A new report from Juniper Research (http://www.juniperresearch.com) finds that growing user satisfaction with mobile TV on tablets will push average monthly viewing times to 186 minutes per month in 2014. I expect the new iPad will increase that amount even more.
Read MoreDo you suffer from nomophobia, the fear of being without your iPhone? Apparently, lots of folks do.
First identified in 2008, it would appear nomophobia — the fear of being out of mobile phone contact, is sharply increasing in the UK. A recent survey of 1,000 people in employment, conducted using OnePoll, discovered two-thirds of respondents fear losing or being without their mobile phone.
Read MoreAt Wednesday’s media event announcing the iPad HD and the new Apple TV, Apple CEO Tim Cook touted the “post-PC” era. He says that Apple’s line of iDevices (iPods, iPhones and iPads) has sold 172 million units and now comprise 76% of its total revenue.
But don’t take that as a death knell for the Mac. The computer still accounts for 24% of the revenue — and 24% of Apple’s income is a LOT of moolah.
That said, expect to see the Mac get more iDevice-ish in the months ahead. Apple doubtless plans to lure all those iPhone/iPad lovers to the company’s computer platform.
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Apple wants you to get in shape, it seems. A patent (number 20120060118) for a portable media device with workout support has appeared at the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office.
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It took me a long time to get onto Apple’s online store and order a new iPad, but the trouble was worth it. The new Apple tablet looks to be incredible.
By the way, Apple calls it the new iPad. But what’s its official moniker? The iPad 3? The iPad HD? The New iPad? I like “iPad HD,” so that’s what I’m going with until I see Apple officially calling it something else.
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