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Apple's iOS mobile platform, which includes the iPod Touch, iPhone, and iPad, now is the third most popular browsing platform for users to consume content on and surf the Internet, trailing behind Mac OS X and Windows. The research conducted by Net Applications shows that iOS has captured 1.06 percent of the browsing web traffic in July and 1.13 percent in August, beating out Linux's 0.85 percent.

Compared to OS X, which has about 4.32 percent between versions 10.5 and 10.6, iOS still has a ways to go, but the platform is leading against Google's Android operating system, which had accounted for 0.2 percent of web traffic in August, a minor increase from 0.18 percent in July. In face, the iPad alone has passed all of Android devices in mobile usage market share according to Net Applications.


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Vidyo, a company that specializes in high-quality video conferencing technology for the enterprise, is betting big on bringing video conferencing to mobile devices, including tablets and smartphones. Similar to Skype, Vidyo offers a technology that allows people to connect with each other over the web via video conferencing. However, the company says that Vidyo system is focused more on the enterprise, providing a reliable system, allowing conferencing for many parties at once, and offering high quality video.

And Vidyo has built a big business licensing its technology to large electronics companies, such as HP, Intel and Hitachi. Vidyo’s technology is also used by Google to power video for Google Chat.

As a longtime Apple TV owner, I’ll admit a dirty little secret: I really like the device. Sure, it has been one of the rare flops for Apple in recent years. And it could be so much more with say, a Blu-ray player or a web browser. But it is really good at its core functionality: bringing iTunes content into your living room. And that’s why this new version of the Apple TV makes sense — at least for now.
When I first bought the Apple TV, there were two varieties: a 40 gigabyte version and a 160 gigabyte version. I was torn between which one to get, but I ultimately went with the 160 GB one thinking I could put most of my movies on it. Big mistake. I basically never use the hard drive on my Apple TV, so it’s a 160 GB hard drive sitting there doing nothing. Instead, I stream everything to the Apple TV.
In fact, the only time I do use the hard drive on my current Apple TV is when I rent a movie on it. Currently, even when renting, you download a movie to your hard drive where it sits for up to 30 days (or 24 hours after you start playing it). But with the new iTunes rentals (both TV and movies) everything is streamed — no hard drive is required (besides a small one for buffering purposes). Thanks to that, and undoubtedly the knowledge that most owners were using it for streaming, Apple removed the hard drive from the device, and cut it down in size and price.
Now, at one-forth the size and less than half the price, it’s an even more attractive way to get your iTunes content into your living room. And it has a few very nice bonuses. The mixture of the new Netflix functionality with Apple’s new release rental movies makes this an excellent in-home movie machine for the masses. For those who pay $9 a month to Netflix, you get access to tens of thousands of older movies. For those interested in newer movies, they’re $4.99 a pop from Apple.
Yes, Apple removed the option to buy movies on the Apple TV itself. But you can still do this through iTunes on your computer — or on your iPad/iPhone/iPod touch. And guess what? With the forthcoming AirPlay feature, you’ll be able to stream any of those purchased movies right from any of those devices to the Apple TV. In a way, it sort of does make the Apple TV a $99 iPad accessory.
Further, the removal of the option to buy (as well as the removal of the SD options) make Apple TV much less complicated for general consumers. Now there is no question about whether you should rent or buy. There is also no question about whether you should do rent or buy in HD or SD. I suspect most people were renting in HD on the device, which is why Apple made the move it did to eliminate the other unnecessary options. They’re keeping it simple, stupid.
Apple also removed the option to buy TV shows — which never really made much sense to me. There are some shows that people would like to own, but most are definitely watch-once programs. Previously, there was no rental option, you had to buy. Worse, even if you did want to own a lot, the old Apple TV didn’t have nearly enough storage to handle them all — some HD TV show seasons take up 30 GB of space or more. The model just didn’t make a lot of sense.
Granted, Apple’s current $0.99 TV show rental option is pretty weak. They only have shows from ABC and Fox — and only some shows from Fox. But obviously, just as happened with iTunes music and movies, Apple is hoping all the studios eventually get on board.  And if they do relatively soon, the Apple TV will be a very interesting device to consumers as both a movie box and as a potential cable replacement. Sure, most people aren’t going to feel comfortable totally killing cable just yet — but at $99, this will be a very interesting experiment for a lot of people.

