Mobile Minute – November 15th [VIDEO] Wrap-up
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Best Day to Release your App
If you’re thinking about releasing your APP anytime soon ..it may be worth noting that you should if possibly DO NOT release on Thursdays. Ok, so maybe no one will DIE – but – trust me, I’m going to tell you exactly WHY in just a a second. It’s been known for a while that every other day EXCEPT Thursday has benefits (according to Chartboost). Wednesdays have traditionally shown to be the most popular release day because it’s the day before Apple updates their ‘featured lists’ on iPhone, iPad and iTunes App Stores. Traffic is at its lowest on Thursday, generally 7% percent below average in terms of impressions, and install rate is 3% below average. Not to mention cost per click cost bids increasing 3% above average. The best days for people to buy stuff, including apps are…. THE WEEKEND! Tomorrow actually. Friday is on average for traffic and installs but ad impressions increase 2%. Saturday tends to be about 7% above average for traffic & installs...
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Apple Patents Intelligent Zoom Technology and Vibration Noise Control
Apple filed two patents this morning. Both of them sound very exciting (or confusing). The first is a design for intelligent auto-zooming for content, and the 2nd is a method for detecting and adjusting noise resulting form an iPhone’s vibration. PatentlyApple covered the highlights of the intelligent zoom patent earlier today, “In some embodiments, the device may also be configured to track the user movements (e.g., position and velocity) and, in response to certain movements, provide feedback and/or enter or change a state of operation. For example, movement toward the device may activate more features, such as providing more options/menus in a user interface, whereas movement away from the device may reduce the number of features available to a user, such as reducing the number of menus/options and/or reducing or increasing the size of the options displayed.” And.. “Additionally or alternatively, the display may zoom in or zoom out based on movement towards or away from the device. In some embodiments, a lateral movement of by the...
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New iMacs to be delayed till next year?
As spotted earlier today by 9to5mac Retailers were expecting to receive the new 21.5″ inch iMacs by Nov 27th this month, (right in time for black Friday) and the 27-inchers later in December. The retailers source went on to blame a welding process for the delays, which would push the iMacs into 2013. The new iMacs also have a redesigned display that features a new thinner lamination process. The technique utilizes intense heat and pressure to create even more seamless joins than previous techniques. Apple CEO Tim Cook had previously acknowledged in a conference call to analysts that the iMac would see “significant shortages” but did not specify why, and continued to expect that the new iMac would make its original November and December delivery dates. Something else that might slow down the product of the iMac is the new screen lamination process, which is said to be more ‘involved’ and difficult than previous iMac models. The screen bonding used in the new imac takes off 2mm of thickness that had formed a...
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Samsung exec denies claims of 20% processor price increase on Apple
Well isn’t that something.. Prior to today Samsung was alleged to have raised their A-Series Processors by 20% on Apple. While app has began negotiations with two other companies Samsung is thought to be one of the few that can meet the demand that Apple tends to have. According to the Korean newspaper “The Hankyoreh” The update is said to have come from a Samsung executive who prefers to be left anonymous. It was made clear that, prices are typically set at the beginning of the year, and don’t change easily. May the force be with you, ...
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Android surpasses 70% OS Market Share – 72% to be exact, Apple at 13%.
As reported by Gartner earlier today, Apple is behind both Samsung AND Nokia for total mobile device sales, however Samsung and Apple remain the top smartphone vendors collectively capturing over 46% of the market. This placed RIM and HTC behind Apple and Samsung in 3rd and 4th positions. “Samsung’s mobile phones sales continued to accelerate, totaling almost 98 million units in the third quarter of 2012 (see Table 1), up 18.6 percent year-on-year. Samsung saw strong demand for Galaxy smartphones across different price points, and it further widened the gap with Apple in the smartphone market, selling 55 million smartphones in the third quarter of 2012. It commanded 32.5 percent of the global smartphone market in the third quarter of 2012.” “Apple’s sales to end users totaled 23.6 million units in the third quarter of 2012, up 36.2 percent year-on-year. “We saw inventory built up into the channel as Apple prepared for the coming holiday season, global expansions and the launch into China in the fourth quarter of...
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