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Polling gone wrong: Windows 8 “disinterest” sample heavily skewed

, Nov 16th 2012 Discuss [46]

A poll showing supposed Windows 8 disinterest earlier this week has been cut into pieces by a fellow by the name of Ed Bott. Mister Bott takes what's reported by AVAST in a report of a collection of their users and takes it apart systematically, starting with the sample size and demographic of those polled. As it turns out, things aren't as objective as AVAST makes it all out to be. Read The Full Story

Apple named Most Innovative Company of 2012 by Booz & Co

, Nov 9th 2012 Discuss [29]

In their yearly list of most innovative companies in the world, the folks at analytical group Booz & Co. found with a survey of participants that Apple was the most innovative group - for the third year running. This year it appears that Apple made a substantial lead increase over either of its previous years in the lead, with a massive near-80-percent of respondents naming Apple as one of the most innovative companies in the world. This number is up from 70 percent of those questioned last year. Read The Full Story

Microsoft Surface RT teardown shows giant retail profit margin

, Nov 5th 2012 Discuss [29]

The folks that see how inexpensive an item is to produce and feel that the manufacturer should have little to no profit over this cost are certainly not going to enjoy what they're hearing from IHS iSuppli about Microsoft today, that's for sure. With a a Bill of Materials (BOM) cost of $271 USD and a $13 USD manufacturing cost, the total cost of the Microsoft Surface RT with minimum 32GB NAND flash memory becomes $248 in all, this placing it well below retail price at $599. IHS iSuppli note that compared to the low-end iPad (that being the iPad 2 in this case), the Surface RT generates a greater profit margin in percentage terms and on a per-unit basis as well. Read The Full Story

iPhone ownership hits 40% in US Teens

, Oct 10th 2012 Discuss [19]

It's time for Piper Jaffray's Gene Munster to break the news on Apple's dominance of the market once again, this time showing a report of 7,700 teenagers in the USA working with the iPhone in massive amounts. The survey showed that this most recent period of study showed iPhone use up 6% over the last time it was conducted, that being 6 months ago. At the moment, it appears that a whopping 40% of teens in the USA own at least one iPhone. Read The Full Story

NPD: Apple tech service key to repeat customers

, Aug 28th 2012 Discuss [7]

Analyzing the way Apple customers work with their products and their store or choice this week was the NDP Group, this study revealing that 60 percent of Apple customers surveyed were more likely to come again after positive tech service. This study comes right alongside (incidentally) a supposedly "leaked" document for Apple Genius training earlier this morning that make it clear that Apple's Genius Bar is trained to make the customer happy - and of course to fix their devices, too. The NPD Group's "Tech Service Study" took on a collection of Apple product owners and found that the tech service piece of the Apple puzzle had a massive effect on their overall perception of the company. Read The Full Story

iPhone 5 rumors trigger highest Apple stock price ever

, Aug 17th 2012 Discuss [21]

It appears that more than just the tip-addicted iOS fans out there are getting their fair share of iPhone 5 madness as Apple stock this week hits an all-time high. This is a big change compared to the week surrounding Apple’s recent quarterly earnings call where their slightly less-than-projected device sales numbers had investors “disappointed.” Now that we’re edging ever closer to what several independent sources have tipped as the announcement date for the new iPhone, investors are prepping for the biggest launch the company has ever seen with ever-increasing prices on Apple’s public offering.

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iPhone gains where Android loses in Q2 Strategy Analytics report

, Jul 30th 2012 Discuss [4]

This week the folks at the analysis group Strategy Analytics have released a report on Wireless Smartphone Strategies which let it be known that while Android still dominates the domestic market, it's certainly slipped over the past year. And where Android has slipped, Apple's own iOS mobile operating system has grown rather rapidly. While Android currently (in the second quarter of 2012) shows a market share of 56.3% of the Smartphone Operating System market in the USA, it had a significantly larger 60.6% share of the market in the second quarter of 2011. Read The Full Story

iOS developer interest pulls ahead of Android by 16% says IDC

, Jul 24th 2012 Discuss [2]

This week a May survey done by Appcelerator and IDC on developer interest for both iOS and Android has been released showing a significant lead being gained by Apple's mobile OS over Google's equivalent. Developer interest in iOS for the enterprise grew to 50% while Android grew 37% over the month of May here in 2012. This is a boost from last year's survey done in the third quarter which showed both platforms to be tied up for developer interest at 44%. Read The Full Story

Next iPhone sees “unprecedented demand” in advance of reveal

, Jul 23rd 2012 Discuss [18]

For a device that's not even been formally confirmed to exist by its manufacturer, Apple's next iPhone is certainly making a splash in ChangeWave's most recent report. Asking 4,042 citizens of "mostly" North America this June, ChangeWave found that 14 percent were "very likely" to purchase whatever phone Apple released next for themselves or for someone else. This device is referred to as the iPhone 5 in the study and has already trumped demand for the iPhone 4S according to studies the group did in advance of that device. Read The Full Story

Windows Phone grabs a whopping 4 percent smartphone share in USA

, Jul 18th 2012 Discuss [11]

According to the analytical firm Strategy Analytics, there will be more than 123 million smartphones sold across the USA this year, 4 percent of these running Microsoft's mobile operating system. Windows Phone 7 (soon to be 8) is being shown as gaining just one percent market share over their 2011 market share in 2011, running now here in 2012 on 5 million smartphones in the USA. Last year the same firm showed Windows Phone to be running on 3.5 million phones in the USA, this a relatively big bump for the still fledgeling smartphone OS. Read The Full Story

Apple decimates market by operating system says Nielsen

, Jul 13th 2012 Discuss [20]

This week the folks at Nielsen have released their quarterly report on smart devices, this one covering Q2 of 2012 and showing Apple to have more than double the market share of its nearest competitor in terms of smartphone manufacturer share by operating system. This chart shows also that Android of course comes in first as far as operating system market share as a whole goes, but that because this category is comprised of several manufacturers, Apple remains in the lead by a long shot because it owns its entire OS share. Read The Full Story

PC to Mac sales ratio plummets

, Jul 5th 2012 Discuss [23]

This week its been calculated by the analysts at Asymco that in the world of recorded sales for PCs vs Apple's Mac computers, the ratio of the former's sales to the latter is at its lowest since 1997. What we're to understand from this situation is that there are around 16 PC computers sold- that's every other kind of computer you can think of for the home or business, essentially - for every one Mac sold. Those are current day numbers. Compare that to 2004 when that number was closer to 50 to 1 and you'll see the big difference right away - did you see this coming? Read The Full Story
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