All that said, let’s be clear: this Apple TV is not the killer device in the living room. This will be more popular than the current Apple TV, but it will not be iPod/iPhone/iPad-big. And Apple seems to know that, which is why they’re still talking cautiously about it.
The problem Apple faces is the same problem that everyone faces: content agreements. Hollywood is proving much harder to convince than the music labels were. In a few years, if DVD sales keep falling and cable revenues start decreasing, they’ll be more receptive to new options.
The killer Apple TV would have TV network subscription packages. It would offer live events. It would have every movie ever made available on-demand.
And on-demand is the big key to all of this. All of this content is going to move to the cloud. It has too for storage purposes and given how many devices we all have. Rentals just completely made the jump, but eventually purchases will too. At first, you’ll have the option to download certain movies you’ve bought to take on the go, but when you’re at your home, even movies you “own” will be streamed — they’ll simply be streamed for free. And then one day, all of this stuff will be in the cloud entirely as mobile devices will always be connected by high-speed wireless.
This is the future. It’s Apple’s future along with everyone else’s. This Apple TV is one small step in that direction, and at $99 it makes sense for now — at $229, it never did. This is a stepping stone to the cloud age. Right now it’s a mixture of the internal cloud (streaming from within your house) with the external cloud (streaming rentals from the cloud). Soon it will all be external.
If this half-step isn’t your thing, if you want more functionality, buy a Mac mini. There’s a reason Apple just added a HDMI output to it. But that device is too complicated and way too expensive for most consumers to use as a set-top box. The Apple TV is simple.
Oh, and one more thing: the true killer Apple TV device will have apps. I’m still absolutely convinced (as many people are) that it’s only a question of when they make the jump to the living room. The fact that this new Apple TV is running iOS seems to be all the proof one should need that this will come eventually.
When that happens, the Apple TV will become a hell of a lot more than a hobby.
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Vidyo, a company that specializes in high-quality video conferencing technology for the enterprise, is betting big on bringing video conferencing to mobile devices, including tablets and smartphones. Similar to Skype, Vidyo offers a technology that allows people to connect with each other over the web via video conferencing. However, the company says that Vidyo system is focused more on the enterprise, providing a reliable system, allowing conferencing for many parties at once, and offering high quality video.

And Vidyo has built a big business licensing its technology to large electronics companies, such as HP, Intel and Hitachi. Vidyo’s technology is also used by Google to power video for Google Chat.

