Apple’s iPhone dominated ad requests from JiWire’s mobile network in both markets during the third quarter of 2011, despite giving up a bit of market share. In the U.S., the iPhone accounted for 41.9 percent of all ads served, down 1.8 percent from the previous quarter. In the UK, it took 50.6 percent of all ad requests. In both markets, iOS easily beat out other competing mobile platforms, with 79.9 percent of requests in the U.S. and 71.1 percent in the UK. JiWire’s data is gathered from mobile users connecting via public Wi-Fi locations, which means that its reports mainly cover traffic outside the home, likely with a high percentage of business travelers. Millennial Media sees different results from its advertising network.
The iPad’s gain is good for Apple, since it slows the rate at which the company loses ground to the competition. But it’s also good news for mobile commerce. JiWire found that 82 percent of tablet users were willing to buy directly from their devices, versus just 76 percent of smartphone owners, and that 67 percent of tablet owners spent $50 or more, while only 57 percent of smartphone owners and 52 percent of those on notebooks were willing to do the same.
As you can see from the numbers, Apple by far still has the lion’s share of mobile ad market share according to JiWire’s numbers. And while it is losing ground, it at least doesn’t appear to be doing so to the exclusive benefit of just one major competitor, like Android.
Gmate Bluetooth Transformer Dual Sim for iPhone, iPod touch, iPhone 4s and iPad
Feature:
1. For iTouch+Gmate Bluetooth= iPhone (like Peel 520)
2. For iPhone+Gmate Bluetooth= Dual SIM Dual Standby (like 2Phone)
3. For iPad+Gmate Bluetooth= iPad 3G
Specification:
GSM Quad Band: 850/900/1800/1900 MHz
1 Push-Push SIM Card Slot
Micro USB
Bluetooth 2.0 EDR
Standby Time: 96 Hours, Talk Time: 4 Hours
Physical Size: 82mm x 46mm x 14mm
Weight: 48.2g
Color: Black, Orange
iOS Support: iPod Touch 4, iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, iPad, iPad2
Android Support: Coming soon...
The client connects Gmate Bluetooth:
Open the home interface of the iTouch Gmate Bluetooth
→Connection
→Search for more equipment,Search to connect the name is Gmate bluetooth devices,Appear "Input pairing code"
→Input password "1234",Connection succeded.
Support Device:
iPhone 3 3GS (4+)
iPhone 4
iPod Touch 3 (32G/64G) (4+)
iPod Touch 4
iPad 1
iPad 2 (3G)
iPad 2 (WiFi)
Package include:
1 x Gmate Bluetooth transformer
1 x USB Date cable
Key Advantages:
Enable an Apple iPod Touch with phone features
iPhone or Android phones can become dual SIM phones
iPad or Android Pads can surf the net anywhere, anytime
Gmate Bluetooth is small and hidden away so you can use it discreetly
For iPod Touch Users
Users of iPod Touch can connect to Gmate Bluetooth, and automatically enable iTouch with all of iPhone's features with the addition of voice calls, sms, and Internet access via Gmate Bluetooth's GPRS/EDGE. An iPod Touch cost much less than an iPhone, and in most cases users will never need to sign a contract with a carrier. Simply insert any GSM SIM card and turn your iPod Touch into an iPhone.
For iPhone or Android Phone Users
Users of iPhone and Android Phones (HTC, Samsung, Motorola, etc) already have a SIM card inside, but all these phones can only accommodate one SIM card. With many users traveling frequently who need to swap with local SIMs or carry an extra phone, users can now enjoy dual SIM features by inserting the 2nd SIM into Gmate Bluetooth, therefore enjoying two numbers on their favorite smart phone, while maintaining only a single phone book, sms, and call logs... It's as simple as that!
For iPad or Android Pad Users
Users of Apple iPad and numerous Android Pads, such as Xoom or Galaxy, can link with Gmate Bluetooth with voice, sms, and also Internet access. Most Pad users buy with only the WiFi option, since getting a 3G costs much more. But WiFi Pads cannot be used everywhere such as subways, buses, parks, etc. Now with Gmate Bluetooth, all Pad users can enjoy the Internet anywhere,anytime... and you can make phone calls
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Instructions:
Note: Install software Cydia before using. iPhone4, iOS4.0 + version mobile phones must be first prison break.
1. Connect with WIFI, open Cydia→User→Manage→Sources→Edit→Add, then it will appear"input Cydia/APT"address→input http://m.skyroam.com/cydia→click Add Sources to download.
2. After a successful download, click "return to Cydia" to return to "Source", it will appear Connections suggested of "http://m.skyroam.com/cydia" in the list. Click "Gmate" and the latest version will appear in the list. Click again into the detail interface of the software.
3. Appear details interface. Click Install→Confirm to start the installation(there will pop up an Upgrade interface for the Gmate Bluetooth user in the first time, and we recommended choose "Complete Upgrade"). When the installation is complete,the screen will display "Reboot Device" and when clicking it,the iTouch installation will be successful after reboot.
https://www.mediagadjets.com/gmate-bluetooth-dual-sim-phone-kit-for-iphone-and-android.html
An iTunes customer who wished to remain anonymous reached out to us after he recently tried to re-download a book he’d purchased previously from the iBookstore from his past purchases in iCloud. To his surprise, the title was no longer listed as among his available content. He contacted iTunes support for a resolution, and was greeted with a somewhat unsettling response: If the content has been “modified,” it could be permanently removed from a user’s list of available downloads.
