A Pragmatic Apple

Apple has been under attack recently by Chinese state controlled media. Given how important China is to Apple’s business, and the potential damage these attacks could be, an Apple response was required. Now we have it. MacRumors has the story today about Tim Cook’s letter to Chinese customers.

It’s a very humble apology and a promise to do better. One wonders what the response of a Steve Jobs led Apple would have been. This is one time I’m very glad it’s Tim at the helm and not Steve. Tim has spent a great deal of time in China and understands the culture very well. With this story laid to rest, hopefully everyone can just move on.

China iPhone 5 Release Drives iOS 6 Adoption?

There were rumors earlier in the week that the release of Google Maps for iOS was driving an increase in adoption of iOS 6. The thinking being, people were holding off installing iOS 6 until there was a Google Maps option available for the platform. While there were certainly some people doing this, it never seemed right to me that the number was large enough to account for the change.

Today, MacRumors posted a story with supporting data from Chitika that shows very little increase in domestic iOS 6 adoption rate. The actual cause of the previously observed increase appears to be a little more obvious on second thought.