As a longtime Apple TV owner, I’ll admit a dirty little secret: I really like the device. Sure, it has been one of the rare flops for Apple in recent years. And it could be so much more with say, a Blu-ray player or a web browser. But it is really good at its core functionality: bringing iTunes content into your living room. And that’s why this new version of the Apple TV makes sense — at least for now.
When I first bought the Apple TV, there were two varieties: a 40 gigabyte version and a 160 gigabyte version. I was torn between which one to get, but I ultimately went with the 160 GB one thinking I could put most of my movies on it. Big mistake. I basically never use the hard drive on my Apple TV, so it’s a 160 GB hard drive sitting there doing nothing. Instead, I stream everything to the Apple TV.
In fact, the only time I do use the hard drive on my current Apple TV is when I rent a movie on it. Currently, even when renting, you download a movie to your hard drive where it sits for up to 30 days (or 24 hours after you start playing it). But with the new iTunes rentals (both TV and movies) everything is streamed — no hard drive is required (besides a small one for buffering purposes). Thanks to that, and undoubtedly the knowledge that most owners were using it for streaming, Apple removed the hard drive from the device, and cut it down in size and price.
Now, at one-forth the size and less than half the price, it’s an even more attractive way to get your iTunes content into your living room. And it has a few very nice bonuses. The mixture of the new Netflix functionality with Apple’s new release rental movies makes this an excellent in-home movie machine for the masses. For those who pay $9 a month to Netflix, you get access to tens of thousands of older movies. For those interested in newer movies, they’re $4.99 a pop from Apple.
Yes, Apple removed the option to buy movies on the Apple TV itself. But you can still do this through iTunes on your computer — or on your iPad/iPhone/iPod touch. And guess what? With the forthcoming AirPlay feature, you’ll be able to stream any of those purchased movies right from any of those devices to the Apple TV. In a way, it sort of does make the Apple TV a $99 iPad accessory.
Further, the removal of the option to buy (as well as the removal of the SD options) make Apple TV much less complicated for general consumers. Now there is no question about whether you should rent or buy. There is also no question about whether you should do rent or buy in HD or SD. I suspect most people were renting in HD on the device, which is why Apple made the move it did to eliminate the other unnecessary options. They’re keeping it simple, stupid.
Apple also removed the option to buy TV shows — which never really made much sense to me. There are some shows that people would like to own, but most are definitely watch-once programs. Previously, there was no rental option, you had to buy. Worse, even if you did want to own a lot, the old Apple TV didn’t have nearly enough storage to handle them all — some HD TV show seasons take up 30 GB of space or more. The model just didn’t make a lot of sense.
Granted, Apple’s current $0.99 TV show rental option is pretty weak. They only have shows from ABC and Fox — and only some shows from Fox. But obviously, just as happened with iTunes music and movies, Apple is hoping all the studios eventually get on board.  And if they do relatively soon, the Apple TV will be a very interesting device to consumers as both a movie box and as a potential cable replacement. Sure, most people aren’t going to feel comfortable totally killing cable just yet — but at $99, this will be a very interesting experiment for a lot of people.

All that said, let’s be clear: this Apple TV is not the killer device in the living room. This will be more popular than the current Apple TV, but it will not be iPod/iPhone/iPad-big. And Apple seems to know that, which is why they’re still talking cautiously about it.
The problem Apple faces is the same problem that everyone faces: content agreements. Hollywood is proving much harder to convince than the music labels were. In a few years, if DVD sales keep falling and cable revenues start decreasing, they’ll be more receptive to new options.
The killer Apple TV would have TV network subscription packages. It would offer live events. It would have every movie ever made available on-demand.
And on-demand is the big key to all of this. All of this content is going to move to the cloud. It has too for storage purposes and given how many devices we all have. Rentals just completely made the jump, but eventually purchases will too. At first, you’ll have the option to download certain movies you’ve bought to take on the go, but when you’re at your home, even movies you “own” will be streamed — they’ll simply be streamed for free. And then one day, all of this stuff will be in the cloud entirely as mobile devices will always be connected by high-speed wireless.
This is the future. It’s Apple’s future along with everyone else’s. This Apple TV is one small step in that direction, and at $99 it makes sense for now — at $229, it never did. This is a stepping stone to the cloud age. Right now it’s a mixture of the internal cloud (streaming from within your house) with the external cloud (streaming rentals from the cloud). Soon it will all be external.
If this half-step isn’t your thing, if you want more functionality, buy a Mac mini. There’s a reason Apple just added a HDMI output to it. But that device is too complicated and way too expensive for most consumers to use as a set-top box. The Apple TV is simple.
Oh, and one more thing: the true killer Apple TV device will have apps. I’m still absolutely convinced (as many people are) that it’s only a question of when they make the jump to the living room. The fact that this new Apple TV is running iOS seems to be all the proof one should need that this will come eventually.
When that happens, the Apple TV will become a hell of a lot more than a hobby.
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メディア測定とWeb分析を行うQuantcastが、合衆国のモバイルブラウジング（携帯電話からのWeb閲覧）に関して興味深い数字を発表している。今後は、ベンダ別の数字も発表するようだ。今日同社が同社のPR用ブログに投稿した2つのグラフは、その一つが合衆国のモバイルOS別のWeb消費のシェアを表している。

