Video: Weekend Tech Review: Macworld Week 4 2012
Here's a video recap of the top tech stories involving Apple for the fourth week of 2012, including a look at Apple's earnings, Macworld, product news, the week's business stories, and upcoming events.
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Tweak to Easily Change Siri’s Background
Custom Siri Background is a tweak by Ori Kadosh that lets you easily change Siri's background wallpaper.
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iPhone 4S accounts for 89 percent of iPhone sales
Despite multiple media outlets painting it as a "disappointing" update immediately after its debut, the iPhone 4S is Apple's most popular iPhone by far. A consumer survey by Consumer Intelligence Research Partners (via AllThingsD) suggests that the new iPhone 4S accounted for 89 percent of all iPhones sold in Apple's most recent quarter. The US$ 99 iPhone 4 and free iPhone 3GS were both barely blips on the radar, with 7 percent and 4 percent of overall sales, respectively.
iPhone 4S unit sales follow a predictable pattern, with the lowest-priced model being most popular:
- 16 GB: 45 percent of sales
- 32 GB: 34 percent of sales
- 64 GB: 21 percent of sales
Some other metrics found in CIRP's research give some further insight into demand for the iPhone 4S:
- 19 percent of iPhone 4 owners upgraded
- 42 percent of iPhone 4S buyers broke their existing contract for an early upgrade
- 19 percent of iPhone 4S buyers sold their old device
I've inputted CIRP's results into a spreadsheet and compared them against the iPhone unit sales and revenues in Apple's own earnings. The numbers I got for total revenues when going by CIRP's survey results are only about 6 percent higher than Apple's actual reported revenues, so CIRP's numbers look to be quite close to what actually took place.
Keeping that margin of error in mind, unit sales of the iPhone break down approximately as follows:
- iPhone 3GS: 1.48 million
- iPhone 4: 2.59 million
- iPhone 4S 16 GB: 14.8 million
- iPhone 4S 32 GB: 11.2 million
- iPhone 4S 64 GB: 6.9 million
This distribution of unit sales hews very closely to my own analysis of Apple's iPhone sales. Of note, the iPhone 3GS is still the third-most popular smartphone overall, and with just under 1.5 million units sold it outsold all competing Android handsets (considered individually, obviously not in total).
The iPhone 4S is also eating the iPod touch's breakfast and stealing its lunch money; with approximately 10 million iPod touch units sold last quarter, the 16 and 32 GB iPhone 4S models each outsold the iPod touch all by themselves.
Siri, define "blockbuster."
iPhone 4S accounts for 89 percent of iPhone sales originally appeared on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Thu, 26 Jan 2012 17:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Labor advocate challenges accuracy of NYT report on Apple, Foxconn
The non-profit organization Business for Social Responsibilty has published an open letter to The New York Times pointing out several inaccuracies and misleading statements in the publication's recent report that suggested Apple has ignored worker problems at manufacturing partner Foxconn.
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Labor advocate challenges accuracy of NYT report on Apple, Foxconn
The non-profit organization Business for Social Responsibilty has published an open letter to The New York Times pointing out several inaccuracies and misleading statements in the publication's recent report that suggested Apple has ignored worker problems at manufacturing partner Foxconn.
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Adobe’s Sneak Peak at the New Dark Interface of Photoshop CS6 [Video]
Adobe has posted a sneak peak video of Camera Raw 7 and the new dark interface of Adobe Photoshop CS6.
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Apparent announces WiFi-powered Doxie Go scanner
Apparent has announced a new model of its popular Doxie Go scanner with Wi-Fi support. The tiny appliance can be charged up, slipped into a bag and carried around for on-the-go scanning of documents, receipts or other slip of paper you want to digitize and save.
When we reviewed the Doxie Go in December, a workaround with Eye-Fi Wi-Fi / SD cards enabled wireless scanning of sorts, but now the devices have wireless functionality built in. Documents scanned with the new model can be sent to your computer, mobile device, or to Evernote, Flickr, or an FTP account. Its street price is listed at US$ 239.
Check back with us all week as our team at Macworld | iWorld is providing complete coverage of all the goodies on the expo floor.
Apparent announces WiFi-powered Doxie Go scanner originally appeared on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Thu, 26 Jan 2012 17:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Jetpack Joyride Wins 2011 Best App Ever Award
At MacWorld, 148Apps announced that Jetpack Joyride has won its 2011 people's choice award for the Best App Ever.
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Audible Magic can recognize anything you watch on TV
An interesting piece of software I've run across at Macworld | iWorld 2012 is Audible Magic, automated-content recognition software that relies on digital fingerprinting. The Audible Magic technology will identify a TV series based off the audio as it's being broadcast. Audible Magic's customers include yap.tv and Miso, which will have the Audible Magic's recognition integrated into their apps.
Check out the video as Audible Magic's Jay Friedman gives a demonstration of the software and explains how it helps viewers.
Yahoo's IntoNow offers a similar feature, including for live sports or news.
Audible Magic can recognize anything you watch on TV originally appeared on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Fri, 27 Jan 2012 06:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Why Android isn’t gaining on Apple in the Enterprise
In the consumer market, Apple's iOS and Android's licensees have engaged in a consumer tug of war over sales. Among enterprise buyers however, Apple has maintained extensive lead that is only strengthening.
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