iPad may be cannibalizing laptop sales by as much as half according to Best Buy CEO, Brian Dunn: Mr. Dunn also said internal estimates showed that the iPad had cannibalized sales from laptop PCs by as much as 50% It will be interesting to see how much, if at all, they cannibalize iPod and MacBook purchases, and if they're in it for the long haul or the cannibalization stops when...
$0.99 TV show rentals are too cheap according the Warner CEO Barry Meyer, and would hurt full season TV show purchases. Meyer said the deal was not a good value for the studio subsidiary of Time Warner Inc., which sells permanent downloads shows such as "Gossip Girl" on iTunes for $2.99 each. I'm running out of quips to make about the oblivious myopia of old media. Seriously.
iOS 4.2 adds the ability to set individual text message tones to your contacts (finally!), but not custom tones, not even ringtones purchased from the iTunes Store. Apple seems to be keeping text tones completely separate from ringtones (and since they're shorter and functionally different -- they don't need to keep playing for a long period of time until you answer -- that may make...
iPad is now available in China, Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru, as previously announced, and as Gizmodo points out, celebrating new Apple gears is a cross-cultural, seemingly universal phenomena. [Han Ziwen became the first iPad owner in mainland China today, and was carried out of the Beijing Apple store on employees' shoulders. He even made a t-shirt for the occasion...
Facebook Places has gone live in the UK. It lit up in Japan a few days ago as well. No love for Canada or many other countries yet. Still, even in locations where Facebook places has launched, it doesn't seem to have slowed down FourSquare or Gowalla at all. Is Facebook Places available where you are? Are you using it? If so, let us know how it's been working for you, if not, tell us...
iOS 4.2 for iPhone seems poised to finally provide yet another hugely requested feature -- set individual text message tones. Nice to see Apple knocking things off the nagging omissions list. Do I even have to ask if you're going to be using this? [9to5mac]
Netflix streaming from iPad or iPhone to your TV via iOS 4.2 AirPlay? That's what Mark Gurman is showing off. We connected some speakers to an Airport Express and the audio from the Netflix film wirelessly streamed and played perfectly with absolutely no hiccups. When the new Apple TV launches, you’ll be able to wirelessly stream both the video and audio to your television set; that...
Apple TV is indeed running iOS according to a TUAW tipster whose confirmed the 2010 model is the iprod2 previously seen in code strings. So... Jailbreak and run apps? How would that boost sales? [TUAW]
Yahoo! perhaps doth protest too much as CEO Carol Bartz thinks Apple's iAds will self-destruct: "That's going to fall apart for them," Bartz said about Apple's iAd service. "Advertisers are not going to have that type of control over them. Apple wants total control over those ads." Because that strategy has worked so poorly for Apple in the past, what with the dismal failures of...
iPad continues its international roll-out, heading for China, Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru on September 17. China gets Wi-Fi only: iPad Wi-Fi models in China will be available for a suggested retail price of CNY3988 for 16GB, CNY4788 for 32GB and CNY5588 for 64GB. iPad will be sold in China through Apple’s Retail Stores, and select Apple Authorized Resellers....