ご覧のようにこのグラフでは、Androidが急成長し、合衆国のモバイルWeb消費全体の25%を占めている。AppleのiOSはシェアを落とし、2009年5月の67%から2010年8月には56%となっている。
現在のこの傾向が続けば、1年後にはAndroidのシェアはiOSと肩を並べる。ただし絶対数では両者共に急速に伸びており、このグラフが示すのはあくまでも相対的なシェアの推移である。
Research In Motionのシェアはほぼ10%で、そのほかのモバイルオペレーティングシステムをすべて合わせたもののシェアと同じである。どちらも、上向きではない。
要するに少なくとも現時点では、モバイルWebのシェアをめぐって戦っているのは、GoogleとAppleの2社しかない、ということだ。
Quantcastの二つ目のグラフは、8月までの1か月、3か月、そして1年のすべての区切りにおいてAndroidがシェアを伸ばしていることを示している。Androidのシェアが10%を超えたのは2009年の11月だが、それ以降この8月はAndroidオペレーティングシステムにとって最良の月だったということだ。

しかし、もう一つのWeb測定企業Net Applicationsが今日（米国時間9/3）発表したデータによると、グローバルレベルではiOSがモバイルWebを圧倒的に支配している。
そのNet Applicationsのデータによると、iOSを使用しているデバイス（iPhone、iPod touch、iPad）の計は、先月インターネットにアクセスしたすべてのハードウェアの1.1%を占めるのに対し、Androidはわずかに0.2%である。つまり全世界レベルでは、両者の比率は6:1でiOSが優位だ。
さらにNet Applicationsのデータは、合衆国におけるAndroidが、Webの閲覧に関しては、世界のそのほかの地域に比べて急速に伸びていることを示している。つまりこの点に関しては、QuantcastとNet Applicationsの数字が肩を並べるのである。

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Rumour has it Research in Motion has acquired DataViz, developers of a document viewing application that has been preloaded on BlackBerry for a couple of years now. The final price was rumoured to be $50 million in cash, an amount small enough to not require disclosure. As a result of the acquisition, DataViz has stopped development on their webOS document viewing app, though they cite issues with the SDK rather than saying anything about getting bought by RIM.DataViz offers a suite of mobile apps for all of the major Microsoft Office formats: Word to Go, Sheet to Go, Slideshow to Go, and PDF to Go. The free version loaded on most BlackBerrys these days lets you read any files for for PowerPoint, Word, Excel, or Adobe Reader, but you have to shell out some cash for the premium version to do any mobile editing. There are also versions of the software available for iPhone, iPad, Android, and Maemo; whether or not they’ll be discontinued or not is anybody’s guess. I would assume RIM would keep those products running if they want to earn their money back from the acquisition, but Viigo stopped supporting their RSS app for other platforms when RIM acquired them, and obviously Torch Mobile went right to work on the WebKit browser for BlackBerry 6 without looking back at Windows Mobile. QNX is probably focused mostly on the BlackPad these days rather than cars, and aside from integrating with BES, we haven’t heard from Chalk Media in awhile. It’s worth noting that while the Documents to Go suite is DataViz’s biggest product, they also have something called RoadSync, which offers Exchange ActiveSync-enabled push e-mail to Android and Symbian. That’s a specialty RIM can put to good use in their day-to-day business, and perhaps there’s as much value in depriving other platforms of good products as there is in making a buck from selling them.Given how closely DataViz and RIM have worked since the first preload on the BlackBerry 9000, the acquisition isn’t a huge surprise – I just hope that the app stops being a freemium ploy, and BlackBerrys ship with full document editing on top of the viewing we’ve been enjoying so far.[via CB]Copyright © 2005-2010 IntoMobile. All rights reserved. Use of this feed is limited to personal use. Portions of this feed may be used with attributions, however, publishing of this feed in its entirety for public or commercial use and/or misrepresentation by a third party is not allowed. p9jxMDO3f0KB