The book in question was still available on the iBookstore, albeit at a different price than originally purchased. ITunes support said in an exchange with our source that its removal from past purchases was directly a result of the book having been “modified in terms of pricing” since the original purchase date.
Unsurprisingly, Apple actually makes allowances for this sort of thing in its iTunes Terms & Conditions. The section titled “Automatic Delivery and Downloading Previous Purchases” contains the following stipulation:
Some iTunes Eligible Content that you previously purchased may not be available for subsequent download at any given time, and Apple shall have no liability to you in such event.
But in its more customer-friendly support documents and promotional sites about iCloud, Apple says content might be unavailable only “if they have been refunded or are no longer on the iTunes Store.” It’s a slight difference, but one that in the case of the more dense document allows for the kind of behavior our source ran into with his iBook purchase, yet can’t be explained by the more customer-oriented second quoted phrasing.
In the end, this could be up to Apple’s individual deals with various content providers; book publishers may be able to stipulate that pricing changes can mitigate past purchase availability, while App Store developers don’t seem to have this leniency. We tried contacting Apple to get the company to clarify its position, but have yet to hear back. We’ll update this story if we get a response.
Cloud content storage is inherently fraught with questions of ownership; the same sort of problem arose for Amazon when it remotely deleted on-device copies of 1984 by George Orwell purchased through its Kindle store. In this case, at least Apple isn’t chasing down locally stored copies, but it still illustrates the nebulous nature of ownership when it comes to cloud-stored and supplied content.
If there’s one lesson to take out of this user’s experience, it’s that those who absolutely want to ensure their content remains available to them should store copies locally. Of course, that takes away one of the key benefits of using cloud-stored media in the first place, but for now at least, it’s the only way to guarantee continued access.
Moskowitz is mostly reiterating what he heard from Apple CEO Tim Cook and CFO Peter Oppenheimer in a recent sit-down with them, during which they discussed the Kindle Fire’s role in relation to the iPad. Moskowitz came away with the clear impression that “Apple is not seeing much pressure from lower-priced tablets” and that current Kindle Fire buyers “could gravitate to more feature-rich experiences” down the road based on their initial use of the cheaper Amazon device.
J.P. Morgan and Apple execs apparently aren’t all that concerned over Amazon’s new Android tablet, which is already projected to beat the sales of all other tablets based on the Google mobile platform by the end of this quarter. And it’s true that the Kindle Fire could act as a sort of gateway drug, turning users on to the tablet experience but leaving them craving features missing from the Amazon device, like a full-fledged market of applications targeted to large-screen devices, a larger screen itself and cellular data access.
It’s an admittedly rosy outlook from a source with a vested interest in seeing this outcome come to pass, however. There is another obvious possibility to contend with too: Users could find that the Kindle Fire provides everything they really need in a tablet experience (web browsing, media playback) for an acceptable price and might not look further. Whether or not those users would have looked at iPads otherwise or whether another, significant portion of Fire owners might not find themselves wanting more is another question.
I think Apple’s optimistic outlook should pan out, however, as long as one thing remains true: tablets continue to encroach upon and replace PCs as primary computing devices for general users. In that case, the Kindle Fire and the iPad likely will enter into a mutually beneficial orbit, with the cheaper device’s drawing in first-time tablet users and the iPad’s acting as a sort of graduation gift for when they opt to use tablets as their main computers.
Levie took aim at Microsoft early in his presentation, introducing Box.net as being “like Sharepoint, if Sharepoint actually worked,” and then showing a photo of Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer with a pirate-style eyepatch. The Box founder talked about how many companies are frustrated because more than $250 billion is spent on enterprise software annually, but the industry still suffers from bloated software that is expensive, slow to innovate and takes too long to deploy. And despite the size of the enterprise industry, no one really talks about how to make it better because everyone is too busy “talking about check-ins and virtual cows.”
Enterprises are going to create more than 1.8 trillion gigabytes of data this year alone, Levie said, but too much corporate software makes it hard to find that information, makes it hard to see who is using it and where, and makes it difficult or even impossible to share it outside the organization. The enterprise software industry is devoted to creating a complicated stack of programs and services that can be controlled by the company, he said, and IT departments spend all their time managing this infrastructure in the hope that it will create this “magical rainbow of enterprise value,” but the rainbow never appears.
Companies like Microsoft don’t want to dismantle this industry because they have so much invested in it, said Levie, but startups can re-imagine what the industry might look like if someone could rebuild it from the ground up — and the Box.net founder said it would look a lot more like the consumer software business, where satisfying users is the most important thing. “We need simple software, solutions that humans would choose to use even if they didn’t have to, and open systems where software works together instead of just locking customers into one solution,” he said.
With freemium and open-source and software-as-a-service models, companies can not only innovate and adapt rapidly, but users only pay if they like the product and find that it works for them, instead of buying a huge, complicated solution and then getting stuck with it — which Levie called the “Zappos model instead of the Oracle model.” And because they are more open, companies can choose several different pieces of software that work together, instead of going with a single-vendor solution.
The enterprise software industry may not see a lot of evangelists who wear orange sneakers and drop quotes from rappers like Notorious B.I.G. into their presentations, but Box.net’s CEO is clearly out to change that — and pretty much everything else the enterprise business seems to take for granted.
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