of third parties stepping up to make Apple's popular consumer-focused devices more manageable by the enterprise. Under the agreement, Unisys will offer its government and business customers iPhone/iPad inte [...]

What Does Apple Know That You Don't?

epearlma@yahoo.com — Sun, 03 Oct 2010 23:00:00 +0100

People in IT can debate the merits and disadvantages of using Apple's technology in the Enterprise, but there is little debate about the company's explosive growth in the consumer market. How did Apple become so successful? You certainly need to credit the vision of Steve Jobs, the company's understanding of what consumers want and their ability to be innovative, but there's another ingredient that a former employee cites and that's its management style.

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iPhone Still Ranks Best in Customer Satisfaction

rgarretson@gmail.com — Sun, 26 Sep 2010 23:00:00 +0100

For the fourth consecutive time Apple ranked highest in customer satisfaction among smartphone makers, taking the top spot in J.D. Power and Associates' semi-annual survey, albeit with a tighter margin over Android smarphone makers Motorola and HTC.

Apple scored 800 out of 1,000 possible points, down slightly from past scores but still ahead of its closest rivals, Motorola which scored 791 and HTC with and 781, both of which make smartphones based on Google's Android operating [...]

Facebook Joining Smartphone Battle?

rgarretson@gmail.com — Sun, 19 Sep 2010 23:00:00 +0100

Facebook moved quickly to quash reports over the weekend that it was secretly building its own mobile phone to blunt the increasing power of the iPhone and Android platforms. But the fuss appears to be a largely semantic one. Facebook is clearly trying to weave the popular social network into the fabric of mobile society. And in doing so it appears headed straight into the ongoing battle for mobile supremacy currently raging among Apple, Google, RIM, Microsoft and others.

Attempting to [...]

Samsung Could Launch First iPad Rival

meggebrecht@ciozone.com — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 23:00:00 +0100

If you're keeping score, Apple's iPad may soon be competing against high-profile tablets from HTC, Cisco, Research In Motion and Motorola -- and at least one HP device. But almost half a year has passed since the iPad hit the market and we still don't have a firm date for any of these devices. Now, Samsung could be ready to offer just that, as the manufacturer has put up a flashy video promising to introduce a 7-inch Google Android tablet at a Sept. 2 event in Berlin.

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Verizon iPhone Would Shake Market

meggebrecht@ciozone.com — Sun, 15 Aug 2010 23:00:00 +0100

Rumors that Apple is ready to end its exclusive contract with AT&T by bringing the iPhone to a rival carrier are nearly as old as the smartphone itself. As AT&T customers have grown more and more annoyed with the dubious performance of the carrier's network, the rumors have gotten louder. When a move finally becomes more than rumor, the fallout will be huge, says a new survey.

At the end of June, Bloomberg reported that Verizon Wireless will begin offering the iPhone i [...]

HTC Cracks Top 10, Android Makes Gains

meggebrecht@ciozone.com — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 23:00:00 +0100

Gartner has released its second-quarter sales stats for the smartphone market, and there are some interesting -- though not particularly surprising -- results in there.

Riding the popularity of its EVO device, which has been a brisk seller despite its much-maligned battery life, HTC has climbed into the top-ten list of smartphone providers worldwide. Checking in at number eight, the Taiwanese company moved 5.9 million phones last quarter, up from 2.4 million in the same period in [...]

Apple Fixes PDF Flaw in iOS

caragarretson@gmail.com — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 23:00:00 +0100

Apple on Wednesday released a fix to a security vulnerability in its iPhone OS that allowed for viewing of malicious PDF files.

The fix, available as an update on iTunes, patches a hole in the Safari mobile browser in iOS 4.0.1 and earlier versions for the iPhone and iPod Touch, as well as iOS 3.2.1 and earlier for the iPad. The software update is for the iPhone 3G, 3GS and 4 models, and second and third generation iPod Touch.

Apple said the security flaw was caused by [...]

AT&T Adds Another Android Phone, But Will It Sell?

rgarretson@gmail.com — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 23:00:00 +0100

AT&T will begin selling another Google Android-powered phone on Aug. 15, the Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 ($150 with a 2-year contract) to round out its smartphone lineup. But even with it's impressive specs -- 4-inch screen, 8 MP camera, 8 GB onboard storage, 1 GHz chip -- it will likely be a distant third in AT&T's smartphone line-up behind the hot-selling iPhone 4 and the new RIM BlackBerry Torch, which is based on the new Blackberry OS 6 and goes on sale Aug. 12 exclusiv [...]

iPhone 4 Users Deal Final Blow to Antennagate?

meggebrecht@ciozone.com — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 23:00:00 +0100

A new survey adds ammunition to Apple's claim that the media is far more worried about the iPhone 4's reception issues than its actual users are.

Thanks to the super-selling iPhone 4's signal-strength problems, terms like "death grip" and "Antennagate" dominated the headlines until Steve Jobs held a snarky press conference in which he extended an offer of free phone cases. But Jobs also rolled out some statistics that threw cold water on the idea th [...]

Will Thinner, Lighter, Faster Kindles Pressure iPad?

rgarretson@gmail.com — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 23:00:00 +0100

Amazon.com has cut prices and added features to its best-selling product, the Kindle, to defend it against the threat from Apple's popular iPad and a forthcoming slew of Android-based tablets and maintain its hold on the still-growing market for e-readers.

