Category: apple
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Mac OS X in Asia
From arstechnica Mac OS X North American installed base almost 11%: Mac OS X only accounts for about 2.5 percent of users in Asia. The two most populous countries in the world, China and India, have an even lower percentage overall—1.9 and 1.2 percent, respectively. Japan is likely responsible for the majority of Mac OS…
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Win v. Mac in Japan
About 3% use Macs exclusively, and 13% of the sample use both. Pretty amazing. The last question, however, makes no sense. Are they saying in the Win vs Mac argument one is “functional” and one is “design”? That is a false dichotomy. Via whatjapanthinks.com Win v. Mac in Japan
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Would Someone Please Just Release a Mac OS X Virus Already?
“Because people, the suspense is killing me.” Would Someone Please Just Release a Mac OS X Virus Already?
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iPad UI Conventions photoset
Nice. Fraser Speirs is at it again (see his excellent Future Shock post as well). iPad UI Conventions photoset
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The Little Boy Who Cried Tablet
Reminds me of the time when I was a kid and was late for dinner. It happened to be April Fool’s Day so I thought I would play a prank. I called up my mom and explained that the reason I was late for dinner was that I had fallen, broken my arm and had…
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Land Ho! The New World of computing
@stevenf gets the iPad. Land Ho! The New World of computing
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On the iBookstore
The iPad is billed as an eBook reader. Apple built a very pretty, Classics-like reader app for the iPad called iBooks. But more importantly, Apple created a new eBook distribution system based on the previous successes of the iTunes and App Stores: the iBookstore. It seems to me that Apple would be crazy not to…
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Obsessive compulsory iPad observations
When I watched the iPad keynote this morning, I waited for an aha! moment that didn’t come. This device didn’t turn out to be revolutionary, as depicted by the cynical (yet funny!) pic above. I knew Steve’s aim would be lower than the ballooning expectations of the punditocracy. It just turned out lower than even…
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20 things I already know about Apple’s ultra-hyped iTablet/iSlate Bingo. (via Doghouse Diaries)
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20 things I already know about Apple’s ultra-hyped iTablet/iSlate Bingo. (via Doghouse Diaries)