Estamos hoy, entrevistando en exclusiva a la primera persona de la cola para la Apple Retail Store de Barcelona, en la Maquinista.¿Cuéntanos, quién eres?, ¿cómo te quieres presentar ante los lectores de AppleWeblog?Mi nombre es Raül y soy un usuario de Apple, adicto a él desde 1992. Soy IT Manager desde hace 10 años, me paso el día trabajando con Cisco y disfruto Connecting People (bajo Mac).¿Cómo llegaste a Mac?En una asociación de estudiantes tenían un Mac (Macintosh II), el cuál ha sido el responsable de que mi cuenta bancaria tiemble con la frecuencia de cada tres años (y algún que otro capricho). Para empezar me llamó mucho la atención una opción del menú que se llamaba double-size (que yo recuerde) y que te reducía a la mitad cualquier archivo. Me sorprendió también que saliera un solo cable del ordenador al teclado y del teclado al ratón, luego entendí lo que era el USB. Todo integrado en una cajita con pantalla monocromo, integrando una disquetera de 3 1/2.¿Qué productos de Apple tienes actualmente?Tengo un iPod Shuffle de segunda generación, un iPod Mini de primera generación, tengo un Newton MessagePad 2000, un PowerBook G4 de 15", un iMac de 24", un iPhone 3GS camino de un 4 y un iPad Wi-Fi de 32GB.Eres el que estaba primero en la fila, ¿desde qué hora llevas aquí, cómo han sido las 18 horas de espera hasta ver cómo desmontaban el panel que protegía la Store?He llegado a las seis y venti-cinco minutos, he aparcado la moto y a hurtadillas, agazapado entre las columnas y protegido por la noche, he avanzado sigilosamente cuál Leopardo de las Nieves hasta plantar mi silla debajo de la manzana del cartel de la Apple Store y he estado allí hasta que ha empezado a salir el sol. He sido invitado, muy cortesmente, a abandonar la zona, por el equipo italiano de seguridad propio de la Apple Store, ya que los pintores (alias los Ponis) han empezado a pintar el techo. He podido acomodarme en los sofás hasta la una y media de la madrugada.Asistido por mi mujer, me he excusado a le toillete en dos ocasiones y he podido comer una hamburguesa y algo más para cenar.A lo largo de la mañana, han salido dos chicas de marketing muy amables y nos han dirigido a los dos primeros y nos han preguntado qué nos motivaba a estar aquí. Ha salido Pepe, el Store Manager, nos ha traído agua en un par de ocasiones, hemos estado hablando largo y tendido sobre los productos de Apple, la filosofía de Apple y el sentimiento Apple. Nos ha preguntado en varias ocasiones si necesitábamos algo, le hemos pedido Wi-Fi y nos lo ha dado, le hemos pedido corriente para los gádgets y una vez estaba para la tienda, nos lo ha dado (estaba por pedirle un viaje a Cupertino, a gastos pagados, para ver todas las instalaciones y responder algunos mails por Jobs, pero me ha dado corte). Pepe nos ha explicado el servicio nocturno de abastecimiento que sería para los 300 primeros y café -de cápsula- para todos, hemos quedado verdaderamente satisfechos. Durante estas conversaciones he podido ver cómo cambiaban un cristal de la Apple Store, cómo se llevaban el roto y no traían uno, si no DOS nuevos. No estarán a la venta, como el escalón de cristal de la flagship store de Nueva York.Una vez ya en la cola he podido conocer al diseñador internacional de todas las Apple Store, al Contractor's Manager, a los Managers de cada sección y hemos compartido penas: están sometidos a la regla de la excelencia, se nota en cada detalle de la Apple Store y en el ambiente que la rodea.@aketza ha traído la numeración del uno al cien, los hemos repartido, hemos apuntado los nombres en una lista y a las seis de la mañana Apple dará números oficiales a favor de esta numeración.¿Cómo has vivido el momento en el que se ha retirado el panel que nos impedía la vista de la Store?No me podía creer que no empezasen por el medio, y esto ha generado más ansiedad. Se lo han tomado con calma, la verdad, pero cuando ha empezado a caer el gran tablón, la luz de la manzana nos ha deslumbrado. En ese mismo instante se te puede llegar a cortar la respiración por un Nano-segundo y solo una idea te centellea en la cabeza, que cada minuto de espera ha valido la pena. Y solo deseas cruzar esa puerta y formar, por fin, parte de la verdadera experiencia Appla.¿Qué es lo que diferencia la experiencia de usuario Apple?Por fin disfrutaremos de Genius Bar, de los Specialist, de los Creative, de los Workshops y aquellos que lo deseen de las sesiones one-to-one, con su tan valorado material de soporte on-line.El lema de Apple es la excelencia, el trato exquisito, que emana de toda la cantidad ingente de trabajo que ha asumido desde el que limpia al cristal hasta el Store Manager. Si Jobs da el 200%, no espera menos de la gente que trabaja con él. Mucha gente vendrá a poner a prueba a los Genius "Do it at your own risk", porque esta gente es bulletproof. Todo esto se traduce en una mejor experiencia para el usuario, que empieza incluso antes de comprar ningún producto de Apple, porque ellos no son vendedores, son asesores y te van a ayudar con cualquier duda que tengas, seas o no consumidor de la marca.Acabamos la entrevista con la última pregunta: veo que estás en la fila de los compradores de iPhone ¿qué va a caer hoy?Si es posible un iPhone 4 libre de 32 maravillosos gigas, que con las aplicaciones para Retina Display, cámara de 5 megapíxeles y vídeo en HD es lo justo, en caso contrario me conformaré con un MagicTrackpad y un cargador de pilas, pero lo que me llevaré sí o sí, es la experiencia de compartir con todos los que estamos aquí este Epic Event.Entrevistas a fondo: Raül, el primero en la cola para la Apple Retail Store (BCN) escrita en AppleWeblog el 4 September, 2010 por devildv Enviar a Twitter | Compartir en Facebook

