Month: September 2009 (Page 2 of 11)

      Apple Announces Current App Store Stats

      September 28, 2009 /

      iPhone App Store.Today, Apple saw fit to hit us with the cold hard numbers about the App Store, and they are big. Big like 2 billion downloads. Big like 85,000 apps. Big like a half billion downloads in the last quarter alone. That’s insane growth, and the App Store is now available to some 50 million customers across 77 countries, meaning that growth isn’t likely to slow down.

      AppleInsider did a breakdown on the numbers, which includes some staggering statistics on daily download rates. The App Store has averaged 4.1 million downloads every day in its first year. Since April, that number is up to 6.3 million daily downloads. The staggering growth is something Apple obviously hopes to continue, and likely will as more and more carriers adopt the iPhone and more apps become available to iPod Touch users.

      Apple, Apps, iPhone, News

      Axe Makes MMS Sexy

      September 27, 2009 /

      This story will be particularly interesting to all of you newly-minted MMS-using iPhone owners out there. Axe is using MMS to hype its new Day and Night line of products in very clever, very sexy fashion. The image below is a before and after of an Axe ad featuring the new product that requires an SMS to complete the image.
      A very sexy Axe Night and Day ad.
      The concept is simple, really. Show a nearly nude picture of a beautiful blonde with all her naughty bits replaced by white boxes. The ad has simple instructions: “To complete this ad send Axe to 2345 after 9pm.” The SMS generates a picture response, allowing to view the full image.

      Say what you want about the state of advertising and the objectification of women. This thing is clever. Damn clever.

      Source: DirectDaily

      Digital Media, Mobile

      Get The Acer AspireRevo Nvidia Ion LE Variant For $200

      September 27, 2009 /

      Acer AspireRevo.The Acer AspireRevo has long been available as a cheap desktop designed for basic use like browsing and word processing. There’s a new model available, though, one that uses Nvidia’s new Ion LE card, giving the AspireRevo 1080p playback capability for a mere $200.

      As for the rest of the computer, it’s the basic specs the world has come to love in cheap computing. There’s a 1.6GHz Intel Atom processor, a gig of RAM, and a 160GB hard drive. You should know, Flash has not yet been optimized for playback on the Ion LE, meaning HD playback from Hulu will be choppy. I think it’s safe to say Nvidia’s new technology isn’t going anywhere soon, so when HD playback is fully supported, the Aspire Revo will be one of the best deals out there.

      You can get the machine now at Newegg.

      Computers, News

      Walmart Rolls Pre Back To $80

      September 26, 2009 /

      Rollback that Palm Pre.In one of the quickest price reductions I’ve ever seen on a flagship device, the Palm pre has been cut once again to just $80. You can get that deal at Walmart, which beats the previous best from Amazon at $99.

      I have to wonder just how low retailers can drive the price of a Pre to offer it for just $80 less than four months after launch. Sprint must be dying to sell these things if it’s willing to cut the price by so much. We went from $299 with a $100 rebate at launch to a flat $199 to a $150 deal in some places to the scattered $99 deals and now this. I’m going to guess there will be at least one thoroughly angry customer who purchased back in June and thinks a lawsuit is in order.

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      AT&T Has Refurbed iPhone 3G for $50

      September 25, 2009 /

      AT&T iPhone.If you’ve been thinking about making the switch to a smartphone or considering an iPhone, now’s about as good a time as any. AT&T enabled MMS on the iPhone today, which brings it up to speed with candybar phones of nearly a decade ago. The wireless provider also just found some old iPhone 3G models lying around that it will sell for a paltry $50.

      Now, if I were you, I would splurge for the 3GS. It’s faster, has a better camera, and records video, which makes it much more than a cell phone. If you don’t want to drop $199 on a phone right now, though, the $50 3G will do just fine. It’s not that much slower, and you could probably live without the extra camera features.

      There’s still one big reason to stay away: AT&T. Their service sucks and 3G coverage away from major cities is spotty at best. Also, you might be able to get Apple’s baby on a different network before your contract is up.

      The good news is you’ll be just fine in either case. If you buy, you’re getting a great phone fairly cheap. If you don’t, you’re avoiding all the headaches that come with being tethered to AT&T. That is all.

      Apple, iPhone, Mobile

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