SURL Study Shows 83% People Are Satisfied With iPad
Dec 23, 2011 News
Despite the increasing number of offerings from the rivalries, Apple has managed to maintain a significant lead in the Tablet PC space. Market research firm IDC reports that Apple’s share of global market in the third quarter was estimated to be 61.5%. Another study by Software Usability Research Laboratory (SURL) shows Apple iPad continues to satisfy its customers.
According to the study (SURL’s study used a small sample set of 52 respondents), 83.65% were satisfied with the iPad. The survey also asked to rate the user-friendliness of the device — 62% rated the iPad as “Excellent”, 21% rated as “Good”, 10% as “Best Imaginable”, 4% as “Fair”, 2% as “Poor”.
According to the respondents, the popularity of iPad was because of the variety of apps, the large screen size and portability. What people liked least was the poor quality of some apps, the inability to play Adobe Flash, and problems typing with the keyboard.
SURL stated that Apple actually listens to its customers. Participants from the original study mentioned that lack of camera and the ability to do multitasking is one of the drawbacks of the tablet PC. Apple introduced cameras in iPad 2 and the multitasking feature was introduced for both ipad and ipad 2.
Tags: ipad, ipad 2, iPad development
Nielsen Reports This Christmas A ‘Expensive’ One!
Nov 21, 2011 Infographic, News
Well, Christmas is just knocking at your door and your search for the best gift for your son or daughter is on. You can take the help of Nielsen’s data to have an idea of what your son or daughter is looking forward to this Christmas. Nielsen’s data is suggesting that kids want iDevices (Apple gadgets). Your kids are looking for expensive gifts!
According to Nielsen’s latest data for the coming holiday-shopping season, kids aged 6 to 12 years old want an iPad, iPod touch or an iPhone for the holidays.
The latest infographic from Nielsen shows that 44% of the kids want iPad making it the most desired product, while 30% want iPod and 27% want iPhone. Only 25% said they want a new Nintendo 3DS while 23% of the of six-to-twelves respondents want a Kinect for Xbox 360. Nintendo 3DS ($169.99) is cheaper than the iPhone or the iPad, which shows that kids are going for expensive Apple devices.
But sadly, only 16% kids want non-Apple devices that are running OS like Android or Windows or BlackBerry.
Twin iPad 2s Make Spooky Halloween Costume
Oct 31, 2011 News
NASA thinks of something that no one else can think of…and this Halloween will taste a little innovation from NASA.
NASA engineer Mark Rober created a Halloween costume that makes it look like he’s had a giant hole blown clean through his torso. He used some red sauce and two iPads 2 to pretend to have a bloody wound through the core of the torso.
According to Mark Rober, it was simple and easy. Tearing a hole in your sweatshirt and then placing an iPad 2 in front and behind and finally starting a Face Time chat between the two.
“I went to a Halloween party tonight and had tried out my costume idea of using 2 iPads with a FaceTime chat to make it look like I had a huge hole in my stomach,” said Rober, a mechanical engineer who works for NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, in an e-mail to Wired.com. (Source: Wired.com)
Adieu Steve Jobs! (1955-2011)
Oct 7, 2011 News
“People don’t know what they want, until you show it to them.”
Steven Paul Jobs (1955-2011) at 56 died on Wednesday at his home. The co-founder of one of the most successful technology company, Apple, was a creative genius, which the world has lost. It has been rightly said in the official Apple statement “Apple has lost a visionary and creative genius, and the world has lost an amazing human being.”
His accomplishments were unmatched. His 56 year life gave us six technological breakthroughs: The Apple II, the Macintosh, the movie studio Pixar, the iPod, the iPhone and the iPad. Had he lived a natural lifespan, there would have almost certainly been more.
The reason of his death was pancreatic cancer. In 2003, Jobs discovered he had a neuroendocrine tumor, a rare but operable form of pancreatic cancer. In 2004, he had a successful surgery to remove the pancreatic tumor. But, in subsequent years Jobs disclosed little about his health and finally On October 5, 2011 Steve Jobs left us for the heavens.
May His Soul Rest In Peace.
Tags: Steve Jobs
Not The Anticipated iPhone 5, BUT It’s iPhone 4S!
Oct 5, 2011 News
Finally, all the speculations are over! Apple finally released the the next version of iPhone on Tuesday- the iPhone 4S.
Apple’s newly appointed CEO, Tim Cook unveiled the new iPhone, which is equipped with a faster processor and a better camera at the company’s Cupertino California campus. It was also the first media event hosted by Cook.
The new iPhone 4S was not the anticipated iPhone 5, every Appleoholics had hoped for and uses the same body design and screen size as iPhone 4.
Along with iPhone 4S, a white iPod touch, the touchscreen version of its music player, and an iPod nano that can display a clock face so it can be worn like a watch were also introduced on Tuesday.
The phone will go on sale Oct. 14 with pre-orders starting Friday. It will cost $199 for the 16 gigabyte model, $299 for 32 GB and $399 for 64 GB with a two-year contract. The phone will be available for Verizon, AT&T and now Sprint.
