Apple needs to figure out a way to provide users with app trials if a developer approves. This method, laid out by Amy Worrall, seems like a great way of doing things. I'd love to see this in iOS 7. I think it would lead to increased revenue for developers, something Apple has always emphasized for their platform.
I love photography. I love Apple products. I love the simple look of Apple’s products on their website.
I’ve never known anything about the photographer behind those photos until reading this story on The Verge. Michael Shane conducts an interview with Apple product photographer Peter Belanger.
Check it out.
MacStories Federico Viticci has written bout his wishes for iOS 7 today. Like almost everything Federico writes about, it’s worth your time to read, especially for his take on international user issues many of us never experience.
Frasier Spears, who pioneered the use of the iPad in education, knows iOS as well as anyone form a user perspective. His needs and desires for operating system improvements skew towards the power user side, rather than towards the very casual user. Because of this, it’s certainly worth wondering what improvements, changes or enhancements he’d like to see in iOS 7.
Luckily for all of us, he’s telling everyone in a blog post published today, just what he’d like to see.
Check it out. It’s certainly worth a click. For the record, I like just about everything he’s suggesting.
There’s much talk about the need for a less expensive iPhone and a larger screened iPhone. I’ve long argued that the more important of the two is the less expensive option. This model wouldn’t even need to be made available in markets that are subsidy based. Horace Dediu looks at the issue in a blog post published today.
The iPhone is the most popular device when price is less of an issue. Shocking.
Everybody is taking a crack at understanding how Jony Ive’s new involvement with software at Apple will play out. What does it all mean? John Siracusa takes a swing on his Hypercritical blog.
There’s no doubt that much of the world’s population remains unserved by the iPhone. Apple would clearly love to change that. But even if they could tackle the challenges involved with the manufacture, distribution and carrier partnerships this would require, there may be a larger problem they’ll need help overcoming. Philip Elmer-DeWitt takes a look at the issue in an interesting post today.
CNET had me with four words. Adobe Lightroom for iPad.
It’s just a rough concept demonstration right now, but as a photographer, I can’t wait for this to be real.
There have been no shortage of attempts to link the smartphone market to the computer market that preceded it. Most people undertake this comparison to point out that Apple is doomed to repeat their market share failure with computers. Apple’s iPhone may very well face substantial challenges going forward, but it’s very unlikely to be any kind of 20th century repeat.
Benedict Evans tackles the topic in a very thoughtful post on his blog.
This isn’t the first time something like this has happened, but it never gets old. Apple Insider has the scoop on tennis player David Ferrar, on the Samsung payroll, tweeting his love for the new Galaxy S4 from his iPhone. Will they never learn.
Hat tip to The Loop