Have an iPad and a bit of time? Might want to check out the free preview of the Fallout: New Vegas All Roads graphic novel. More »

Have an iPad and a bit of time? Might want to check out the free preview of the Fallout: New Vegas All Roads graphic novel. More »

Have an iPad and a bit of time? Might want to check out the free preview of the Fallout: New Vegas All Roads graphic novel. More »

Looks like getting decent certification does not only apply to us human beings (when it comes to work, professional qualifications, etc), but it also trickles down to the gadget world as well. We’re talking about the latest Samsung Galaxy Tab Android-powered tablet device that looks primed to go up against the iPad from Apple, but one advantage that this puppy has would having received DivX certification recently, making this the first of its kind to do so. With that certification, you can be guaranteed that the recently revealed Galaxy Tab will be able to handle DivX HD video playback with aplomb regardless of whether you are at home or on the go.
The Samsung Galaxy Tab will arrive on European doorsteps later this month, where it will hit their friends across the Atlantic as well as select countries in Asia after that. For those who are not in the know, the Samsung Galaxy Tab will feature a generous 7-inch TFT display that is capable of delivering an unrivaled screen quality for a better viewing experience. It is pretty lightweight as well, tipping the scales at just 0.84 pounds (380g), where you have a choice of 16GB or 32GB of internal storage. Just in case that is not enough, you can always expand that further by another 32GB thanks to its microSD memory card slot.
The Samsung Galaxy Tab will come with Samsung’s own TouchWIZ user interface, Wi-Fi connectivity, GPS support, rear and front facing cameras and doubles up as a cellphone as well. We don’t suppose considering the fact that it runs on Android, this could very well be a smartphone (albeit a very large one). Take that, iPad! Since it will be Android-powered, the Galaxy Tab can access various applications from Android Market where applicable. Hopefully the battery life of this thing is going to last at decent levels, since it would definitely be a bummer to view your favorite movie halfway only to have it die on you.
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