Tags: iPhone 4S, iPhone 4S Launch
Sprint + Apple = New iPad?
Sep 15, 2011 News
The next carrier of iPad could be Sprint. Yes…According to 9to5Mac, Apple and Sprint are done with a version of iPad that is compatible with Sprint’s network and probably it will be launched during the holiday shopping season.
9to5Mac was also unclear whether or not the new iPad will run on Sprint’s 4G WiMAX network. The new Sprint iPad will be a completely different model even though both carriers’ networks use that standard.
9to5Mac also claimed that that the launching time for iPad will be immediately after Sprint starts selling the iPhone 5. While the reports that Sprint is getting the iPhone have yet to be confirmed by either Sprint or Apple, 9to5Mac said all of this will happen at the beginning of October.
Tags: apple news, ipad, ipad 2, Sprint
WSJ Reports New iPad in 2012
Aug 22, 2011 iPad development, News
The Wall Street Journal has reported Apple is working with its Asian component suppliers for the trial production of its next generation iPad from October, 2011. People close to Apple has said that The Cupertino has ordered key components such as display panels and chips for a new iPad.
The next generation iPad is expected to feature a high resolution display – 2048 by 1536 compared with 1024 by 768 in the iPad 2. Another Asian component supplier to Apple has added that Apple has already placed orders for parts for about 1.5 million iPad 3s in the fourth quarter.
Apple is also looking to ramp up production to improve the yield rate for the new iPad before its actual launch, reports the Journal.
Tags: iPad 3, iPad development
Apple iPad Tops Consumer Satisfaction Ratings- IHS Reports
Aug 1, 2011 News
The iPad has done it again! The iPad has topped the tablet satisfaction survey getting the highest consumer satisfaction ratings according to a new study by research firm IHS.
The research was titled “IHS iSuppli U.S. Tablet Consumer Preference”, which showed that Apple iPad owners were ready to recommend their tablets to friends and families.
The research firm asked 1,404 users whether they would recommend their tablet to friends or family members. On a scale of 0 to 10 (with 10 being the strongest recommendation), those surveyed gave Apple’s iPad an 8.8, followed by Zenithink (a Chinese manufacturer) with 8.75, Samsung with 8.5 and Archos and Motorola with 8.4.
“With the iPad dominating tablet sales in the United States and worldwide,” Rhoda Alexander, director of monitor and tablet research at IHS, wrote in a July 29 statement, “this high level of consumer satisfaction commanded by Apple represents a major barrier to entry for new competitors.”
Apple sold 9.25 million iPads last quarter, good for a year-over-year increase of 183 percent.
| iSuppli U.S. Tablet Consumer Preference | ||
| Ranking | Brand | Average Rating |
| 1 | Apple | 8.8 |
| 2 | Zenithink | 8.75 |
| 3 | Samsung | 8.5 |
| 4 | Archos | 8.4 |
| 5 | Motorola | 8.4 |
| 6 | ViewSonic | 8.25 |
| 7 | Dell | 7.8 |
| 8 | Acer | 7.6 |
| 9 | HP | 7.6 |
| 10 | Coby | 7 |
| 11 | Toshiba | 6.7 |
| Source: IHS iSuppli July 2011 | ||
Tags: iPad Statitics
Six Figure For iPad: iPad Apps Crosses 100,000!
Jul 1, 2011 iPad development, News
Bravo!! It is now six figures for iPad. Apple App Store is showing 100,000 apps specially for iPad. An achievement of a kind in just 15 months, since the tablet went on sale. “That’s a record: it took Apple more than 16 months to put together 100,000 iPhone apps,” noted Cult of Mac.
To be more precise, the platform has been out for 453 days, with developers getting access to its software development kit in January 2010. At Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC), the company announced that it had 90,000 iPad apps, but it appears that number has grown in less than a month’s time.
Apple is already in the Guinness Book of World Records for being the “Most Popular Application Marketplace.” However, Apple has yet to confirm the latest count.
Tags: 100000 iPad Apps, iPad apps
iPhone With 8MP Camera And iPad With Higher Resolution In Sept, Says Bloomberg
Jun 23, 2011 News
Apple’s next iPhone coming in September?…Well, that’s what Bloomberg have reported. Rumour has it that the new iPhone will feature the A5 processor and an 8-megapixel camera and speculated that Apple is testing a new iPad with a higher resolution screen.
Bloomberg said about the new features of iPhone as “will include the A5 processor, the more powerful chip that Apple added to the iPad 2 earlier this year, along with an 8-megapixel camera, up from the 5-megapixel model in the iPhone 4.”
According to close associates of Apple, the new iPhone would come with iOS 5, the OS the iPad 2 is using now and would be called iPhone 5.
“Apple is also testing a new version of the iPad that has a higher resolution screen, similar to the one now used in the iPhone 4,” the Bloomberg report cited sources as saying. The iPhone 4 currently features a Retina Display with a resolution of 960 x 640 and a pixel density of 326 pixels per inch. The resolution of the next-generation iPad would be about “one-third higher” than the iPad 2′s display and will feature a more responsive touchscreen.
Tags: iPad 3, iPad development
