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It must be the accent

Avatar for 9to5 Staff Nov 25 2011

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHoukZpMhDE] Microsoft’s Craig Mundie shoved his foot knee deep in his mouth this week when he said that Siri was…

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Apple's notebook story – dare to be different and beat the market

Avatar for 9to5 Staff Oct 1 2008

 Apple’s relative notebook market share continues to explode while Windows-based laptops, well, people just don’t care about them any more, or so it seems.

eWeek reports that while, "Windows laptops are losing lustre, Mac laptops are making surprising gains." (Not that surprising, eWeek – they’re clearly superior machines). In essence the news is that MacBooks and MacBook Pros accounted for 20 per cent of notebooks sold across US retail stores, which is nice. Even more interesting, Apple’s notebooks took a substantial chunk of the market when measured in dollars. What does that mean? It means for every $3 spent on a laptop in the US, Apple took $1 while the various partners in the world’s dominant OS ecosystem shared $2 between them. Wonder which business model makes the most sense?

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Smart war Holidays – Does Santa use a iPhone?

Avatar for 9to5 Staff Sep 30 2008

 Warning: Even if all you want are new socks and a pair of comfy slippers, the crystal balls and tea leaves are warning us to expect a smartphone-focused Christmas – that’s assuming Wall Street’s money-men haven’t greedily invoked the world’s poorest holiday season in 50 years through their mendacity…

Expect the most competitive market yet as handset makers tousle for pre-eminence. Nokia, Sony Ericsson, Apple, Research in Motion, Palm, Android, Google – looks like all the tech firms are making it to this party. (Sadly, Microsoft couldn’t really make it this year, and plans to ship its most advanced Windows Mobile 7 late next year, or something.)

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Apple's beating up Dell – it's almost ugly…

Avatar for 9to5 Staff Aug 29 2008

 The battle between Apple and Dell continues apace, and it’s not the low-cost computer company that’s winning the war as the world jitters on the edge of recession.

Apple isn’t just beating the computer industry in terms of growth and profitability (anyone mention that to Michael Dell last night?), but also seems set to kick against the prevailing economic climate, at least for now – and has grabbed now nearly half of the lucrative US student market.

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Web surfers turn to Mac

Avatar for 9to5 Staff Apr 1 2008
Apple accounted for 7.58 per cent of all US internet users in March, the latest Net Applications data confirms. 
The figures, which reflect the operating systems used by Web surfers through a series of tracked sites, confirm increasing Mac usage. Mac took 6.48 per cent of internet users in May 2007 and has been growing steadily ever since.
Windows remains dominant, accounting for 91.57 per cent of web user machines, but Apple’s iPhone is securing its fourth place slot as the most used platform for internet browsing, with 0.15 per cent of total.

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Motorola massacre: iPhone slices Razr…

Avatar for 9to5 Staff Jun 23 2008

 Apple’s iPhone is already snapping at the heels of Research In Motion and trouncing Palm, but spare a thought for another victim of the invasion – former partner, Motorola.

Apple worked with Motorola to deliver the first iTunes-capable mobile phone, the somewhat lacklustre ROKR. While this never truly competed with Motorola’s RAZR phone, it was an attempt.

Motorola’s handset sales are suffering now in the PiP (Post-iPhone) world. A survey by Rubicon Consulting reveals 14 per cent made the switch from Windows Mobile; 13 per cent from Blackberry, 7 per cent ran from Palm – but almost a quarter, 24 per cent, of those surveyed were previously owners of a Motorola Razr.

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Around the Web

Avatar for 9to5 Staff Jun 2 2008

Today’s highlights include: iPhone Q1 marketshare impacted as RIM, others engage in pre-3G model fight back, IDC explains; Adobe gets agile with Acrobat; Steve Jobs safe from options fall-out; Safari and Mac usage up; and Intel pushes WiMax and Centrino 2 at Computex. Oh yeah, Microsoft tells Windows users to avoid Safari, citing S.E.C.U.R.I.T.Y., because Windows is so incredibly secure without the Apple browser (yeah, right..).

iPhone Q1 marketshare

IDC reports Apple’s iPhone took 19.2 per cent of the US smartphone market in the first quarter, down from 26.7 per cent in the Christmas quarter of 2007. Research In Motion’s BlackBerry took 44.5 per cent in the first quarter, the analysts said. While being reported as some kind of tragedy, it’s pretty clear that most potential iPhone customers are now simply waiting for the 3G model, so we anticipate the marketshare equation will soon see change, it’s just a blip, we reckon.