Imad Naffa Twitter tweets related to: Iphone, Contractor, Tools, Action, Construction and more. Five Years Later, The Only Smartphone From 2007 Anyone Still Uses Is The iPhone. News We’re all aware of how popular Apple’s iPhone has become since it was launched in 2007. But did you know that over the past three years, it’s one of only two devices to maintain a spot in the top 20 mobile phones list produced by Millennial Media?
Not only has it stayed firmly in the top 20 for three years running, but it has also stayed firmly in at number one. Millennial Media is a mobile advertising company that began operating five years ago. On Friday it produced its 50th Mobile Mix “intelligence report,” which features a list of the top mobile phones ranked by impressions. Out of the 20 devices listed, surprisingly, only two have maintained a place for more than 12 months, and that’s Apple’s iPhone and RIM’s BlackBerry Curve. The chart above shows the top 20 smartphones during 2009, and the top 20 during 2011. Will today’s most popular Android devices still be of any worth in 2013?
[via Fortune] The iPhone Actually Has No Competition Where It Matters Most. Profit. No point in burying the lede. For the past two years, it seems as if every other story in the mobile space has been about the war between the iPhone and Android. Hell, though it wasn’t technically the theme of our Mobile First CrunchUp last week, that’s all anyone wanted to talk about there as well.
It’s a sexy story because it features two companies, Apple and Google, that could not be any more different. And now they’re the two companies dominating the mobile landscape. And the cherry on top is that they used to be close allies. Four years ago, Apple came out of quite literally nowhere (in the mobile phone space) and completely up-ended the industry.
But part of me wonders if that’s not just Apple applying some very clever reverse-psychology and manipulation. Again, the profits. There, you’ll find stories and data like this one from earlier today: Apple share of phone revenues increased to 28%. But again, that’s not even the real story either. Take a moment to let that sink in. Imad Naffa (imadnaffa) Twitter tweets related to: Appleinsider, Rumor, Apple, Ipad, Res and more. The Future of the Tablet, and It Isn’t the iPad 2. The iPad 2 is here. It will certainly dominate tablet sales this year, but it is not the future of the tablet. The demand for Tablets is forecast to grow exponentially this year and the iPad 2 and its numerous competitors working in copycat mode are all hoping to cash in on this demand. Apple’s domination of this category, along with the historical failures by big-time competitors like Microsoft, has created a mad rush to create iPad clones.
There are somewhere in the neighborhood of 100 tablets coming out this year, and most of them seem to have no better sense of purpose than to replicate the iPad. This is a doomed strategy, if it can be called as strategy at all. But the iPad and the majority of its competitors are focusing on a very narrow view of what the tablet can do. As currently designed, tablets are basically expensive video game consoles used as a means to access the Internet, email, and books.
Patrick J. iPad Keyboard for Work on the Go. A look at the tyPad combo keyboard and cover for mobile business users. To iPad or not to iPad? For some entrepreneurs and high-tech aficionados, that is the question. For entrepreneurs, the allure of the iPad grows daily. Starting at just $399, the tablet offers a blissfully low-cost entre into the Apple world of portable computing. I, for one, have been carrying my iPad increasingly for work on the go to review files, present work to clients and answer longer emails that are tough to do on my mobile phone. But one thing holds the unit back for me and other small-business types: the lack of physical keyboard. In particular, I have been intrigued by an offering from Paramus, N.J. Related: Is the iPad 2 Right for Your Business? I have been giving the unit a thorough test in my work day for the past few weeks. What It Is: tyPad™ Gen II for original iPad Photo Courtesy of tyPad™ The tyPad is a synthetic leather iPad cover that also has a nearly full-size wireless keyboard built in.
Is the iPad 2 Right for Your Business? Updated tablet comes with new functions like built-in videoconferencing, but lacks several key features. Slimmer, lighter and faster than its predecessor, Apple’s iPad 2 comes to market with a number of new improvements that might come in handy for small-business owners. The new tablet also falls short in several key areas. Entrepreneurs will need to weigh the pros and cons before determining if this second-generation iPad is the right fit for their business. Among the positives, the iPad 2 comes with dual cameras for casual videoconferencing or high-definition video recording, is 33% thinner and 15% lighter, and packs roughly twice as much computing muscle via a speedier 1GHz dual-core A5 processor.
It's priced from $499 for 16GB WiFi units to $829 for 64GB WiFi/3G-enabled editions, comparable to first-generation iPad units. Related: How the iPad Will Change the Way You Do Business Other downsides include poor photo-taking, as well as a lack of SD Memory Card and mini-USB ports.