Update: I had two very large sections with hundreds of image-heavy notes. I moved those to separate notebooks, and my iPhone completed syncing. Now, changes on the iPhone are reflected almost immediately on other clients, and vice versa. So, my suggestion for anyone having issues syncing an iPhone is to move any indordinately large sections […]
Is Apple Growing or Just Upgrading? (Updated)
October 21, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Update 1/28/2015: So, Apple’s Q1 2015 (fiscal) financial results are in, and they had their best quarter ever. Maybe any company’s best quarter ever. They generated $74.6 billion in revenues, $18 billion in net profit (wow), and sold 74.5 million iPhones at a higher average price per unit (thanks to the iPhone 6+, of course). […]
Truly Unbelievable Line at London Apple Store
September 22, 2014 by Leave a Comment
I devoted quite a few words to my contention that Apple is today’s haute technology, arguing that many people buy Apple products at least in part because they believe that doing so marks them as possessing better taste than those who don’t. Then there’s the group mentality, about which I said the following: “Many people […]
Apple’s iPhone 6 Pricing is Brilliant Marketing
September 18, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Apple’s new iPhone 6 and 6 Plus have been very well-received, for the most part. Design, functionality, features, build quality, etc. have all been up to Apple’s typical standards (comparisons to Android and Windows Phone alternatives notwithstanding). One area that’s been a point of contention, though, is pricing and specifications, particularly Apple’s decision to offer a […]
Is Apple’s 9/9/2014 Event “Historic”?
September 9, 2014 by 2 Comments
I was going to write a heated post about ABC News characterizing today’s Apple event as “historic,” but my friend Adam (@DeadTechnology) beat me to the punch with this Tumblr post (I’m copying more than I usually would, with his permission): Last night, ABC news posted a teaser video in which it declared that their anchor, David Muir, will […]
Microsoft’s Windows Phone Strategy
August 25, 2014 by Leave a Comment
One of the most controversial topics in technology, at least by my reckoning, is exactly what Microsoft’s Windows Phone strategy should be. Industry pundits take a number of positions, such as the notion that Microsoft should abandon Windows Phone for Android, that they should glom onto Android designs to gain traction in smartphone hardware (e.g., HTC’s […]
Windows vs. Apple: An Accurate Measure?
January 15, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Alex Wilhelm wrote a fascinating and, I think, important article on Techcrunch yesterday (1/14/2014) where he argued that we need a different way of measuring the market share of Windows vs., say Apple products. He started by showing the following graph, which was created by Asymco and which is intended to show that Apple […]
Apple’s Record iPhone Sales (2013 Version) (Update)
September 24, 2013 by 2 Comments
Update: According to the Verge, there are some questions about that nine million iPhones sold number. Regardless, it’s a tremendous performance, and I think everything I wrote below still applies. —– Every year since the introduction of the iPhone, Apple has sold a new version of the incredibly popular device and announced record launch day […]
Come On, Apple, Knock My Socks Off
September 12, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Okay, so, I have pretty much zero interest in the new iPhone set to be announced tomorrow, the iPhone 5. After using the new iPad (iPad 3, whatever) for a few months now, I’m right back where I started regarding iOS. It’s a very smooth, responsive, and kind of, sort of easy-to-use mobile operating system […]