The AppStore “is causing a sea change in both the mobile phone industry and the gaming industry that threatens the viability of all competitors,” according to technology stock analyst Jason Schwarz at Seeking Alpha.
Calling the AppStore bigger than the Mac, the iPod and the iPhone, Schwarz points to comments made by Steve Jobs during Apple’s recent earnings conference call with industry analysts, in which he pointed out that the company is now benefiting from being at the center of a cycle in which cool applications beget more sales, thereby creating an even larger market which will attract even more software development.
Schwarz writes that Apple and the AppStore have “brought the Internet to the level…everyone expected during the tech bubble…[with] efficiency of distribution [that] is impossible for the traditional model to compete with,” and goes on to identify Apple stock, trading in the $80 range, as “a unique wealth building opportunity.”
Some Cult of Mac readers have lately complained about the preponderance of iPhone and iPhone app-related coverage we have been publishing, but the fact of the matter is that AppStore development is exploding. It represents where much of Apple and Mac oriented creativity exists right now. And if Schwarz is right when he says “Modern day society values its computers and phones above all else,” then AppStore news and product development are likely to increase and not fade away.
Written by Lonnie Lazar on November 20th, 2008 with no comments.
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Okay, this is the business case for this application. You need to enter a lot of numbers for your day to day work. for example an excel sheet. And what you are missing is a numeric keypad on your MacBook (Pro). Then you need the NumberKey app on your iPhone. Q: What is it? A: The numberKey app [App Store link] will act as a numeric keypad for your MacBook (Pro). Q: How does that work? A: It just
Written by Muratos on November 19th, 2008 with no comments.
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Can't afford a good dataplan for internet access? Why not use open WiFi accesspoints of others? To connect to open accesspoints, you must locate the open accesspoints. WiFinder (App Store link) can do the trick. WiFinder scans the WiFi channels and will create sorted lists. One for closed WiFi and one for open WiFi accesspoints. How does it work? Simple, just hit the scan button. After the scan,
Written by Muratos on November 18th, 2008 with no comments.
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MacBook fans are in an uproar after discovering the new laptops contain hardware-based copyright protection that prevents the viewing of iTunes movies on some external displays, such as a second monitor or a projector.
“This movie cannot be played because a display that is not authorized to play protected movies is connected,” is the warning MacBook users receive when using an external display that doesn’t support the High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection (HDCP) protocol.
The HDCP technology is part of Apple’s Mini DisplayPort Content Protection built into MacBooks. Hollywood studios looking to protect their movies appreciate the 128-bit copy protection measures included in DisplayPort, according to reports.
Since late October, MacBook owners have used Apple’s discussion boards to deride the hardware copy protection scheme.
After plugging Apple’s mini Display Port adapter to his 19-inch VGA external display, one laptop owner wrote he could not view any movies he rented from iTunes.
An owner of Apple’s just-updated MacBook Air reported being unable to view any episodes of high-definition television series on his Apple 23-inch Cinema display. (However, his older MacBook Air displayed movies fine with the Cinema screen.)
“This is unacceptable. Here I have pure Apple products, with a digitally linked Apple display (displayport to DVI) and I cannot play video I legally purchased through iTunes. What gives Apple,” asked the user, ‘doh_eb.’
Prior to the MacBooks, Apple included the copy protection method in its AppleTV box.
So far, Apple had not responded to questions from Cult of Mac about user concerns.
Written by Ed Sutherland on November 18th, 2008 with no comments.
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Current Status: released!
Yes, it is there: Apple has finally released the highly anticipated update of their Google Mobile App [App Store link] that includes the ability to search Google by talking your search into your iPhone. It also adds location-aware results for searching for things like movie show times. The update is available as a free update in the App Store [App Store link ]
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Written by Muratos on November 18th, 2008 with no comments.
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