Posts Tagged ‘iPad’
Most Tablet Users Are Educated, Employed, Not Young
29
Okt
Tablet users are educated, employed, and earning money but are not necessarily young, according to new data.
At this point, 11 percent of Americans have a tablet device and 77 percent of them use it daily. Approximately 46 percent are in the 30 to 49 age bracket, however, and they are serious about their news, according to an infographic produced by the Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism and The Economist Group. Read the rest of this entry »
Snapshot: Apple App Store
06
Jun
In light of today’s Apple announcement, here is a look at the App Store, via Social Media Graphics:
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Phone, Tablet Owners Willing to Pay for Media Subscription Services
19
Mai
With rumors floating around about Apple’s upcoming cloud music service (especially after last night’s report on the company signing a deal with EMI) and others like Google and Amazon moving forward on the streaming bandwagon with products to upload and stream music at any time with smartphones, tablets and desktop web browsers, subscription-based payment systems are often seen as the only feasible solution to guarantee a continuos cloud service without interruptions, always available anywhere you go. Just like Spotify and Rdio let users stream large collections of music they don’t necessarily own by paying a monthly or annual fee, Apple is rumored to extend the iTunes subscription system it created for magazines to music, movies, and a combination of both for the ultimate iTunes Store cloud experience. But just how much are phone and tablet people willing to pay for these new cloud services based on subscriptions? That’s what research firm Nielsen takes a look at in its latest survey, asking users of “connected devices” how much they would pay for media subscriptions that would give them access to a variety of content on their mobile devices.
It turns out, music, movies, magazines, books and TV shows are something people would pay for — sure, there are different results, but take a look at the graph above and you’ll see that these 5 categories are the ones with less orange, which stands for “not willing to pay.” On the other side, sports content, streaming radio and news are something people would be less prone to subscribe to. Overall, the sweet spot for subscriptions seems to be around $4.99 – $9.99 per month, which is what most cloud services ask for these days. There’s an interesting difference about music, however: people would pay for “downloaded music”, and not for “streaming radio.” Assuming “downloaded music” stands for “music you own”, and people care about having online access to music that’s ultimately theirs, services like Amazon Cloud Player and Google Music Beta should be exactly what people are looking for, as they let you upload your own music to the cloud. Also assuming Apple is working on a similar solution, this survey suggests the company should allow for both uploads and Spotify-like streaming, enabling users to lock their own collections in the cloud, and get access to stuff they didn’t buy as well. Maybe that’s what these deals with music labels are all about.
Tablet and smartphone owners with proper Internet access on the go are willing to pay for online media available through apps, and if that’s their own media, there’s an incentive to subscribe. A report in the past weeks suggested Apple was considering offering a free initial trial for its new cloud music service, with a $20 yearly subscription once the demo is over.
Die 10 besten Business Apps für das iPad
25
Apr
Während ich vor einem Jahr mit dem iPad als gesamtes nicht zurecht kam, würde ich es zwar heute alleine wegen der App Flipboard kaufen, aber je länger ich das iPad 2 nutze, desto mehr interessante Tools finde ich, um es auch in meinem Business-Alltag einzusetzen.
Die grösste Änderung gegenüber dem Stand vor einem Jahr ist ganz klar das Multitasking, das mit iOS 4.0 eingeführt wurde. Damit kann effizient zwischen Apps gewechselt werden ohne dass man jedes mal wieder den Startscreen sieht. Das alleine, hat die Art mit dem iPad zu arbeiten komplett verändert. Read the rest of this entry »
Die grösste Änderung gegenüber dem Stand vor einem Jahr ist ganz klar das Multitasking, das mit iOS 4.0 eingeführt wurde. Damit kann effizient zwischen Apps gewechselt werden ohne dass man jedes mal wieder den Startscreen sieht. Das alleine, hat die Art mit dem iPad zu arbeiten komplett verändert. Read the rest of this entry » Head-Tracking mit Frontkamera bringt 3D auf’s iPad 2 und iPhone 4
15
Apr
Nicht wenige bemängeln die schwachen Kameras beim iPad 2. Tatsächlich schiesst das iPhone 4 wesentlich bessere Fotos als das iPad 2. Meiner Meinung nach hat das iPad 2 aber auch keine Kamera um damit schöne Fotos zu schiessen. Wäre auch eine ziemlich unhandlicher Fotoapparat… Die Kamera soll die Funktionalität des iPad 2 erweitern. Zum einen ermöglicht die Kamera FaceTime, zum anderen hilft sie bei Apps zum Thema Augmented Reality.
Die Doktoranden Jeremie Francone und Laurence Nigay von der Universität Joseph Fourier Grenoble haben aber noch einen Verwendungszweck mehr gefunden. Die Kamera erkennt den Kopf des Benutzers und kann so Berechnen in welchem Winkel der Benutzer auf das Display schaut und entsprechende Inhalte so in einem dreidimensionalen Effekt wiedergeben. Noch ist das alles ein Vorprojekt der Beiden. Doch auch Apple hatte bereits ähnliche Konzepte für die Mac Computer eingereicht. Read the rest of this entry »
Report Finds Mac App Store Is Dominated By Paid Apps
18
Mrz
According to a market research report by Distimo, Apple’s Mac App Store is adding applications at a less frequent rate than the iOS App Store and a much larger of those in the Mac App Store are paid apps. The report tracked data from a variety of ‘app stores ‘ from the iOS App Store, Android Market, Windows Phone 7 Marketplace and more as well as the Mac App Store – which was the only ‘app store’ for computers it tracked.
As the above graph demonstrates, the Mac App Store is very small in comparison to the other App Stores surveyed at this point in time, however more interestingly is that a whopping 88% of apps in the Mac App Store are paid apps, leaving only a slither of 12% being free. Prices are also on average much higher with the average selling price of a paid app in the top 300 applications being $11.21 on the Mac App Store whilst only being $4.19 for the iPad and $1.57 on the iPhone/iPod Touch App Store.
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IT Markt Schweiz 2010: Die Zahlen auf einen Blick
11
Feb
Nach einer Durstphase stiegen 2010 die Stückzahlen der verkauften Computer erstmals seit 2001 wieder. Wer noch immer nicht an das Potenzial von Tablets – ganz speziell von iPads – glaubt, ist auf dem Holzweg. Das sagt der Computer-Guru Robert Weiss in seiner jährlichen Marktübersicht.
