Monday, April 7, 2014


Apple's iPhone is King of Manhattan and major first world cities

This usage mapping has been around for awhile

My take:  The cities have Apple stores; small US towns and big third world countries like India have only carrier stores.

Newark, New Jersey isn't "The Burbs" It's an industrial slum and a wasteland like Detroit, MI and Gary-Hammond, IN.

Apple's iPhone is King of Manhattan as Shown in Stunning Map







This progression has the iPhone catching up in number of phones

It has already won the profit and internet usage races

Postmodern computing




My speculation as to where Apple's new head of retail has been hiding.

If they do it right this time, her contribution could be huge.

Is Angela Ahrendts still attending Apple University?







Apple Store opens in the 4th largest city in the world

By comparison, New York is the 22nd largest city in the world (if only counting the 5 boroughs) 

There is plenty of market share for Apple to gain and grow not only with iPhone, but iPad and Mac.


First Apple Store opens to public in Turkey






Video: Apple in Istanbul





Curious Crowd Fills First Istanbul Store Waiting Line





He received $4.3 M + stock options.

The man who leads the world's largest company actually receives a fraction of the compensation of other Silicon Valley executives, but enough to keep him invested in Apple's future. 

Apple's Tim Cook banked $74M in 2013, topping all but one S&P 500 tech CEO (try $4.3 million)







Raw data: Steve Job's 2010 'Holy War with Google' memo

The full text of the e-mail in which Steve Jobs lays out his final hopes and fears for Apple.

PC (Mac) now just another client alongside iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, etc. Steve Jobs, 2010





See how carrier store focussed Samsung is?

That has worked for them, especially in rural areas and small towns and cities where there are no Apple Stores (see King of Manhattan above top).

Samsung's 'Beat Apple' memo: 'Threat from Apple extremely real and urgent'






Apple unlocks new Copy Cat docs as evidence Samsung pilfered iPhone unlock


Samsung Design Europe proposed iPhone Slide to Unlock alternatives 2009





So?

Microsoft toggle video predates Apple's slide-to-unlock patent






Apple designer's court testimony recalls birth of iPhone







Apple v. Samsung II: Twisting the truth in Judge Koh's court

A certain amount of dissembling is part of the art of lawyering. But even FOSS Patents Florian Mueller, in his new role as Apple (AAPL) scold, agrees that Samsung went too far in its opening arguments.





What Samsung has proved so far.

Samsung's Big Strategic Point at Trial about Apple Declaring a Holy War on Google Fizzles under Scrutiny






Apple's (RED) contributions in fight against AIDS reach $70 million






Why Apple has to make a bigger-screen iPhone 6, in its own confidential internal wording





How do these analysts get and keep their jobs?

Blackberry would have been the best choice for Rubinstein after the great job he did for Palm.

Jon Rubinstein as CEO of Apple? What's that about?






Apple initially wanted original iPhone to be "always on" device but opted for "slide to unlock"






Email from Steve Jobs reveals Apple TV 'magic wand,' other future product ideas






Pixar president recalls a 'transformation' undergone by Apple co-founder Steve Jobs






Apple VP Greg Joswiak talks 70% Japan iPhone share with Tokyo TV





Google prepping 'Android TV' set-top box with stripped-down interface, voice input and notifications





































 
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