Bert Rutjens 's blog

Rumor: Google to become Amazon Kindle Fire’s fiercest competitor in early 2012

Bert — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 10:15:17 +0000

Despite the fact that Amazon’s Kindle Fire tablet is based off of Google’s Android operating system, sources within the supply chain claim Google plans to become the Fire’s biggest competitor with the release of a low-margin own-brand tablet early next year.

Verizon numbers may suggest 35M iPhone sales in holiday quarter, analyst says

Bert — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 10:15:17 +0000

Verizon’s revelation that it sold 4.2 million iPhones in the December quarter has prompted one analyst to suggest that Apple may have sold as many as 35 million iPhones during the period.

Apple’s iPhone so popular Verizon taking short-term hit

Bert — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 10:15:17 +0000

The success of Apple’s iPhone on the Verizon Wireless network has resulted in a short-term impact of as much as 6 percent to the carrier’s gross margins as it waits to recoup its subsidies for the best-selling handset.

Apple’s iPhone so popular Verizon taking short-term hit

Bert — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 10:15:17 +0000

WSJ: Eastman Kodak readying bankruptcy filing

Bert — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 10:15:17 +0000

A new report has rung an early death knell for once-mighty photography pioneer Eastman Kodak, claiming that the company is preparing a bankruptcy protection filing in case it is unable to sell off its digital imaging patents.

Reality TV heavyweight drops Final Cut Pro in troubling trend

Bert — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 10:15:17 +0000

The pioneering TV studio that effectively invented the reality TV genre with MTV’s “The Real World” series has switched from Apple’s beleaguered Final Cut Pro video editing software, instead choosing a workflow produced by rival Avid.

Apple granted original list-editing iPhone patent, 13 others

Bert — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 10:15:17 +0000

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has granted Apple an original iPhone patent for editing lists using touch gestures that allow for a seamless smartphone experience, as well as inventions regarding use of the handset as a portable hard drive and a filing for the company’s now defunct Bluetooth headset.

Verizon reports sales of 4.2 million iPhones during holiday quarter

Bert — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 10:15:17 +0000

Apple isn’t scheduled to report its holiday quarterly sales until January 24, but Verizon Wireless has just noted that it has sold 4.2 million iPhones in the last three months of 2011, double its previous quarterly figure.

Apple reportedly poaches Adobe exec to head iAd division

Bert — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 10:15:17 +0000

After an almost five month worldwide search to find a chief for its iAd division, Apple has reportedly poached a high level Adobe executive to take over the position that has been without a permanent replacement since the departure of Andy Miller last year.

iPad App Store hits 3 billion downloads, represents 19% of Apple’s iOS devices

Bert — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 10:15:17 +0000

There have been 3 billion downloads of App Store applications designed specifically for Apple’s iPad, representing 19 percent of all iOS App Store downloads, a new study has found.