The two new Kindle models are thinner, lighter and faster than their predecessors. The high-end version, which works on mobile 3G networks and Wi-Fi, maintains the $189 price tag. The new Wi-Fi-only model costs $139. It [...]

iPad Not Actually Just Like a Book

meggebrecht@ciozone.com — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 23:00:00 +0100

Remember last year's uproar about overheating -- and even exploding -- iPhones? This summer the offending Apple device is the iPad, as three Oakland natives have filed a lawsuit claiming that their tablets overheat too easily in the summer sun.

According to the complaint, which was filed on behalf of Jacob Baltazar, Claudia Keller and John Browning on Friday, the iPad fails to "live up to the reasonable consumer's expectations" because it "overheats so quick [...]

What Antennagate? AT&T Adds 1.6 Million 2Q Subs

rgarretson@gmail.com — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 23:00:00 +0100

So much for "antennagate" having any significant impact. Two days after Apple surprised Wall Street by posting a $3.25 billion quarterly profit on $15.7 billion of revenue, AT&T reported that it gained a net 1.6 million subscribers in the second quarter on the strength of a record 3.2 million iPhones activated in the quarter.

Of the 3.2 million iPhone activations, about 27 percent of those were new AT&T subscribers, the company said Thursday, helping boost its second- [...]

Don’t Buy iPhone 4, Says Consumer Reports

meggebrecht@ciozone.com — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 23:00:00 +0100

No matter how Steve Jobs asks people to hold their new iPhones, the antenna problems that have plagued Apple's latest smartphone just aren't fading away.

Throwing a little extra fuel on the fire that the media has been excitedly fanning since the iPhone 4 hit the market, Consumer Reports said in a blog Monday that it has tested the device. The magazine's conclusion? The reception problems are very real and it doesn't recommend purchasing the new iPhone.

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Mobile Web Use Skyrocketing

meggebrecht@ciozone.com — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 23:00:00 +0100

As a new study from Pew shows, Google and Apple have good reason to adopt a mobile-first strategy, and concerns about Microsoft's future as it falls behind in the mobile race may be justified.

In surveying 2,252 adults in May, Pew found that 40 percent of them use cellphones to browse the Web or send e-mails or text messages. That may seem reasonable in a world where people stand in endless lines to get the latest iPhone (and news about the device's antenna problems domina [...]

Wells Fargo, SAP Join iPad Bandwagon

meggebrecht@ciozone.com — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 23:00:00 +0100

Remember all the talk earlier this year about the iPad's limited market? Well, not only has the iPad been a huge hit with consumers, but it's also making a mark in the enterprise, with companies like Wells Fargo, SAP and Mercedes-Benz throwing their support behind the Apple tablet.

Bloomberg reported Tuesday that executives at Wells Fargo are fans of the device, and the bank has ordered a "bunch" of them -- it just can't get them yet, thanks to the iPad's [...]

Sprint Says Demand, Not Parts Causing EVO Shortage

rgarretson@gmail.com — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 23:00:00 +0100

Sprint Nextel can't keep its EVO 4G smartphone in stock in some places, the company's chief executive, Dan Hesse, said on Tuesday, citing "better-than-expected demand," rather than the rumored component shortages.

"The device is more popular than we or HTC could foresee," he told reporters, according to Reuters, after his keynote presentation at a Forrester Customer Experience conference. The EVO 4G, made by HTC, is Sprint's first WiMax-compatible p [...]

Cisco Sees Cius as an iPad for the Enterprise

meggebrecht@ciozone.com — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 23:00:00 +0100

The tablet PC competition gained a new entrant Tuesday as Cisco unveiled its forthcoming Android-based device. But instead of taking aim at the market-creating iPad, Cisco wants its tablet, Cius, to find homes in enterprises, acting as a communications device -- and possible desktop replacement.

Since the iPad is the device du jour, though, comparisons are inevitable. At 1.15 pounds, Cius is lighter than Apple's 1.5 pound tablet, but its 7 inch screen may seem a little puny gi [...]

Windows 8 Leak Reveals Apple Envy

meggebrecht@ciozone.com — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 23:00:00 +0100

The blogosphere is buzzing this week about slides posted on Italian Windows blog Windows 7 that purportedly come from a presentation Microsoft gave to PC makers on the next iteration of its operating system.

Let’s assume, for the sake of argument, that the leaked Windows 8 slides really are what they appear to be. Microsoft has declined to comment, but there are an impressive number of slides, they look legitimate, and can you imagine the [...]

Mega-Selling iPhone Headed for Recall? Not Hardly

meggebrecht@ciozone.com — Sun, 27 Jun 2010 23:00:00 +0100

Users have to be careful about the way they hold their new iPhones lest they lose reception, but that's hardly putting a crimp in the device's blockbuster start. From June 24 -- the day the iPhone 4 hit stores -- to June 26, Apple moved 1.7 million phones.

In a press statement Monday, Steve Jobs called it "the most successful product launch in Apple's history," and he apologized for the fact that the phone is in short supply. Had Apple been able to meet the l [...]