Elephantsquared. » app store http://elephantsquared.com hypertext & software Sat, 08 Oct 2011 19:53:44 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 The exponential growth of the Android Market http://elephantsquared.com/2010/04/the-exponential-growth-of-the-android-market/ http://elephantsquared.com/2010/04/the-exponential-growth-of-the-android-market/#comments Sat, 24 Apr 2010 10:50:38 +0000 George T http://elephantsquared.com/?p=1292 According to AndroLib, the Android Market recently surpassed the 50.000 apps. The growth of the apps lately seems to accelerate exponentially. Since last August, the Android apps have been doubling, tripling and quadrupling. However the latest formal count is 38.000 apps.

On the contrary, the iPhone App Store is still far ahead, having 180.000 apps and counting. But it wouldn’t surprise me if we see a statistically significant decrease of the gap between iPhone apps and Android apps by the end of this year.

What do you think?

]]> http://elephantsquared.com/2010/04/the-exponential-growth-of-the-android-market/feed/ 0 The day after the iPad showed up http://elephantsquared.com/2010/01/the-day-after-the-ipad-showed-up/ http://elephantsquared.com/2010/01/the-day-after-the-ipad-showed-up/#comments Wed, 27 Jan 2010 22:16:12 +0000 George T http://elephantsquared.com/?p=1231 There is so little chance that you haven’t heard of the Apple Event that took place a couple of hours ago. But just in case here is a sum up of the event (in headlines):

  • Steve Jobs showed up saying they want to kick off 2010 by introducing a truly magical and revolutionary new product.
  • There was a little talk about the success of the iPod and the iPhone over the last years with some historical and data reference. Plus, saying that Apple is a mobile devices company, that’s what we do.
  • After wondering if there is room for a third category device in the middle of a laptop and/or a smartphone, Steve just said iPad.
  • From that time and on it was all about applauding and embracing this new magical thing called the iPad.

We’ve always tried to be at the intersection of technology and liberal arts — we want to make the best tech, but have them be intuitive. It’s the combination of these two things that have let us make the iPad.

iPad’s main features inlcude:

  • 9.7-inch LED-backlit glossy widescreen Multi-Touch display with IPS technology
  • 1GHz Apple A4 custom-designed, high-performance, low-power system-on-a-chip
  • Wi-Fi + 3G model
  • 3.5-mm stereo headphone jack
  • Built-in speakers
  • Microphone

You may find out more about the iPad here. However, as you may have noticed, there a few missing features.

If you ask me, I was getting ready to catch up with the event along with gdgt’s and engadget’s live coverage. I was ready to listen to whatever Steve was ready to say. I mean, we were all ready for the best tablet pc ever, right? Well, the first impression of the iPad was like “hmmm.. it’s not bad”. Not that I don’t think this is an exceptional mobile device. Maybe I was overwhelmed by all the buzz going on about the Apple Tablet. I was waiting for something truly innovative and outstanding.

The User Interface was awesome, as usual in all Apple products. Could be better though. The whole idea of downloading the same apps you download for your iPhone was a bit surprising and also a good way to endorse the power of the iPhone App Store. Everything else seemed to be quite elegant.

Anyhow, Apple’s iPad has definitely killed the netbook market and we are about to witness, as I have said before, a change in personal computing in the years to come shifting the Personal Computer (P.C.) towards the mobile devices.

Don’t forget to check out this real-time look at twitter mentions of terms related to Apple’s product launch earlier today.

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